Asia Bibi: anti-blasphemy protests spread across Pakistan
Anti-blasphemy campaigners bring country to standstill in protest over acquittal of Bibi Memphis Barker and Aamir Iqbal in Islamabad Thu 1 Nov 2018 A supporter of a radical Islamic group […]
Pakistani lawyer is now an ‘easy target’ for extremists after helping Asia Bibi escape execution for blasphemy
South China Morning Post Edition: International Demonstrations against the Asia Bibi’s acquittal erupted across the country, with extremists calling for the assassination of Supreme Court justices Bibi was accused of […]
The release of Asia Bibi is a small step towards a more open Pakistan
Kunwar Khuldune Shahid Her acquittal could signal a relaxation of strict blasphemy laws and create a better country in the process On Tuesday, Pakistan’s supreme court acquitted Asia Bibi in […]
Halloween: An Islamic Perspective
Review of Religions – October 2018 Reem Shraiky – UK On October 31st people around the world celebrate Halloween, and while this custom did not originate in […]
If there is no proof against someone, how can we punish them: CJP
Haseeb Bhatti Updated November 01, 2018 Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar. ─ File photo A day after religio-political parties criticised and threatened the judiciary following the top court’s […]
Asia Bibi acquittal: Opposition criticises PM Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Khursheed Shah on Thursday condemned Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech that he delivered on Wednesday after protesters took to streets against Supreme Court orders […]
The true face of Islam won’t be found in mosques or Muslim schools, but at the British Museum
There, the new Islamic gallery, dazzles visitors and defies every certainty promoted by today’s hardline Muslim activists Ed Husain Right, a page from the Hamzanama, c.1558-73, depicting Elijah rescuing Amir […]
Europe torn over Islamic State children in Syria
Reuters International Nov 1, 2018 – 08:06 A woman looks through a window at a meeting of “Mothers’ Jihad”, a group aiming to repatriate Belgian women and children held in […]
French mothers in Syria face terrible choice
Women walk at a camp for Daesh group-affiliated people in the northern Syrian village of Malikiya near the border with Turkey, walks with a child on September 29, 2018. […]
US shifts on Yemen as toll mounts
By AFP – Nov 01,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Students gather for a morning drills outside of the teacher’s house, who turned it into a makeshift free school that hosts 700 students […]
How the murder of Jamal Khashoggi finally put the spotlight on UK arms sales and the war in Yemen
Last week, something rather unusual happened: a member of the British military establishment admitted total complicity in the devastation that is engulfing Yemen Anna Stavrianakis @StavrianakisA The Independent Voices The […]
Asia Bibi: Imran Khan attacks hardliners over court case
Source: BBC Asia Bibi’s escape from Pakistan death row Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has attacked hardliners and appealed for calm after the acquittal of a Christian woman convicted of […]
Jamal Khashoggi: How Pakistan ‘ignored’ journalist’s murder to secure Saudi loan
While many pulled out of the ongoing Saudi investment summit citing the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Pakistani PM Imran Khan chose to rub shoulders with the Saudis to seal […]
What’s the deal?
DAWN.COM What’s the deal? Zahid Hussain October 31, 2018 The writer is an author and journalist. WHEN Imran Khan returned home last week with a handout of $6 billion from […]
Supreme Court of Pakistan Making History by Introducing Religious Tolerance
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has acquitted a Christian woman who has been on death row for almost eight years on blasphemy charges https://t.co/GHcMUnusC2 — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) October 31, 2018 […]
Rohingyas to be repatriated despite UN genocide warning
Source: The Guardian By Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Shaikh Azizur Rahman Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to start the repatriation of Rohingya refugees next month, less than a week after UN investigators warned that a genocide […]
Gloves off: India’s ruling party underlines Hindu ambitions as elections near
Source: Reuters By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has been turning up the heat on some controversial and potentially […]
Qatar: Gulf’s First Refugee Asylum Law . Positive Step, But Unnecessary Rights Restrictions
Qatar: Gulf’s First Refugee Asylum Law Positive Step, But Unnecessary Rights Restrictions (Beirut) – Qatar’s emir signed into law in September 2018 the Gulf region’s first law setting out […]
Turkey pressures Saudi Arabia on Khashoggi body as prosecutor visits
By AFP – Oct 29,2018 – JORDAN TIMES People hold posters picturing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and lightened candles during a gathering outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul on […]
Asia Bibi acquitted in blasphemy case
Pakistan Web Desk October 31, 2018 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted Asia Bibi of blasphemy charges, declaring the death penalty handed down to her by a trial […]