Originally published in the Nation October 01, 2013 BY YASMEEN AFTAB ALI Even before Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s “loud-thinking” the idea of making Gwadar into a free port- India moved in May this year to counter China, upgrading Iran’s Chahbahar port that gives a transit route to land-locked Afghanistan. An […]
Aga Khan, a Swiss-Born Philanthropist and Muslim Spiritual Leader visited India from 17 to 29 September 2013. During the visit in New Delhi, Aga Khan met President of India Pranab […]
By H.R.H. Prince El Hassan bin Talal The Daily Star (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb) STORY SUMMARY This is not to diminish the very real threats that Israel does face. Nevertheless, it is undeniable that the sense of separateness cultivated by Israel and its neocon ideological bedfellows […]
STORY SUMMARY The Chaldean patriarch arrived in Lebanon for a rare visit Thursday and urged Christians to not leave their homeland. Sako was elected patriarch in February. Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2013/Sep-26/232563-chaldean-patriarch-speaks-out-against-emigration.ashx#ixzz2gSOEvzo8 […]
Reuters: DHAKA — Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal sentenced a senior opposition leader and lawmaker to death on Tuesday in the seventh such verdict by the body set up to probe abuses during the country’s bloody struggle for independence. Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, a legislator from the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was […]
Madrasas have become a mainstream education provider for tens of thousands of Indian students. (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – Introducing mainstream school curriculum to more than 600 traditional madrasahs over […]
Epigraph: Indeed, Allah commands you to make over the trusts to those entitled to them, and that, when you judge between men, you judge with justice. And surely excellent is […]
by Dr. David Liepert The first Muslims, following after Muhammad, fought for a world where Islam was allowed, not imposed. The world they won was a world with religious liberty, […]
Slowly, the map of the Middle East could be redrawn. You need to go to the original article to view the map and the comments! See THE NEW YORK TIMES Comments by the editor: This seems to be the ultimate aim of the present destabilization efforts of GOG AND MAGOG’s […]
The News Tribe: ISLAMABAD: Veiled women have been stopped for sitting in teachers’ entry test for the posts by military administration of the Federal Government College for Women in Islamabad, […]
Haaretz: China won’t be replacing the U.S. as Israel’s strongest ally anytime soon, but Israel should still look to build stronger bridges with the newest ‘responsible adult’ in the international […]
What if I cover my hair and someone comes up to me and speaks Arabic and, not knowing how to answer him, I respond in Hebrew? By Nadi Bushnak Tahauka […]
Source:CNN Hassan Rouhani is the fourth Iranian President I have interviewed, and each time these discussions seem to come at crucial times. BY CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR I was struck by the fact that he agreed to say a sentence or two in English to reach the American people in their own language, saying […]
September 29, 2013 – 03:10 By Andrew R.C. Marshall and Min Zayar Oo HPAKANT, Myanmar (Reuters) – Tin Tun picked all night through teetering heaps of rubble to find the […]
Source: ET Imran Khan has lost the plot. His ego, his naiveté and stubborn refusal to face reality has unfortunately redefined his persona. Khan the reformer has now become Khan the apologist. Perhaps even an ally. What a waste of a perfectly good man. Together these two men hold high the fluttering […]
Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal has said that increased political, economic and military support to the Syrian opposition could bring about a change in the balance of power on the […]
The move to shift government departments from Mina to a new administration complex in Muzdalifah would create 23 percent extra space in the tent city to accommodate 185,000 more pilgrims […]
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 26 (APP): The Secretary-General of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has commended the “positive role” of Pakistan in the Muslim world and the organization’s activities when he called on Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday, officials said. At the outset, Ihsanoglu congratulated the […]
Express Tribune: PESHAWAR: Around nine people were killed and 35 others sustained injuries in a blast in Peshawar’s Qissa Khwani area on Sunday, Express News reported. Rescue officials have reached the blast site and taken the injured to Lady Reading Hospital. Emergency was declared in the hospital. Police have also cordoned off the area. […]
Epigraph: We (Allah) made you (the Muslims) an exalted people and a nation of the middle course, that you may be guardians over mankind and the Messenger may be a […]