August, 2012 Huff Post: By Omar Sacirbey (RNS) The Taliban in Afghanistan shocked the world this week (Aug. 27) when they beheaded 17 people, allegedly for the crime of dancing at a mixed-gender gathering. Which prompts the question: Does Islam forbid dancing? While Islamic scholars are divided on the answer, it’s easy to […]
Source of Data: The Globe and Mail Myth #1: The Muslim population in the West is growing fast and will soon become a majority in Europe – and a major […]
The National Post: Arguing that it is “biased” for his children to be given free Gideon Bibles in class but not free atheist literature, an Ontario father is launching a human rights case that aims to drive the Gideons out of the province’s public schools. “I don’t think 10-year-old kids […]
Express Tribune: The last 15 days saw three quite ludicrous, dangerous interviews aired on our TV channels, two of them on fake ‘Dr’ Amir Liaquat’s show,one with Imran Khan and the other with the so-called only-father-of-our-bums Dr AQ Khan. The third was on ARY in which Kashif Abbasi interviewed General Hamid Gul, self-same Imran […]
RT: The world is in the middle of a tuberculosis pandemic, scientists say. What was once a disease of undeveloped nations has raced across continents, with thousands of cases in Asia and Europe. The disease may infect up to two million people by 2015. An extensive international study published by […]
Source: The Assam Tribune Staff reporter GUWAHATI, Aug 26 – At a stone’s throw away from the river that is considered a grand witness to Assam’s history and culture, two structures stand tall to mark the harmonious coexistence of two faiths. Locals bow their heads to each, and agree that […]
Source: The News Islamabad: The Pakistan Interfaith League (PIL) Chairman Sajid Ishaq held a meeting with the Special Group formed to monitor the proceedings of the Rimsha Masih blasphemy case here on Wednesday afternoon. The Special Group was formed at a joint consultative session of the Pakistan Interfaith League (PIL) […]
Teachers’ Forum – The Commonwealth Teachers’ Forum, organised in Mauritius alongside the 18th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM), opened Tuesday at the Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre at Bell-Village, near Port-Louis, the Mauritian capital. Addressing participants, Mauritian Education and Human Resources Minister, Vasant Bunwaree, urged teachers in the Commonwealth […]
Credit: The New Yorker via Wasim: In the south of Pakistan, where Hindus have lately been kidnapped for ransom and their daughters forcibly converted to Islam, Hindu families have started fleeing to India in trains. As they waved to their relatives from train windows, possibly for the last time, many […]
India and Israel are often likened to each other, but it is Pakistan that Israel resembles the most Much is made these days of the apparent likeness between India and […]
Credit: ET Pakistan. The writer is a columnist, a former major of the Pakistan Army and served as press secretary to Benazir Bhutto kamran.shafi@tribune.com.pk The last 15 days saw three quite ludicrous, dangerous interviews aired on our TV channels, two of them on fake ‘Dr’ Amir Liaquat’s show, one with […]
Hong Kong (CNN) – With the number of visitors from the Middle East to Asia on the rise, Hong Kong is re-examining what it has on offer to entice more […]
A Pakistan newspaper is claiming terror organisation Al-Qaeda recruited two young Somali students in Karachi to carry out a terrorist attack on The Hague. Independent paper The Friday Times made the claims this week saying the two men ‘were to be sent to The Hague to carry out a 26/11 type attack,’ […]
If you want consistent and consistently enforce the blasphemy laws, among others in Article 156a of the Criminal Code, then the scholars who gave fatwa to declare Shiite, Ahmadiyya, etc […]
Al-Qaeda has reportedly recruited two Somali men in Pakistan to carry out a suicide attack in The Hague. According to the Pakistani weekly Friday Times, al-Qaeda has recruited two Somali students in the Pakistani city of Karachi. The terrorist organisation trained them in the use of weapons and explosives and […]
Daily Telegraph: Mr Millet, who says he has read all 1,500 pages of Breivik’s online manifesto, insists that he does not approve of the Norwegian gunman’s crimes. However, he praised Breivik’s writing and cry of hatred for social democracy, immigration and multiculturalism. “Breivik is without doubt what Norway deserves,” wrote Millet in […]
Asian Human Rights Commission: In the capital of Pakistan where there are many government and non-governmental institutions working for the protection of child rights, special children rights, human rights and the rights of women, only one of them have come out calling for the release of Ms. Rimsha, the 14-year-old […]
A refugee has scored top marks in her GCSE’s, after only starting at a UK school in February. Hania Saleem, 16, of Manor Green Road, Epsom, gained A* grades in […]
Dawn: India has provided no proof to substantiate this claim, but the accusation is a reminder of an often-overlooked reality: In Pakistan, the medium has a menacing side and often displays extremist sentiment. Most discussions about the social media sphere in Pakistan describe it as a last redoubt of liberalism. […]
The Express Tribune What makes a good Muslim By Tazeen Javed Published: August 27, 2012 The writer is an Islamabad-based freelance communications consultant. She tweets @tazeen and blogs at http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com In Pakistan, there are many Islamic sects with multiple factions in these sects. While some people have started to question […]
The Muslim Times 