Notable Q&As about Israel
Source; Khabar online: Politics – We have seen some of this before but there are new Q & A s added, so you may wish to read them again: Question: […]
Pakistan attacks kill 36 – Muslim leaders attend rare D8 summit
ISLAMABAD: Muslim leaders attended a rare summit in Pakistan yesterday after militant attacks killed 36 people across the country in some of the deadliest violence claimed by the Taleban for months. The string of attacks on Shiite Muslims and police and troops underscored the immense security challenge in a country […]
Muslim community in Mumbai welcomes Kasab’s execution
Source: Business Standard The Muslim community in the city today welcomed the execution of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab saying by doing this India had rightly conveyed to the world that it has zero tolerance towards terrorism. Gulzar Azmir, Secretary (legal), Jamait-ul-e-Hind (Ardhad Madani), which has provided legal aid to two […]
PAKISTAN: Is Dr. Abdus Salam – a Nobel Laureate or persona non grata?
Asian Human Rights Commission: Contributors: Baseer Naweed & Stewart Sloan “The Holy Quran enjoins us to reflect on the verities of Allah’s created laws of nature; however, that our generation has been privileged to glimpse a part of His design is a bounty and a grace for which I render […]
Unmourned in his own country
Source: The News Mohammad Ahmed 21.11. is the death anniversary of one of Pakistan’s ablest sons, Dr Abdus Salam. Unfortunately, his achievements and services remain unacknowledged in his own country, where he was made an alien because of the belief into which he was born, although they are celebrated around […]
Upcoming Mumbai Career Fest 2012 organized by Association of Muslim Professionals
Mumbai has seen many historical events in the sphere of educational guidance and now it’s time for another one, Career Fest 2012, an effective way to bridge the gap between […]
Helping hands – Association of Muslim Professionals
Source: Indian Express It was a pleasant autumn morning on Saturday, a ‘half-day’ in school. But 40-odd primary school children were attending a “skill development lecture” after the last class that got over at 11 a.m. at Orient Public School, in Seelampur, a low-income, Muslim-majority neighbourhood in northeast Delhi. As […]
SNC says $60 bn needed in Syria after Assad regime falls
Lynne Nahhas | AFP ARABNEWS Wednesday 21 November 2012 DUBAI: The Syrian opposition will need $60 billion in Marshall Plan-style aid to prevent the country’s collapse within six months of a fall of the regime, prominent leader George Sabra told reporters on Wednesday. He urged a “Partnership to Invest in […]
Cease-fire at last, truce terms vague
Story Summary An Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas Wednesday ended eight days of fierce fighting in Gaza, largely halting attacks that have killed 162 Palestinians and five Israelis and […]
Righting the Wrongs of Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan
Huffington Post: News broke Tuesday that a Pakistani high court dismissed blasphemy charges against Rimsha Masih, a young Christian girl, finding the accusation that she burned pages of the Quran to be “legally unsound.” The decision comes after months of religious tension and protests following the girl’s August arrest and detention […]
Pakistan ranked ‘most dangerous place for journalists’ second year running
Express Tribune: Endemic violence, targeted attacks and threats against journalists in Pakistan have contributed to a ranking of 151 out of 179 countries worldwide on the 2011-2012 Press Freedom Index issued […]
Suicide attack near Rawalpindi Imambargah; 12 dead, 36 injured
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Dawn.com Agencies and DAWN.COM | 5 hours ago People run away after a blast in Karachi on Wednesday. – Photo by AP ISLAMABAD: A suicide attack […]
Rocket Fire Halts in Gaza Cease-Fire
Source: ABC News / Yahoo News By COLLEEN CURRY The rockets and missiles fell silent over Gaza for the first time in eight days today, but gunfire erupted in the crowded streets […]
Netanyahu wins a Pyrrhic victory
Source: Asia Times: By M K Bhadrakumar On the face of it, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scored a perfect hit by launching the assault on Gaza. The score sheet for the weeklong operation codenamed “Operation Pillar of Defense” may seem to stand at 10 out of 10. More:
Pakistan faces loss of EU trade deal
Source: Asia Times: By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI – Pakistan has puts its newly secured trade concessions package with the European Union in jeopardy by breaking a four-year moratorium on the death penalty with the execution of a former army serviceman. More:
British group to issue fatwa against Malala Yousufzai: Rueters
Dawn: Credit Rueters: ISLAMABAD: A new British-based Islamic group plans to meet in Islamabad to issue a religious decree against a Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Pakistani Taliban, accusing her of supporting “occupying” US forces. The move against Malala Yousufzai, 15, is likely to provoke outrage. In the days following […]
Another Day in Paradise
By Yusuf Walker Pardon me if I have not been myself recently, but I have been racked with inner grief at the plight of the oh so poor Israel. Every day they are terrorized by the glorified fireworks being fired at them from Palestine. To have to bear the noise […]
The First Banquet (retold by Nasruddin)
One day, it happened that someone said something to someone, who said something to someone else, who somehow formed the impression I was an important person. The result of this […]
LeT terrorist & 26/11 Mumbai attacker Ajmal Kasab hanged till Death in Pune, India
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ajmal-Kasab-hanged-and-buried-in-Punes-Yerwada-Jail/articleshow/17303820.cms? TNN | Nov 21, 2012, 08.22 AM IST NEW DELHI: In a secret operation, LeT terrorist and 26/11 attacks accused Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab was hanged in the high-security Yerwada Jail in Pune at 7:30am today after a four-year-long trial. Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said he was […]
UN chief fears ‘regional battleground’ in Syria
CAIRO: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday he feared that the militarization of the conflict in Syria could turn the country into a “regional battleground.” “We are deeply concerned […]