Pakistan must learn from its Ahmadi Muslims
LUBP: Pakistan Must Learn from its Ahmadi Muslims. It was most heartening to see the support of the Ahmadiyah Muslim community and human rights activists during the recent protests and campaigns […]
At least three shot dead in Bangladesh protest over bloggers
Dawn: DHAKA: Bangladesh police fired live rounds on Sunday in clashes with Islamists demanding the execution of bloggers they accuse of blasphemy, killing at least three protesters and injuring dozens. Eighteen of the injured suffered bullet wounds in the unrest at Singair in the central district of Manikganj, as the […]
Insight – Spiral of Karachi killings widens Pakistan’s sectarian divide
By Matthew Green KARACHI (Reuters) – When Aurangzeb Farooqi survived an attempt on his life that left six of his bodyguards dead and a six-inch bullet wound in his thigh, […]
Jordan collected ‘world’s highest number of potential organ donors’ last December
signatures were collected during a one-day campaign organised in cooperation with Drs. And More coalition, to reach the highest number of potential donors in the world at the time, noting […]
Zaatari refugees (in Jordan) torn between revolution, security
by Hani Hazaimeh | Feb 23, 2013 | 22:55 MAFRAQ — While hundreds of Syrians fleeing the violence in their country arrive at the Zaatari Refugee Camp daily, some camp residents want to return to their homeland for various reasons. Several Syrians interviewed by The Jordan Times last week complained […]
Aceh Muslim Stands By Lawsuit Against Loud Mosque Speakers
The Jakarta Globe: A 75-year-old man in Aceh has filed a controversial lawsuit against local religious officials alleging that the noise from a nearby mosque’s six loudspeakers has negatively impacted […]
West Java Governor Signs Deal With FPI Banning Ahmadiyah
The Jakarta Globe: Just days before a provincial election, West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan has signed a deal with the hardline Islamic Defenders Front in which he has reportedly agreed […]
Islamic Socialism: A history from left to right
Nadeem F. Paracha DAWN.COM Between the 1950s and early 1970s, a powerful ideology in the Muslim world galvanised itself from the minds and fringes of modern Islamic intellectualism and made its way into the mainstream political arena. But this ideology did not have a single originator. Its roots can be […]
Saudi Arabia: Unlicensed news websites to be blocked
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 23 February 2013 The Ministry of Culture and Information will block 1,400 unlicensed news websites, according to the ministry’s Assistant Undersecretary for Internal Media, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Aqeel. Speaking at a symposium on the future of new media held by the commerce chamber in Al-Kharj, Al-Aqeel said […]
‘Fundamentalism’ has nothing to do with Islam or Hinduism’
Source: The Times of India, by Bruce Lawrence. HYDERABAD: Eminent scholar Bruce Lawrencesaid that the word ‘fundamentalism’ does not fit Islam and Hinduism as both religions were not fundamentalist in nature and that the verses of the Quran have been taken out of context by radical groups to further their agenda. […]
The Islamic Urbanist Tradition Is in Danger of Going Extinct
by SARAH GOODYEAR Imran Aukhil describes himself as “a Muslim and a committed urbanist.” Those things, he says, should be complementary rather than contradictory. And yet Aukhil, who tweets as […]
The Character of Syria’s Upheavals
by Majid RafizadehFulbright teaching scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars HUFFINGTON POST The upheavals in Syria have generally been interpreted from a culturalist or structuralist perspective. Some attribute the emergence of the democratic uprisings to historic long-term tensions between different ethnic groups which include Alaawite, Syrian Turkmen, Armenians, Druze, […]
Pakistan nabs leader of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militant group
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 […]
Thousands of Syrians find jobs in ‘abandoned sectors’ in Jordan
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 invention of the Jewish people”
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 […]
Is Bangladesh’s Shahbag the Next Tahrir Square?
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 […]
Bangladesh Student Association works to preserve mother language
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 […]
Azam asked followers to aid Pakistanis
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 […]
Bangladesh: ‘Jamaat activists’ go berserk in capital
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 […]
Hyderabad Bomb Blasts: Two Deadly Explosions Leave Terror Cloud over India
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 […]