Express Tribune: And now he wants enforcement of Shariah law in the country. After already managing to get pricey land in Sector H-11 for rebuilding the madrassah (a girls’ seminary) that […]
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Lebanon I have been following the deliberations of Arab summit meetings for my entire adult life, and still remain dubious about the value of such gatherings. The summit taking place this week in Baghdad seems no different – but the Arab world itself […]
By REUTERS ARABNEWS BEIJING/BEIRUT: Syria has accepted a cease-fire and peace plan drawn up by UN and Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan, his spokesman said on Tuesday, even as Syrian troops thrust into Lebanon to battle rebels who had taken refuge there. Annan conceded he faced a “long and […]
AMMAN/BAGHDAD — Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh will head the Jordanian delegation to the 23rd Arab Summit, which opened in Baghdad on Tuesday. The delegation includes ministers of industry and trade and foreign affairs Sami Gammoh and Nasser Judeh, respectively, Jordan’s Ambassador to Egypt and […]
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—A judge on Tuesday ordered the arrest of former Palawan Governor Joel T. Reyes, his mayor-brother and a former provincial administrator in connection with last year’s killing of environmentalist-broadcaster Gerardo “Doc Gerry” Ortega here. Reyes was charged with murder, along with Mayor Mario Reyes of Coron town in […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Saba Imtiaz / Zahid Gishkori / Faraz Khan Published: March 27, 2012 KARACHI / ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement observed a day of mourning in […]
Ha’aretz: Ha’aretz has long had a reputation as Israel’s most distinguished newspaper, read by the economic, political, and intellectual elites. It’s language and the lack of a sensationalist front page are among the factors that make it the secular Hebrew language daily with the smallest circulation. It is also the […]
Credit: Stratfor: Iran is expected in the next few weeks to resume talks with six world powers about its nuclear program, Reuters reported March 27. Read More:
Ahmadiyya Times: Imran Jattala: When God Almighty wrote the attribute Malik-e Youm-ud Din (مالک یوم الدین) [Lord of the Day of Judgment] for Himself in the opening chapter of the Holy Qur’ān, the Muslim […]
Credit: Asia Times: By Brian M Downing Over the past 10 years, the Taliban have recovered from their ouster and established a presence in half of Afghanistan’s districts, where they have become a de facto government in many of them. The Afghan government is frail and unwilling to reform. The […]
By MADINAH: YOUSUF MUHAMMAD ARAB NEWS STAFF Pilgrims who come to Madinah to pray at Prophet’s Mosque also make it a point to visit old mosques and historic sites in […]
AFP | Mar 27,2012 | JORDAN TIMES BAGHDAD — This week’s Arab summit in Baghdad will be very different from the one that met two years ago, with many long-time autocrats swept away by the political tsunami that has struck across the region. Instead, new Islamist leaders will sit alongside […]
Did Azad Predict the break up of Pakistan? Yes he did. In short Azad said that the two nation theory is a non starter. Economic interests of Muslim […]
Express Tribune: BALOCHISTAN: Global polio emergency would be declared in Pakistan if the situation is not improved within three months time particularly in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and the Federally Administered […]
Source: The New York Times GHOTKI, Pakistan — Banditry is an old scourge in this impoverished district of southern Pakistan, on the plains between the mighty river Indus and a sprawling desert, where roving gangs rob and kidnap with abandon. Lately, though, local passions have stirred with allegations of […]
Israel is halting all cooperation with the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) following the council’s decision to launch a fact-finding mission into the country’s settlements in the West Bank […]
By Shahid Pervaiz, Bangalore Ahmadiyya Mosque at Saidabad in Hyderabad was attacked and the worshipers were locked inside for more than 3 hrs, today. Youm e Messiah-e-Moud was being celebrated today (Sunday being a public holiday) at many Mosques and Mission Houses around India. At the Saidabad Mosque “Masjid ul Hamd” the Jalsa had started at 11am and […]
Credit: Asia Times: By Kaveh L Afrasiabi CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts – In a major setback for Turkey’s self-promotion as a pivot of regional diplomacy, Tehran could rebuff Ankara’s bid to hold the next round of multilateral nuclear talks in Istanbul. As a result, unless Ankara sends Tehran some reassuring signals, it […]
AHRC.Com: The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a journalist of a US based news agency is receiving death threats from Taliban Pakistan for writing stories on […]
By RIYADH: MD RASOOLDEEN, ARAB NEWS STAFF The Saudi government paid SR72,000 in compensation to a stranded Sri Lankan housemaid whose Saudi sponsor had not paid her wages for the last 17 years. Kusuma Nandini, 57, who had come to Riyadh in 1994, was kept a virtual slave in the […]