Bangladesh War Crime files
Source: UK Channel 4 Dispatches. Following is a documentary created by UK Channel 4 on War crimes in Bangladesh in 1971 .
Did Australia sell out ‘Prisoner X?’
Source: Asia Times: The Australian Security Intelligence Organization contributed to the suicide in 2010 in Israeli custody of Australian-born Mossad operative Ben Zygier, known as Prisoner X, say Israeli defense correspondents. By tipping off the media to Zygier’s spying, the ASIO alerted Mossad superiors to risks he might divulge information, […]
Homosexuality is “the ticking time bomb in the Catholic Church,”
Source: CNN: by Mick Krever, CNN Homosexuality is “the ticking time bomb in the Catholic Church,” a former Dominican friar told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Monday. Mark Dowd, who is himself openly gay, spoke to Amanpour as a blitz of new scandals hit the Catholic Church, just days before Pope […]
Vatican reveals Pope Benedict’s new title
Source: CNN Pope Benedict XVI waves in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican in December 2012. Benedict, 85, announced on Monday, February 11, that he will resign at the end of February “because of advanced age.” The last pope to resign was Gregory XII in 1415. Rome (CNN) — With […]
(Dream of General Kyani-Another Extention in Service or Interior Ministry! جنرل کیانی کا خواب : ایک اور ایکسٹینشن یا وزارتِ داخلہ
Source: LUBP (Sorry only for Urdu readers) جنرل اشفاق پرویز کیانی اور اُن کے روایتی مدّاح جو کہ اپنی فکری وابستگیوں کے حوالے سے “مولانا مودودی کے فکری خوشہ چین اور دائیں بازو کی حامل جماعتوں مسلم لیگ، تحریک انصاف وغیرہ میں بکھرے ہوئے ہیں اس بار پھر میڈیا میں […]
Hazara and Shia Genocide in British House of Commons
Source: LUBP A session was held in British House of Commons on 25th February 2012 where Hazara and Shia Genocide was discussed with Lord Eric Avebury. The session was called by Parliamentary Committee of Human Rights which is chaired by Lord Eric Averbury himself. The session lasted for nearly 2 […]
Home prices shoot higher
The housing market recovery picked up steam in the final three months of last year – prices shot up 7.3%, according to S&P Case-Shiller. The report covered home prices across 20 major housing markets and comes ahead of a government report on the sales of new homes due later Tuesday. […]
Defining religious freedom
Source: Toronto Star Reader’s Letters Re: A tricky juggling act, Editorial Feb. 20 There is a problem associated with Canada’s new Office of Religious Freedom that the media does not seem to be covering. It is being established at the time when the basic definition of “religious freedom” is actually […]
British cardinal’s resignation underscores challenge to Catholic Church’s moral authority
Washington Post: By Anthony Faiola, LONDON — When Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled his plan to legalize same-sex marriage last year, Britain’s highest Roman Catholic cleric took to the national pulpit. […]
Time to relax – at last – for Dutch Queen Beatrix
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is retiring. She announced in a televised statement on Monday evening that she is stepping down in favour of her son, Prince William-Alexander. The queen, who will celebrate her 75th birthday later this week, said she had been thinking about this moment for several years […]
Houston Sets Off National Dialogue on Islamic Innocence
Source: Ahmadiyya Times, by Casey Michel (Houston Press). “We want to publicize the fact that Muhammad was a peace-loving individual — that he wasn’t a womanizer, that he didn’t love […]
Two Pakistans coexist side by side
Story Summary To witness two realities in one country, one needs go no further than a suburban coffee shop in Lahore, the cultural capital of Pakistan. The dissonance between the two Pakistans is even more dramatic as the world reports more on Malala than media do in the stable, educated […]
Who Was Adam? A Muslim-Christian Dialogue on the Origin of Man
Epigraph: “Surely, the first House founded for mankind is that at Becca, abounding in blessings and a guidance for all peoples.” (Al Quran 3:97) Source: Jihad of the Pen On […]
19 tourists killed as balloon explodes at Egypt’s Luxor
Story Summary A hot air balloon caught fire and exploded as it was flying over Egypt’s ancient temple city of Luxor on Tuesday, killing 19 tourists, a security official said. […]
Syria says it’s ready for talks with armed rebels
Kerry urges Syrian opposition to attend Rome talks MOSCOW/LONDON — Syria is ready to hold talks with the armed opposition trying to topple President Bashar Assad, the country’s foreign minister […]
VIEW : Who will take a bullet for Sherry Rehman? — Qasim Rashid
No other logical choice exists but to unite as one community against religious discrimination, oppression of conscience, and violence Pakistan Ambassador to the United States of America, Sherry Rehman’s twitter […]
Turkey’s difficult choice in Palestine, Israel
by Ramzy Baroud AlArabiyya An Israeli-Turkish rapprochement is unmistakably under way, but unlike the heyday of their political alignment of the1990s, the revamped relationship is likely to be more guarded and will pose a greater challenge to Turkey rather than to Israel. Israeli media referenced a report by Turkish newspaper […]