Source: Friday Times. Asma Jehangir – a veteran activist against controversial laws, subjugation of women, suppression of minorities, highhandedness of state institutions, and dictators and dictatorial mindsets – is seen by some political players as unsuitable for the office of caretaker prime minister. There had been speculation for quite some […]
Abdulateef Al-Mulhim Just a few days ago a Saudi woman columnist in the Asharq Al-Awsat wrote an article titled “Israel that we don’t know.” It was a very well balanced article. After reading it, I saw some tweets from what seemed to me clown-style tweets. This person was against publishing […]
JEDDAH: FADIA JIFFRY ARABNEWS Saturday 2 February 2013 A new ruling issued by Saudi Labor Minister Adel Fakeih and approved by Abdullatif Al-Sheikh, the head of the Commission for the […]
Daily Times: By Syed Sultana Rizvi: Dr Salam played a major and influential role in Pakistan’s science infrastructure and became the guiding spirit and founder of Pakistan’s nuclear programme January 29 was an important day to be celebrated by Pakistanis for being the birthday of a person whom Pakistan as […]
Rabwah Times: Five members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community who are witnesses in the “Ahmadiyya Mosque Vandalism” case have asked the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) in Bandung for protection. […]
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Source: LUBP. Editors note: We received the following information from social network and would like to publish this. The information is about a documentary project on the great Pakistani muslim scientist, the late Professor Abdus Salam. We encourage all our readers to support this much needed endeavour. The trailer for […]
Source: Nasim Malik of Sweden. — File Photo by Malik Siraj Akbar ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government has failed to act against abuses by the security and intelligence agencies, which continued to allow extremist groups to attack religious minorities, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2013. The authorities did […]
A student is demanding Dhs100,000 in compensation from an airline for misplacing his bags, twice. The Arab youth told Abu Dhabi Civil Court that the regional airline with offices in the UAE caused him to miss the opportunity to register for university last year after they lost baggage carrying his academic […]
Indonesia: Confront Intolerance in 2013 Phelim Kine, deputy Asia director Indonesia’s growing regional prominence is being held back by the government’s failure to confront intolerance of the country’s diverse political […]
Dawn: OSLO: Malala Yousafzai is amongst those known to be nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, as the deadline expired on Friday. This year’s award will be announced in early October, but speculation was already underway as the deadline for nominations ran out on February 1. Fifteen-year-old Malala was […]
RIYADH: ABDUL HAMEED AL-ANSARI ARABNEWS Friday 1 February 2013 There is a conflict between Shariah authorities and non-Shariah legal experts in areas such as legal studies, methodology and execution of law in Kingdom, according to Ahmed Al-Saqih, a Saudi legal expert. He stressed the need to close the widening gap […]
Aisha Stacey ARABNEWS Friday 1 February 2013 God created human beings to worship Him and a practicing Muslim, in essence, should be able to worship God in every second, every […]
RODOLFO ESTIMO JR. | Arab News Friday 1 February 2013 RIYADH: Filipino expats in the Kingdom expressed gratitude late yesterday following a Saudi government decision to shoulder the unpaid balance […]
GENEVA — Israel must immediately start withdrawing its settlers from the Palestinian territories, the United Nations said on Thursday in a report that Tel Aviv immediately dismissed as “biased”. “Israel […]
US to provide $31 million to refurbish over 60 schools Petra | Jan 31, 2013 AMMAN — The US on Thursday commended the Ministry of Public Works and Housing’s “transparent procurement and tendering procedures”. Speaking at a press conference, US Ambassador to Jordan Stuart E. Jones said the ministry had […]
Source: Hindustan Times SERIOUSLY INCLINED JOURNALISTS ARE CONVINCED THAT THE ONLY TIME MALIK ISN’T PUTTING HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH IS WHEN HE ISN’T TALKING Pakistan’s portrayal of Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) as a victim of the majority community’s distrust of Muslims is nothing but a dogmatic reassertion of MA […]
Written by Ram Puniyani The violence in Dhule Maharashtra seems to be the new face of communal violence in India. As per the report of a major national daily (Jan 26, 2013), the evidence with the newspaper shows the evidence of police looting and destroying the property. The video clips […]
Source: Hindustan Times When Harish Rawat joined Jabong, an e-commerce start-up in April 2012, it was a tough decision. The 31-year-old alumni from IIT Kanpur and IIM Ahemdabad was in a comfortable position at Nokia, one of the world’s largest telecom manufacturers. While, Jabong was in operations for only three […]
Fiji Times online: By Frederica Elbourne Friday, February 01, 2013 CERTAIN deeds of some Muslim groups, which are contrary to the teachings of Islam and which are committed in its […]