Marwa’s story: 10 years since the bomb fell
By Kevin Connolly BBC Middle East correspondent As the US military fought their way into Baghdad 10 years ago, the life of one Iraqi girl was changed forever when she […]
Picture of the Day: Mirage
“And as to those who disbelieve, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert. The thirsty one thinks it to be water until, when he comes up to it, he finds it to be nothing. And he finds Allah near him, Who then fully pays him his account; and […]
Afghan Police Officer embraces suicide bomber to save others
(CNN) — From Masoud Popalzai A policeman sacrificed his life for the sake of others, embracing a suicide bomber in southeast Afghanistan on Saturday morning to dull the blast as […]
Syria: When Nonviolent Revolutions Spin Into Bloodshed
by by Janine di Giovanni THE DAILY BEAST Srdja Popovic goes around the world teaching nonviolent techniques to activists to overthrow autocrats. Whenever he talks about the Arab Spring, he […]
All minorities — please leave Pakistan!
Express Tribune: by Yakoob Khan Bangash: Yes, you read it correctly. I am asking all minorities — ethnic, religious, denominational — and any other people who consider themselves a minority of any kind, to please leave Pakistan. Yes, I know that this means that Hindus who have lived in Sindh for millennia […]
Dr. Ali Abdullah – Alleged Mastermind of May 2010 Lahore Attacks
Source: The News Courtesy: @omar_quraishi Amir Mir Monday, March 11, 2013 From Print Edition … Ten months after the Gojra tragedy, two fidayeen squads of the Punjabi Taliban targeted two Ahmadi […]
Separate voters list for Ahmadis: Court summons AG over discrimination complaint
Source: Dawn The Supreme Court made known on Monday its intention to take a decision, in the light of constitutional provisions and principles laid down in the 1993 Zaheeruddin case verdict, on a complaint that the election procedures discriminate against the Ahmadi community. A bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad […]
Picture of the Day: Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Nawab Akbar Bugti
Rare photo of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, shaking hands with future Baloch nationalist leader, Nawab Akbar Bugti, in Quetta, in 1948. In the 1950s and 1960s, Bugti […]
Syrian conflict turns Lebanon into transshipment hub
By Lysandra Ohrstrom The Daily Star Story Summary Before the conflict in Syria erupted in 2011, potatoes exported from the Bekaa Valley would travel by truck to Latakia’s port, where […]
Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Ernakulam Zone Conducts Blood Donation Program
Information from Mohamed Safvan, Zilla Qaid, Ernakulam Zone 10th March 2013: Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Ernakulam Zone with the support of IMA Cochin has conducted Blood donation Camp at Musjid Umar […]
Upright Opinion – “Religious Bigotry Assuming Alarming Proportions!” by Saeed Qureshi
By Saeed Qureshi On March 9, in retaliation to an alleged blasphemy by a Christian, a rowdy crowd of enraged Muslims, in a daring attack ransacked and burned 178 homes and shops of Christians in Joseph town, a densely populated area near Badami Bagh in Lahore. On March 3 in […]
~***Allah Insaan Se Farmata Hai***~
Source: Ranjish.com Meri Taraf Aa Ke To Dekh… Mutawjah Na Hoon To Kehna Meri Raah Me Chal Ke To Dekh.. Rahein Na Khool Doo’n To Kehna Mujh Se Sawaal Kar Ke To Dekh… Bakhshish Ki Hadh Na Kar Doon To Kehna Mere Liye Beqadar Ho Ke To Dekh… Qadar Ki Hadh […]
Heart Breaking: Video of Attack on Christians in Lahore
Source: vimeo: by Sarfraz Shiekh An angry mob attacked Joseph Colony, a Christian neighbourhood belonging to an alleged “blasphemer”, burning down 180 houses. They robbed the houses and burnt everything, […]
EDITORIAL : Blasphemy and our minorities
The Daily Times: It is with deep sadness that one contemplates how 2013 is turning out to be one of the worst years for minorities in Pakistan’s sordid history of sectarian violence. Militant ire has been directed at the Shias throughout the first three months of this year and now […]
The man who became an unexpected martyr: Ahmadi Muslim from Abbasi Town
The NEWS: Karachi: A poster outside his home in Abbas Town reads: “Mubashir Ahmad Abbasi Shaheed”. His family does not know how it got there. The white chart paper also has an […]
US, UK and France training Syrian rebels in Jordan – reports
Foreign instructors are training Syrian rebels in modern warfare in Jordan, suggest media reports from Europe. Sources claim the trainees will be the security force if Assad goes, while the […]
Good Lord: In China, Christian Fundamentalists Target Tibetans
By Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore / Xining TIME WORLD When Dawa said yes to a party held by American friends in the city of Xining, she expected music, drinks, and a chance […]
Syria rebels free 21 Filipino UN peacekeepers abducted in Golan Heights
Source: globalpost, by Allison Jackson. Twenty-one UN peacekeepers held hostage by Syrian rebels for four days have been freed. The Filipino peacekeepers arrived in Jordan from neighboring Syria on Saturday, Agence France-Presse reported,citing a Jordanian government spokesman and the Philippines ambassador in Amman. Rebels fighting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad abducted […]
Death by a thousand cuts
by Farahnaz Ispahani THE HINDU After each act of violence against religious minorities, the Taliban, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi or Sipah-e-Sahaba proudly own up to it without fear of punishment The recent mob […]
Dirty Palestinian pavement that could end Israel
Source: Today’s Zaman Not a single week passes without news reports on Israel’s unfair treatment of its subjects and Israel is awash with ubiquitous apartheid practices, particularly in the occupied […]