Pakistan has arrested Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’s leader Malik Ishaq following the militant group carried out two deadly bombings, mainly targeting Shia Muslims. Ishaq was detained at his residence in the central city of Rahim Yar Khan on Friday and taken to the local jail. “Malik Ishaq has been detained under the Maintenance […]
ZARQA — “Syria will never be the same as it was before the revolution.” Those were the words of Syrian refugee Abdullah Mzayyek, who fled the violence in his country […]
The Middle East Monitor: The Invention of the Jewish People was a book written by Shlomo Sand, an Israeli professor of history at the University of Tel Aviv…… Sand argues […]
Source: The World Policy Blog By Nayma Qayum During the past week, thousands of Bangladeshis have gathered at Shahbag, a neighborhood in Dhaka, demanding justice for the war crimes of 1971. The protests emerged after an international tribunal sentenced Abdul Qader Mollah, assistant secretary general of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami […]
Source: The Diamondback ( University of Maryland Student Newspaper) By Fatimah Waseem/The Diamondback When senior bioengineering major Nahid Sultana came from Bangladesh to the United States, she was a 1-month-old baby. For her parents, the journey meant a better education. But for Sultana, the journey meant leaving behind not only […]
Source: BD News 24 Jamaat-e-Islami guru Ghulam Azam had ‘asked his followers to assist the Pakistani Army’ across Bangladesh during the Liberation War, a war crimes tribunal heard on Wednesday. Prosecutor Sultan Mahmud also explained to the tribunal that the former Jamaat chief had instructed ‘patriots’ to resist and destroy […]
Source: BD news 24 “Jamaat-e-Islami activists” used the protest call given by the 12 “Islamist” and likeminded parties after Friday prayers to “fight back” as they went berserk in different parts of the country including the capital Dhaka, police say. Reports of clashes also came in from Chittagong, Sylhet, Rajshahi […]
Time: At least 12 people have been killed and scores injured on Thursday in twin bombings that authorities believe may have been a terrorist attack in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. There has been no official confirmation as to the nature of the blasts, but government officials have said they […]
Source: Observer, by Shaukat M Zafar. God has given us free will to choose our own belief system. I am a strong believer in freedom of religion, and condemn no-one […]
BBC: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has sworn in 30 women to the previously all-male Shura Council, seen by many as a major step in female participation in public life in […]
Source: ET We were ‘outraged’ by the killing of well over a hundred — we’ll never know the exact number — Hazara Shia, including women and old men and little children, slaughtered in a massive explosion caused by an estimated 1,000 kilogrammes of explosives in Hazara Town, Quetta, where they […]
ET 8:18pm Police official Anurag Sharma said that 11 casualties are confirmed with 23 people injured. He added that post-blast investigation team of NSG and NI are on their way. “Our men are here to control the situation.” A lot of onlookers are gathered at the site. Manmohan Singh has […]
STORY SUMMARY A new survey by the Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace identifies which Indonesian provinces have the most instances of religious intolerance, demonstrating that the issue is unfortunately a real problem in the country. Many people initially find it hard to believe that in Indonesia, home to the […]
STORY SUMMARY By Michael Young The Daily Star Put aside for a moment that Christian approval of the Orthodox plan Tuesday seemed a natural misstep for a community bathed in self-doubt about its own future, as Christian numbers have declined. The reality is that the largest Christian community, the Maronites, […]
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday underlined the need to promote tolerance and cooperation as basis for dialogue and understanding among all followers of the three monotheistic religions. […]
RIYADH : ABDUL HANNAN TAGO ARABNEWS Thursday 21 February 2013 US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the first week of March as […]
Source: Twitter Picture by Tahir Imran Comment by Abdul Alim: This picture summarizes the contradictions in Pakistan. While Shias protest against murders of their fellows in Quetta after the grissly […]
Source: Time Magazine. By Jason Motlagh / Dhaka A young girl’s call pierces through the din of the packed square. Like the macabre billboards that loom above featuring bearded old men in nooses, and the blood red headbands worn by scores of participants, her demands are direct and full-throated: “Hang […]
Source: The Local It is not enough to launch an operation against the individual perpetrators of the Quetta bombings, it must root out the entire Lashkar e Jhangvi from Pakistan. And those captured must be sentenced, not released. These terrorist attacks escalated when the Supreme Court released the leader of […]