UN leader ‘appalled’ by Mansehra sectarian killing
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By AFP Published: August 17, 2012 UNITED NATIONS: UN leader Ban Ki-moon was “appalled” by the sectarian killing of 20 Shias who […]
UN monitors quit, saying Syrians choose “path of war“
Reuters Friday 17 August 2012 BEIRUT/ALEPPO: Syria’s government and rebels have “chosen the path of war,” a UN peacekeeping chief said as the world body ended its doomed monitoring mission to Damascus and deadlock persists among world powers over how to contain the spreading conflict. Two weeks after former UN […]
King voices Jordan’s rejection of Israeli attempts to Judaise Jerusalem
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday asserted Jordan’s rejection of Israel’s “repeated attempts to Judaise the history and heritage of the Holy City of Jerusalem” as well as […]
Israel preparing to attack Iran: Report
Credit: TOI LONDON: Israel is preparing for a ground attack on Iran before Christmas, after conducting commando dry runs in the Iraq desert, a media report said. Top military officials in Tel Aviv believe they have until the end of the year to strike at Iran’s nuclear programme, The Sun […]
The sad story of an IT powerhouse called Bangalore
Credit: TOI Students of northeast coming out after the community leaders having peace talk at Jasma Mandir Austin Town, in Bangalore on August 16, 2012. (TOI photo) If you decide to move to Bangalore, you should ask the state’s political bosses a few questions. 1. Will you welcome me even […]
A Saudi overture to Iran
Credit: Asia Times: The US conclusion that the recent summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation delivered a “strong signal” to Syria missed the point. As always in Muslim politics, the subtext of the conference – the increasing threat of sectarian rivalry to the Middle Eastern regimes – was more […]
Pakistan’s real Emergency: 40 Million Malnourished, Illiterate, Thirsty Children
The silence surrounding Pakistan’s most serious threats Michael Kugelman There’s been much discussion lately about the “water kit,” a mysterious contraption that a purported Pakistani engineer insists will enable […]
RUSSIA – Islamic underground sect brought to light by raid.
Raid In Russia Brings Underground Sect To Light by COREY FLINTOFF Listen to the Story EnlargeNikolay Alexandrov/APGumar Ganiyev opens the gates of the compound where members of the Islamic sect he belongs to have lived in seclusion since the early 2000s outside Kazan, capital of the Russian province of Tatarstan, earlier […]
Hate crime legislation
Express Tribune: Farahnaz Ispahani. Pakistan has become a brutal place to live, especially if you are a member of a religious minority. Most observers agree that the country is being swept by a rising tide of hate encouraged by unbridled hate speech. Hate speech is defined as any spoken or physical […]
Several Umrahs on the same journey
Author: Edited by Adil Salahi, Arab News Staff Monday 27 August 2001 Q. How many Umrahs can one offer on the same journey? Is it possible to offer the Umrah on behalf of deceased parents and relatives? If so, where does one start his ihraam? If one’s parents are alive […]
Families of Iran’s murdered nuclear scientists sue Israel, US and Britain
Judiciary asked to pursue complaint through international bodies in attempt to bring killers of five scientists to justice The families of murdered Iranian nuclear scientists have filed a lawsuit against […]
First Shiite Muslim to be convicted of blasphemy in Indonesia.
Unite Shiites and Sunnis in Indonesia The Jakarta Globe: One day in December last year, Shiite preacher Tajul Muluk had to be rescued by the police after a mob torched his house, his Islamic boarding school and mosque in a violent rampage in Sampang, East Java. He was not hurt. […]
Thailand holds ‘peace talks’ with Muslim militants
Thailand said Thursday it was holding peace talks with some Muslim insurgent groups in its violence-wracked south, in a policy reversal which follows a recent surge in militant attacks. Informal talks are under way between the government agency in charge of the region — the Southern Border Provinces Administration Center […]
Final Communiqué of Extraordinary Islamic Solidarity Summit
ARAB NEWS Friday 17 August 2012 Islamic solidarity Summit’s complete Final Communiqué The Summit was briefed on the reports and recommendations submitted to it by the foreign ministers in their […]
Syria’s OIC suspension ‘unfair’: Iran
TEHRAN – Iran on Thursday slammed a decision by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to suspend Syria’s membership, calling the step against its key ally “unfair and unjust.” “Syria should have been invited to the summit to defend itself,” Iran’s foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi told the official IRNA news […]
Call for joint action: Pakistan’s nuclear architect Dr. A.Q. Khan’s hate speech against Ahmadis
Editor’s comment: The relevant comment is in the last 4-5 minutes of this video. Let us Build Pakistan: On 14 August 2012, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan (the father of Pakistan’s […]
Attack on Pakistan’s Minhas Military base
Taliban claim attack on Minhas base; nine militants killed DawnNews and Agencies | DAWN.COM | 3 hours ago اسے اُردو میں پڑھیں 133 http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D9%23cb%3Df1a7d205b8%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fdawn.com%252Ff326cb3c44%26domain%3Ddawn.com%26relation%3Dparent.parent&extended_social_context=false&font=arial&href=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com%2F2012%2F08%2F16%2Fmilitants-attack-pakistani-airbase-at-kamra%2F&layout=button_count&locale=en_GB&node_type=link&sdk=joey&send=false&show_faces=false&width=90 http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1345016233.html#_=1345119720298&count=horizontal&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com%2F2012%2F08%2F16%2Fmilitants-attack-pakistani-airbase-at-kamra%2F&size=m&text=Taliban%20claim%20attack%20on%20Minhas%20base%3B%20nine%20militants%20killed%20%7C%20DAWN.COM&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com%2F2012%2F08%2F16%2Fmilitants-attack-pakistani-airbase-at-kamra%2F&via=dawn_com https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?bsv=pr&size=medium&hl=en-US&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com%2F2012%2F08%2F16%2Fmilitants-attack-pakistani-airbase-at-kamra%2F&count=true&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3D–ql0RZyq4A.en_US.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!odsckOnlCmSAl2tjew%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTOlZdXQvjH1KwxIVfvwgonhOeDpgA#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart&id=I0_1345119720429&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com Pakistani Air Force personnel cordon the main entrance of the air force base following an attack in Kamra about 60 kilometres northwest of Islamabad on August 16, 2012. […]
16 people gunned down near Gilgit
Credit: ET Passengers were forcefully disembarked, told to produce NICs and gunned down. PHOTO: FILE. GILGIT: At least 16 passengers in four buses were forcefully disembarked and gunned down in the Dedi Das area as they were en route to Rawalpindi via Gilgit on Thursday. The disputed territory between Chilas and […]
TTP claims attack on Minhas base; nine militants killed
Credit. Dawn.Com ATTOCK: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan on Thursday claimed responsibility of the attack on Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) Minhas airbase at Kamra, DawnNews reported. Ehsanullah Ehsan, while speaking to Dawn.com from an undisclosed location, said ” We have killed scores of security personnel.” He also claimed that […]
All (war) roads lead to Mecca
Credit: Asia Times Sugar-coated photo-ops at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation couldn’t hide the bitter truth that the House of Saud and Tehran are practically at each other’s throats in an all-out war between Sunnis and Shi’ites. In between suspending Syria from the OIC, Saudi Arabia is juggling a tricky […]