Summary: • We agreed to establish the State of Palestine on only 22% of the territory of historical Palestine-on all the Palestinian Territory occupied by Israel in 1967. • The establishment of independent Palestinian State that can live side-by-side with the State of Israel in peace and security on the […]
The Jakarta Post Ahmadiyah followers in a number of places in West Java are on alert after a rumor circulated claiming that the same group that attacked an Ahmadiyah mosque in Singaparna, Tasikmalaya, West Java, on Friday would launch attacks on Ahmadi property in other areas in the province. The […]
the guardian While banned political groups preach hatred towards religious minorities in Pakistan’s major cities, a conflict along sectarian lines is spreading across the country, even to areas not previously associated with violence. Having spent decades turning a blind eye to the calculated violence of groups with a clear agenda based on […]
Express Tribune: by Pervez Hoodbhoy: Now and then, as though out of sheer boredom, the United States shoots itself in the foot and loses the occasional goodwill it creates with […]
By AIJAZ ZAKA SYEPagesD, ARABNEWS Kipling was wrong; the East and West can and do meet. They do here in Turkey! Turkey is a nation forever living in two worlds. […]
By JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE Minister of Higher Education Khaled Al-Anqari underscored the significance of promoting dialogue to achieve peaceful coexistence of peoples across the world. Describing dialogue as the ‘language […]
Source: The New York Times NELLORE, India — India has long struggled to provide enough electricity to light its homes and power its industry around the clock. In recent years, the government and private sector sought to change that by building scores of new power plants. But that campaign is […]
Bagus BT Saragih, The Jakarta Post, While sharia bylaws are intended to maintain order in society, their day-to-day implementation is not effective, and in some regions, they frequently trigger social conflict. Wahid Institute executive director Ahmad Suaedy said that even for Muslims, the bylaws could create problems, because not every […]
The Washington Times HOUSTON, April 20, 2012 — In his new book, Islam Without Extremes—A Muslim Case for Liberty, Turkish columnist Mustafa Akyol attempts to lay the philosophical foundation for liberal democracy in […]
Source: Dawn Pakistan blocked the head of an airline whose jet crashed near the capital from leaving the country as it began an investigation Saturday into the country’s second major […]
By JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE ARAB NEWS STAFF The two-day seminar, to be organized by the Ministry of Higher Education in collaboration with the King Abdul Aziz University, is another major […]
JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem on Thursday commended the Hashemites’ role as custodian of the holy sites in Jerusalem. During a meeting with HRH Prince Ghazi, […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: April 20, 2012 KARACHI: A passenger plane, flight B4-213 of Bhoja Air, crashed at Koral Chowk on Islamabad Express Highway in […]
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has played down the suggestion that regional sharia-based bylaws have the potential to trigger social conflicts despite the fact that Indonesia is a multicultural country. The regional autonomy system, which was first introduced 1999, entitles local administrations the right to issuing […]
The Jakarta Post, Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali is telling Ahmadiyah followers to obey the law despite the fact that it was them and their properties that were under attack on Friday morning. “There might have been something wrong in the region. We must to promote discussion to settle this […]
Source: Express Tribune While militants and ultra-right wing terrorists around the world are connected to each other, liberal and secular proponents of society remain unaware of each other’s presence and work, observed speakers at the launch of the Pakistan chapter of the “International forum for secular Bangladesh […]” on Wednesday. […]
Russian TV: Hanoi has asked the World Health Organization for help to cure a virulent disease affecting children. Symptoms include blistering on hands, feet and mouths accompanied by high fever […]
Hundreds of people attacked an Ahmadiyah mosque in Babakan Sindang village, Tasikmalaya, West Java, prior to a Friday prayer, showing further evidence of attacks against minorities in the country. According to Ahmadiyah follower Enda Juanda, initially there were dozens of people gathering around the mosque at around 9 a.m., with […]
AFP A passenger plane crashed while trying to land during bad weather near Islamabad on Friday, police said. The Bhoja airline flight from Karachi came down outside Islamabad airport, police official Fazle Akbar told AFP, adding that emergency teams were on their way to the site. “It was not immediately […]
The Muslim Times editor for Pakistan Credit: Dawn.com LONDON, April 19: A hen in Sri Lanka has given birth to a chick without an egg, in a new twist on […]