Dawn: How badly will the murder of Rashid Rehman — the latest in a series of attacks on human rights activists and especially those involved in defending blasphemy accused — have a chilling effect on activism as a whole? The murder of Rashid is a message for lawyers to be […]
Guardian: I am fourteen years old. It is southern Iran in the summer of 1977. Most people have not yet heard of Ayatollah Khomeini or an Islamic revolution. The high school building sits on an acre of dry land. We play soccer every day behind the school. The heat is oppressive, and, […]
ET: ‘Every action,’ Narendra Modi once quoted Newton’s third law of motion, ‘has a reaction.’ Modi was referring to the murder of parliamentarian Ehsan Jafri. As blood flowed in the streets of Gujarat in 2002, a Hindutva mob had surrounded Mr Jafri’s home in Gulbarg Society. They were armed with kerosene […]
Courtesy: Shahid Pervaiz, Canada The following are excerpts from pages 352 to 354 of “Tajrebaat jo hein Amanat Hayat ki; the auto-biography of (late) Saqib Zeervi Sahib; a famous Pakistani, Ahmadi, Poet, an elite journalist and Editor of “The Weekly Lahore”.
Attorney General Eric Holder: “This case should serve as a wake-up call to the seriousness of the ongoing cyber threat” Continue reading the main story Related Stories Arrests in computer […]
Daily Times: Only a court can decide on the basis of evidence, not emotion, as to whether a certain act amounts to blasphemy or not. Is the concept of reward […]
BBC Urdu: تھانے میں داخل ہو کر ایک زیر حراست احمدی کب قتل کرنے والے ملزم نے خود کو پولیس کے حوالے کر دیا ہے اور ج کہا ہے کہ […]
Toronto Star, 2014/05/18 A growing number of Iranian women have habit so taboo in this traditional Islamic society that some believe they deserve death. View 2 photos zoom MARYAM RAHMANIAN / The Washington Post At a female-only rehab centre on the outskirts of Tehran, a small band of women are […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Vamsee Juluri: USF professor; author, ‘Bollywood Nation: India through its Cinema’ Narendra Modi’s victory needs to be understood beyond the two commonly heard positions we have heard […]
Usama Awan Usama is an undergraduate student at The Ohio State University. He is studying Arabic and wants to pursue medicine as a career. He lives in Columbus, Ohio. – […]
Source: thejakartapost.com The city had previously sealed the mosque, but the followers broke it. He hoped the followers would not break the seal again. The Bekasi city administration sealed the Al-Misbah […]
Credit: Dawn.com By Irfan Aslam Only five bullets were needed to silence Multan’s bravest son, Rashid Rehman. Those who mourned his death were many: the weak and the destitute, single women without family support, landless peasants, bonded labourers working in brick kilns and farms, and of course, Junaid Hafeez and […]
Dear Pakistan, Late last year when i was told that I would have to leave you, I was heartbroken. I had tried hard and wished with all my heart that i could have a few more years with you….despite your troubled state. I felt then that i wanted to be […]
Source: Dawn.com The Margalla Police Station on Saturday registered an FIR under sections 295-C and 298-A against owner of the Geo Network Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman, morning show host Dr Shaista Lodhi, […]
yahoodiagentblogspot.ca: All religions preach love, harmony, peace, tolerance and brotherhood. This is a common argument heard at several interfaith conferences. However, once you start getting into the nitty gritty of things, each religion has something that can be considered blasphemous by others. Hinduism’s polytheism is a direct challenge to monotheistic […]
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Source: The Economist: Read the details at this LINK. Obama’s inaction on the visa is inexplicable. Did Obama’s respect and affection for Manmohan Singh deter a clear-headed presidential assessment of Modi’s potential importance to the US? Did Obama hope that Rahul Gandhi would somehow conjure up an electoral victory and […]
Dawn: LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Friday adopted a watered down resolution against the Geo Television for, what the opposition called, airing of a blasphemous programme in its morning transmission, while protest rallies against the media house were held across the country. The original mover of the resolution and the […]