Top Muslim preacher urges Sunnis to join Syria war
Story Summary Influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi has called on Sunni Muslims to join the rebels fighting the Syrian regime, as he lashed out at Shiite group Hezbollah for sending […]
War on Reason by Council of Islamic (?) Ideology (CII) in Pakistan
ET: Saroop Ijaz” In traditional Islamic jurisprudence, there is considerable debate on when an individual who has gone “missing” can be pronounced dead. The primary focus was when the wife can be declared a widow for the purposes of inheritance and remarriage, etc. The position in the Hanafi School varies […]
On Israeli identity, Jewish democracy and oxymorons – A response to Carlo Strenger
Clinging to a dangerous oxymoron, Israel claims to be both a democracy and at the same time belong to “world Jewry.’ The consequences of this fallacy are severe. By Shlomo […]
30th International Quran Competition kicks off in Tehran
Source: tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — The 30th International Quran Competition was inaugurated at the Summit Conference Hall in Tehran on Friday. Reciters and memorizers from over 70 countries are participating in this year’s […]
True and False Prophets – The Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam Part IV
Source: amer786.hubpages.com Introduction This is the last in a series of Hubs I wrote so readers can get an opportunity to hear the ‘other side of the story’ on The […]
The paradox of our time… Do you agree with me? Any suggestions / solutions?
I want to know… Do you agree with me? Life has become a race today – a race to be the richest, the best, the famous, the greatest… The paradox of our time is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; Wider freeways but narrower viewpoints; We spend more […]
Roads to ending Israeli apartheid envisioned in new book
Rod Such The Electronic Intifada 28 May 2013 130528-pretending-democracy.jpg Pretending Democracy: Israel, an Ethnocratic State is a collection of essays by Israeli, Palestinian and South African intellectuals dissecting the nature […]
Today is the Pancasila Day in Indonesia
It’s Back to Basics on Pancasila Day Firdaus Mubarik of the Indonesian Ahmadiyah Congregation (JAI) says this is particularly apparent in the ongoing persecution of the minority Islamic sect by […]
Kyrgyzstan declares emergency after bloody gold mine clashes
ET: BISHKEK: Parts of Kyrgyzstan were under curfew Saturday after clashes between security forces and protesters who want a Canadian-owned gold mine nationalised led the president to declare a state of emergency. President Almazbek Atambayev signed the declaration Friday for the Dzheti-Ogyzsky district of the northern Issyk Kul region, where the […]
‘Slow recovery’: Imran Khan may go to London for check-up
ET: ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan is being flown to London for a medical checkup due to ‘slow recovery’ from injuries he suffered after falling from a forklift during the election campaign in May. “His (Imran) recovery is slower than expected and he will be taken to London […]
Robert Fisk: ‘We ran up to the roof. That was when the second missile killed Loulou’: Lebanon is counting the cost in human lives of the Syrian conflict
Village after Shia village had hung photos of men who went to fight for Qusayr two weeks ago Loulou Awad’s blood still stained the concrete of her broken home, the latest Lebanese innocent to pay the price of Syria’s war. Her almost equally broken father Abdullah pressed the hands of […]
A Protest Movement Simmers in Kuwait
Source: Spiegel Why should the citizens of one of the richest countries in the world take to the streets? Fed up with the paternalizing, incompetent leadership of the ruling family, a citizen’s movement is waking in Kuwait, much to the fear of its neighbors in the Gulf. More:
Taliban will not take over Islamabad………
Source: LUBP The future of the Taliban is bright in Pakistan. They will not take over Islamabad from where they can deal with the world. No. This will not suit them.The very abbreviation TTP (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan) and the concept behind it are bogus. The concept is that there are ‘good’ […]
Khomeini’s rebel grandchildren rock the vote
Source: Asia Times: Khomeini’s rebel grandchildren rock the vote Outspoken demands by Zahra Mostafavi Khomeini that former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s candidacy in next month’s presidential vote be restored highlight how, on issues ranging from democracy to women’s rights, several grandchildren of the late revolutionary leader are challenging the […]
Pipelineistan and the New Silk Road(s)
Source: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar This is a version of a paper presented this week at the annual conference of the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore. SINGAPORE – Ask Western elites – oh, those were the days, in the 17th century, when the rise of […]
کافر فیکٹری: A Factory to manufacture Disbelievers (kafir)
BBC Urdu: و پاکستان کا شہری ثابت کرنے کے لیے شناختی کارڈ کا فارم بھرتے ہیں تو آپ سے ایک سوال پوچھا جاتا ہے جو دنیا کے کسی اور مسلمان ملک میں کسی اور مسلمان شہری سے نہیں پوچھا جاتا۔ آپ سے یہ تو نہیں پوچھا جاتا کہ آپ کی […]
Ministries reaffirm curbs on Ahmadiyah
The minister’s statement could have a huge impact on the public. This statement could easily cause them to attack and even murder Ahmadis. The Jakarta Post: As President Susilo Bambang […]
New envoy: Drones impede Pakistan’s role in Afghan peace, says Nawaz
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Kamran Yousaf Published: May 31, 2013 ISLAMABAD:Prime minister in-waiting Nawaz Sharif has said that a solution to the controversial drone campaign […]
Indonesian president gets religious ‘statesman’ award
The Jakarta Post: Indonesia’s president has accepted a statesmanship award from a U.S. interfaith foundation that says it hopes to encourage him to promote freedom of worship and tolerance in […]
Low expectations (on ‘peace conference’ for Syria)
STORY SUMMARY An international “peace” conference to tackle the crisis in Syria is taking shape for next month, but as the preparations for the event are ramping up, so is the level of pessimism. The conference has been preceded by the setting of a number of conditions, by both sides. […]