Monday, 03 June 2013, 07:50 GMT Source: Kurdish Globe, Erbil, Kurdistan (autonomous region of Iraq) SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region – Intransigence on the part of both the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) and international actors is undermining prospects for a solution to the conflict in Syria, Democratic Union Party (PYD) co-chairman Salih […]
WAS PARTITION OF INDIA INEVITABLE? by Dr. R. M. Pal ………..It was not Jinnah but the Hindutvavadi leader Sarvarkar who first propounded the two-nation theory. Veer Sarvarkar, while presiding over the 1937 session of the Hindu Mahasabha, said in plain and simple words, advocating the two-nation theory, “ I warn the Hindus […]
June 3, 2013 – SWISSINFO.CH The Swiss foreign ministry has said it is “extremely concerned” about the situation in Syria, particularly the intense fighting in the city of Qusair, and […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Mohammed Nour is the spokesperson for the Northern Storm Brigade, accused of kidnapping 11 Lebanese pilgrims in Syria “Hezbollah suspects Hamas has been teaching Sunni […]
The Daily Times: Husain Nadim: The use of anti-Ahmadi rhetoric by political parties raises a serious question: Is there anyone who will ever stand up for their rights? “It’s almost laughable. You first forcefully declare us a minority, then you promise to protect minority rights, and when you fail, you […]
Amusement park’s alleged anti-Arab racism Inquiry by teacher prompts Superland to admit it hosts Jewish and Arab groups on separate days The Times of Israel: Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has […]
The Independent Catholic News: A glimpse of a forgotten era. This historic film footage, made shortly after the invention of celluloid by the earliest filmmakers in history – the Lumiere […]
Published on 1 Jun 2013 This video shows the highlights of the Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Sri Lanka Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at which was held on Sunday the 12th […]
Source: The Economist. WHO knows what Pakistan’s two most powerful men spent three hours talking about when the army chief travelled to Lahore to pay a visit to Nawaz Sharif, the country’s incoming prime minister? But if they discussed schemes for taking on the group known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), […]
Source: LUBP It is amazing to think how the word Madrassa has been degraded by the modern Muslim experience and conduct. Madrassa is an Arabic word for school, which refers to any type of educational institution, secular or religious, and for all levels such as primary grades through post-graduate school. […]
The tiny, honey-coloured Al-Shuwaibiya Mosque is the oldest in Aleppo and one of the few that remains undamaged. Unlike many, its low minaret is protected by surrounding buildings and still […]
Source: The News via Wasim Sr. The outlawed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) has backed out on its earlier offer to engage in peace negotiations with the government of Pakistan, following a missile attack by a US pilotless plane in the country’s tribal region in North Waziristan a couple of days back, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]