ROB WAGNER ARABNEWS Sunday 16 September 2012 The Kingdom’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh called on the international community to criminalize acts of abusing great prophets and messengers such as Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad (peace be upon them all), according to a statement issued today. The statement was […]
ARAB NEWS Sunday 16 September 2012 RIYADH: The Kingdom’s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, yesterday denounced attacks on diplomats and embassies as un-Islamic after deadly protests against a US-made anti-Islam film swept the Middle East. At the same time, he called on the international community to take steps to […]
Source: Jakarta Globe ith the developed economies of the West struggling to put their economic houses in order, greater focus is now being paid to the emerging world. Growth in many of these countries remains buoyant and their share of global economic activity is rising. Much of the Muslim world […]
Credit: Jakarta Globe Bereaved family members carry a portrait and coffin of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the controversial founder of the Unification Church, after his funeral service at the CheongShim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, South Korea, on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) More than 30,000 […]
Express Tribune; CHITRAL: Touching upon the sensitive issue of the blasphemous film that has generated massive protests by Muslims everywhere, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan likened the sentiments of Muslims for blasphemy with that of the Jews’ for the holocaust and asked for similar rights with regard to hate speech. […]
‘Father of Pakistani nuclear program’ says was ordered to leak secrets by Benazir Bhutto Abdul Qadeer Khan has until now claimed he acted alone in sharing nuclear technology with Iran, […]
Source: ET-Pakistan Following exchange of dialogue about Ahmadiyyat is appended below for MT Readers. Sarmad Aijaz Dear Readers, I dont know what is intention of this article but I am refering some of major difference between muslims and Qadinais if someone think that we should give them space of comfort […]
RIYADH: NAWAL KSAR ARABNEWS With the announcement almost three years ago about the production of a film portraying the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), the Iranian director Majeed Majeedi sparked a controversy all over the Islamic world. Now, as the film is ready for viewing, the temperature […]
There are different versions of when it happened, but more than 60 years ago when confronted with the idea that the Vatican might not be enamored with his policies, Soviet […]
By Olivia Alabaster The Daily Star, Lebanon BEIRUT: The aim of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Lebanon is ostensibly to allow him to deliver an “apostolic exhortation” in response to […]
Source: Alislam.org So said the Messiah: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani The Messiah: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, the Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community said about God of nature and Islam: […]
Source: Qantara On the 15th anniversary of the death of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the world can look back on an extraordinary musician. The “King of Qawwali” was a source […]
Source: IDB The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) announces the eleventh edition of its Prizes for Science and Technology (1434H-2013G). The IDB established the Prizes in 1422H (2001G) to acknowledge […]
Rabaeh Al Sarhan camp will be a modern facility catering to displaced Syrian families By Rania Moussly, Staff Reporter GULF NEWS Amman: The UAE government is set to open a […]
Source: Business Recorder. By ABDUL RASHEED AZAD More than 40 percent of the Pakistani textile industry and around 0.2 million power looms have shifted to Bangladesh in the last five years due to energy crisis in Pakistan and better incentives in Bangladesh, which has created serious employment related problems in the […]
by Muath Freij JORDAN TIMES MAFRAQ — When Syrian newlywed Huthaifa Hariri got engaged nine months ago in Daraa, he did not imagine that his wedding would be held in […]
By Dana Khraiche, Rima S. Aboulmona The Daily Star BEIRUT: Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Lebanon’s capital Beirut Friday, in the third-ever visit by a Roman Catholic prelate to this […]
By Lateef Mungin (CNN) – Jewish groups are upset that the initial reporting about the anti-Islam movie known as “Innocence of Muslims” depicted the film as being financed by a group of Jewish donors. The groups say the reporting was irresponsible and even dangerous. “We are greatly concerned that this […]
The Jakarta Globe: The Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) on Friday asked Muslims here not to be provoked by the anti-Islam movie “Innocence of Muslims,” but at the same time demanded that legal action be taken against the producer. Amid increasing violent anti-US protests in response to the movie in […]
Dawn.com: ISLAMABAD: The apparent collapse of a case against a Christian girl accused of burning pages containing verses from the holy Quran has given a dim ray of hope to critics of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. The girl was believed to be mentally impaired, and a cleric from her neighborhood was […]