Source: Asia Times: By Francesco Sisci BEIJING – The names of popes are policy statements on the governance of the Roman Catholic Church, and it is no coincidence that the new pontiff has chosen to call himself Francis, the name of saint of Assisi in the 12th century, but also […]
Asian Human Rights Comission: When a small lady weighing hardly 60 kilograms working for the betterment of poor slum-dwellers, and amongst the under-privileged in poorer residential areas, is viewed as a dire threat to the Taliban and the local administration, the sanity of these institutions, and those that man them, […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS STAFF Friday 15 March 2013 The holy city of Madinah will soon have a state-of-the-art Qur’an museum with impressive facilities, said Prince Sultan […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Friday 15 March 2013 Inspired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah’s interfaith dialogue initiative, the Kochi-based International Interfaith Dialogue India (IIDI) recently […]
The civil war is hotting up on Syria’s southern front Mar 16th 2013 | RAMTHA |From the print edition THE ECONOMIST TWO long years ago, on March 18th, Syrians rose up in Deraa, a dusty town on the agricultural plain of Hauran that spreads south into Jordan. The revolt marked […]
• Amnesty International has documented an increase in war crimes and other human rights abuses committed by rebel groups including hostage taking, torture and summary killings. Its Middle East and North Africa deputy director Ann Harrison said: “While the vast majority of war crimes and other gross violations continue to […]
Mar 14, 2013 – SWISSINFO DAMASCUS (Reuters) – When a government-linked Islamic body in Syria said this week it was a “sacred duty” to join the army and fight the […]
Source: George Town Journal of International Affairs By Amjad Mahmood Khan Imagine if members of the Mormon or Catholic communities were forced to declare that they were “non-Christian” in order to cast a ballot in the 2012 U.S. elections. In a few months, Pakistanis will take to the polls to […]
Mohammad Basheeruddin | Zonal Sec Tahrik-e-Jadeed | Mumbai Zone We are pleased to inform you that, by the grace of Allah the Almighty that, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC) Mumbai zone […]
Ynet News: The Tel Aviv District Prosecutor’s Office filed charges on Tuesday against Daniel Karai, 18, of Tiberias, and three other young men, for an attack on Hassan Usruf, a […]
The Jeruslem Post: The Palestine Scholars Association, a radical Islamic body in the Palestinian territories, issued a fatwa on Wednesday banning foreign Muslims from visiting the Temple Mount as long […]
by Rhiannon Williams JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Islamic Action Front (IAF) on Wednesday called on the government to take a “decisive” stance against Israeli attempts to change the legal status of Palestinian refugees through UN organisations. In a statement made on Wednesday, the IAF said that Israel is trying […]
Hindustan Times: Islamic activists have attacked dozens of Hindu temples and hundreds of homes across Bangladesh since an Islamist leader was sentenced to death for war crimes last month, a Hindu group said on Wednesday. Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad, a group which looks after Hindu temples, said 47 temples and […]
Source: Huffington Post (RNS) Together, Islam and Catholicism represent about 40 percent of the world’s population, so the estimated 1.6 billion Muslims in the world have more than a passing […]
Police, protesters clash in Bangladesh Press TV Following the rally, police arrested at least 100 activists and some senior leaders including a leader of the country’s main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Reports say that authorities released Alamgir on … Press TV The Battle For […]
MADINAH: JASSIM ABUZAID & YOUSUF MOHAMMAD ARABNEWS Wednesday 13 March 2013 Prominent personalities from different parts of the Islamic world attended the inauguration of yearlong celebrations by Crown Prince Salman, […]
Source: Health, by Natalie Vavricka. Bring on the water works. Between 109-year-old Holocaust survivor Alice Herz-Sommerreminding us to ‘look for the beauty in life’ and 101 year old Fauja Singh of India just completing his last race in Hong Kong, this sentimental girl is shedding some happy tears. With so much devastation […]