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Despicable

Daily Times: Mohammad Ahmad. Both the targeted communities have nothing in common except that both despise violence and work in their own ways to bring man closer to God December 3, 2012 will be remembered in history as a black day for Jinnah’s Pakistan. Two separate incidents occurred in Lahore […]

Update: Press Release by Jamaat Ahmadiyya on Martyrdom of Maqsood Ahmad Today in Quetta

Source: Press Section Nazarat Amoor-e-Amma- Sadr Anjmuman Ahmadiyya Rabwah Translation by Editor Muslim Times. Any responsibility for error in translation is Mine. Quetta: Young Ahmadi Trader Maqsood Ahmad targeted and killed in Quetta on account of religious hatred Increased in target killing of Ahmadies in Quetta after Karachi is of serious concern. […]

Israeli soldiers flee Palestinian mob

December 7, 2012 (JTA) — Israeli soldiers fled an angry Palestinian mob in Hebron. The troops, on a routine patrol in Hebron’s H1 area around Jewish homes in the city on Thursday afternoon, encountered Palestinian officers who would not let them through, Channel 2 reported. A crowd began to gather […]

Wahhabi war waged on Indonesia’s Shi’ites

Source: Asia Times: By Rossie Indira and Andre Vltchek Indonesia’s Shi’ite minority is under heavy attack. Men, women, and children have been assaulted, schools damaged, and villages burned to the ground. Many have been killed. It is becoming increasingly clear that Saudi Arabia’s intolerant brand of Wahhabi Sunni Islam – […]

Assad faces life or death choice

Source: Asia Times: By Victor Kotsev Amid significant rebel advances and indications that a partition of Syria might happen in the next months, the government army reportedly readied chemical weapons for use last week. The United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance responded with harsh warnings and […]

Both Arab and Jew lived in the original Palestine. Why, Moshe Dayan asks, can’t they do so again? – The Long View: Our Middle East Correspondent interviews a feminist, patriot and widow who is nostalgic for a time of much greater harmony in the region

by Robert Fisk, The Independent “I was born here and I have a right to live here – the same thing goes for the Arab population” On the wall of the flat is a photograph of a beautiful young woman with long, dark hair. She is sitting on a lawn […]

Syria’s elite used to believe the bureaucracy would continue even after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. After Makdissi’s defection, that has changed – The real reasons for the “dismissal” of a Syrian spokesman

by Robert Fisk, The Independent “I am not with the regime – I am a civil servant,” Jihad Makdissi told me proudly. The Syrian foreign ministry spokesman believed in the institutions of governance, convinced that – come what may in Syria – the framework of bureaucracy would continue even after […]

The bumpy road to Arab constitutions

By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY The assorted political crises in Egypt, Tunisia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria and other Arab states show very clearly why credible constitutions are such important documents. These two elements of orderly contestation and genuine citizenship are missing in most Arab countries, which is […]

Govt wins FDI vote on retail in Lok Sabha

Source: Business Today Foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail on Wednesday got the approval of the Lok Sabha as the Opposition motion seeking immediate withdrawal of the decision was rejected convincingly as BSP and SP walked out. While 218 members voted in favour of the Opposition motion, 253 voted against […]