Letters: Targeting minorities
Daily Times July 15, 2018 Sir: An active campaign is being run against the Ahmadi community in election rallies.The party leaders at the top and the party workers at the […]
Pakistan’s Ahmadi community could be further imperiled by a new court order
World Meena Menon Jul 15, 2018 The most remarkable thing about the Ahmadis’ “place of worship” is the silence. There is no azan; nothing identifying these spaces as houses of […]
Pakistan’s Imran Khan ‘quietly confident’ he will be PM
Reuters International This content was published on July 13, 2018 Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), gestures while addressing his supporters during a campaign meeting ahead of general […]
Syrian nightmare: Detained Islamic State woman and child seek return to Switzerland
This content was published on July 14, 2018 The Swiss Muslim woman being interviewed by SRF at the Kurdish camp in northeast Syria. (SRF-SWI) A Swiss Muslim woman, captured […]
Maryam, husband to challenge verdict, Sharif lands in ‘B’ class jail
Appeal alleges legal flaws in Avenfield judgement and asks for the accountability court’s verdict to be declared null and void Image Credit: AP Shahbaz Sharif, sits in car on […]
Pakistan elections 2018: The major political parties
From left to right, mapping the major stake holders in the upcoming general elections on July 25. Alia Chughtai, Asad Hashim | 11 Jul 2018 Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) The […]
After 17 years of ‘wasted effort’ in Afghanistan, no lessons learnt by U.S.
By Syed Zafar Mehdi July 12, 2018 After nearly 17 years of war, chaos, mayhem, misery, death and destruction, the United States is seeking peace negotiations with the Taliban in […]
View from Saudi Arabia: Finding your educational passion
Nada Al-Tuwaijri June 11, 2018 How many of you are in jobs that have nothing to do with your educational background? I found myself in a job that was indirectly […]
Hajj 2018: Saudi Arabia begins to receive pilgrims
Saudi officials receive the first batch of Hajj pilgrims on Saturday in Jeddah. SPA Arab News July 15, 2018 About 107,000 Pakistanis will perform Hajj under the government Hajj scheme […]
60 years on, Iraqis reflect on the coup that killed King Faisal II
1 / 3 Iraq’s King Faisal II in 1952, a year before taking the throne. (AFP) 2 / 3 Faisal takes the oath in Parliament in 1953, watched over by […]
Treachery is when the concept of social contract is distorted and problematised
Jul 14,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Nermeen Murad When Prime Minister Omar Razzaz was first proposed to be head of the executive authority in Jordan, Jordanians circulated a paper he […]
Syrian rebels surrender heavy arms in Daraa city — state media
Cradle of Syrian revolution back to government control By AFP – Jul 15,2018 – JORDAN TIMES The Syrian national flag rises in the midst of damaged buildings in Daraa Al […]
Uighur children fall victim to China anti-terror drive
Source: Today Online KASHGAR – On a quiet street in the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar, a house lies empty, padlocked from the outside, the family who lived there […]
Street violence hits Northern Ireland towns on eve of annual marches
Source: Reuters BELFAST (Reuters) – Northern Ireland was hit by a barrage of street violence overnight on the eve of annual parades that often raise tensions between pro-British Protestants and […]
Climate change poses threat to UK’s historic churches, trust warns
Source : The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent St Botolph’s in Boston, Lincolnshire, received a £40,000 grant for roof repairs. Photograph: Fabio de Paola/For the Guardian The UK’s historic […]
Rio city council votes against opening impeachment of mayor
Source: Associated Press By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The city council voted Thursday against opening impeachment proceedings against Rio Mayor Marcelo Crivella, rejecting accusations he […]
German Catholics’ confusing attempt to allow Communion for Protestants
Source: Religion News Service BY Tom Heneghan PARIS (RNS) — If you’re a Protestant married to a Catholic in Germany, you might be able to receive Communion along with your spouse […]
Controversial Turkish televangelist arrested
Source: CNN Istanbul, Turkey (CNN)Police arrested controversial Islamic televangelist Adnan Oktar in an early-morning raid on his upscale home in Turkey’s largest city, according to state news agency Anadolu. More […]
Indonesia’s Aceh carries out public canings despite pledge
Source: Associated Press By HERI JUANDA BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s deeply conservative Muslim province of Aceh on Friday publicly caned 15 people found guilty of violating Shariah law, […]
Chilean police make first arrest in church abuse scandal
Source: Reuters By Fabian Cambero, Aislinn Laing (Reuters) – Chilean police have arrested a former Roman Catholic Church official after he confessed earlier this year to sexually abusing at least five […]