Source: Gulf News. Guwahati: Illegal migration from Bangladesh has been the dominant theme of Assam politics since independence. However, over the years, successive federal governments or state governments have done little to curb this. Immigration from Bangladesh or erstwhile East Pakistan has a colonial history. People were brought in as […]
AFP Tuesday, Sep 11, 2012 JAKARTA – Indonesia is stepping up efforts to combat religious radicalism, officials said Tuesday after a spate of terror-related incidents, but analysts accused the government […]
Source: ET How can you make complete use of the Holy Quran when you can’t touch it at certain times of the month when you’re ‘unclean’? PHOTO: REUTERS If you […]
Source: Times of India NEW DELHI: India has finally reacted to the violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state by handing over $ 200,000 to the state administration for the riot-affected people. Government sources here said that the money, which was handed over to Rakhine chief minister U Hla Maung Tin by […]
Source: Firstpost New Delhi: India today announced a $10 million contribution to Palestine and pledged its support to Palestine’s bid for full and equal membership of the UN. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas held comprehensive talks on host of bilateral issues and exchanged views […]
Credit: ET The writer is professor of political science at LUMS Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the father of our nation, must be turning in his grave if angels were to carry the news and pictures of today’s Pakistan to him — targeted killings of Shias, persecution of Christians and public conversion […]
Source: ET Chief justice says matter is sub-judice, which is why he cannot meet delegation. PHOTO: PID/FILE Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Tuesday refused to meet the UN delegation investigating the issue of enforced disappearances, saying that the matter is sub-judice, Express News reported. The team arrived in Pakistan […]
ARAB NEWS Tuesday 11 September 2012 JEDDAH: More than 12.5 million workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are foreigners, accounting for 31 percent of the 40 million GCC […]
SAMABULA (SUVA)- FIJI – I was blown away when I saw manuscript of the first Fijian translation nicely typed and kept at the Ahmadiyya Islamic library here when I volunteered at the library in late 70s. During my breaks and holidays from Police Department, I used work with the then Amir and Missionary in Charge Maulana […]
By Jana El Hassan, Wassim Mroueh The Daily Star BEIRUT: Many Shiite and Sunni clerics, including Salafist leaders, are welcoming Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming visit to Lebanon, and expressing hope […]
The Times of Israel:Global Jewish population grows by 88,000 over past year One of 514 people on Earth is Jewish; at 0.65%, population growth rate is well below world average The global Jewish population grew by more than 88,000 people over the past year and reached 13.75 million, according to […]
Source: The daily Star Bangladesh has been ranked 55th in the web index prepared by world-wide-web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee that measures the web’s political, social and economic impact on people and nations of 61 countries. Bangladesh’s position in the bottom-ten of the index released on September 5 indicates that […]
Source: NY Times. ASHULIA, Bangladesh — His tiny office was lost among the hulking garment factories that churn out cargo pants or polo shirts for brands like Gap or Tommy Hilfiger, yet workers managed to find Aminul Islam. They came with problems. Unpaid wages. Abusive bosses. Mr. Islam, a labor […]
PARIS — Foreign Islamists intent on turning Syria into an autocratic theocracy have swollen the ranks of rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Al Assad and think they are waging a “holy war”, a French surgeon who treated fighters in Aleppo has said. Jacques Beres, co-founder of medical charity Medecins […]
ARAB NEWS Monday 10 September 2012 JEDDAH: The Shoura Council yesterday passed a law banning expatriates from working for companies and individuals other than their employers or sponsors. Punitive action would be taken against Saudi sponsors and companies who allow foreigners to work for other employers, the new law said. […]
By Philologos The Jewish Daily F0RWARD Published September 09, 2012, issue of September 14, 2012 There was an unusual event in Haifa the other day. Muhammad Sharif Odeh, the leader […]
Photo Credit: ahmadnabeel12 Thousands of Ahmadiyya Muslims from around the world have been holding their 46th annual convention in Hampshire over the weekend. The event in Alton is Britain’s largest […]
Source: Hindustan Times In an effort to promote environment-friendly measures, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has given the go-ahead to shifting a majority of its cooking activities at Harmandar Sahib’s Guru Ram Dass ‘langar’ (community kitchen) on to solar energy. This decision was taken after a devotee, Ravindra Laund, […]
Source: Two circles.net By V.M. Khaleelur Rahman, A seminar on “Strengthening Indian Secular Democracy” was held in Chennai on 6th September 2012 jointly by Church of South India Inter-Faith Dialogue Centre, Islamic Forum for the Promotion of Moderate Thought and Rajaji Centre for Public Affairs. Rev. Viji Varghese Eapen, Director, […]
UK researchers studying the genomes of Ethiopian people have discovered similarities to those of populations in Israel and Syria, proving genetic evidence that may support the tale of the legendary […]