Huff Post: by Jaweed Kaleem — KARACHI, Pakistan — Every Sunday, thousands celebrate Mass at St. Peter’s, a three-floor, 21,000-square-foot Catholic church that’s the biggest in Pakistan. Dressed in their best tunics and loose cotton pants, worshippers sit barefoot in the pew-less building — a style adapted from nearby mosques […]
Source: LUBP To these lovers of Hazrat Yazeed Bin Muawiya, I hope you are successful in getting Mummy Daddy Burger Insaafians to don Burqa! See the look of happiness shared by Irfan Siddiqui and Maulana Sami ul Haq after the latest attack on Shias in Peshawar. It is the same […]
Source: english.thereport24.com Some seven thousand members of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamat from home and abroad attended the three-day annual convention. Dhaka: The annual convention of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Bangladesh, ended here on Sunday. […]
36. Obey not him whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his evil inclinations [18:29] And keep thyself attached to those who call on their Lord, morning and evening, seeking His pleasure; and let not thy eyes pass beyond them, seeking the adornment of the […]
The only negotiation that can happen between the state and the Taliban is on the time and mode of surrender — nothing else. Anything beyond that is specifically barred by the constitution In February 1948, Mr Jinnah said, “In any case, Pakistan is not going to be a theocratic state to […]
ET: A number of Muslim states are facing varying degrees of insurgencies and violent attacks against state institutions, officials and ordinary people. The leading examples are Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen and Somalia. The Iraq government faces a militant challenge in Anbar province where extremist and al Qaeda-type groups have […]
Robert Fisk: The number of women sentenced to death across the Middle East has very little to do with justice These young women should be listed on some roll of martyrdom Share 421 The execution of women holds a special revulsion for Westerners, especially – let us be honest about […]
The Arab Spring Three Years On 28/11/2013 by Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky Three years since the start of the Arab revolutions, the region has witnessed a kaleidoscope of dramatic developments ranging from free elections to the violent suppression of change. How would you describe the Arab Spring today? In the […]
Source:pti-fata.blogspot.com via wasim sr. “I have always wondered why Imran Khan is such a soft target for bashing? What makes journos & intellect-chawals single out IK for bashing? Why they rid themselves of all sense & logic (even plain facts at times) when bashing IK? Is it because of the shot-at-cheap-fame mentality? What goes […]
Hassan Barari ARABNEWS.COM On the whole, Israelis have a problem of making a distinction between anti-Semitic observations that some made and the right to be critical of Israeli policies. Many in Israel tend to label any non-Israeli who blame Israel for the collapse of the peace process as anti-Semite. The […]
وسعت اللہ خان بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، کراچی آخری وقت اشاعت: اتوار 9 فروری 2014 , 00:54 GMT 05:54 PST پاکستان میں حکومت اور طالبان کی نمائندہ کمیٹیوں کے درمیان مذاکرات جاری ہیں نہ نہ نہ۔۔۔بات چیت کا مقصد اگر واقعی نفاذِ شریعت ہے تب تو یہ مذاکرات ہونے […]
Dr. A. Bagader & others: The Islamic view of the role of air, land and soil in the environment and how conservation of these vital elements is fundamental to the preservation […]
KSA-born expatriates look for Saudi wives JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE Published — Sunday 9 February 2014 Many Kingdom-born expats find marrying Saudi women as the best guarantee for a bright future in Saudi Arabia. This is especially the case after the Nitaqat program drastically reduced the number […]
Source: Press Release Chenab Nagar, Rabwah: On Saturday 8 February, 2014 at 2:30 pm Raziullah Din Sahib son of Muhammad Hussein Mukhtar Sahib was shot at and killed by unknown by unknown assailants. The deceased was 27 years old and a resident of Ogervi Colony, Aurangi Town, Karachi. Raziullah Din […]
[18:25] Unless Allah should will. And remember thy Lord when thou forgettest, and say, ‘I hope my Lord will guide me to what is even nearer than this to the right path.’ Explanation: The verse purports to say to Muslims that in their hour of despondency and helplessness before the irresistible […]
By Erica Chernofsky: BBC News, Jerusalem Intermarriage – when Jews wed non-Jews – has been called a threat to the future survival of the Jewish nation. So what happened when there were reports that the Israeli prime minister’s son was dating a Norwegian non-Jew? The Norwegian daily Dagen last week reported […]
February 08, 2014 12:15 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star The widespread anticipation among what seems like just 27 people in the United States who follow the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations is that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will soon table a set of American positions or […]
inShAFP / JORDAN TIMES GAZA CITY — Hemmed in by Israeli and Egyptian blockades, Gaza is plagued by long and frequent power blackouts, prompting some residents to try to lighten the mood with dark humour. Gaza ensemble Tashweesh — Arabic for “interference” — has posted on YouTube a […]
Source: The Huffington Post President Hassan Rouhani of Iran surprised Tehran’s only Jewish hospital with a generous donation on Thursday, reports the New York Times. His brother personally delivered $400,00 […]
Humility and its virtues HUMBLE POSTURE: True worship comes through humility of the soul. Abu Usama Ath-Thahabi Published — Friday 7 February 2014 Humility is when a person does not see himself as being better or above other people because of frivolous reasons like social standing, […]