Asia

The murder of reason

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 […]

Let’s play Blasphemy, Blasphemy!

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 […]

Visa-less PM Modi.

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 […]

Iran’s role in the Middle East grows

STORY SUMMARY Iran’s role in the Middle East grows A few months ago we pretty much hit the bottom in violence and political discord across the entire Middle East, with active wars and insurgencies and daily terrorism defining many quarters of the region. These two are Iran-United States relations, in […]

Makkah in focus as MERS spreads

RIYADH: MD RASOOLDEEN The World Health Organization reported on Friday new cases of laboratory-confirmed MERS coronavirus cases in Jordan, Lebanon, the Netherlands, UAE and the US. Two confirmed cases of the virus in the Netherlands and in the US had a travel history to the Kingdom. The other victims of […]

The flame still burns

STORY SUMMARY On the 66th commemoration of the Nakba, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were violently forced out of their homes and off their land, it is more vital than ever that the world remembers what created such a tragedy, and how the issue is not going to disappear […]