Picture of the Day-God is Beautiful
Beautiful God’s beautiful creation
Pakistan’s blasphemy law: by Aakar Patel
Express Tribune: Imran Khan says Pakistan’s blasphemy law is necessary. He says it is a British law and thinks that in its absence, people would be lynched and there would be anarchy. The stern law, therefore, also helps those accused of blasphemy. Is he right? Let us consider the law. […]
Textbook on Islam for German – Schools Conflicts between Tradition and Modernity
Source: Qantara The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia is introducing a schoolbook that introduces pupils to Islam. But is the teacher in it going to wear a headscarf or not, […]
Crosses chopped down: ‘Anti-church hysteria’ spreads across Russia
RT: Four Orthodox Christian crosses have been chopped down in different parts of Russia. The incidents come after the Femen movement attacked a cross in Kiev to protest the sentence […]
ضیاء زندہ ہے
محمد حنیف بی بی سی اردو سروس، کراچی نہ کہیں ماتمی جلسہ، نہ کوئی یادگاری ٹکٹ، نہ کسی بڑے چوک پر اسکا بت، نہ کسی پارٹی جھنڈے پر اُسکی کی […]
The Global War On Islam
Source: Strategy Page August 25, 2012: The June ethnic and religious violence in the northwest (Rakhine State, the northwestern coast just south of Bangladesh) caused an uproar in Moslem countries, with calls for retribution against Myanmar for allowing it to happen. Long simmering tensions between the Moslem migrants from Bangladesh […]
How the US Christian right influences abortion policy in Africa
Global Post: In the US this week, the brouhaha over Rep. Todd Akin’s remarks about “legitimate rape” touched on the hot-button issues of individual freedom, government intervention, party politics and […]
Three religions meet in suburban Paris prayer space
(Reuters) – Chief Abbess Manchen Shih gazed through a first-floor window of her vast wood and concrete temple as shaven-headed nuns in mustard robes prepared for midday prayers, cooking rice […]
The Saudi-US Nexus and Wahabi Republic of Pakistan – German TV Deutsche Welle report
StratRisks: : There are many people in Pakistan who oppose the Taliban and their militant activities; however, ironically, not all of them question the Saudi-Wahabi ideology that provides impetus to […]
Unconfirmed Report: Pakistan’s former PM Gilani perpetuates anti-Ahmadi sentiments
Ahmadiyya Times: By Imran Jattala | August 26, 2012 Pakistan’s recently ousted premier Yousuf Raza Gilani reportedly addresses an anti-Ahmadi rally organized by a splinter faction of Khatima-e Nubuwwat movement, […]
Radical Islamic Attacks in a Moderate Region Unnerve the Kremlin
KAZAN, Russia — A string of violent attacks by Islamic militants has shattered this city’s reputation as a citadel of religious tolerance and unnerved federal officials in Moscow, who have […]
Jinnah was Shia but Quaid-e-Azam was a Sunni: Pakistan’s new Normal
Dawn: Nadim Farooq Piracha: Jinnah Rebranded A friend of mine, a Shia Muslim, often tells me an intriguing but a very telling little tale. He is from Jhang in the […]
Islam spread by the message of love and not by the sword
ARAB NEWS Friday 24 August 2012 IT is a common misconception with some non-Muslims that Islam would not have millions of followers all over the world, if it had not […]
‘Honor’ murderer boasts of triple killing
Kot Chutta, Pakistan (CNN) — From behind the steel bars of his jail cell, Muhammad Ismail described with uncanny ease how he shot and killed his wife, his mother-in-law, and sister-in-law. “The first shot hit the side of her body,” Ismail said. “I left her there and went next door […]
Extremists bulldoze Sufi mosque in central Tripoli
TRIPOLI — Attackers bulldozed a mosque containing Sufi Muslim tombs in the centre of Tripoli in broad daylight on Saturday, in what appeared to be Libya’s most blatant sectarian attack […]
Saudi Arabia ‘best place for seeking jobs’
ARAB NEWS Sunday 26 August 2012 JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s financial situation is stable and is the best place for seeking jobs, according to a consumer confidence survey conducted by Bayt.com in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Thirty-eight percent of Saudis who participated in the survey said the present […]
‘Egypt reopens Rafah crossing with Gaza, blocks 120 tunnels’
ISMAILIYA, EGYPT/GAZA — Egypt reopened the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Saturday, a lifeline for Gazans which had been closed for much of the month since an attack on […]
Robert Fisk: ‘No power can bring down the Syrian regime’ – After gaining exclusive access to Bashar al-Assad’s army officers, our writer reports from the Aleppo front line
You know it’s all true when the taxi driver turns off the motorway towards Aleppo. In front lies a mile of empty road, disappearing into the heat haze on its way to one of the oldest cities in the world. But a halo of brown smoke embraces the horizon and […]
Robert Fisk: The bloody truth about Syria’s uncivil war – Those trying to topple Assad have surprised the army with their firepower and brutal tactics
A few hours after the ferocious attack on Damascus by the Free Syrian Army began last month, the new Syrian minister of information, Omran Zouhbi, turned on journalists in the capital. “What are you doing here in Damascus?” he roared. “You should be out with our soldiers!” And within a […]
Ahmadi persecution discussed on Geo TV and Dunya News
Credit: Wasim Sroya, Maria Tariq, and teeworldz Clip below shows part where Javed Ahmed Ghamidi defends Ahmadis. Click here to watch the entire program from Dunya News’ official YouTube channel. […]