Source: The Hindu Op-Ed by Haroon Habib December is a landmark month for Bangladesh. It is the month of the liberation of the country from Pakistan in 1971. And it is also a reminder of a great national tragedy — it was during the same month that year that the […]
……. “How do Jews celebrate Christmas?” …………. Were I to answer the “What do Jews believe” question today, I would give a very different response – one that speaks to […]
Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post, A new survey conducted by the Indonesia Survey Circle (LSI) found that the majority of people are tolerant and concerned about worsening discrimination against […]
A conference of religious leaders is set to meet in January in Afghanistan specifically to publicize the fact that suicide bombing violence is not in the Quran. By Scott Peterson, Staff writer / December 24, 2012 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR KABUL, AFGHANISTAN Suicide bombers in Afghanistan have shown little restraint: Wedding […]
AFTER reading a post about Israel’s aggressive attacks in Gaza on the BBC Facebook page, I took a look at the comments. There were many voicing anger over the grave situation. Not much to my surprise, I found a comment (of a Muslim) condemning the killing of Palestinian Muslims by […]
(Reuters) – Special envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi met with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Monday to discuss a solution to the country’s 21-month-old conflict. Brahimi told journalists after the meeting that he discussed the situation in Syria overall and gave his views on how to solve the crisis. […]
Youtube: Video from last year but contains extremely shocking revelations by Farooq Maududi, son of Maulana Maududi. He paints a pathetic picture of his death, betrayal by his closest friends […]
Paktimes.au: The Secretary-General of the United Nations recently appointed nine new members to his Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters to replace nine current ones whose terms will end on 31 December. Pervez Hoodbhoy from Pakistan was also nominated as a member of UN Secretary-General Advisory Board. Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy, is […]
By Sara Hussein BETHLEHEM: Thousands of Palestinians and tourists were flocking to the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday to mark Christmas at the site where many believe Jesus […]
SOURCE: JORDAN TIMES / AFP DAMASCUS — Festive spirit is a distant memory for Syria’s Christian minority as it faces a second Christmas in the grip of fear of daily […]
Source: ET. In an enlightening bit of news, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti recently announced Rs90 million for the rehabilitation and renovation of a church in Mardan that was destroyed back in September during riots over an amateur anti-Islam video. While this is a surprising move — as members […]
Source: ET Tahirul Qadri acknowledges supporters at Minar-e-Pakistan. PHOTO: NNI LAHORE: Influential religious scholar Tahirul Qadri set a three-week deadline on Sunday for the Pakistan Peoples Party-led coalition government to introduce election reforms or else face a “million-man march” on January 14. “Elections without reforms will be meaningless and people will […]
JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday said he was proud of the values of love, compassion and brotherhood that bring Jordanians from different religions and groups […]
ARAB NEWS Monday 24 December 2012 JEDDAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has ordered the construction of two medical cities in Riyadh and Jeddah under the Ministry […]
P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Monday 24 December 2012 JEDDAH: GCC leaders will assemble in Manama today for a landmark summit to discuss major regional and international issues and strengthen economic and […]
Daily Times: If Pakistan has to survive as a viable and progressive nation state in the modern world it must be organised around one slogan: Pakistan for Pakistanis, where Pakistani means any citizen of Pakistan who ‘may belong to any religion, caste or creed’ or gender or any distinguishing feature […]
Daily Times: Mohammad Ahmad. Jinnah’s Pakistan was to be a land free of prejudice. Discrimination was to be the forbidden word in Jinnah’s Pakistan. Jinnah’s Pakistan was not created for the Taliban. The destiny of Pakistan will not be inked by India, the US or China. The future of Pakistan […]
Bashy Quraishy: Secretary General – EMISCO -European Muslim Initiative for Social Cohesion – Strasbourg Member – Advisory Board – Migration Research Centre – Hacettepe University – Ankara, Turkey. Chair-Advisory Council-ENAR – […]
by Naharnet Newsdesk The world’s largest Muslim body on Sunday condemned threats made by Islamist rebels in Syria against two Christian towns, warning of fresh confessional strife in the war-torn country. Such threats “are contrary to the precepts of Islam which calls for tolerance, brotherhood and peace,” said the 57-member […]
The war in Syria has taken a heavy toll on the economy, despite the government’s best efforts to keep it afloat. As the fighting continues with neither the government nor the opposition forces any closer to a decisive victory, it is the Syrian people who are most exposed to the […]