Hamdallah becomes first Palestinian PM to visit Al Aqsa
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — New Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah visited Al Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem on Sunday, the official WAFA news agency reported. Al Aqsa, Islam’s […]
Pakistan: a Nation state or an Islamic (Islamist) movement?
ET: Hassan Askar Rizvi: The patterns of human behaviour have undergone major changes in Pakistan with a growing emphasis on the public display of religiosity, religious intolerance and extremism, and a tacit or open admiration of religious militancy. Those who have experienced Pakistan of the early 1970s know how much […]
Iran to send 4,000 troops to aid President Assad forces in Syria
by Robert Fisk, The Independent, UK World Exclusive: US urges UK and France to join in supplying arms to Syrian rebels as MPs fear that UK will be drawn into growing conflict Washington’s decision to arm Syria’s Sunni Muslim rebels has plunged America into the great Sunni-Shia conflict of the […]
Syrian Army Regains Ahmadiyya, Restores Security to Aleppo, Hama Countrysides
Source: almanar.com.lb Syrian army restored security and stability to the town of Ahmadiyya in East Ghouta of Damascus countryside and the villages of Ein Asan and Tallat al-Teen in the southern […]
‘With Rouhani in office West will have to negotiate sanctions lift’
Now that moderate Iranian cleric Hassan Rouhani is set to assume the presidency, the West will have to get to the negotiating table to talk to Tehran in a serious […]
Private money pours into Syrian conflict as rich donors pick sides
By Joby Warrick, Sunday, June 16, 2013 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Syrian tanks were closing in on the rebel-held town of Qusair last month when a Kuwaiti sheik named […]
Another Ahmadi venture under fire: When will we learn?
ET: by Faheem Younas Teacher to Akram and Aslam: You both failed the test because you were late for class. Why were you late? Akram: Sir, I was busy looking for my atthani which I lost on my way to school today. Teacher: What is your reason Aslam? Aslam: (Sheepishly): Sorry sir, but […]
Thousands of Egypt Islamists rally for Syria jihad
AFP | Jun 15, 2013 | 23:38 JORDAN TIMES CAIRO — Thousands of Islamists rallied in the Egyptian capital this weekend in support of calls by Sunni Muslim clerics for a holy war against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The demonstration took place outside a Cairo mosque on […]
Postpone Haj if you can
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Sunday 16 June 2013 In an unprecedented move aimed at preventing congestion and stampedes and ensuring safety of the guests of God, Saudi authorities have […]
Female suicide bomber carried out Quetta attack: Security sources
Source: ET A firefighter stands near a burning bus after a bomb attack in Quetta June 15, 2013. PHOTO: REUTERS QUETTA: The bomb attack on Sardar Bahadur Khan University, Quetta – which killed 14 female students – was carried out by a female suicide bomber, Express Newsreported, quoting security sources on Sunday. […]
How Atatürk Made Turkey Secular (with the current unrest in Turkey we should try to understand more of its history).
The evolution of Turkey in the early 1900s is one of the most baffling cultural and social changes in Islamic history. In a few short years, the Ottoman Empire […]
Saudi Arabia: Islamic scholars, legal experts and aid workers exchange views
Saudi Arabia: Islamic scholars, legal experts and aid workers exchange views 12-06-2013 News Release 13/105 Kuwait (ICRC) – A three-day workshop on the rights and obligations of humanitarian workers within the scope of international humanitarian law and Islamic jurisprudence concluded in Jeddah today. Approximately 75 aid workers, representatives of non-governmental […]
Centrist Candidate, Hassan Rouhani is Iran’s next President
(CNN) — Iranian centrist candidate Hassan Rouhani has won the Islamic republic’s presidential election, Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced Saturday. Iranian officials reported a high turnout, with nearly 73% of some […]
Early results give Iran moderate clear lead
Source: ET TEHRAN: Moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani, bolstered by a late surge in support from suppressed Iranian reformists, took an early lead in the presidential election to find a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, initial results showed Saturday. The first round results gave Rowhani 52 percent of the vote, more than three […]
The Ahmadis have suffered massacres, discrimination of many kinds and other abuse.
Source: ET Allowing injustices to continue against Ahmadis in our society simply encourages others to act in a similar fashion. PHOTO: The Ahmadis have suffered massacres, discrimination of many kinds and other abuse. They need to be offered the protection that should be available to every citizen of Pakistan, regardless of […]
Despite Having 70% of world Energy Resources 40pc of Muslim states’ population fall below poverty line
ET: Despite possessing 70 per cent of world energy resources and 40 per cent natural resources, the gross domestic product (GDP) of all member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is less than that of Japan. This was stated by Chairperson HEC Javaid Laghari while talking to Education Attachés […]
The Pakistanisation of Indonesia
Epigraph: Indeed, Allah enjoins justice, and the doing of good to others; and giving like kindred; and forbids indecency, and manifest evil, and wrongful transgression. He admonished you that you […]
‘Blasphemous magazine’: FIR registered against Ahmadi owners
The Express Tribune: By Rana Tanveer. LAHORE: Giving in to pressure of a United Khatam-i-Nabuwat led two-month long vigilante siege of an Ahmadi magazine office, police on Thursday registered an FIR against the magazine’s administration and confiscated all its records since 1952, The Express Tribune has learnt. A large police contingent raided the […]
Baloch Liberation Army Attacks Ziarat Residency of Jinnah- Removes Pakistan National Flag
BLA claims attack on Jinnah residency in Ziarat QUETTA: The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed the attack on the Jinnah residency in Ziarat, Express News reported on Saturday. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar […]