West Java Cop-Out? Islamist Mob to Go Unpunished. July 16th’s Jakarta Globe surely suggests more questions than answers, most notably on the Police’s interest in serving the community in a non-sectarian way. No one will be charged in Friday’s mob attack on members of Bogor’s Ahmadiyah community, the National Police […]
A man face down covered in blood. Dying helpless. Such has not been satisfied, some violent people who stood around blade of bamboo struck again. Plaque!! A blow on the back of the head of the poor man ending his life. Shouted Takbir continues to reverberate, to celebrate his death. […]
In what was possibly the first protest of its kind, a religious organisation was met with aerial firing by the police in Karachi, when they gathered to demonstrate against the […]
Credit: Asiatimes: Muslim men, the story goes, are running around seducing girls of the Hindu and other faiths for the sole purpose of converting them to Islam, and (some add) using their wombs to create yet more Muslims and alter India’s overwhelmingly Hindu demographic. The tale – discredited by police […]
Credit: Asiatimes. Syrian rebels point to high-profile defections, heightened violence in Damascus and revelations of another “civilian massacre” as signs of a turning point in the uprising – even as insurgents flee fighting in the capital and evidence from the Hama killings suggest they simply resulted from another uneven clash […]
Medical authorities in India’s Rajasthan state have suspended 12 doctors for allegedly carrying out pre-natal sex determination tests. The action was taken after local courts charged the doctors with violating […]
Riyadh: Arab News Tuesday 17 July 2012 The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have a low population compared with other regions, totaling 45 million people in 2011, less […]
AMMAN — Jordan is bracing for the potential influx of “hundreds of thousands” of Syrians, officials say, amid an ongoing refugee flow averaging some 500 persons per day. According to a government source, officials are preparing for the potential arrival of up to one million Syrians as part of several […]
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Christians in Gaza protesting ‘forced’ conversions to Islam Fox News Dozens of Christians in predominantly Muslim Gaza have staged a rare protest, claiming two members of their community were forcibly converted to Islam and are being held against their will. See all stories on this topic » Gaza Christians hold rare protest over […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: July 17, 2012 RAWALPINDI: Terming the judiciary as the ultimate protector of citizens’ rights and liberties, Chief Justice […]
Pakistan Today. com: Six minarets falling to the ground should generate some tremors and cause a lot of noise. Yet the demolition of a mosque run by the Ahmadi sect […]
Saudi Arabian leaders are discussing new laws to penalize insults against Islam, reports a Saudi newspaper. The new regulations could even extend to social media and stipulate severe punishments for […]
Source: NY times. By J. MICHAEL KENNEDY Published: July 14, 2012 ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece — At the train station here, an unshaven man with a weary look leaned against the brick wall of a building, taking in the morning sun. He said that his name was Zulifoar Baht; that he was 38, […]
Carmel lights By Francis Gonsalves Ever heard of “Carmel” school or college? My sisters studied at Carmel School in Bandra, Mumbai. In boyhood I’d often tease them: “Why do you […]
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Head of the Bogor Immigration Office, Bambang Catur P., says the office plans to question four foreign journalists believed to have triggered an attack on an Ahmadiyah village. The questioning of the foreign nationals related to their immigration documents is scheduled for Monday. “After receiving reports from […]
Jakarta Globe: Ahmadiyah community members say they have been forced to apologize, while foreign journalists deny having incited violence against the sect’s followers in Bogor’s Cisalada village on Friday. According to Bogor Police, Ahmadiyah followers and local residents agreed to end the incident peacefully after leaders of Ahmadiyah apologized for […]
Media Indonesia reports on that latest Islamist assault on Ahmadis – Setara Institute has suggested the state apparatus’ indolence in defending this innocent minority is no mere manifestation of sloth but part of a larger scheme to achieve the end of Ahmadiyah in Indonesia. In the event that the […]
BBC: Jemaah Ahmadiyah spokesman for Indonesia (JAI), Firdaus Mubarik, said none of the perpetrators of the attacks on the Ahmadiyah congregation Cisalada settlement, village Ciampea Udik, Bogor, detained by the police. “The dream that until there is an attacker who was arrested,” said Firdaus on the BBC Indonesia. Incidents of […]
Source: Dawn Author: Nighat Kamal Aziz I do not want democracy if it means that I wait in the streets for long periods of time in the sweltering heat in […]