Why Pakistan is the most dangerous country on earth ?
Source: Mail on Line: I don’t have any personal animosity towards Pakistan or its people and enjoyed both my visits there and the people I was fortunate enough to meet. On balance, however, I think it is probably the most dangerous country in the world. This is not as a […]
Syria intervention: Would Operation Biffing Arabs be the best name for it? America in Lebanon’s civil war in the 1980s, just as it is poised to do in Syria
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Almost exactly 30 years ago today, I was having breakfast with my landlord below my home on the Beirut Corniche. The date was 19 September 1983, but nothing has changed – neither Mustapha’s little garden with its yellow and red flowers, my balcony two storeys […]
Karachi: The world’s most dangerous megacity is the next frontier in the global meth trade.
Source: FP KARACHI, Pakistan — The holy month of Muharram is a dangerous time in Pakistan. It marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar but is also a period of mourning for Shiite Muslims. Each year, in the overflowing metropolis of Karachi, they take to the streets in processions by the […]
Parliament’s decision will not fade the Ahmadi contribution to Pakistan
Source: Pak Tea House via Wasim Sr: Today 7th September would mark the 39th anniversary of the infamous decision by Bhutto’s parliament to declare Ahmadis ‘non-Muslims’ for the purpose of constitution. By meddling in religious matters and pandering to Mullahs, the progressive Pakistan of 1960s eventually turned into a hotbed […]
Al-Ahsa’s good Samaritan
AL-AHSA: ARAB NEWS Published — Sunday 8 September 2013 A number of poor families in Al-Ahsa received a welcome surprise recently when they discovered that an anonymous do-gooder had paid their grocery debts at their local stores. “I could not believe it when the owner of the baqala where I […]
Haj jets ‘should fly out stuck expats’
JEDDAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED ARABNEWS Published — Monday 9 September 2013 Several thousands of illegal Asian expats who wish to be repatriated are missing out on an opportunity to go home […]
Document confirms World Zionist Organization allocates land to settlers in Jordan valley
Government coordinator in the territories confirms: Settlers farming over a thousand acres of lands belonging to absentee owners in Jordan Valley. By Chaim Levinson | Sep. 9, 2013 An internal […]
Sickening & Scary: Second Amendment Anniversary Speakers call for isolation, banishment of Ahmadis
Source: tribune.com.pk Lahore: Several clerics called for further persecution of the Ahmadi community at conferences held on Saturday night to mark the 39th anniversary of the passage of the Second Amendment, which […]
Bangladesh indicts 4 for posting on Islam
Bangladesh indicts 4 for postings on Islam DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A court in Bangladesh’s capital indicted four bloggers Sunday for their allegedly inflammatory writings about Islam and its Prophet … bigstory.ap.org/article/bangladesh-indicts-4-postings-islam
Pakistan: What was to be and What it is
By Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd) Introduction Pakistan came into being sixty two years ago. There are not many around who saw it happening. Some alive today though may have been born yet might not have been mature enough to grasp the politics of the time, unless they are today in their […]
Indonesia- the Land of Pearls
Indonesia Supplies 43% of World’s Pearl Indonesia is the world’s largest producer of the South Sea Pearl with 43% of the world supply. Indonesia’s world trade value is ranked 9th […]
Pakistan: “These are Buddha’s footprints” – A trip to Sirkap
Dawn; It was the spring of 2012, students flooded in and out of classrooms hunting teachers for assistance with exam preparations and coursework. The ‘curious’ lot, as one of our […]
7th September, a horrifying day for Pakistani Ahmadis
Source: troubledmindsthoughts.blogspot.in | Saturday, September 7, 2013 Today is 7th September, 2013. 40 years ago, on this day, Bhutto took the step of declaring the Ahmadiyya Community in Pakistan to be non-Muslims and forcefully turning them into a minority, according to the wishes of all the religious extremists, regardless of the fact […]
‘Only authorized preachers can deliver sermons’
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Sunday 8 September 2013 The Ministry of Islamic Affairs Endowments, Call and Guidance branch in Makkah has completed preparations to welcome pilgrims for this Haj season. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, director of the branch in Makkah, said the objective is to involve state agencies to […]
Conditions for Saudi citizenship to be eased
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Sunday 8 September 2013 Authorities are weighing the prospects of canceling a key condition stipulating that the grandfather of a Saudi mother should be Saudi for granting citizenship to her children, a high-level source has said. Mohammed Al-Jasser, a spokesman from the Civil Affairs Department, […]
Vladimir Putin will happily let Obama sweat it out alone in Syria There is many a cautionary tale for Arab leaders – and for arrogant Western ones – about Moscow’s dealings with the Middle East
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Not many years ago, a Russian President held a late-night meeting with his special representative and asked him to fly at once to meet with an Arab dictator – to give him a personal warning on an impending American attack. If the Arab autocrat would […]
Syria’s religious authority calls for prayer in face of U.S. Congress vote
Al Arabiya Syria’s religious authority has urged its people to fast and pray on Monday to face the anticipated U.S. congressional vote, which could authorize President Barak Obama to execute […]
A Congressional veto of Obama on Syria would harm Israel and its supporters
By ‘going all out’ in favor of a U.S. attack on Assad, AIPAC and other Jewish groups run the risk of sustaining long term damage to their own ‘power of […]
Miss World moved to Bali after Muslim protests in Jakarta
INDONESIA says the final of Miss World later this month will take place on the Hindu-majority holiday island of Bali instead of near the capital, after days of Muslim hardline […]