FOOTBALL BRIDGES RELIGIOUS DIVIDE IN THAI SOUTH
Source: 7News PATTANI, Thailand (AFP) – A shared passion for football is uniting Buddhists and Muslims in Thailand’s restive south, where grassroots efforts to find elusive peace are gaining ground […]
Twitter banned in Pakistan: Shezan, Twitter, Ahmadis, What Next: Sanity?
Dawn: Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter on Sunday because it refused to remove material considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country’s top telecommunications officials. The material […]
Israel and Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons
Israel has stockpiles of WMDs. by Stephen Lendman Israel’s long known open secret is its formidable nuclear arsenal. Less is known about its chemical and biological weapons (CBW) capability. More on that below. In 1986, Dimona nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu revealed documents showing what many long suspected. Israel had been […]
Batur Temple- the living epitome of religious and cultural tolerance
Jakarta Post: Temple epitomizes tolerance A Balinese woman of Chinese descent offers her prayers at the kongco inside the Ulun Danu Batur temple in Kintamani. An ancient temple in Batur is the living epitome of religious and cultural tolerance, a value often associated with Balinese culture. A beautiful kongco (Chinese […]
Picture of the day: Buddhist monk feeding a hungry tiger in Tiger temple
Courtesy: Wojtek Kalka
King (of Saudi Arabia) urges Islamic unity
BY: JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah yesterday emphasized the need to strengthen Arab and Islamic unity. “I am servant of you and of the […]
Fiji not attending the Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting: PM
Fiji will not be attending the sixth Pacific Island leaders meeting (PALM) in Tokyo, Japan this year. While thanking Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda for inviting Foreign Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola to the meeting, Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said Fiji will not attend as it “is a meeting of leaders”. […]
Pakistan: ‘Red Book’ containing profiles of terror suspects issued
by Mohammed Asghar DAWN.COM RAWALPINDI, May 18: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Punjab police has issued a fresh edition of ‘Red Book’ containing the profiles of 70 most wanted suspects involved in terrorist attacks and sectarian killings and the details of rewards for informants. The book also carries […]
‘Islamic Front’: Apolitical religious bloc to fight sectarianism- Contradiction in terms
Express Tribune: by Tahir Khan: Top leaders of the country’s politico-religious parties are set to launch a new apolitical front on Monday in an effort to put the genie of […]
For some Indonesians the Demand and Wait for Justice Only Grows
Jakarta Globe: Every Thursday afternoon without fail, they turn up outside the front gates of the State Palace in Central Jakarta, a group of just over a dozen elderly people. …………….. …………………… No repercussions In the past four years, at least 30 Ahmadiyah mosques have been forced to close […]
Pakistan has blown a chance to control its badlands
By David Ignatius The Daily Star As America begins to pull back its troops from Afghanistan, there’s one consequence that gets little notice but is likely to have lasting impact: Pakistan is losing the best chance in its history to gain political control over all of its territory – including […]
Israel’s turn against the Assad regime
BY: Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid OPINION ARABNEWS It is not natural for the Israeli political and military establishment just to watch the events and violence taking place along its borders. During the past one year, the Israeli government did not spell out any stand on the Syrian revolution, although it was […]
Jordan: Army to renovate septuagenarian’s home
Petra | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs-of-Staff Lt. Gen. Mashal Al Zaben on Thursday instructed the commander of the Northern Military Zone to renovate the house of an elderly woman in the area and to cover its maintenance expenses. Um Raed had telephoned an FM station […]
Fiji strongman snubbed by Japan
Source: channelnewsasia.com TOKYO — Japan has not invited Fijian strongman Voreqe Bainimarama to a major Pacific leaders’ forum next week, the foreign ministry said Friday, amid concerns his reforms have […]
Pakistan: Another Ahmadiyya mosque defiled and damaged at the hands of Punjab Police
Ahmadiyya Times: By Imran Jattala: While police in Hyderabad, India were busy defending the Ahmadiyya Muslim properties attacked and forcibly occupied by an Islamist militant mob, across the border in Pakistan, […]
Obama requesting help to pay for Afghan army
BY: ANNE GEARAN | AP ARABNEWS WASHINGTON: Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the United States and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend […]
Credit for biggest expansion of Haram goes to the king
BY: JEDDAH: BADR AL-QAHTANI ARABNEWS The biggest expansion of the Grand Mosque in Makkah was carried out during the reign of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. In […]
Oil shale is Jordan’s saviour — int’l expert
by Omar Obeidat |JORDAN TIMES AMMAN –– Oil shale is the “saviour” of Jordan’s economy, according to international oil expert Mamdouh Salameh, who warned that surging global oil prices may […]
Kuwait’s ruler blocks MPs’ Islamic law proposal
Reuters | May 17,2012 | 22:41 JORDAN TIMES KUWAIT — Kuwait’s ruler has blocked a proposal by 31 of the 50 elected members of parliament to amend the constitution to make all legislation in the Gulf Arab state comply with Islamic law, an MP said on Thursday. The approval of […]
Indian cabinet clears Turkmenistan gas deal
Yahoo.news The Indian government has approved a deal to buy natural gas from Turkmenistan via a $7.6 billion pipeline passing throughAfghanistan and Pakistan, reports said on Thursday. The cabinet approved the signing of the Gas Sale and Purchase Agreement as well as the payment of a transit fee to Afghanistan and Pakistan for allowing […]