Pakistanmediawatch: The News Projects Sympathy For Militants In Report on JI Leader A report on the life of former Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed in The News (Jang Group) projects sympathy for religious extremism and militancy. The report terms Qazi Hussain Ahmed as ‘a man of valour and courage’ and uses as evidence his relationship with Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. […]
Rebels free 48 Iranians seized in August, in exchange for more than 2,000 prisoners held by Syrian government. Forty-eight Iranians held hostage by Syrian rebels for five months have arrived in a Damascus hotel on Wednesday after being freed in a prisoner swap for more than 2,000 regime prisoners. The […]
Source: Fast Company. Imagine a city of 18 million people, a place with few road markings and little signage, and a shambles of rickshaws, motorbikes, trucks, buses, and cars. Now imagine trying to take public transit without a map, and not knowing which company’s services go where. Many of us […]
Source: Scoop Independent News Wednesday, 9 January 2013, 4:03 pm Press Release: Asian Human Rights Commission FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-010-2013 January 8, 2013 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission Bangladesh: Why Should Judicial Independence Be Delayed Any Further? The judiciary of Bangladesh is struggling to be an independent […]
Express Tribune: ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday denied Indian allegations that its troops killed two Indian soldiers in a second cross-border ceasefire violation in days and called on UN observers to investigate. India summoned Pakistan’s high commissioner to New Delhi to protest against Tuesday’s killings, in which India’s chief military spokesman said […]
ARAB NEWS Wednesday 9 January 2013 GENEVA: The World Food Program said on Tuesday it is unable to help an estimated 1 million Syrians who are going hungry, blaming a lack of security in the war-stricken country. This month, the agency aims to help 1.5 million of the 2.5 million […]
MOSCOW: The second round of Russia-US consultations on Syria involving international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi will be held in Geneva on Friday, Moscow’s top negotiator in the talks said Wednesday. “The trilateral meeting between (Russian Deputy Foreign Minister) Mikhail Bogdanov, (US Undersecretary of State) William Burns, and (UN-Arab League envoy) […]
AMMAN — Violent riots erupted at the Zaatari Refugee Camp on Tuesday as heavy rain submerged hundreds of tents. According to a security source, Syrian refugees clashed with security forces […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Bangladesh will retain Islam as the state religion in amendments the government is proposing to its constitution, a government minister said yesterday, […]
Understanding Islam is easy now G. V. R. SUBBA RAO SHARE · COMMENT · PRINT · T+ PHOTO: V. RAJUBook-lovers browsing the pages of Quran at a stall put up at the ongoing Vijayawada Book Festival in Vijayawada on Tuesday. Andhra PradeshVijayawada arts, culture and entertainmentbooks and literature religion and beliefislam Publishers bring Quran and other […]
Source: New Religion via Nasim Malik of Sweden. Ummad Farooq speaks out against sectarian violence in Pakistan, weeks after his brother was murdered for being an Ahmadi Saad Farooq (left) with younger brother Ummad Farooq (right) By S. Taalay Ahmed I’m sitting across the table from Ummad Farooq in a small […]
Source: ET SSP rally had spread hate speech against Shias. PHOTO: EXPRESS/IRFAN ALI We are our biggest enemies. This is something many fail to see because they believe external forces are to blame for Pakistan’s problems but the recent filing of a first information report (FIR) in Multan against members […]
by David Ignatius, The Daily Star, Lebanon Story Summary To help oust President Bashar Assad, a Syrian opposition group has drafted a plan for a transitional justice system that would impose harsh penalties against diehard members of his inner circle but provide amnesty for most of his Alawite supporters. To […]
Petra | Jan 07, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES ZARQA — A man on Monday found JD320,000 in a bag in Zarqa Governorate. Zarqa Police Department Director Brig. Gen. Mohammad Thaher said the man called a radio station and informed them about the money he had found. He noted that the […]
Source: Daily Ummat: Salimuddin-tweet- News Item in Urdu appeared in Daily Ummat. Muslim Clergy is protesting that Ahmadies are declaring themselves openly as Muslims on the internet and have requested […]
Express Tribune: MUMBAI: A row over an unpaid restaurant bill in a western Indian city escalated into a riot between Hindus and Muslims that left four people dead and 175 injured, police said on Monday. The unrest broke out in Dhule in Maharashtra state on Sunday, special inspector general Deven Bharti told AFP. […]
Source: BBC News Situated in the blue waters of the Bay of Bengal, St Martin Island is one of the most beautiful places in Bangladesh. Popular with both local and foreign tourists, it is a coral island of sandy beaches, coconut palms and bountiful marine life. The island does […]
Source: ET A case was registered on Saturday against several members of a banned militant organisation Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), calling Shias and inciting violence against them. The First Information Report was registered at the City police station at Jalalpur Peerwala on the basis of a Special Branch report. It said […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS Monday 7 January 2013 RAMALLAH, West Bank: The Palestinian self-rule government is close to being “completely incapacitated,” largely because Arab countries haven’t delivered hundreds of millions of dollars in promised aid, the Palestinian prime minister said in an interview yesterday. If allowed to continue, the Palestinian Authority’s unprecedented […]
The Nation: RAWALPINDI – It turned out to be a rumour that around 25 members of Ahmadiyya community managed to gather at a ‘disputed’ worship place in Rawalpindi to attend Friday prayers, when local police carried out a search operation of the building on the request of a mob, fraught […]