Are Ahmadis Non-Muslims?
Credit to Pakteahouse: Repost: By Yasser Latif Hamdani The poison of ignorance and extremism that Bhutto and General Zia jointly fathered during their dictatorial regimes has fully indoctrinated even those who otherwise describe themselves as educated. This week the Large Hadron Collider at the CERN inched closer to the discovery […]
Knessets plan to construct a synagogue in the Al-Aqsa compound leaked
Israel to build synagogue in Al Aqsa mosque compound Press TV: A report has been leaked from the Israeli Knesset by the Al-Aqsa Foundation, stating that Tel Aviv has new […]
Governor says Ahmadiyah not prohibited in Central Java
SOLO – Central Java Governor, Ganjar Pranowo said he would not prohibit the existence of Ahmadiyah religious organizations in Central Java Province. Statement by the Governor of Central Java, Ganjar […]
Protestant Christian Pastor, Laymen Charged With Blasphemy
Source: CP Asia By Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post Reporter October 17, 2013|1:55 pm A Protestant Christian pastor and two laymen have been accused and charged with blasphemy in Lahore, Pakistan, allegedly for writing derogatory remarks about Islam. “The complaint was filed by the Muslim Abid Mehmood accusing the three of having written […]
Military and Defense: The Madness Of The Syria Proxy War In One Chart
by Michael Kelley BUSINESS INSIDER The Syrian war, now in its 31st month, has transformed into a full-blown proxy war. The conflict not only involves Syria’s neighbors and regional powers, […]
Can Muslim doctors examine patients of the other sex?
A recent article in the Journal of Medical Ethics challenged the right of Muslim doctors to refuse to examine patients of the opposite sex. Robert Card reported cases of conscientious […]
Angler Hooks 134-Pound Carp In Thailand, May Crush World Record
Holy carp! A British tourist may have just reeled in a world record. While vacationing in Thailand for his birthday, Keith Williams hooked a 134-pound carp, believed to be the […]
Why Are So Many Jews Leaving Israel?
counterpunch: by Uri Avenery – Today, when presenting his passport, an Israeli feels no such pride. He may feel a sense of contrariness (“us against the whole world”), but he or she is conscious of his country being considered by many as an apartheid state, oppressing another people. Every person […]
How Saudi Arabia is pushing for war
CNN: GPS: When Secretary of State John Kerry met with his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud al-Faisal in Paris this week, he likely got an earful of complaints over Syria. There was no public news conference after their meeting, which makes sense given that the Saudis often prefer that their sensitive consultations with […]
Saudi Arabia Rejects Seat on U.N. Security Council and Confuses Everyone
The World: by Nate Rawlings – But one wonders if the temporary focus that Saudi Arabia gets by doing this is worth giving up a seat on the Security Council where at least they’d have some voice in resolutions on Syria.” On Thursday, the 193 countries making up the U.N. […]
10 Architectural Landmarks You Must Visit
The Huffington Post: “Architecture is not reserved for an elite in any sense,” writes art historian and writer Philip Jodidio. “It is rather the substance from which country, culture, city […]
In the Muslim World, Genius of Christianity
by Joop Koopman Media & communications consultant Maronite Bishop Elias Sleman heads the Eparchy of Latakia in the north of Syria, a region that so far has been spared the violence of the country’s civil war, which may come as a surprise to many in the West who imagine the […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Persecution Continues in Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan
LUBP: While banned Jihadi organizations continue to make a roaring business collecting hides, the Ahmadiyya Muslim communities of Pakistan continue to suffer State sponsored persecution. Media reports have emerged that the Ahmaddiya muslims were forcibly prevented from performing the sacrificial rituals associated with Eid ul Azha. Whether the sacrifice of […]
Am I A Skeptical Muslim?
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment: A lucid case for Separation of Mosque-Church and State. By Saeed Qureshi I am a Muslim yet I am a skeptical Muslim? There should be […]
Lebanon has cause for shame in its treatment of Syrian refugees – They are beaten in the immigration queues and cheated with exorbitant rents
by Robert Fisk, The Independent, UK I stopped to buy walnuts in Sidon last week from a sunburned man sitting on the pavement of the old souk. Like the walnuts – soft, almost creamy inside their iron-hard husks – he came from the Syrian town of Bloudan. In years gone […]
PRUNING THE FAMILY TREE : Unique skull find could rewrite the history books
by Scott Capper, swissinfo.ch October 17, 2013 – 20:00 Swiss and Georgian researchers have suggested that some of the earliest humans living 1.8 million years ago could all belong to […]
New global index exposes 'modern slavery' worldwide
Nearly 30 million people around the world are living as slaves, according to a new index ranking 162 countries. The Global Slavery Index 2013 says India has the highest number of people living in conditions of slavery at 14 million. But Mauritania has the highest proportional figure with about 4% […]
New global index exposes ‘modern slavery’ worldwide
Nearly 30 million people around the world are living as slaves, according to a new index ranking 162 countries. The Global Slavery Index 2013 says India has the highest number of people living in conditions of slavery at 14 million. But Mauritania has the highest proportional figure with about 4% […]
No 'Qurbani' for you: Police stop Ahmadis from ritual sacrificing in Lahore
ET: LAHORE: Lahore police stopped various members of the Ahmadi community in Lahore from slaughtering animals as part of ‘Qurbani’ ritual on Eidul Azha, proclaiming that the ritual of animal sacrifice was an Islamic injunction whereas Ahmadis were not Muslims. The Express Tribune learnt that police from the Islampura Police Station directed Tahir* in […]