Saudi authorities warn they will stop any disruptive protests at annual pilgrimage in Mecca over the conflict in Syria Grand Mosque teeming with joyful pilgrims at dawn yesterday, wearing simple […]
The mountain overlooking Mecca is where Muslims believe Mohammed received his first revelations from God The Haj is one of the five pillars of Islam that every capable Muslim must […]
MECCA — Nods, smiles, frowns, and hand gestures speak volumes in the holy city of Mecca where Muslims gathered from across the world for the annual pilgrimage manage to communicate […]
AFP | Oct 22, 2012 | 23:33 JORDAN TIMES ALEPPO, Syria — After months of fighting without pay, Syrian rebels in Aleppo are receiving their first salaries, paid with money […]
Huff Post: Richard Clarke described Pakistan as a nation of “pathological liars” on the Bill Maher Show last year. He also called Pakistanis “paranoid.” In the public mind there is little apart from suicide bombings, terrorism, violence and corruption associated with Pakistan. Commentators freely call Pakistan a “nursery for terrorism.” […]
Israel has entered the airspace beyond the Lebanon border with impunity, yet is in uproar over the existence of Ayoub. by Belen FernandezBelen Fernandez is the author of The Imperial […]
Source: LUBP Note: The context of the following letter is discussed in this post: Jamia Salafia Deobandia LUMS fires Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy *********** From: Pervez Hoodbhoy Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 1:44 PM To: Adil Najam Cc: syedbabarali@yahoo.com; sahil; jaffe; Sohail Qureshi; Amer Iqbal; Muhammad Sabieh Anwar; Anjum Altaf; Shahab […]
Source: LUBP: Former Military Intelligence (MI) officer Brigadier Hamid Saeed has revealed that Karman Khan, senior journalist of The News (Jang Group) and anchor of Jang Group’s Geo News TV, was on payroll of Pakistan Army drawing Rs. 7,000 per month in 1991. Brigadier Hamid disclosed this secret this in […]
Palestinian taxi in Hebron area torched in apparent ‘price tag’ attack. Family watches vehicle burn while waiting for firefighters A taxi belonging to a Palestinian family was set on fire […]
Ephraim Halevy warns Romney’s anti-Iran rhetoric closes the door to dialogue. Haaretz:A former head of Israel’s intelligence service Mossad on Monday urged the West to solve the nuclear dispute with […]
The Jerusalem Post: GAZA – The emir of pro-Western Qatar will become the first head of state to enter the blockaded Gaza Strip on Tuesday, in a high-profile visit breaking […]
Daily Times: COMMENT : The 1974 NA proceedings on the Ahmadi issue — Yasser Latif Hamdani Consider the role of Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) in 1974 when it declared Ahmadis to be out of the fold of Islam The Supreme Court judgment in the Asghar Khan case has exposed the deep […]
Express Tribune: Conditions continue to deteriorate in Pakistan. Watch HRW interview video here:
October 22, 2012 The Muslim Outlook – by Shahid Pervaiz This is as much an “Undeniable Material Fact” as the staunch of Physical Laws that the Wars fought by The […]
Source: ET Pictures of Ahmad Mohammad Abd Alhadi Abu Taha, Mahmoud Younes Ibrahim Mana’a, Ala’a Aldin Mohammad Ragheb Derbas and Fawzi Abd Aljabar Housain Housain, four of 11 suspects detained by security forces, are seen in this handout released by Jordan’s official Petra news agency on October 21, 2012. PHOTO: […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 22 October 2012 Interior Minister Prince Ahmed has warned pilgrims against politicizing the Haj pilgrimage, saying those involved in such activities would be driven away. “We reject politicizing Haj and so do the pilgrims. Whoever tries to use Haj for other purposes will be kept away. […]
Source: LUBP It is disturbing but hardly surprising to learn that LUMS administration has refused to renew the employment contract of Pakistan’s eminent scholar Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy. Apparently the decision to fire him has to do with the content of his course Science and Religion. In the last few years, […]
RIYADH: Ali Bluwi ARABNEWS Monday 22 October 2012 Under the direction of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, the Saudi government is giving preferential treatment to Syrian refugees […]
Source: Daily Times via Wasim Sroya: What is needed is a paradigm realignment of the country; unless Pakistan is declared a secular state there will not be any tangible development on the human rights front. According to the Minority Rights Group International, Pakistan had the world’s highest increase of threats […]
By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent Experts working on proto-Elamite hope they are on the point of ‘a breakthrough’ The world’s oldest undeciphered writing system, which has so far […]