Peace is a Special Language We All Must Learn to Speak
Op-Ed: The Arutz Sheva: By Ece Koc, Turkish TV Everyone has an opinion about the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Arabs. Some say that Palestinian Arabs started it with their […]
American dream — and what is increasingly a Chinese dream
Chinese flock to elite U.S. schools By Alexis Lai, CNN (CNN) — Jay Lin is the embodiment of the American dream — and what is increasingly a Chinese dream. Originally from Wenzhou […]
Veteran Pakistani columnist Cowasjee passes away at 86
Source: Dawn.Com “I am 86 now, too old to pen weekly columns. Besides what’s there to write about with the same old politics and same old politicians. Do you really believe that they will go away? —Dawn.com Photo KARACHI: One of Pakistan’s oldest and most renowned columnists, Ardeshir Cowasjee, passed away […]
13 die after drinking cough syrup in Pakistan
Source: TOI LAHORE: Thirteen people have died in a main Pakistani city after drinking cough syrup suspected of being toxic, police said Monday. The victims were all drug addicts who apparently drank the cough syrup in an attempt to get high, said police officer Multan Khan. Khan said they died […]
Israel’s defence minister Ehud Barak quits politics
Source: TOI JERUSALEM: Israel’s defence minister Ehud Barakon Monday announced he was quitting political life after a decades-long career that also saw him serve as prime minister. Barak, 70, made the surprise announcement at a press conference in Tel Aviv, adding that he would retire from politics after a new […]
Hamid Mir escapes attempt on his life: Report
Express Tribune: ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist and anchor, Hamid Mir, escaped an attempt on his life after explosives planted under his car were defused, Geo News reported on Monday. According to the report, the explosives were in a bag planted under the car. Mir had gone to a nearby market and the bag was […]
Iran renews support for Pakistan pipeline
Source: Asia Times: By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI – Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has vowed to complete the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project by 2014 despite United States opposition. Ahmadinejad, who attended the summit of the Developing-8 (D-8) countries held in Islamabad last week, told a press conference in Islamabad that […]
Al-Sudais: Islam is a religion of dialogue
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 26 November 2012 Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques, has highlighted the significance of dialogue with other cultures and religions, saying it is a good medium to spread the message of Islam. “The Holy Qur’an, which is an eternal miracle, […]
Saudi aid for Syrians arrives in Mafraq, Jordan
Petra | Nov 25, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES MAFRAQ — A 62-truck convoy from Saudi Arabia carrying aid for Syrian refugees on Sunday arrived in Mafraq, 80km northeast of Amman. The trucks, laden with foodstuff and other humanitarian assistance, were dispatched upon Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz’s directives. The […]
New weapons, new wars
Dawn.com: Munir Akram. THROUGHOUT history, the emergence of new and more effective weapons has usually led to war or escalated violence. Each new weapon — the broadsword, lance, longbow, siege machine, heavy cavalry, gunpowder, cannons, repeating rifle, machine-gun, battle tank, aeroplane, helicopter, submarines, ballistic and cruise missile — in its […]
Shariah4Pakistan: Send in the clowns
The Express Tribune: Vaqas Asghar. Next Friday, a group of controversial religious leaders from Britain are going to visit Islamabad’s Lal Masjid under the banner of something called Shariah4Pakistan to speak about what plagues this country. The ‘conference’, which the Lal Masjid cleric says is not authorisedand has not been discussed with him […]
Indonesia’s young Jockeys
The Jakarta Globe: ————— Horses are used throughout Indonesia, an archipelago of about 17,000 islands that straddles the equator, more often for pulling carts and buggies than for riding. This […]
Who are Takfiri Deobandis?
Source: LUBP By Fahd Khan Takfiri Deobandi terrorists of the Sipah-e-Sahaba and Taliban have killed thousands of Shias and hundreds of Sunni Barelvis, Ahmadis and Christians in Pakistan Social media has recently witnessed the emergence of term #TakfiriDeobandi. A Takfiri Deobandi is one who declares followers of all other faiths […]
China lands J-15 jet on Liaoning aircraft carrier
Source: BBC China has successfully landed a jet fighter on its new aircraft carrier for the first time, officials say. A Chinese-made J-15 fighter landed on the 300m (990ft) former […]
Dhaka Bangladesh clothes factory fire kills more than 100
Source: BBC More than 100 people are now known to have died in a fire that swept through a clothes factory in Bangladesh, local officials say. The blaze broke out late on Saturday in the multi-floor Tazreen Fashion factory in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka. […]
Rooms Are Never Finished – Poems relating to Karbala
By Agha Shahid Ali W. W. Norton & Company Copyright © 2002 Agha Shahid Ali. All rights reserved. ISBN: 0-393-04149-2 Chapter One From Amherst to Kashmir 1. Karbala: A History of the “House of Sorrow” In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Husayn will […]
Pakistan’s human rights: the growing gulf between reality and rhetoric
GlobalPost: Evidence suggests its human rights record has ‘deteriorated substantially.’ Dawood I. AhmedNovember 24, 2012 09:24 Pakistani missing persons families hold pictures of their missing people as they staged a demonstration in Karachi in 2007. Scores of individuals and civil liberty groups observe the International Human Rights Day in Pakistan. […]
Ashura across the Muslim world…
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Israel said to ease restrictions on Gaza fishing and farming
Reuters | Nov 24, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES GAZA — Israel eased restrictions on Gaza fishermen on Saturday, further implementing a three-day-old truce brokered by Egypt after a week of […]
Why hijab is important in Islam
Arab News Friday 23 November 2012 Hijab, or veil, takes the center stage whenever there is battle between truth and falsehood. It has always been a sensitive issue, but it […]