Dawn: Muneeb says blasphemy accused should be tried by FSC LAHORE: Religious scholars belonging to the Sunni school of thought have proposed that accused in blasphemy cases should be tried by the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) and the changes introduced by former president Gen (retd) Musharraf’s regime in the registration […]
by Taylor Luck, Jordan Times AMMAN — Jordan downplayed reports of rising tensions with Damascus on Sunday, refuting accusations by Syrian officials of Jordanian support for rebel forces. Minister of […]
BAGHDAD: The 21-year-old college student in Baghdad lost her father during the Iraq War to gunmen from a rival Muslim sect. Now she dreams of an Iraq where all people […]
By BEN EHRENREICH NEW YORK TIMES On the evening of Feb. 10, the living room of Bassem Tamimi’s house in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh was filled with […]
Babies under the age of one are cuddly, chubby and adorable; bundles of joy that everyone loves to hold, kiss, hug, coo over and carry around. That is, until they […]
Google books: English Writings of Tagore: A Micellany: More: Youtube: Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর) (7 May 1861 — 7 August 1941), sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped […]
Source: Dawn.Com The young man entered the tavern and asked for a glass of wine. “Heart-red, soul-crystal or world-muddy?” asked the bartender. “I am colourblind,” said the client. “Quench my thirst, please.” The bartender gave him a glass of water and said: “Know your drink before you ask.” Now a […]
By RASHID KHALIDI NEW YORK TIMES WHAT should Barack Obama, who is to visit Israel next Wednesday for the first time in his presidency, do about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? First, he must abandon the stale conventional wisdom offered by the New York-Washington foreign-policy establishment, which clings to the crumbling remnants […]
by Xudong Yang and Dahai Shao, swissinfo.ch Mar 15, 2013 When peasant Yang Zhifa found a piece of old terracotta as he dug a well, he thought he’d stumbled on […]
STORY SUMMARY At least 112,000 civilians were killed in the 10 years since the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq that ousted Saddam Hussein, a new report published on Sunday said. Including combatants on all sides of the decade-long conflict, as well as yet undocumented civilian fatalities, the figure could rise […]
BEIRUT — A brigadier general and about 20 soldiers defected from the Syrian army in two separate incidents on Saturday, activists said, in another sign that the strength of President Bashar Assad’s armed forces is diminishing. Brigadier General Mohammed Khalouf appeared dressed in a camouflage military uniform in a video […]
The Jerusalem Post: There is a veritable industry out there producing an endless stream of “reports” about imaginary Israeli efforts to destroy, damage or defile Muslim sites, in particular the […]
By: Tim Appelo Source: Hollywood Reporter Iran and Qatar are bringing the life of the Prophet Muhammad to the big screen in dueling biopics. In December, Qatar-based Alnoor Holdings announced it will spend up […]
Source: LUBP Editor’s note: I am at great pain to publish this article. I have always had great regard for Raza Rumi and Najam Sethi. This interview with Ahmed Lidhanvi Deobandi has no news value whatsoever. It does not cross-question any of the claims of a known terrorist. Therefore it […]
Source: BBC.COM A Swiss woman has been gang-raped by a group of men in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police say. The woman was camping with her husband at a village in Datia district on Friday during a cycling trip when they were attacked by seven or eight […]
Religious leaders, academics and regular citizens call for increased dialogue in order to foster co-existence and better relations among the country’s faiths. (ABNA) – The latest reports on religious tolerance […]
Express Tribune: LAHORE: Several Christian families fled their homes in Shibli Town on Friday in anticipation of a mob attack after accusations surfaced over the desecration of a mosque’s ablution area. There are about 70 houses in the Christian locality of Shibli Town, where Naseer Ahmed, a prayer leader of Jamia […]
Source: Arabnews: The world we live in contains societies with all kinds of beliefs. Muslims living in such a world must be respectful toward all beliefs they come up against, no […]
NEW DELHI: ARAB NEWS Saturday 16 March 2013 .India’s hanging of a Kashmiri man convicted in a terror attack is threatening to damage further relations with Pakistan. New Delhi reacted angrily to a resolution adopted by Pakistan’s National Assembly condemning the execution last month of Mohammed Afzal Guru, who was […]