Animal rights in Islam
Source: saudigazette.com.sa Centuries before anyone ever marched in protest against animal cruelty and before animal rights activist groups were even coined, Islam had prescribed clear laws that protect the rights of […]
This is Makkah
Source: gulf-times.com Honourable Makkah, the Secure City; Allah has distinguished it from among all places and made it sacred from the day He created the heavens and the earth. Allah commanded […]
Tolerance Day in Indonesia and Minorities
The Jakarta Post: International Tolerance Day was commemorated on Nov. 16. Lack of tolerance is still a problem, as evident in the ongoing inability of the GKI Yasmin congregation in […]
Humanity First – Typhoon Haiyan Update and Pictures – November 21, 2013
By Humanity First Canada Team — On Friday, November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan devastated a large path through the middle of the Philippines. By Monday, November 11, 2013, Humanity First initiated an international response. The team started the initial assessment and relief operations in cooperation and coordination with other NGOs […]
No Muslim can do it, really?
November 22, 2013 Gul Bukhari THE NATION Sympathisers and facilitators of Islamic extremist forces in the Pakistani mainstream media, representatives of clerical bodies and even some politicians of mainstream political parties, have long held that massacres, be they suicide bombings indiscriminately aimed at men, women and children in a Bazaar, […]
Riyadh killing Iraq democratization process: Expert
Saudi Arabia is sparing no effort to derail the process of democratization in Iraq, a Middle East expert tells Press TV in an interview. “Saudi Arabia has sought, since day one, to destabilize, discredit, [and] derail the fledgling democracy in Iraq with the ultimate goal of dismantling the entire democratic […]
The Wahhabi – Likudnik war on terror
By Pepe Escobar ASIA TIMES The double suicide bombing targeting the Iranian embassy in Beirut – with at least 23 people killed and 170 wounded – was a de facto terror attack happening on 11/19. Numerology-wise, naturally 9/11 comes to mind; and so the case of the Washington-declared war on […]
The 1974 ouster of the ‘heretics’: What really happened?
Source: Dawn.com By Nadeem F Paracha The sole culprit? The legacy of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, is a mixed bag of praise, platitudes and panning. Where, on […]
An Apolitical Virus: Strife Fuels Polio’s Return to Middle East
Polio is making a comeback in a decimated part of Syria, but the delicate politics of the war are making vaccination campaigns difficult. As an epidemic looms over the region, […]
The Saudis, Iran and the spreading Islamic Cold War in the Middle East
Source: worldtribune.com In 632 the Prophet Mohammad died, leaving behind a struggle between Shi’ites and Sunnis over the true line of succession. Today this rivalry is still alive and well in […]
The 1974 ouster of the ‘heretics’: What really happened? Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: The sole culprit?
Source: dawn.com The legacy of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, is a mixed bag of praise, platitudes and panning. Where, on the one hand, he is hailed as being […]
Displaced for Seven Years , Ahmadiyah members would be given ID cards
A total of 32 families (KK ) Ahmadis in Dormitory Transito , Mataram , and eight families in hospitals Praya , Central Lombok , will soon get legal residence . […]
Turkey: How Conscription Reform Will Change the Military
Summary A large, conscripted military may no longer be the most appropriate way for Turkey to protect its interests and defend against external threats. Ankara appears to have acknowledged as […]
A tribute to Dr Abdus Salam — Syeda Sultana Rizvi
Daily Times: COMMENT : A tribute to Dr Abdus Salam — Syeda Sultana Rizvi Salam preferred to retain his Pakistani nationality and green passport over the knighthood that was offered to him On November 21, 1996, with the death of Dr Abdus Salam, not only did we lose Pakistan’s only Nobel […]
A book helps us navigate the Syria mess
November 20, 2013 12:11 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star SUMMARY Four simultaneous trends seem to define the war in Syria these days, which only becomes more complicated and difficult to resolve with every passing week. Every aspect of Syria today is frightening and tragic but also consequential […]
Refugees spiraling deeper into poverty: Oxfam
November 21, 2013 01:58 AM By Samya Kullab The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY Monthly incomes for refugees is around $250 but average monthly expenditure is around $520, including rent, $225, […]
Hadith: Sunan Abu Dawood
One of the six most authentic collections of the Hadiths (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sahih Al-Tirmidhi, Sunan Ibn Majah, Sunan Abu Dawud, and Sahih Al-Nisa’i) It has 4800 Hadith (selected from a mass of 50,000) divided into many different subjects, each Section containing many Hadith. The numbering system used by […]
Humanity First in The Philippines- Recent update and pictures from the field
By Brain Wilson — The HF teams members working in the disaster hit areas; HF Canada – Mr. Brian Wilson, Mr. Hassan Naeem, Mr. Ataul Wahid HF Indonesia – Mr.Fakih Ahmad, Mr. Doni Sutriana, Mr. Arif Rahman Hakim HF Philippines – Mr. Abdul Wahhab Salvatierra November 20, 2013 Installation of […]
Shia-Sunni schism: A challenge to world peace
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Dawn.Com MURTAZA HAIDER Members of the Internal Security Forces ride on their vehicle in the Bab al-Tebbaneh neighbourhood in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, Nov […]
[Video] State Sponsored Persecution of Ahmadis in Lahore, Pakistan – Chali Hai Rasm (Program 5)
Source: vimeo.com Part 5 in a series of discussions on state sponsored persecution of Ahmadi Muslims and other minorities in Pakistan. For more information please visit persecutionofahmadis.org State Sponsored Persecution of Ahmadis in Lahore, Pakistan – Chali Hai Rasm (Program 5) from Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on Vimeo.