Rush of asylum-seekers before Australian crackdown
ROD MCGUIRK | AP ARABNEWS Friday 31 August 2012 CANBERRA: Australia calls it a “closing-down sale” for people smugglers: Asylum-seekers in rickety boats are reaching its shores in record numbers […]
Don’t miss ‘blue moon’ tonight
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: TOI from 2012 NEW DELHI: The full moon on Friday is going to be […]
Robert Fisk: Minister for information who wants to go straight Truth will no longer be a casualty of Syria’s civil war, says President Assad’s media supremo
When Syrian gunmen stormed Damascus last month, an angry, middle-aged and bespectacled man appeared on state television with a harsh message for Syria’s “enemies”. “They are calling this the last battle,” he roared. “Yes, I agree it is the last battle – and they will lose!” Syrian viewers were not […]
Absurd, dangerous interviews: Amir Liaquat, Imran, Abdul Qadeer and Ahmadies
Express Tribune: The last 15 days saw three quite ludicrous, dangerous interviews aired on our TV channels, two of them on fake ‘Dr’ Amir Liaquat’s show,one with Imran Khan and the other with the so-called only-father-of-our-bums Dr AQ Khan. The third was on ARY in which Kashif Abbasi interviewed General Hamid Gul, self-same Imran […]
Absurd, dangerous interviews: By Kamran Shafi
Express Tribune: The last 15 days saw three quite ludicrous, dangerous interviews aired on our TV channels, two of them on fake ‘Dr’ Amir Liaquat’s show,one with Imran Khan and the other with the so-called only-father-of-our-bums Dr AQ Khan. The third was on ARY in which Kashif Abbasi interviewed General Hamid Gul, self-same Imran […]
Temple-Mosque coexistence shows path of harmony in Assam
Source: The Assam Tribune Staff reporter GUWAHATI, Aug 26 – At a stone’s throw away from the river that is considered a grand witness to Assam’s history and culture, two structures stand tall to mark the harmonious coexistence of two faiths. Locals bow their heads to each, and agree that […]
Special Group comprising Pakistan Interfaith League (PIL) and Ulema Council (APUC) to monitor proceedings of the Rimsha case
Source: The News Islamabad: The Pakistan Interfaith League (PIL) Chairman Sajid Ishaq held a meeting with the Special Group formed to monitor the proceedings of the Rimsha Masih blasphemy case here on Wednesday afternoon. The Special Group was formed at a joint consultative session of the Pakistan Interfaith League (PIL) […]
THE SEER OF PAKISTAN
Credit: The New Yorker via Wasim: In the south of Pakistan, where Hindus have lately been kidnapped for ransom and their daughters forcibly converted to Islam, Hindu families have started fleeing to India in trains. As they waved to their relatives from train windows, possibly for the last time, many […]
Separated at birth
India and Israel are often likened to each other, but it is Pakistan that Israel resembles the most Much is made these days of the apparent likeness between India and […]
Absurd, dangerous interviews
Credit: ET Pakistan. The writer is a columnist, a former major of the Pakistan Army and served as press secretary to Benazir Bhutto kamran.shafi@tribune.com.pk The last 15 days saw three quite ludicrous, dangerous interviews aired on our TV channels, two of them on fake ‘Dr’ Amir Liaquat’s show, one with […]
Hong Kong vies for Muslim visitors from the Middle East
Hong Kong (CNN) – With the number of visitors from the Middle East to Asia on the rise, Hong Kong is re-examining what it has on offer to entice more […]
Clerics giving Misleading Fatwa against Ahmadiyyah, Shiites should be arrested!
If you want consistent and consistently enforce the blasphemy laws, among others in Article 156a of the Criminal Code, then the scholars who gave fatwa to declare Shiite, Ahmadiyya, etc […]
PAKISTAN: No justice for Rimsha – judge disrespects the orders of President Zadari
Asian Human Rights Commission: In the capital of Pakistan where there are many government and non-governmental institutions working for the protection of child rights, special children rights, human rights and the rights of women, only one of them have come out calling for the release of Ms. Rimsha, the 14-year-old […]
Could Pakistan’s social media become a bastion of extremism? too late, already is!!
Dawn: India has provided no proof to substantiate this claim, but the accusation is a reminder of an often-overlooked reality: In Pakistan, the medium has a menacing side and often displays extremist sentiment. Most discussions about the social media sphere in Pakistan describe it as a last redoubt of liberalism. […]
What makes a good Muslim?
The Express Tribune What makes a good Muslim By Tazeen Javed Published: August 27, 2012 The writer is an Islamabad-based freelance communications consultant. She tweets @tazeen and blogs at http://tazeen-tazeen.blogspot.com In Pakistan, there are many Islamic sects with multiple factions in these sects. While some people have started to question […]
Judge, 2 others shot dead in a sectarian attack in Pakistan’s Quetta
Credit: TOI SLAMABAD: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a Shiite judge, his bodyguard and driver in a sectarian attack in Quetta city of southwest Pakistan on Thursday, officials said. Zulfiqar Naqvi, a sessions judge, was attacked as he came out of his home in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, police officials […]
Iran starts NAM summit under sharper UN nuclear scrutiny
Credit: TOI TEHRAN: Iran on Thursday lifted the curtain on a summit of non-aligned states it presented as a diplomatic triumph, but the event was held under the cloud of intensified UN scrutiny of the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme. UN chief Ban Ki-moon, in Tehran, spent the eve of the […]
Egypt joins China Club
Credit A Times. By Brendan O’Reilly President Mohammed Morsi’s historic trip to Beijing signifies a new direction for Egyptian foreign policy. The Muslim Brotherhood leader has sent a clear message by selecting China for his first state visit outside the Middle East. By forging closer ties with China, Morsi is […]
Red Cross halts most Pakistan aid after beheading.
Credit: Daily News via Wasim Arshad Butt/AP Pakistani security officials stand next to covered body of British Red Cross worker Khalil Rasjed Dale at the site in Quetta, Pakistan on Sunday, April 29, 2012. GENEVA – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Tuesday it was halting […]
Palestinian street backs probe of Arafat death riddle
NABLUS, Palestinian Territories — News that France had opened an inquiry into the death of the late Yasser Arafat was welcomed by many Palestinians on Wednesday, but for others it […]