Dawn: NEW YORK: Pakistan’s new government should urgently address serious human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today in a letter to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif outlining “10 Steps to Improve Human Rights.” The abuses include attacks on religious minorities, disappearances in Balochistan, and impunity for abusive militant groups. In May […]
Source: ET On Friday, rival members confronted each other before an intermittent exchange of fire ensued. The firing killed three people on the spot, while two more died as they were being shifted to the hospital. Another died while under treatment at the hospital. More:
by Scott Capper, swissinfo.ch August 23, 2013 – 16:13 An alleged chemical bombing outside the Syrian capital Damascus, with potentially hundreds of civilian victims, has left the international community horrified. […]
Source: The World via Wasim Sr. A group of young boys wearing tight, crocheted caps rock back and forth as they recite verses from the Quran. Their voices–some loud, some hushed–resound through the domed mosque in a cacophony of swirling melodies.Recent reports have pointed to Pakistan’s Islamic, religious schools like […]
MADINAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 24 August 2013 The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Prophet’s Mosque has organized an exhibition on the mosque’s history and expansion works […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 24 August 2013 The Grand Mufti Abdulaziz Al-Asheikh has stressed the need to adhere to the teachings of the Qur’an and Sunnah to unify […]
From Neha Sharma, for CNN updated 9:42 AM EDT, Fri August 23, 2013 New Delhi (CNN) — Police have arrested one man and identified others in the alleged gang rape of a 23-year-old female photographer in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai, police said Friday. The incident is the latest shocking report […]
The right direction for Israel to take is clear, and the prime minister understands it. Israel must set borders within which it has a Jewish majority and move to integrate its Arab citizens. Haaretz Editorial | Aug. 23, 2013 | 8:32 AM The only way Israel can exist as a […]
by Mohammad Ghazal | Aug 22, 2013 | 22:59 AMMAN — A leading Muslim scholar said His Majesty King Abdullah’s address at a meeting with Muslim scholars on Tuesday carried […]
A recent article in the Detroit News contrasted the lives of two ordinary persons from Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. Two persons joined by faith and circumstances, yet separated by […]
ISLAMABAD: ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 23 August 2013 Pakistan is not alone in facing the menace of radicalism and extremism, as several other countries too face similar problems, and […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Published — Friday 23 August 2013 DAMASCUS: The use of chemical weapons in Syria would constitute a “crime against humanity,” UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on […]
Source: dailytimes.com.pk KARACHI: At least eight people were shot dead in separate incidents of violence across the city, while four dead bodies were found here on Wednesday. In the first incident, a man belonging to the Ahmadiyya community along with his neighbour was shot dead in Mujahid Colony within the jurisdiction […]
Source: tribune.com.pk LAHORE: A man was forced to abandon his woodworking business and flee Gujranwala with his family after his erstwhile friends and neighbours discovered that he was an Ahmadi, The Express Tribune has […]
Source: The Huffington Post By JAMAL HALABY 08/20/13 09:25 AM ET EDT AP AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan’s king warned Tuesday that ethnic and sectarian violence sweeping across several Arab countries […]
Editor’s note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a director at the New America Foundation and the author of “Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden — From 9/11 to Abbottabad.” Jennifer Rowland is a program associate at the New America Foundation. (CNN) — There have been Christians in […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: August 22, 2013 The LoC, that serves as a de-facto border between India and Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE ISLAMABAD: The […]
Source: updatednews.ca The broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has fined an Islamic TV channel £85,000, for inciting violence. It ruled in December that Noor TV had breached broadcasting codes after a host said […]
Al’humdullilah, on the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, the Khidmath-e-Khalq department of the Shimoga branch of Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya donated refurbished Clothes to the homeless and specially abled children. On the 4th […]
ET: MALDIVES: The Maldivian High Court has overturned a public flogging sentence for a 15-year-old rape victim whose conviction sparked outrage among rights groups and focused attention on the island nation’s treatment of women. The High Court issued a statement on Wednesday saying that the girl, whose step-father is on trial […]