Islam Europe’s Reality: EU Minister
Onislam.net: BRUSSELS – Criticizing rising hostility against Muslims and their religion in the European continent, Turkey’s minister to the European Union said that Islam has become a reality in Europe, […]
The Great Afghan corruption scam
Source: Asia Times: By Dilip Hiro Washington has vociferously denounced Afghan corruption as a major obstacle to the United States’ mission in Afghanistan. This has been widely reported. Only one crucial element is missing from this routine censure: a credible explanation of why American nation-building failed there. No wonder. To […]
Bucking French Tradition, City Sets Up a Kind of Holy Quarter with Mosque, Synagogue, Pagoda and a Temple
NY Times: BUSSY SAINT-GEORGES, France — Set above a sweep of green farmland, the crumbling stone chapel at the center of this village met the spiritual requirements of its Roman […]
Terror makes first marks on Pakistan ballot
Source: Asia Times: By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI – The Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) has called off an April 4 rally that was intended to kick-start its election campaign after the Pakistani Taliban threatened to attack its public meetings. The PPP had scheduled the rally for April 4, the anniversary of […]
Most young Pakistanis pessimistic as economy struggles: survey
(Reuters) – Nearly 100 percent of young Pakistanis are pessimistic about the future and believe their country is headed in the wrong direction, a survey released on Wednesday found. A British Council study, entitled “Next Generation Goes to The Ballot Box”, also showed that only one in five young adults […]
An Advice to Marry Young: If only I’d snagged a Princeton man …
Epigraph: “And those who say, ‘Our Lord, grant us of our wives and children the delight of our eyes, and make us a model for the righteous.” (Al Quran 25:75) […]
Poor more generous than rich in recession, study shows
Source: Manchester University: “Muslims in general, and people of Pakistani or Bangladeshi origins in particular, are shown as giving the highest proportions of their incomes to charitable causes,” said Professor […]
Bangladesh: Punish war criminals, check law, order
Source: Jerusalem Post.com By ANAND KUMAR (The writer is associate fellow in the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi.) n the ongoing war crime trials in Bangladesh 10 top leaders of the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami and two leaders of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) are being […]
Muhammad Messenger of Peace Conference at University of Houston.
By: Naila Mubashir Dr. Sheikh Ejaz Ahmad, addressing the audience at “Muhammad: messenger of peace” conference in A.D Bruce Religion Center, University of Houston On Thursday, March 21, the Cypress Houston […]
Pakistan should apologize to Bangladesh
Monday, 25 March 2013 Author / Source: ANISUR RAHMAN KHAN and HARUN UR RASHID E-mail Print PDF Salima Hashmi DHAKA, MAR 24: The Pakistan government should formally apologise to the people of Bangladesh for the atrocities committed by Pakistan occupation army during the War of Independence in 1971, Salima Hashmi, […]
Colbert Report about Sharia Law
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We don’t always see what we think we see… What do you see?
Source: www.kids.niehs.nih.gov Follow the movement of the rotating pink dot in the picture below, and your eyes will only see the pink dots… Seen? Beautiful pink dots, aren’t they? Trick #1: Change focus: Concentrate […]
Buddhism turns violent in Myanmar
Source: Asia Times: By Matthew J Walton Recent violence in Myanmar between Buddhists and Muslims in the central town of Meikhtila (also spelt Meiktila) and areas beyond, which has left a reported 43 people dead, as many as 12,000 displaced, and more than 1,000 homes and building destroyed, has raised […]
Bird traps hundreds in Cologne train overnight
Source: The Local A bird is being blamed for trapping hundreds of passengers in a train for most of Monday night – stuck in a tunnel while en route from Frankfurt to Cologne. More:
Life of a Female Muslim Physicist, who worked in the discovery of Higgs Boson
Dr. Mansoora Shamim, is a scientist at CERN (European center for nuclear research) in Geneva Switzerland. Dr Mansoora was one of the thousands of scientists who worked on the multi-billion dollar […]
Pakistan: A vanishing state
Source: ET Both empires and states fail or collapse. Examples include the Roman, Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, Mughal and British empires. From the recent past, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Sudan are the best examples. Professor Norman Davies, in his book Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise and Fall of States and Nations […]
Crystal Island, the World’s Biggest Building
Source: General Knowledge, Education Website. Foster + Partners have released designs for the biggest building ever built: Crystal Island in Moscow will be 450m high, cover an area of almost half a million square meters and contain a total floor area of 2.5 million square meters.The Crystal Island has already […]
Ahmadis and Elections in Pakistan: A Continued Denial of Human Rights
Persecution of ahmadies:A Brief on Ahmadis and Elections in Pakistan Ahmadis remain deprived of voting in national elections at all levels ELECTORAL SYSTEM is basic to any election. In Pakistan, it has a history. Since the inception of Pakistan in 1947 to the time of General Zia-ul-Haq, all the national elections […]
Pakistan: Ahmadiyya minority in danger
Culture and Belief: The urgent call is initiated. The Asian Human Rights Commission (Commission Asian Human Rights) reported on its website that Ahmadi family was brutally tortured by fundamentalists with their accomplices. The mullahs (fundamentalists) were accompanied by a sixty people from various terrorist organizations in Pakistan and invaded the house of the president of the […]