Statement on Communal Riots in Rakhine State, Myanmar 1. The news wrote in the Myanmar government’s newspapers on 5th June 2012, “Kalar Muslims”(Kalar is derogatory term for Muslim) deliberately assaulted cruelly on Rakhine women,” had started the instigation by cooking up the simple criminal case into a racial and religious […]
The water car fraud By Pervez Hoodbhoy The Express Tribune, August 3, 2012 The writer received his bachelor degrees in electrical engineering and mathematics, as well as masters and Ph.D degrees, from MIT Agha Waqar Ahmad deserves a medal from the people of Pakistan for his great service to the […]
As the world rallies in favour of non-violence and mobilises against unjust oppression, a small community in Pakistan’s largest city struggles to raise its voice: these are Karachi’s Rohingya Muslims – a small band of immigrants who managed to escape from the Burmese oppression when the time was right. Today, […]
Daily Telegraph: The schoolgirl’s divorced parents were “at war” over her desire to be baptised at the church her father, himself a convert, now attends. But at the end of […]
Russian TV: A non-binding draft resolution on Syria pushed by several Arab states is about to be put to vote at the UN General Assembly. Russia has already announced that […]
By Pervez Hoodbhoy The Economist magazine should really have mentioned both Weinberg and Salam. A bit of history: Peter Higgs of Edinburgh University had discovered in the 1960’s a very […]
Source: The Pioneer The echoes of ethnic violence in Myanmar have reached Hyderabad as dozens of people fleeing the violence have reached Hyderabad to take refuge. About 30 families of Rohingyas, as the Burmese Muslims are called, have taken shelter in the old city areas of Balapur, Shaheen Nagar and […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Friday 3 August 2012 Government approval has been given for the expropriation of 2,000 properties in Makkah for the expansion project of the Grand Mosque’s northern courtyards. […]
RAMTHA — Despite having travelled the 200-kilometre route separating Damascus and Amman thousands of times, Abu Mohammed said the journey this time could not have been less familiar. Military blockades, […]
Dubai Longer fasting hours and lack of a community spirit rank high among the reasons many Western expats have chosen to spend Ramadan in the UAE. “In Canada, my fast would begin at around 3.20am and end at past 9pm. That gives me barely any time to sleep or eat, […]
Written by K T Shamim As already alluded to in the preceding note Adam was a Prophet and Messenger and Caliph of Allah. And to whom was he a messenger if […]