Source: ET CCPO denies report, says policemen were suspended for absenting from duty. PHOTO: FILE LAHORE: Three police officials deployed at Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Jaati Umra residence in Raiwind were […]
Source: The Conservative: For most Indians the word Wahhabi means Saudi Arabian fundamentalism. When told that Wahhabism has deep roots in the Indian sub-continent, the first response is usually denial often followed by claims that Indian Wahhabism was a British invention. Those who think that way would do well to […]
Source.The conservative. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, India. Photo credit: Tim Graham/Robert Harding/Newscom Mother Theresa spent most of her life serving as a missionary in India. In 1979, she won a Nobel Peace Prize. But she is best known for her lifelong dedication to serving the poor as a sister of the Roman […]
By Ro Waseem One of the biggest misconceptions about Islam is that it permits child marriage, and is therefore looked down upon as medieval, oppressive and illogical by non-Muslims. Shockingly, instead of viewing this as a downright tarnation and disgrace to Islam, Muslims in complete ignorance of the Quran actually […]
By Saeed Qureshi Barring providential intervention, apparently Pakistan’s former strong man and president Musharraf is in deep waters. Justice Faisal Arab the head of the special court seems to be poised to send Musharraf either to gallows or long imprisonment for high treason charge. Musharraf’s decision to return to Pakistan […]
Suppressed Histories: by Max Dashu — Matrix cultures are built on the natural fact that women bear and sustain life. So their social, economic and cultural organization follows kinship through mothers, logically enough, without having to be concerned about determining paternity, or enforcing patrilineage through a sexual double standard. All […]
Huff Post: by Stephanie Mott — In the days of my youth, I knew little of the meanings of terms such as the religious right and the liberal left. I was taught to believe in a loving God, and that, I have begun to understand, is the greatest fortune of […]
By Ben Brumfield (CNN) — Are you a truck driver or shift worker planning to catch up on some sleep this weekend? Cramming in extra hours of shut-eye may not make up for those lost pulling all-nighters, new research indicates. The damage may already be done — brain damage, that is, said […]
Written by Dr. Lutf U Rehman. Nashville, TN, USA Place of women in the religion of Islam has been the subject of much debate in recent years. There is a […]
Source: The Huffington Post Warren Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, has been moved to Hospital Galveston according to his Texas Department of Criminal Justice offender record. The polygamist sect leader, 58, is serving a life sentence for sexually abusing two minors, one […]
By Zakaria Virk, Toronto, Canada Sayyedna Hazrat Umar ibn al-Khattab (586- Nov 3. 644) was one of the outstanding figures of early Islam. His crowning achievement was laying the foundation of Islamic Empire. He belonged to the clan of Adi of the tribe of Quraish. He was a businessman by […]
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Epigraph There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
Kindly click on the images to zoom them. Imam Shamshad A. Nasir Shamshad A. Nasir is imam of the Baitul Hameed Mosque, Chino, California. Imam Nasir currently serves as the […]
An Ahmadi Muslim Nawid Ahmad, 42, from Lahore in Pakistan, has a fine of over $100,000 hanging over him and his family. Source: dailytimes.com.pk Nawid Ahmad, 42, from Lahore in Pakistan, has a fine of over $100,000 hanging over him and his family. He is a member of the Ahmadi sect […]
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in The Southern California chapters of the Ahmadiyya Community will be holding their annual “Promised Messiah Day” celebration this Sunday from 11am-1pm at the Baitul Hameed Mosque in Chino at […]
Source: examiner.com | Shahina Bashir In 1978, Michael Hart published his book titled “The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History.” In this book, Hart ranked Prophet Muhammad(peace and blessings be on […]
Aina.org: My personal experiences in Egypt — a country I have visited countless times over the past three decades and have strong feelings about, due to historic family connections — […]
salon.com: Recently, Human Rights Watch released its World Report evaluating each country’s human rights practices around the globe. The United States fared poorly in safeguarding the rights of its own population, with those hit hardest by abuse typically the most vulnerable in the society, including racial and ethnic groups, minorities, the poor, immigrants, prisoners […]
ET: According to The New York Times, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha knew where the late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was hiding. The newspaper alleges that a Pakistani official stated that United States had direct evidence about the ISI chief knowing Bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad at the time. “He […]