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 | […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit:Dawn.com 11 hours ago PML-N leader Senator Ishaq Dar addresses a press conference. – File Photo by Online ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Friday unanimously passed a resolution calling for a trial of former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf under Article 6 of […]
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The Star: BEKASI, Indonesia: 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 […]
Source: LUBP One of the funniest question asked on Facebook the other day, not by a common man living somewhere in remote village of Dera Ghazi Khan, but by a very informed blogger, social activist and highly educated person living in United states. is , “Does anyone know if Pakistani constitution […]
Source: CNN The discovery of an old tomb in China has repercussions beyond the history books and academic debates of scholars — it also means tourists to an existing tomb in the same area have been unintentionally duped. A tomb recently unearthed at a construction site in Yangzhou, China, is […]
Source: www.newswit.com General Press Releases Thursday April 18, 2013. Bangkok–18 Apr–The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association of Thailand The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association of Thailand held its 12th Annual Convention on 29-30 March […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Dawn.com ISLAMABAD: General (retd) Pervez Musharraf was shifted to the police headquarters in Islamabad from his farmhouse residence at Chak Shahzad on Friday, hours after […]
Fiji Times online: Islam and justice Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Friday, April 19, 2013 Chief Justice Anthony Gates with Maulana Fazal Ullah Tariq (left) and Dr Brij Lal at the Fazl-e-Umar Mosque in Samabula. If many were to follow those facets of Holy Prophet’s life the misunderstandings and carelessness that breed dissent and distrust would not give […]
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Members of Indonesia’s largest Muslim organisation join the protest calling for the protection of religious freedom. Khabar South Asia: It is rare when leaders from numerous religious communities gather to […]
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: In a day of high drama, former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf fled from the Islamabad high court on Thursday after it had ordered his arrest in a 2007 case and remained closeted in his farmhouse with police blocking access to it. The Islamabad high court dismissed […]