Express Tribune: Saroop Ijaz: “I think about it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong …” said Malala Yousufzai about a possible attack from the Taliban. They have come to kill you […]
Sources report destabilization effort already under way by MICHAEL CARL Michael Carl is a veteran journalist with overseas military experience and experience as a political consultant. He also has two Master’s Degrees, is a bi-vocational pastor and lives with his family in the Northeast United States. Following successful campaigns in […]
by Rula Samain | Oct 13, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AJLOUN — More than six years ago when Father Hugo Alaniz came from Argentina to Jordan, his mind was set […]
NADIM AL-HAMID ARABNEWS Sunday 14 October 2012 JEDDAH: Makkah people consider receiving pilgrims and providing services a duty with relationships spanning several generations. Many Makkah residents recall how pilgrims were served in the past and how it compares to the present. Arab News talked to number of Makkah residents who […]
EDDAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 14 October 2012 JEDDAH: New development projects worth more than SR 1.1 billion have been implemented at the holy sites of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah as […]
Source: Dawn Author: Anwar Iqbal For 20 years Rashid waited for this day. But instead of boarding the plane, he returned his tickets. It all seemed so meaningless to him after reading how a 14-year old girl, Malala Yousufzai, was gunned down […]
The Express Tribune: by Chris Allbritton Pakistan is a land of many stories, and I miss them terribly. But what I don’t miss, having been forced to leave Pakistan this summer because of a possible threat to my safety, is the constant barrage of conspiracy theories and an unwillingness by […]
By Ben Hubbard and Zeina Karam, Saturday, October 13, 5:40 PM Washington Post BEIRUT — Fighters from a shadowy militant group with suspected links to al-Qaeda joined Syrian rebels in […]
Source: TOI People hold candles and pictures of Malala Yousufzai, who was shot on Oct 9, 2012 by the Taliban for speaking out against the militants and promoting education for girls, at a school in Lahore October 12, 2012. (Reuters photo) RAWALPINDI: The police said on Friday that they had […]
Source: Asian Human Rights Commission via Nasim Malik. The Ahmadis, a sect that believes in Islam and claims to be an ardent follower of it, has been declared as non-Muslim under the Pakistani legislation. Evidently, the Government of Pakistan has not only confiscated their freedom to faith, belief and practice, […]
The rulers of several major Arab nations have accused the Muslim Brotherhood of ambitions to seize power illegitimately. Several governments branded the organization a major threat to stability as the party’s influence grows steadily. After the Muslim Brotherhood legally took power in Egypt’s elections, with Brotherhood member Mohamed Morsi becoming […]
Dawn: ISLAMABAD: The cleric who accused Rimsha Masih of committing blasphemy and was arrested for allegedly framing evidence, was released on Friday, a day after he was granted bail by a court, his lawyer said. Hafiz Mohammed Khalid Chishti, the imam of the mosque in Rimsha’s area, who first provided […]
A compass pointing the way to Mecca is embedded in a new MasterCard aimed at Muslims. Gulf state-owned bank Al Hillal in the United Arab Emirates has rolled out the […]
From Reza Sayah, Shaan Khan and Ashley Fantz, CNN The recovery of a 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot in the neck and now breathes on a ventilator hinges on what happens over the next two days. Malala Yousufzai remains in a Rawalpindi hospital after […]
This interview gives some idea about her courage and convictions. Scroll down for her 2011 interview. http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/12/world/asia/pakistan-teen-activist-attack/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
The Express Tribune: by Amina Jilani. The mighty Pakistan Army, the government of the failing, flailing republic, the Taliban, drones, Imran Khan and Malala Yousufzai — they are all linked in more than one distressing way. ………That the army and the government don’t do much to take on the TTP […]
Four days before leaving for the haj pilgrimage, retired private school teacher, Harun MS bin Umar, was still lying in a bed in Labuhan Ruku Hospital in Batubara, North Sumatra. […]
Source: Milligazette This is surprising, because everyone thought that website content has been blocked because of Assam violence and exodus of people of North East India from Bangalore and elsewhere. The Milli Gazette Published Online: Oct 02, 2012 Print Issue: 1-15 September 2012 By Kashif-ul-Huda Editor, twocircles.net I woke up […]
Source: Salem News More than one hundred young generations with vision, passion, solidarity, hope, unity and perseverance finally decided to form an umbrella organization with the name of “The European Rohingya Council (ERC)” The European Rohingya Council (ESBJERG, Denmark) – A historical two-day convention of Rohingyas living in Europe was […]
Source: The Pioneer via Wasim Sroya: Voices of sanity are steadily losing ground in Pakistan. Moderate elements are being harassed, physically assaulted and even killed by hardliners within and outside the administration The 2.4 million Ahmadis in Pakistan are the most persecuted group in the country. Despite their reverence for […]