KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly Monday demanded the disbandment of the Council of Islamic Ideology while passing a resolution to stop implementation on the CII’s earlier decisions, DawnNews reported. The resolution was moved by Pakistan Muslim League-Functional’s (PML-F) leader Mehtab Akhtar Rashidi. The Assembly expressed serious reservations over the recent decisions […]
Dawn.com: by Gohar Ali Khan — HYDERABAD: A number of residents of various localities of Tando Allahyar city and activists of religious parties took to the streets against alleged desecration of the Holy Quran and attacked the home-cum-worship place of a man belonging to the Ahmedi community for his involvement […]
OnIslam & Newspapers Thursday, 27 March 2014 00:00 Initial reports assumed that the plane has crashed into the southern Indian Ocean. CAIRO – As search for flight MH370 debris continues, religious leaders have rejected to hold funerals for the victims unless bodies are found or confirmed dead to perform the […]
Credit: Dawn.com ISLAMABAD: The special court constituted to try former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for high treason indicted him on Monday and put the ball in the government’s court in […]
82. ‘Vie with one another in seeking forgiveness from your Lord and for a Garden the value whereof is equal to the value of the heaven and the earth […]
The country’s ruler says sharia was created as guidance from Allah ANDREW BUNCOMBE Saturday 29 March 2014 The Sultan of Brunei, one of the world’s wealthiest rulers and a […]
Dawn: INCIDENTS of communal violence targeted at Sindh’s Hindu population are occurring with disturbing regularity. On early Friday morning a Hindu temple in Hyderabad was set on fire by unidentified arsonists, resulting in damage to an idol and the structure itself. Earlier this month a dharamshala in Larkana was attacked […]
Foreign agencies ‘using drugs to destabilize KSA’ THINKING OUT OF THE BOX: Smugglers have been increasingly using new methods to bring drugs into the Kingdom. DAMMAM: SULTAN AL-SUGHAIR Published — Saturday 29 March 2014 Certain hostile foreign agencies are possibly trying to destabilize the country by flooding it with drugs, […]
Arab Israelis, Palestinians rally to mark Land Day AFP | Mar 30, 2014 | 23:19 A protester waves a Palestinian flag towards the Israeli border during a protest marking Land […]
TRIP OF A LIFETIME: Egyptian pilgrims get a warm reception in Madinah. (AN photo) MADINAH: YUSUF MOHAMMED Madinah is witnessing a flourishing trade in various items as pilgrims flock to the city of the Prophet’s mosque this Umrah season. The shops in the vicinity of the Prophet’s Mosque in […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS STAFF Saudi women are capable of holding top positions like ministers of education, health, information and social affairs, said Hanan Al-Ahmadi, a member of the Shoura Council. “Appointment on women to the Shoura Council is one of the important decisions taken in the […]
theguardian: by Peter Walker and Susan Schulman — Shepperd said his involvement changed his view about the religion’s take on several subjects, for example the position of women. He said: “If you look at the popular misconceptions about Islam, that isn’t the case at all. It’s great to be working […]
Source: vimeo.com Urdu Rahe Huda 29th March 2014 – Ask Questions about Islam Ahmadiyya from Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on Vimeo.
81. ‘And seek, in that which Allah has given thee, the Home of the Hereafter [28:78] ‘And seek, in that which Allah has given thee, the Home of the Hereafter; and neglect not thy lot in this world; and do good to others as Allah has done good to thee; and seek not […]
Story Summary The case of the bishops kidnapped in Syria for almost a year is complicated, Maj. Ibrahim, who helped secure the release of the Maaloula nuns earlier this month, as well as the Lebanese hostages last year, has also been following up on the case of the bishops. […]
Source.Daily Times: There are a few points that are never considered when the Lahore Resolution is discussed. Foremost is the fact that there is no reference to Islam or a state for Islam. It speaks of Muslim India and a settlement between the major communities of British India. Second and more […]
Source: Editorial by Express Tribune Another voice of sanity was attacked on March 28. Another journalist assaulted. Another member of the Express Group family saw his life flash before his […]
Source: ET It was some consolation to see most political leaders condemn it. However, some introspection and perspective is required. Mr Imran Khan recently came up with the remarkable assertion that the “Taliban do not want to enforce Sharia on gunpoint and only want to liberate us from America’s war”. […]
Source: ET A military radar. PHOTO: WIKICOMMONS QUETTA: A group of armed men disguised in security forces’ uniform attacked the international radar in the coastal town of Pasni, Gwadar district on Saturday evening killing one Balochistan Constabulary official and injuring another. At least 12 armed men attacked the Constabulary personnel guarding […]
DailyTimes: Pakistan, the strange country that no westerner can really understand. So many contradictions and so many half-truths — what is Pakistan really and how can a westerner comprehend this? How can a westerner, especially a woman, understand Pakistan? Is it possible without the language? Yes, one can read about […]