The Future of OPEC
STRATFOR Analysis December 4, 2013 | Summary The prospect of revitalized oil production in Iraq and Iran may add to tensions between those two countries and Saudi Arabia over export […]
HR: Pakistan placed among ‘high risk’ countries
ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: Pakistan was included in the category of ‘extreme risk’ countries in the annual ‘Human Rights Risk Atlas 2014’ released by a global analytical organisation on Wednesday. Among […]
King Bhumibol Adulyadej – life in pictures King Rama XI
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A second Syrian war against Al-Qaeda lies ahead
December 04, 2013 12:15 AM By David Ignatius The Daily Star Story Summary As Al-Qaeda grows more powerful in Syria – seeking “complete control over the liberated areas,” according to a new Syrian rebel intelligence report – moderate opposition leaders are voicing new interest in a political settlement of the […]
Killing of Hezbollah operative bears Israeli fingerprints
Story Summary December 05, 2013 01:08 AM By Rakan al-Fakih, Thomas El-Basha The Daily Star In yet another blow to Hezbollah this year, a senior party commander was assassinated south […]
Rich Kazakhs Revive Polygamy as Women Seek Poverty Escape
By Nariman Gizitdinov – Dec 3, 2013 Given the choice between love and money, Samal, a tall, curly-haired 23-year-old woman from a village in southern Kazakhstan, would take the cash. […]
Germany: Ahmadiyya Muslim girls bake for the needy in Syria
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in Women of Dietzenbachr Ahmadiyya Muslim community held a baking contest this past Sunday for a good cause . 35 participants competed with their cakes and pies and 1,200 Euros […]
The New Axis of Evil: Saudi Arabia And Israel
Source: LUBP By Richard Walker To the rest of the world they are strange bedfellows, but Saudi Arabia and Israel have a shared agenda to shape the Middle East to their liking even if it means using violence and terrorism to bring the region to the brink of war. More:
Syrian refugee relief effort Islamicized
Source: Asia Times: GENEVA – As the Syrian crisis is poised to enter into its third year, it is estimated that 25% of the country’s inhabitants have been uprooted, including more than 2 million refugees abroad and about 4.5 million internally displaced people. With the conflict showing no sign of […]
GLOBAL FAITHS: Stories of Jesus go beyond the Gospels
November 23, 2013 Goshen News Jesus is central to Christianity, likely more so than Mohammed is to Islam or the Buddha to Buddhism, and this importance of Jesus seems to have produced claims about him beyond the story in the canonical Gospels. Recently Karen L. King, a professor at Harvard, […]
Non-Arabs win Qur’an contest
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Wednesday 4 December 2013 ARABNEWS The top two prizes of the King Abdul Aziz International Qur’an contest, which was held at the Grand Mosque […]
5 Arab states top ‘most corrupt’ list
BERLIN: Five Arab countries are ranked among the top 10 most corrupt nations, according to Transparency International’s newly released annual Corruption Perceptions Index, as instability in the region has profound […]
Turkey's rock 'n' roll imam ruffles religious feathers
Source: Dawn An imam from a tiny hamlet on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast has run into trouble with the country’s powerful religious authorities — for his other life as a rock musician. Ahmet Muhsin Tuzer told AFP he is being investigated by the Diyanet, the […]
Turkey’s rock ‘n’ roll imam ruffles religious feathers
Source: Dawn An imam from a tiny hamlet on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast has run into trouble with the country’s powerful religious authorities — for his other life as a rock musician. Ahmet Muhsin Tuzer told AFP he is being investigated by the Diyanet, the […]
Waqar-e-Amal by Jama’at-e-Ahmadiyya Chandigarh, Punjab, Bharat
News report by Anas Ahmad | Member of Ahmadiyya muslim community, Qadian Waqar-e-Amal was organised by Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Chandigarh on 10th of November 2013 […]
Waqar-e-Amal by Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya Chandigarh, Punjab, Bharat
News report by Anas Ahmad | Member of Ahmadiyya muslim community, Qadian Waqar-e-Amal was organised by Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Chandigarh on 10th of November 2013 […]
Peres addressed 29 Arab and Muslim foreign ministers
President applauded at Gulf Security Conference in Abu Dhabi after speaking via satellite from his office in Jerusalem BY SPENCER HO THE TIMES OF ISRAEL In an unprecedented event, President Shimon Peres spoke from his office in Jerusalem via satellite to 29 foreign ministers from Arabic and Muslim countries at […]
‘Tuk-tuk’ governance
Source: Dawn NUMEROUS articles had appeared around the 90- to 100-day mark of the PML-N government to review its initial performance, in line with Western traditions. Recognising how slowly things move in developing countries, I had decided that six months would be a more meaningful period even for an initial […]
In 10 years the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan will remain Hashemite or become a Palestinian state?
Source: Stratfor: Israel in 10 Years I began by pointing out how secure Israel is currently. Looking down the road 10 years, Israel cannot assume that this strategic configuration will remain in place. Egypt’s future is uncertain. The emergence of a hostile Egyptian government is not inconceivable. Syria, like Lebanon, […]
20th Anniversary Special Edition of the World Islamic Banking Conference
Leading players, industry thought leaders and key regulators in the international Islamic banking and finance industry will take part in the 20th Anniversary Special Edition of the World Islamic Banking […]