Agence France Presse ARABNEWS Sunday 21 April 2013 ISTANBUL: The main international backers of Syria’s opposition gather in Istanbul with the opposition hoping Western and Arab countries will step up […]
Associated Press ARABNEWS Sunday 21 April 2013 ISTANBUL: Families of the victims of an Israeli raid on an aid flotilla yesterday spoke out against compensation talks between Turkey and Israel, […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 21 April 2013 The development and expansion projects in Makkah have not wiped out the holy city’s identity and history, said Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal […]
Source: Reuter via Wasim Sr. (Reuters) – When Maulana Ahmed Ludhianvi greets supporters on the Pakistan election trail, he opens his pitch with the kind of promises to the poor that any other politician might make. But behind the reassuring rhetoric lies what his opponents believe is a dangerous agenda […]
Bangkok Post: Online news: A group of minority Ahmadiyah Muslims have been holed up in an Indonesian mosque since authorities shuttered it earlier this month, in a stand-off that starkly illustrates the religious intolerance sweeping the country. A member of the Ahmadiyah Islamic sect, Mohammad Iqbal stands behind a door at […]
Source: The Daily Star The United States has identified forced disappearances, discrimination against marginalised groups, and poor working conditions and labour rights are the significant human rights problems in Bangladesh. In its annual human rights report, the State Department criticised a host of human rights problems in Bangladesh, particularly arbitrary […]
Building permits unevenly enforced in Indonesia Khabar South Asia: Several houses of worship in Indonesia have been closed or torn down because they lacked the required approval. But some say […]
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in southwestern China has left 156 dead and more than 5,500 people injured, Reuters reports. The Chinese army has stepped in to deal with the debris of collapsed houses and public building as death toll continues to rise. The disaster has struck the country’s south-western Sichuan […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 20 April 2013 Saudi student Abdulrahman Al-Harbi, who was injured in the second explosion at the Boston Marathon bombings, said US authorities’ questioning at the hospital […]
Source: Indian Express Diagnosed with chronic kidney disease a year-and-a-half ago, 30-year-old Rasad Muhammad’s hope of living had sunk with each passing day as a donor remained elusive. Until last month, when his saviour appeared suddenly — in the form of a Christian priest he had never met before. Father […]
Source: The Australian TWO years ago the Indonesian office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees had fewer than 50 Rohingya asylum-seekers on its books. Today there are more than 800, and nearly all are trying to get to Australia. “Some of my friends have gone to Australia already and […]
Source: NY Times. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Security authorities in the United Arab Emirates said on Thursday that they had arrested seven members of a “terrorist cell” affiliated with Al Qaeda accused of plotting attacks in the Emirates and in neighboring oil-producing states, according to the official WAM news […]
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: Close associates of former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf have asked top military leadership to intervene in the issue immediately before tensions between state institutions get worse. “Top military leadership will come into action [as an ex-general is being denied justice],” Major General (Retd) Rashid Qureshi, a close […]
Ahmadiyya Times: Source/Credit: Asian Human Rights’ Commission by Imran Jattala | April 19, 2013 A young Shia is charged with blasphemy — the judge and police demanded bribes for his release The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) says they have received information that a young man is facing trial on blasphemy charges […]
The Time of India: Atul Sethi: Irish dramatist Denis Johnston once said that myths are not created, they create themselves and then find expression in that which serves their purpose. Perhaps […]
Source: ET We have a state shrouded in secrecy. In fact, even the media which is expected to bring facts to light and keep the public informed has its own secrets to hide. The problem begins with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the funds available to it for […]
Source: LUBP The Chaudhry Court trying Gen Musharraf under Article Six is like Justice Munir trying Gen Ayub or Justice Anwarul Haque trying Gen Zia for the same crime the six of them (8 including Gen Yahya and his CJ) committed together with their collaborators in the GHQ (corps commanders) […]
Source: Friday Times: On April 11, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) took responsibility for killing Fakhrul Islam, a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) candidate for the National Assembly and Sindh Assembly. Islam was shot in Hyderabad by two armed men riding a motorbike. The ubiquitous TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan called a newspaper […]
Source: www.ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in The community has published its 2012 persecution report which was released by the community’s spokesperson Mr. Saleemud Din in Rabwah (Chanab Nagar) today. Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | […]