Painting for Palestine: Laila al-Shawa takes her art to the walls of Gaza
Laila al-Shawa is the owner of the first cultural and artistic center in Palestine, which she founded in 1987 as a tribute to her late father, who was mayor of […]
Bids for Jeddah metro will be invited shortly
ARAB NEWS Monday 27 August 2012 JEDDAH: International bids for Jeddah metro system and other modes of public transport will be invited shortly, a municipal official said in a statement. “Jeddah’s light rail transit system resembling the Dubai Metro involves the construction of a 108-km long railway track that will […]
A Regulator’s Key Role in Failed Mutual Fund Reform
Luis A. Aguilar, one of five members of the Securities and Exchange Commission, is generally known as one of its strongest advocates for tougher oversight of the securities industry. In public statements this year, he has pushed his S.E.C. colleagues to be more aggressive, contending that the commission was not […]
Prince Hassan to head Jordan’s delegation at NAM summit
by Jordan Times | Aug 26, 2012 | AMMAN — Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, HRH Prince Hassan will head Jordan’s delegation to the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Iran welcomed a group of 120 developing nations on Sunday to the NAM […]
AQ Khan set to launch own political party
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Zahid Gishkori Published: August 27, 2012 ISLAMABAD: With election fever gripping the politically astute across the country, Dr Abdul Qadir Khan, renowned […]
Israel arrests three children over taxi attack
Source: BBC Three Israeli children have been arrested on suspicion of fire-bombing a Palestinian taxi. Six people were injured, two seriously, in the attack, which targeted an Arab family on […]
Eerie similarites: Isaac follows track of Katrina, evacuations ordered for coast
Tampa, Florida (CNN) — Thousands in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were being told early Monday to leave their Gulf Coast homes ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Isaac as […]
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 […]