Pakistani authorities must do more to protect the Ahmaddiya community, Amnesty International said today amid threats from religious groups to block Ahmadis from entering their place of worship in Rawalpindi on […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Azam Khan Published: February 3, 2012 ISLAMABAD: The political calm was short-lived. The prime minister, it transpired on Thursday, will indeed have […]
Source: ESPN CricInfo Author: David Hopps Mohammad Amir, the Pakistan fast bowler, has been released from Portland Young Offenders Institution in Dorset after serving half of a six-month sentence for […]
Source: BDNews24 Dhaka, Feb 1 (bdnews24.com) – Kolkata Book Fair cancelled the release of Taslima Nasreen’s latest book, Nirbashan, which was scheduled at 3 pm Tuesday. The organisers of the fair, Publishers and Booksellers Guild, telephoned the publisher to cancel the auditorium booking, The Times of India said. “We were […]
Source: The Daily Star. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday again issued a note of warning in parliament, saying her government would take “legal action” against those who were trying to impede the trial of crimes against humanity which took place during the 1971 Liberation War. The premier also urged the […]
By Shahid Javed Burki The Daily Star Can Muslim governments free themselves from their countries’ powerful militaries and establish civilian control comparable to that found in liberal democracies? This question is now paramount in countries as disparate as Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey. To predict how this struggle will play out, […]
Credit: Times of India: Taslima hits out after her book release was called off See photo KOLKATA: After Salman Rushdie, its Taslima Nasreen. If Rushdie’s video conference was not allowed to be held at the Jaipur Literature Festival, the Kolkata Book Fair cancelled the release of Nasreen’s latest book, Nirbashan […]
Credit: Asiatimes on Line: Bedouins of the Negev will soon witness a Chinese-built railway line snake its way through the desert to the Mediterranean and Levant Basin oil and gas reserves. The “Med-Red” plan is symbolic of China’s bold Middle East advance on three tracks: Iran, Gulf states and Israel. […]
As tensions between the US and Iran heat up, author Michael T. Winter believes the main reason behind America’s harsh stance is Tehran’s move to seek an alternative to the […]
Dozens of Ethiopian Christians are facing deportation from Saudi Arabia after authorities raided a private prayer service in Jeddah, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). The group was reportedly arrested […]
Khairil Azhar, Jakarta Post: Shortly after the proclamation of Indonesian independence in 1945, a mob of Muslims hurriedly moved to Tugu Church in North Jakarta. They wanted to destroy the […]
DAWN.COM By Faiza Mirza RAWALPINDI: Worshippers at Ewan-e-Tauheed, which is the main worship site for Ahmadis in Rawalpindi, fear that the building will be demolished because of the recent propaganda […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: February 1, 2012 KARACHI: Owner of Efroze Chemical Industries confessed on Wednesday that the batch of IsoTab produced for […]
Courtesy Daily Dawn: Editorial: THE list of those charged or accused under the country’s questionable blasphemy laws — that too on the flimsiest of pretexts — is far too long. Soofi Mohammad Ishaq, sentenced to death by a judge in Jhelum on Monday in a blasphemy case, is another addition to […]
Dr. N . K. Kalia, father of Martyr Captain of Indian Army Saurabh Kalia, who laid down his life defending his country in Kargil from proxy war of aggression enraged by […]
Anti-Ahmadi campaign draws thousands, sparks online reactions Source: The Stream, Al Jazeera. More than 5,000 people rallied on Sunday against the Ewane Tawheed mosque, which was built by an Ahmadi group in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi. Protesters alleged it was constructed without official authorisation, while the Ahmadiyya community claimed […]
Written by Muhammad Azimul Haque Following the Mumbai attacks that killed nearly 200 people, Indian intelligence agencies have been speaking about rogue terror elements in Pakistan firing nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles at […]
Credit: Express Tribune: I realised that whilst Pakistan may not suffer from overt racism, it had, despite its Islamic pretensions, become an increasingly inhumane society, bitterly divided along lines of religion, class, ethnicity, gender and politics. The only difference being that the oppressors and the oppressed could not be easily […]
AMMAN/MAFRAQ — SOURCE: Jordan Times. by Taylor Luck So far, NGOs offer bulk of services but say cannot sustain them Officials are nearing the completion of Jordan’s first Syrian refugee […]
AFP | Jan 31,2012 | JORDAN TIMES BAGHDAD — The US Department of Defence cannot account for some $2 billion of Iraqi funds it spent, a report from a US […]