by Bayram Balci Published on Monday, January 27, 2014 ARTICLES Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, Volume 15 The greater “Turkic world”—that is, Turkey and the majority of the Caucasus and Central Asia—has […]
ET: Militarisation of the subcontinent continues unabated — and this trend has been further fed by India’s latest increase in its defence spending. The Indian government has announced a 10 per cent increase in its military budget — pushing spending in this sector to a whopping 36 billion dollars. This increase […]
Religious News Service | by Naveed Ahmad Posted: 02/19/2014 2:32 pm EST Updated: 02/19/2014 2:59 pm EST ISLAMABAD (RNS) Mohammad Asghar, a 69-year-old paranoid schizophrenic, faces a death sentence in Pakistan for claiming to be the Prophet Muhammad in letters written to officials and police in 2010. The retired British national of Pakistani descent is […]
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON 02/20/2014 02:38 MK Levin: ‘For 60 years the state treated all minorities as one homogeneous group, and it was a mistake.’ Women walking in the mixed Arab-Jewish city Lod Photo: REUTERS Coalition chairman Yariv Levin’s proposal to legally differentiate between Christian and Muslim Arabs passed its second and third readings […]
Published on Friday, 14 February 2014 09:25 by Daoud Kuttab PALESTINE NEWS NETWORK The seriousness of the U.S.-initiated framework for a possible solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem appears to have shaken dormant relations in the region, including in Jordan. The Palestinian-Jordanian relationship, which is experiencing its highest degree […]
February 20, 2014 12:11 AMBy David Ignatius STORY SUMMARY Western and Arab intelligence services that support Syria’s struggling opposition gathered for a two-day strategy meeting in Washington last week that appears to signal a stronger effort to back the rebels. Sources warn that President Barack Obama is still wary of […]
Source: Ibtida Pakistan shakes Hands with KSA against Syria تحریر: ٹیپو یوسفزئی ہمارے بھولے بادشاہ سمجھ رہے تھے کہ تخت سعود والے تخت لاہور کے پاس مشرف صاحب کی جان […]
Epigraph: If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state […]
Epigraph: So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. (Matthew 7:12) Written and collected by […]
ISLAMABAD: A report prepared by the Interior Ministry has declared the capital city as ‘extremely dangerous’ due to the presence and functioning of banned outfits along with other factors, Geo News reported. According to the report, the capital city is at high risk and has become the sleeper cell of […]
(Wam) / 19 February 2014 FNC Speaker Al Murr and delegation visits Iranian Shura Council, invites Ali Larijani to visit UAE. Mohammed Al Murr meets Iranian President Dr Hassan Rohani during the Conference of Islamic Inter-Parliamentary Union of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. — Wam Federal National Council (FNC) Speaker […]
45. Yield not to any one among them who is sinful or ungrateful. [76:25] So wait patiently for the judgment of thy Lord, and yield not to any one among them who is sinful or ungrateful. [22:39] Surely, Allah defends those who believe. Surely, Allah loves not any one who is perfidious or ungrateful.
Moderate rebels say the Syrian president is secretly working with a rogue al-Qaeda group in the country’s brutal civil war. But are Sunni jihadists really in bed with the Assad […]
Story Summary by Rami G. Khouri Daily Star Lebanon With perhaps just weeks to go before the United States unveils its framework accord that it hopes will prod Palestinians and Israelis toward a comprehensive negotiated resolution of their conflict, it seems that every dimension of this struggle is generating new […]
STORY SUMMARY by Erika Solomon Daily Star Lebanon Pictures of rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar Assad laughing and shaking hands after a local cease-fire have sparked outrage on […]
By Maher Abukhater February 12, 2014, 3:15 p.m. RAMALLAH, West Bank – The presence of three words on a letterhead – “State of Palestine” – is keeping Palestinian patients from […]
ارشاد عرشیؔ ملک arshimalik50@hotmail.com تھی خبر جس کی صحائف میں تو وہ محمود تھا تو وہی مصلح مقدس تھا وہی موعود تھا جس قدر خبریں مسیحؑ کی آمدِ ثانی کی تھیں ان سبھی خبروں میں تیرا تذکرہ موجود تھا سب حدیثوں کی کُتب میں ذکرہے تیرا لکھا اس سے ثابت […]
Middle East Monitor: A senior legal official at Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has warned that “the challenge of the International Criminal Court”, should the Palestinians join, “is potentially a very significant one”. Speaking yesterday at the annual meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, MFA deputy legal […]
Story Summary Security sources say the three were part of a local Salafist-jihadist group that planned to carry out attacks against Israeli targets in the West Bank. In the past two years, Israel had reported targeting militant cells bearing some connection to Al-Qaeda in the north of the West […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday condemned the “heinous” execution of kidnapped soldiers by a Taleban faction, warning that the deaths could affect ongoing peace talks. “Such incidents […]