Anti-Jewish slogans are not Islamic
Are anti-Jewish slogans truly Islamic? by Sinem Tezyapar, the Jewish Journal: Anti-Jewish slogans uttered over the years within certain Muslim circles have given the impression that Islam is absolutely opposed […]
Pakistan’s Ahmadis and the threat of genocide
Global Legal Forum: By Yasser Latif Hamdani: LAHORE Jan 23, 2012: They are officially denounced by the state as heretics. Their places of worship are demolished. Hardly a week goes by without one of them being murdered in cold blood. Their children are expelled from schools. Even their dead are […]
Top Pak court to probe official’s death
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABBEWS Thursday 24 January 2013 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top judge ordered yesterday the Supreme Court to investigate the death of an official probing a corruption scandal involving the […]
Muslims: Remove Hate or Pakistan Will Disintegrate
Huff Post: Dr. Faheem Yunus. I believe in unity against hatred. I believe that our love for Pakistan should not be measured by the amount of hatred we express for America. I believe that our love for Islam cannot be reckoned by our hatred for those who differ with our […]
Friday Sermon: On Eid Milad-un-Nabi and cultural traditions
Source: AlIslam Khutba Archive English Text | Urdu Text Huzur said that commemoration of the day as such is not forbidden with the condition that no harmful innovation is involved. … […]
Muslim Brotherhood Boycotts Jordan Elections
Elizabeth Arrott VOICE OF AMERICA January 23, 2013 CAIRO — Jordanians are voting for a new parliament Wednesday at a time of growing calls for reform in the kingdom. However, the influential Muslim Brotherhood is boycotting the vote, casting doubt on how influential the body will be. The brotherhood’s political […]
A journey in my dreams – Qadian
Source: Charvee NoSurname It was just an unexpected dream that I saw myself making a journey to a place I never knew about. It wasn’t long after that dream that […]
Man gets 5 years for insulting Islam on Facebook
The Jakarta Post: The Bandung High Court has added one more year to the prison term of Sebastian Joe, who was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for the blasphemy of […]
Catholic schools agree to provide Islamic lessons
(THE JAKARTA POST) — Six Catholic schools in Blitar municipality, East Java, have finally given in to a local ordinance and will provide Islamic lessons for their Muslim students. The […]
Israel’s elections: What just happened?
The Times of Israel: Israel voted for change, and moved a little from right to center; Lapid is the big success but Netanyahu is still a winner, albeit battered and […]
From Indus to the Nile: Pakistan polio virus creeps into Egypt –after China
ET: ISLAMABAD: Originating from Pakistan, the crippling polio virus has now made its way into Egypt after China. Following the export of the deadly virus to the Middle Eastern country, the Prime Minister’s Polio Monitoring and Coordination Cell, along with its international partners the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Unicef, on […]
startling revelations. Finally the Indian RAW/Israeli MOSSAD and the US CIA’ collusion gets uncovered.
Source: Datukik Clcik HERE for details. Regrettably only in Urdu.
Forced into extinction
Source: The Economist: LIKE much that moves in Twitter-mad Saudi Arabia these days, it started with a single message. A lady in Dammam, the hub of the oil industry on the kingdom’s Gulf coast, tweeted a complaint from a local shopping mall. Agents of the Committee for the Promotion of […]
Obama’s secret weapon in re-election: Pakistani scientist Rayid Ghani
Source: Dawn.Com Visiting his young campaign staffers the morning after his re-election at his campaign headquarters in Chicago, a tearful Obama told the staffers that they had been part of the best campaign team in history. Pakistani scientist Rayid Ghani was among the leaders of his technology team. – File […]
Surah Al-Asr warns mankind of fleeting time
“If people deliberate this Surah (Al-Asr), it suffices them.” — Imam Ash-Shafii The importance of holy Surah like Al-Asr lies in the fact that it delineates the perfect all-embracing system […]
Ahmadiyah Witnesses Protest Oath-Taking Imposed by Judge
The Jakarta Globe: Five members of the Ahmadiyah community on Tuesday said they would report a judge of the Bandung District Court to the Judicial Commission for refusing to allow […]
Philippines fines US Navy for ‘illegal entry’
The Inquirer: The Philippines has fined the US Navy for “unauthorized entry” after an American minesweeper went aground on Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park in the Sulu Sea. The 68-meter USS Guardian had been stuck in Tubbataha Reefs, a Unesco World Heritage Site, since Jan. 17. The Tubbataha Protected Area Management […]
Sectarian violence: Shia doctor gunned down in Peshawar
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Riaz Ahmad Published: January 22, 2013 PESHAWAR: In an apparent incident of sectarian violence, a Shia doctor was gunned down in Peshawar […]
Saudi reform may be slow, but it can be meaningful
Story Summary A week ago, Saudi Arabia saw something that people in the kingdom often talk about but rarely witness – a potentially important political reform. Saudi King Abdullah announced on Jan. 11 that 30 women would join the kingdom’s Shura Council, a 150-person consultative body, and that women henceforth […]
Syrians struggle with shortages as economy buckles
by Bassem Mroue, Daily Star, Lebanon Story Summary Already grappling with severe fuel shortages and winter temperatures that drop below freezing, Syrians now must spend hours in line every day for gasoline or a few loaves of bread at soaring prices as President Bashar Assad’s regime faces mounting difficulties in […]