STORY SUMMARY by Thomas Grove The Daily Star, Lebanon Two Russian ships heading for a naval exercise off Syria this month are picking up munitions to drop at the Syrian port of Tartous, news agencies reported on Thursday. A Russian General Staff source told the Itar-Tass news agency that the […]
Source: Dawn.Com Tahirul Qadri (L) gestures while talking with ruling parties coalition leaders Qamar Zaman Kaira (2R), Mushahid Hussain (C), and Farooq H. Naek (R) during a meeting at a protest rally in Islamabad on January 17, 2013. – AFP Photo ISLAMABAD: Talks between Tahirul Qadri, chief of the Tehrik-i-Minhajul […]
By Akhyari Hananto Indonesia has been named the sixth best Muslim-friendly holiday destination in the world, in a new survey released on Wednesday that listed Malaysia in the top position. […]
Thirty six followers of Ahmadiyah “converted” to Sunni Islam during a ceremony conducted at Agung grand mosque in Tasikmalaya, West Java, on Thursday. “We really appreciate the move from those […]
Source: Dawn.Com The Alamdar dead’s voice rose as one and asked: “What started with the Ahmadis is not going to end with the Shias. Who is next?” My relationship with the people I come across on any given day is decided by their numbers. When they are individuals or small […]
Source: Asia Times: By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI – Pakistan was plunged into political turmoil on Tuesday following the Supreme Court’s decision to order the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, who took over only last June, for alleged corruption. His predecessor, Yousaf Raza Gilani, was forced to leave office […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Thursday 17 January 2013 Arab information ministers have endorsed a media strategy presented by the Kingdom to combat terrorism, Culture and Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja announced yesterday. He was speaking to reporters after meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Salah Abdul Maqsoud in Cairo. The minister said […]
Source: Reuters By Alexei Anishchuk MOSCOW | Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:42pm IST (Reuters) – Russia on Tuesday granted Bangladesh a $1 billion loan for weapons purchases and $500 million to help one of Asia’s poorest countries build its first nuclear power plant, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. Putin moved […]
by Allister Sparks, BusinessDayLive AS ISRAEL prepares for a general election next week amid widespread Middle East turbulence and uncertainty, one of the country’s most influential politicians has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of endangering the security of the Jewish state by seeking a Greater Israel through his policy of […]
Alhumdullilah, We at Bangalore Jamaat had organized a Very Successful 10 days Book Stall at the Annual Bangalore Book festival at Palace Grounds from the 14th till the 23rd of […]
Source: Al Islam Online archives, 1988. Courtesy: Rashid Ahmad Chaudhry, Press Secretary, London. Maulana Professor Tahirul Qadri, Quaid Tehrik Minhajul Quran announced that he has accepted the Mubahala challenge, but […]
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: Thousands of protesters led by Canada-returned cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, rallied in Islamabad for the third day in a row on Wednesday, giving the government time till Wednesday night to quit and dissolve the national and provincial assemblies to pave the way for electoral reforms. More:
Source: Spiegel By Hasnain Kazim in Islamabad, Pakistan DPA A self-proclaimed revolutionary is attracting mass protests, while the highest court has ordered the prime minister’s arrest and the military waits in the wings. Pakistan is in the grips of a major political upheaval. The contrast between the images couldn’t be […]
By AFP Singapore Malaysia has been rated the world’s top Muslim-friendly holiday destination in a survey released Wednesday that listed Egypt, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Singapore as […]
Amnesty International: After a decade of insurgency, Pakistan’s Tribal areas remain in a state of crisis. In the Tribal areas, the courts are barred from upholding the fundamental rights protections guaranteed under Pakistan’s constitution. This document summarizes the report by Amnesty International which shows that, rather than investigating and prosecuting […]
Source: The Hindu In an inspired moment, the street in Alwarpet was named after two giants of the legal field, K. Bhashyam Iyengar and Basheer Ahmed Sayeed Fellow heritage enthusiast and writer, Dr G. Sundaram, wondered as to the origins of Bashyam Basheer Ahmed Street in Alwarpet. Have the signboard […]
Source: Mizzima olar power for off-grid rural populations is to be set up by SPCG Public Company Ltd., The Bangkok Post reported last week. “Electricity supply in Myanmar is falling short of demand that has grown rapidly.” said the Thai energy company’s chairwoman Wandee Khunchornyakong to the newspaper. “The country’s […]
Source: Dawn Author: Murtaza Haider While the Hazaras sat with the coffins of their children who died in targeted bomb attacks on January 10, 2013, millions in Pakistan joined the […]
Fertility rate among Jewish women in Israel increases while rate in Muslim sector drops, according to demographics report BY Yaron Druckman According to a demographics report released by the Central […]
JERUSALEM — A batch of 1,000-year-old manuscripts from the mountainous northern reaches of war-torn Afghanistan, reportedly found in a cave inhabited by foxes, has revealed previously unknown details about the […]