Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Human Rights Cell asks the Chief Justice to take Suo Moto notice for violation of Article 20 of the Constitution by law enforcement agencies in the […]
Jakarta Post: government-sanctioned National Alms Agency (Baznas) held a mass marriage of 349 underprivileged couples at the Silang Monas area in Central Jakarta on Sunday. Baznas chairman Didin Hafiduddin said […]
The Jakarta Post, Followers of minority faiths have dismissed the remark on state protection of religious freedoms, citing inconsistency on the ground and in the courts. Constitutional Court chief Mahfud MD told visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday that people could even be atheists and communists as long as they […]
Pakistan’s private television channels offer a host of programs in current affairs and entertainment but in the absence of an effective regulatory body, talk show hosts can get away with murder. Source: Al Arabiya But as print journalists became media superstars, and film actors or super models became household names […]
You tube: Started by Mumtaz Daulatana, well documented by Munir Commission Report on 1953 riots against Ahmadiyya Muslims in Pakistan, Punjab government continues to play with fire. This time is […]
Express Tribune: Don’t be taken in by the negative sound-bites. On the face of it, political forces seem to be struggling to succeed in the litmus test of managing the […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 15 July 2012 Preparations for the Grand Mosque in Makkah and Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah to receive millions of pilgrims and visitors are in place. Head […]
JEDDAH: SARAH ABDULLAH ARABNEWS Sunday 15 July 2012 As Ramadan draws near, many working women begin the relentless search for housemaids, focusing mainly on illegal workers. Sawsan, a service representative […]
Should We Fear Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood? Huffington Post (blog) There are concerns that this and other emerging political groups might usher in a new era of oppression, this time inspired by and based on Islam. For all of Mubarak’s vices, he at least opposed religious extremism; free and fair elections are […]
Metro TV reports that Islamist primitives in Cisalada, West Java, again viciously turned on their peaceful Ahmadi neighbours on Friday, angry because foreign journalists were taking pictures of the persecuted […]
BBC: Islamic groups in Pakistan were initially hostile to cable TV because of concerns about “obscene” foreign imports, but religion now dominates the airwaves. A new breed of Islamic TV evangelist has emerged, leading to a confrontation with liberals. On any day of the week, television in Pakistan is a […]
Rugby: Fijian star Matawalu joins Glasgow Scotsman NEW Glasgow coach Gregor Townsend has added to his squad by signing the Fijianscrum-half hailed by Scotland as the star of their South Seas Test encounter last month. See all stories on this topic » Scotsman How to buy a tiny slice of Fiji The Australian LAST […]
KRAUTHAMMER: Islamic uprising, not Facebook revolution Santa Rosa Press Democrat Post-revolutionary Libya appears to have elected a relatively moderate pro-Western government. Good news, but tentative because Libya is less a country than an oil well with a long beach and myriad tribes. Popular allegiance to a central national … See all stories on […]
Express Tribune: by Amna Agha: The persecution of the Ahmadiyya community has reached new heights following the destruction of six minarets at an Ahmadi place of worship in Kharian on July […]
PNN: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas used the platform of the First International Conference for the Defense of Jerusalem, held in Doha in February of this year, to appeal to both Christians and Muslims of the Arab world, inviting them to visit and pray in the Israeli-occupied city. Abbas argued that […]
An angry mob attacked members of Bogor’s Ahmadiyah community on Friday as a team of Dutch journalists tried to shoot a documentary on the beleaguered community. Four journalists from the Dutch daily newspaper de Volkskrant arrived in Bogor’s Cisalada village late Friday morning to interview members of the local Ahmadiyah […]
Dawn: Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim was formally appointed the Chief Election Commissioner on Friday, DawnNews reported. Ebrahim was appointed the CEC after President Asif Ali Zardari, on the advice […]
Source: Indian Express Fourteen-year-old Akbar’s appeal to the judge to let him remain with his Hindu guardian instead of transferring him to his Muslim mother has shot Aiku Lal Sandil […]
Source: Tehelka Ram Puniyani on how syncretism can lead to peace and progress like in pre-British days IT WAS heartening to note the observance of ‘Peace and Harmony Day on the anniversary of Vasant-Rajab on 1 July in Ahmedabad. Vasant Rao Hegiste and Rajab Ali Lakhani were two friends who […]
Source: Islamic Human Rights Commision The ASEAN NGO Coalition will organize a Freedom Flotilla mission to the Arakan/Rakhine state of Myanmar with the object of liberating the Rohingya from the continued persecution by the Myanmar securities. The situation in Myanmar is distortedly portrayed as a sectarian clash between Rakhine Buddhist […]