Source: Friday Times The news on 5 December 2012 read like this: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has constituted a judicial commission to probe the 2007 Lal Masjid operation in Islamabad in 2007 – a government crackdown on a controversial pro-Taliban mosque in the capital which ended in a bloody eight-day siege […]
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: Even the world’s most wanted terrorist could not escape the bribery dragnet. Osama bin Laden’s safe-house in Pakistan’s garrison city Abbottabad was built after paying a bribe of Rs 50,000 to a revenue official, a media report said on Wednesday.The bribe was paid to the ‘patwari’ so […]
Source: Live Leak: A parade of performers dressed in costumes representing the season’s various holidays gathered in the Israel northern city of Haifa for a festive celebration of the region’s […]
DUBAI | Wed Dec 26, 2012 (Reuters) – Iran’s parliament has banned on airplanes from flying in the country during the Azan call to Islamic prayer, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Wednesday. “According to the new directive, airplanes are banned from flying during Azan, especially during the call […]
By Karen DeYoung, Published: December 25 Planning for the day after the anticipated fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has become a race against time that many proponents of a pluralistic, democratic Syria fear they are losing. In Washington, Istanbul and elsewhere, opposition activists and their supporters are establishing databases […]
Express Tribune: Terrorism after Bilour’s death by Khaled Ahmad and comments by Abdul Alim The Taliban have killed Bashir Bilour, one of the top leaders of the ANP in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. In the aftermath, ANP leaders have said some bitter things about how Pakistan interprets terrorism in the country. They insist that it […]
Source: TOI Pakistan’s captain Mohd Hafeez takes the stump as Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi celebrates the win against India in the first T20 match in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo) BANGALORE: A dream debut by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who bagged three for nine from his four overs, wasn’t enough to stop Pakistan […]
Source: TOI A revenue official said, the issuing of death certificate is not confidential, but what has caused discomfiture is that she claimed to be Rajiv Gandhi’s wife. CHENNAI: Kancheepuram district administration has transferred the record clerk from the sub-registrar office in Sriperumbudur who had issued a death certificate of […]
By Rania Abouzeid / Outside Aleppo TIME WORLD Abu Adnan smirked from behind his black balaclava, his auburn whiskers peeking through the fabric as the corners of his mouth rose. […]
Over the past month, rebel forces in Syria have enjoyed tactical successes which analysts say demonstrate their growing ability to challenge the government’s military dominance. The Russians – who have […]
Jakarta, NU Online Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Muslim World League have launched an international Islamic media website, http://www.islamicnewsmedia.org, to increase the public`s awareness of Islam. Suryadharma Ali, […]
Business Insider: Not that it affects anything at all, but Chinese credit rating agency Dagong used Christmas to put the US on negative watch. Dagong Global Credit Rating Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Dagong”) releases a credit rating report on December 25th, 2012, putting the United States of America […]
Hindustan Times: Dec 24, 2012 QADIAN (GURDASPUR): As many as 1,600 pilgrims from Pakistan have reached Qadian, the headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslims, to participate in the annual convention of the sect to be held from December 29 to 31. Krishan Ahmad, deputy secretary media, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, said that […]
BY MATTHEW BRUNWASSER ⋅ DECEMBER 25, 2012 Source: PRI’s World This year Russia required fourth graders across the country to take a religion class. There are six choices: Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, secular ethics or world religions. Most Russians consider themselves Orthodox Christians, but most did not choose that […]
The first comprehensive system for selective dissemination of Islamic data has been launched by the Development Bureau of Qom Seminary. IBNA: Manager of the Information System Administration of the Bureau, Mehdi Khatami Kashani, said introduction of the latest publications of the bureau is one of the missions of the new […]
Iraq and Jordan have agreed to extend an oil pipeline to the Red Sea city of Aqaba for the export of Iraqi oil to satisfy Jordan’s crude requirements. The agreement […]
Source: NU Online Tired of the material life, Japanese youth are increasingly converting to Islam, setting a new balance between their life and religious beliefs. “That was nothing but a […]
Festivities mark ‘birth of Christ and birth of state of Palestine’, patriarch tells crowds The Guardian: Deep in the Grotto of the Nativity, where a 14-point silver star set into […]
Aliberal Saudi writer has been detained on charges of making insulting comments about Islam.Family members said Turki Al-Hamad was arrested on the orders of Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdel Aziz on December 24.Al-Hamad recently attacked radical Islamists on his Twitter account.He accused them of twisting the message […]
OPINION Islam, liberalism and Egypt Last Updated : Tuesday, December 25, 2012 12:38 AM Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi What’s going on in Egypt? I keep receiving questions about events in Egypt and not only from non-Arabs. Saudis and Egyptian expatriates are confused, too. Among the most frequent questions: Is it […]