AFP | Mar 01,2012 | JORDAN TIMES TBILISI — Thwarted attacks on Israelis in Tbilisi and Baku. Friction between Azerbaijan and its giant neighbour Iran. Fears of a new war over the conflict-bloodied region of Nagorny Karabakh. As warnings grow of a possible Israeli strike against Iran, the three small […]
In 1966, nearly 180 million people in the US received Miranda rights – the right to remain silent to avoid self-incrimination. Half a century later, a religious community in Pakistan, another country […]
The white minaret, located close to the Mosque Aqsa is the glory of Qadian. As a symbol of Ahmadiyya Muslim community, minaratul masih(a.s.) is renowned all through out the world. […]
By Erika Solomon AKKAR VALLEY, Lebanon: Inspecting his machine gun and wrapping ammunition belts around his chest, Samhar braces himself for another night’s work. The scrawny 26-year-old calls his secret route through the mountainous Syrian-Lebanese border “the path of death.” But for nearby rebel-held areas in Syria, it is their […]
By Michael Young The Daily Star, Lebanon It is unfortunate that among those most anxiously observing the uprising in Syria (and not only Syria) have been members of the Middle East’s religious and ethnic minorities. Indeed, Syria’s Alawite leadership is perpetrating a butchery partly because it expects its community to […]
Express Tribune: RAWALPINDI: Complying with the demands of the locals, the police on Friday barred Ahmadis from entering their worship centre in Satellite Town, Rawalpindi. Leading the locals, businessman Sharjeel Mir […]
Haaretz Editorial: Supreme Court Justice Salim Joubran has the right not to sing the national anthem, “Hatikva.” The law doesn’t oblige him to do so, and the song’s lyrics don’t […]
International Middle East Media Monitor: In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 23 – 29 Feb. 2012, the Palestinian […]
ABS-CBN: MANILA, Philippines – Basic needs of children are not being met in urban settings, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned in a report. In its report “The State […]
Russian TV: US President Obama will meet with both the America-Israel Political Action Committee and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu this week; with Jerusalem and Washington at odds over Iran, however, […]
Credit: Friday Times via Wasim Saroya A police helmet is seen next to blood stains at the site where a bomb exploded Denominational differences are not new to Islam, just as they are not to other religions. However, the history of sectarian violence in Pakistan is a phenomenon that, while […]
As the battle in Syria continues to escalate, international media is beginning to pick up on the situation of those the fighting has displaced. News outlets are already predicting that Syria’s civil war will result in a refugee crisis of “epic” proportions, which will swamp Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan. Among […]
By REUTERS ARABNEWS BEIRUT/DAMASCUS: Weary Syrian rebels left a shattered district of Homs yesterday after a 26-day military siege aimed at crushing a symbol of the almost yearlong revolt against […]
Saudi Arabia and Egypt have renewed an agreement on constructing a causeway between Tabuk and Egypt through Aqaba Bay at an initial cost of $3 billion, Al-Watan newspaper reported yesterday, […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: The News RAWALPINDI: According to a British media report, Brig Ali Khan, who is facing a court-martial for mutiny as well as treason, […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Daily Times Friday, March 02, 2012 LAHORE: The Pakistan government has failed to protect religious minorities from systematic campaigns of violence and vilification, Amnesty International said on the first anniversary of the assassination of minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti. The only Christian member of […]
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Wednesday that the Iran gas pipeline project was “inexplicable” and could invoke US sanctions that would further ‘undermine’ Pakistan’s ‘already shaky’ economy. Source: Anwar Iqbal, DownCom Earlier, Congressman John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat, drew Secretary Clinton’s attention to the Pakistan-Iran gas […]
Credit: BBC Urdu (Online) آصف فاروقی بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، اسلام آباد آخری وقت اشاعت: جمعرات 1 مارچ 2012 , 13:44 GMT 18:44 PST حکومتِ پاکستان کے خلاف بغاوت پھیلانے اور فوجی صدر دفاتر پر حملے کی سازش کے الزام میں زیرِ حراست پاکستانی فوجی افسر بریگیڈیئر […]
Arab News: In the frustrating pursuit of Palestinian-Israeli peace settlement based on the concept of a two-state solution, one particular issue emerges as the most cumbersome and, in the view of most Israelis, non-negotiable. It is the fate of Arab East Jerusalem, occupied along with the rest of the West […]
Jeruslem Post: By BEN HARTMAN Winners include Stanford, Oxford professors George Conquest, Martin Gilbert, South African artist William Kentridge. The international Dan David Foundation announced the names of its 2012 […]