India’s lower house OKs end to instant divorce for Muslims
Source: Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The lower house of India’s Parliament on Thursday approved a bill to implement the Supreme Court’s ruling that found the Muslim practice of […]
SNP MPs call on UK to grant Asia Bibi and her family asylum
Source: The Guardian BY Dan Sabbagh Scottish National party MPs have written to Theresa May calling on the UK to grant asylum to Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi and her family, […]
Hui poet fears for his people as China ‘Sinicizes’ religion
Source: Associated Press By SAM MCNEIL JINAN, China (AP) — Cui Haoxin is too young to remember the days of his people’s oppression under Mao Zedong. The 39-year-old poet was […]
Taliban seeks image makeover as Afghan peace talks gain momentum
Source: Reuters BY Abdul Qadir Sediqi, Jibran Ahmad KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – As moves toward peace pick up in Afghanistan, the Taliban are trying to show they have changed since the […]
Al Hakam : Jalsa Qadian 2018
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BBC Page: Slavery in Islam
Slaves were owned in all Islamic societies, both sedentary and nomadic, ranging from Arabia in the centre to North Africa in the west and to what is now Pakistan and […]
With reforms flagging, is Pakistan PM Imran Khan chasing a mirage?
Sib Kaifee December 26, 2018 Can the reformist Prime Minister tackle the numerous challenges facing Pakistan to shape a lasting transformation ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan may have […]
Iraqi Christians celebrate Christmas one year after Daesh defeat
Reuters December 25, 2018 War and sectarian conflict shrank Iraq’s Christian population from 1.5 million to about 400,000 after the US-led invasion in 2003 Iraq is home to many […]
Syria: a new front in the battle between Iran and Saudi Arabia?
REUTERS/US army By Nathalie Goulet The Middle East has never been an area of great stability. Areas of lawlessness or lacking of governance have multiplied since the US invasion […]
Jamal Khashoggi: How the ‘stupid, naïve’ plot to kill Washington Post journalist backfired on Saudi Arabia
By Ehsan Knopf 3:21pm Dec 29, 2018 The murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi not only shocked the world, but it also shone a light on Donald […]
How Zionism helped create the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
November 3, 2017 The covert alliance between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Zionist entity of Israel should be no surprise to any student of British imperialism. The […]
Free to offer namaz in India, say Pakistani Ahmadiyya Muslim ..
Editor’s Note: Sorry, this Indian newspaper is too […]
Lok Sabha clears Triple Talaq bill: All you need to know
The Bill seeks to make Triple Talaq a criminal offence, with a jail term of up to three years for the husband. Under the Bill passed in Lok Sabha yesterday, […]
The A-Z of Believing: S is for Sex
Ed Kessler, head of the Woolf Institute, presents the 19th part in a series on belief and skepticism Indy/Life S is for… Sex May the wine go straight […]
Syrian surprise: How Trump’s phone call changed the war
Dec 28, 2018 By Orhan Coskun and Lesley Wroughton ANKARA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s declaration in a phone call with Tayyip Erdogan that he was pulling U.S. troops from […]
Red-Dead project to still go on despite Israeli procrastination — Razzaz
By JT – Dec 27,2018 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project is still on the agenda, despite Israeli procrastination, Prime Minister Omar Razzaz said […]
Why the hostility to a US exit from Syria?
Syria is at a point where the western powers must choose whether to cooperate in its future or turn their backs out of resentment for Russia Mary Dejevsky @IndyVoices The […]
Can Muhammad’s Ancient Promise Inspire Muslim-Christian Peace Today?
Source: CT “Blasphemy is a serious offense,” wrote judge Asif Khosa, “but the insult of the appellant’s religion … was also not short of being blasphemous.” He referenced a 2013 book by John Morrow, a Canadian convert to Islam. The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of the […]
Battle of the bulge: Thailand strives to bring monk obesity crisis under control
Source: The Guardian BY Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Bangkok Every morning at dawn, the food is dished out to Thailand’s monks in abundance: donations of sticky rice, cakes, noodles, sweet pudding, dumplings, […]
Curbing the mullah
Source: Dawn In his 2003 book Uncensored, former general manager of PTV, Burhanuddin Hasan wrote that after coming to power in July 1977, one ‘advice’ which Gen Zia issued to PTV was that TV plays (and films) should always depict clerics in a positive light. The advice had been triggered […]