Dawn: Mohammad Amir Rana: As many as 239 religious organisations operated in Pakistan at the national and provincial level in 2002; presently reduced to 232. They pursue multiple agendas, such […]
Dawn: by Zofeen Ibrahim: Two years ago on May 28, eighty-six members of the Ahmadiyya community were massacred in their places of worship in Lahore, during the Friday congregation. Since […]
ARABNEWS by Tanya Cariina Hsu who is a British political analyst specializing in US-Saudi foreign policy Sunday 4 November 2012 DURING a recent dinner conversation in London I was asked, as is predictably guaranteed, about Saudi Arabia, the abaya and hijab. “A mark of oppression and ignorance,” bemoaned a professor […]
AGENCIES – ARABNEWS Sunday 4 November 2012 LAHORE: A Pakistani court yesterday refused bail to the head teacher of a school caught in a blasphemy row. Asim Farooqi, 77, was […]
Source: Pakistan Observer Yangon—Rohingya groups from across the world have signed a statement calling for a Global Day of Action on November 8 in support of human rights for the Rohingya people of Burma. “We call upon all organisations and individuals who support human rights for the Rohingya to unite […]
Source: The Jakarta Post Repentant: Nasir Abas, a former member of the al-Qaeda-linked Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network, speaks during a discussion on terrorism in Jimbaran, Bali, on Monday. The discussion was part of the commemoration of the second Bali bombing, which claimed 23 lives on Oct. 1, 2005.(JP/Anggara Mahendra) […]
Source: Radiance Weekly India may be closer to allowing Islamic banking than ever before with the central bank and the finance ministry discussing ways in which rules need to be changed to allow the interest-free practice that’s compatible with Shariah law. Demands by Muslim groups over the past few decades […]
Source: Indian Express Lucknow’s Hindu-Muslim father-son duo, Aiku Lal Sandil and Akbar, will be honoured at Delhi’s Phoolwalon ki Sair, which celebrates communal harmony, on Saturday. Akbar, a Muslim by birth, was adopted by Aiku Lal, a Hindu, in 2003 when Akbar landed in Lucknow after he got separated from […]
The Saudis are bulldozing Islam’s heritage. Why the silence from the Muslim world? The Guradian: By Damian Thompson World Last updated: November 2nd, 2012 Modern Mecca, courtesy of the House of Saud (Photo: […]
The Express Tribune: LAHORE: A court on Saturday refused bail to the principal of a school caught in a blasphemy row over a piece of homework allegedly containing derogatory references to Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). Asim Farooqi, 77, was remanded in custody for 14 days on charges of blasphemy despite arguing he […]
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The Iranians and their Hizbullah ally are sending warning signals about how they might fight a future war with the United States and Israel. The signals aren’t subtle—Tehran intends to retaliate for any attack on its nuclear facilities with blows against America’s allies in the region, hitting their most sensitive […]
Ruth Pollard Middle East Correspondent THE terrified men lie huddled in a group on the dusty floor of an abandoned building as armed opposition fighters kick and stamp on their bodies. Amid the chaos, the prisoners protest their innocence, but their cries go unheeded. Their captors – apparently fighters from […]
Source: Times of India BEIJING: China today rolled out a red carpet to “Missile man” and ex-President APJ Abdul Kalam on his first visit to the country, proposing a joint […]
Source: Rediff The statement by West Bengal [ Images ] Director General of police Naparajit Mukherjee, regarding a nexus between Naxals and the Inter-Services Intelligence is something that needs to be taken seriously, says Vicky Nanjappa. There has been much talk about this since the last three years, and investigations […]
Source: Asianews A brutal murder has schocked the Indian Christian community in the UAE: Dr. Rajan Daniel, 58, urologist at the Ahalia Hospital in Abu Dhabi, was killed with eight stab wounds by Mohamed Abdul Jamil, 46, a Pakistani national. A native of Kerala, the Christian doctor died on the […]
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir high court has held that a Muslim man’s power to divorce (Talaq) his wife is not “unrestricted or unqualified”. Justice Hasnain Masoodi in his 23-page judgment extensively went into details of the Shariah law and Quranic injunctions to hold that a “husband cannot have unrestricted […]
MADINAH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 3 November 2012 The number of illegal pilgrims squatting in the plaza of the Prophet’s Mosque is causing problems of nightmare proportions and is beyond control […]
Express Tribune: LADDAH: The outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan has decided to `deal’ with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and rid the people of Karachi of its `suppression’. TTP spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan called reporters and read out a statement on Friday, saying the Taliban had decided to rid the people of Karachi of […]
The Huffington Post. The buzz among foreign investors in Southeast Asia today is much about Myanmar and Cambodia, among the last frontier markets remaining in this part of the world. […]