Queensland rejects push to make Muslim women remove burqas
Epigraph: And say to the believing women that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts, and that they disclose not their natural and artificial beauty except that which […]
These Are The Least Free Countries In The World For Religion
Huff Post: by Yasmine Hafiz — The U.S. State Department’sInternational Religious Freedom Reportcites eight nations as “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPCs) due to their “particularly severe violations of religious freedom.” However, there are at least eight more countries which should also be on that list, according to the U.S. Commission […]
The Arab-Israeli conflict comes to the Metro buses
Source: The Washington Post BY GLENN KESSLER May 21 at 6:00 am A reader called the other day, asking for a fact check of a bus ad that called for ending U.S. aid to Islamic countries. It turns out the ad, sponsored by the American Freedom Defense Initiative, was in […]
Nation of Immigrants
Source: NY Times. In 1908, when a play called “The Melting Pot” was first staged in New York City, helping to popularize the term, New York had a foreign-born population of over 40 percent, but the city was 98 percent white (which could include people of Hispanic origins). The foreign-born […]
Europe’s own ‘tea party’ risk
Source_ CNN A backlash against austerity, unemployment, immigration and loss of national power to European institutions could pushanti-EU parties to win about 25% of the 751 seats. In some of the 28 countries, they could even secure the biggest share of the vote. More:
Thai military says it’s taken over the country in a coup
Source; CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — The Thai military has taken control of the government in a coup, the country’s military chief announced in a national address Thursday. Military officials also imposed a curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. local time (11 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET), authorities said […]
“Can you extinguish the fire that burns in my heart?”
Source: ET According to the call data, available with The Express Tribune, the majority of women crank callers often started the conversation with phrases like “I love you”, “I like your voice and would like to befriend you” or “Can you extinguish the fire that burns in my heart?”“Women crank […]
Collection of Articles on Islam’s Condemnation of Terrorism and Islam in China
Epigraph: On account of this, We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land […]
The scary return of a radical, far-right Europe and what it means
Global Post: HENIN-BEAUMONT, France — This former coal-mining town of 26,000 languishing in the economic badlands along the border with Belgium is about as far as you can get from […]
Intolerance: ‘Violence against Ahmadis is at its peak today’
ET: LAHORE: The situation for Ahmadis deteriorated over the past year as seven Ahmadis were killed and 16 faced murder attacks, an annual report issued by the Jamaat Ahmadiyya on Wednesday stated. The report was issued ahead of the fourth anniversary of attacks on two Ahmadi places of worship in […]
BBC highlights atrocities committed against Ahmadies in Pakistan
Source: BBC.Com جماعت احمدیہ پاکستان نے کہا ہے کہ پاکستان میں احمدیوں کے خلاف نفرت و تشدد میں اضافہ ہوا ہے جبکہ قانون نافذ کرنے والے ادارے احمدی مخالف گروہوں کے ہاتھوں میں مسلسل کھیل رہے ہیں۔ تنظیم نے اپنی سالانہ رپورٹ میں کہا ہے کہ پاکستان میں 2013 کے […]
Urumqi attack kills 31 in China’s Xinjiang region
Epigraph: On account of this, We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in […]
The British officer’s advise (to ISI)
Waseem Altaf The fact that Hamid Mir received six bullets on his body is no more an issue. That Hayatullah, Musa Khankhel and Saleem Shahzad were brutally murdered was […]
French schoolboys wear skirts to fight sexism
France24. The “Lift the Skirt” initiative, an idea put together by students, saw pupils at 27 schools in the region around Nantes invited to attend school wearing skirts as part […]
The Last Supper: A Fiction Opposing the Account of Garden of Gethsemane
Epigraph: Then whoso does an atom’s weight of good will see it, and whoso does an atom’s weight of evil will also see it. (Al Quran 99:8-9) By Zia H […]
American Rabbis Welcome Pope Francis To Israel
The Huffington Post | by Yasmine Hafiz Ahead of Pope Francis’ arrival in the Holy Land on May 24, over 450 American rabbis have signed a letter of welcome as he […]
Imran Khan should Demonstrate Political Maturity
By Saeed Qureshi Imran Khan and his unruly and impulsive political cohorts should not demonstrate indecent haste in dislodging the incumbent elected PMLN government thus opening a corridor for the army to take over power. He should understand that by doing so he would inflict a deadly blow to democracy […]
UK: Traditional University lectures ‘being consigned to history’
Telegraph: Traditional university lectures are being consigned to history because students are accessing professors’ notes online without turning up in person, research suggests. Undergraduates are skipping almost 10 per cent of teaching time – more than an hour every week – despite a sharp rise in tuition fees, it emerged. […]
UK:Prince Charles ‘Hitler’ row ‘risks triggering international scandal’
Telegraph. Prince Charles’ comparison of Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler risks an ‘international scandal’ a Russian newspaper warns. Nick Clegg has defended the Prince of Wales over his comparison of Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, saying the heir to the throne is ‘entitled to his views’ despite warnings from a […]
Christian and Minority Rights Must be Top of the Muslim World’s Agenda
Source: gmablog.org | Usman Khan Respect and tolerance are attributes charged with the potential to unite people and to establish meaningful peace; yet minorities in Muslim majority countries, particularly Christians, are all […]