Government Inaction, Discriminatory Laws Embolden Militant Groups (Jakarta) – The Indonesian government is failing to protect the country’s religious minorities from growing religious intolerance and violence, Human Rights Watch said […]
By Al Arabiya with AFP Israel’s settlement construction in annexed east Jerusalem is part of a strategy aimed at preventing the Holy City from becoming the capital of two states, […]
By Al Arabiya with AFP French President Francois Hollande said Thursday that he believed it would be possible to come to a political decision on the Syrian conflict in the […]
By Al Arabiya An influential Saudi cleric has issued a religious edict, commonly known as Fatwa, allowing women to travel without a male guardian, uncover their faces and eat alongside […]
by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Feb. 28 — Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, believed to be the second-most important leader of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party, was sentenced to death in capital Dhaka Thursday for […]
Source: ABNA.co Kuwait City (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – Kuwait City: Islam is a moderate religion and spreads the message of tolerance even when the religion is itself under attack by the enemies. These views were shared by the speakers of a conference on Islam in the capital city of Kuwait who also […]
Not anti-religion but pro-justice: Bangladesh protesters The Hindu The organisers also said their main objectives were to ensure capital punishment for war criminals and a ban on the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, the Islami Chhatra Shibir, as they have unleashed a reign of terror across Bangladesh to foil the […]
Courtesy: Hindustani Times Indrajit Hazra Dhaka, February 26, 2013 The signs are there all over Dhaka. If it’s not blatant demands to “hang the war criminals” in posters and billboards surrounding Shahbagh Square where Bangladesh erupted on February 5, there are murals depicting demonic Islamist fundamentalists on the […]
Shimoga 22th Feb : Alhamdolillah, on the Eve Of Platinum Jubilee Celebrations (1938-2013) Of Khuddam Ul Ahmadiyya (Youth Wing), the Khidmath-e-Qhalk Department of Shimoga Branch (Karnataka, India) of World Wide […]
Source: Ottawa Citizen By Vito Pilieci “Mosquebusting” techniques espoused by a well-known British lawyer at an Ottawa speech earlier this month are akin to hate speech and should not have […]
Haaretz: Nonbinding Heads of Mission report for 2012 focuses on Israeli construction in E-1, policy in East Jerusalem and endangering of two-state solution; call to actively encourage Europe an divestment from settlements is particularly severe The European Union’s consuls general in East Jerusalem and Ramallah are recommending economic sanctions against […]
Source/Credit: The Daily Star By Syed Badrul Ahsan A son of the detained Jamaat leader Ghulam Azam complains, in an article published in a London-based journal, that the people of Bangladesh have forgotten the role his father played in the language movement between 1948 and 1952. He makes it a point […]
….This is how one Muslim woman in Turkey answers the question: …….Everyone is aware of the state of affairs that has become increasingly seen in Western societies in recent years; […]
Mary Jo White’s path to the Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a crucial juncture: the Congressional charm campaign. Lawmakers are scrutinizing Ms. White ahead of her Senate confirmation hearing, raising questions about the former prosecutor’s lack of regulatory experience and the challenge of policing Wall Street firms she recently […]
Source: Jakarta Globe: Sanya, China. It was billed as China’s Dubai: a cluster of sail-shaped skyscrapers on a man made island surrounded by tropical sea, the epitome of an unprecedented property boom that transformed skylines across the country. But prices on Phoenix Island, off the palm-tree lined streets of the […]
PRZEMYSL: Poland, for Zaida Saleh, like for many observant Muslim women, manicures have long posed a religious problem. With prayers five times a day, and the pre-prayer ritual of “wudhu” […]
Source: Jakarta Globe: Pope Benedict XVI waves from the altar during his last weekly audience at St Peter’s Square on Feb. 27, 2013. (AFP Photo) Vatican City. Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday admitted “stormy waters” during his pontificate as he held his last audience in St Peter’s Square before tens […]
Morality police adopt a more root-and-branch approach in battle against females who show too much hair or makeup. The Guardian UK With spring coming and temperatures rising, Iranians can expect […]
Several people have been killed or wounded during a shooting at a factory in Lucerne, Switzerland, police have said. The Telegraph UK A hotline was set up for families and […]
newevangelicalpartnership.org: Too often the words “Muslim” and “terrorist” are interchangeable in the public mind. The caustic effect of the 9/11 attacks and the aftermath of two wars in Muslim countries […]