Kaaba’s replacement cloth fitted in record time
Previous 1 / 4 2 / 4 3 / 4 4 / 4 Next Updated 20 August 2018 LOJIEN BEN GASSEM August 20, 2018 The work was carried out while […]
Jordan spearheads aggressive campaign to sustain UNRWA’s mandate
Krahenbuhl says agency will stand its ground until a fair solution is found for plight of Palestinians By Mohammad Ghazal – Aug 30,2018 – Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi speaks during a news […]
Lebanon is on a tightrope, balancing Saudi, Iranian and Western interests – its position is precarious
If Lebanon needs Syria more than Syria needs Lebanon, I suppose that Lebanon needs America more than America needs Lebanon. Either way, the country’s neutrality still protects it from itself […]
Indian ‘cow protectors’ jailed for life over murder of Muslim man
Source: The Guardian By Michael Safi in Delhi Eleven cow protection vigilantes in the Indian state of Jharkhand have been sentenced to life in prison for killing a Muslim man who was […]
American Lawmakers Push to Sanction Chinese Officials Over Xinjiang Camps
Source: Wall Street Journal By Josh Chin and Eva Dou BEIJING—Members of Congress are pressuring the Trump administration to confront Beijing over the mass roundup of Muslims in internment camps, urging travel […]
Sex with underage wife is rape, Indian supreme court rules
Source: The Guardian By Michael Safi in Delhi India’s supreme court has struck down a law allowing men to have sex with children as young as 15 provided the pair are married. […]
Indian chess champion quits competition in Iran over headscarf rule
Source: The Guardian BY Michael Safi and agencies An Indian chess champion has withdrawn from an international competition in Iran, saying a rule requiring her to wear a headscarf would violate her human […]
Indian education minister dismisses theory of evolution
Source: The Guardian BY Michael Safi in Delhi India’s minister for higher education has been condemned by scientists for demanding that the theory of evolution be removed from school curricula because no […]
UN report blames Suu Kyi for not preventing violence in Myanmar
Rohingya crisis: Myanmar leader Suu Kyi ‘should have resigned’ Source: BBC News The outgoing UN human rights chief says Myanmar’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi should have resigned over […]
Japan to attempt robot landing on asteroid 186M miles away
Source: CNN By James Griffiths, CNN (CNN)Japan’s space agency will attempt to land a robotic unmanned landing craft on the surface of an asteroid 300 million-kilometers (186.4 million-miles) away from Earth […]
View From Abroad: Cartoon furore satiates Wilders hunger for publicity
Source: Dawn By Shada Islam, Dawn’s correspondent in Brussels GEERT Wilders, the fiercely anti-Islam Dutch politician, has got what he wanted: his decision to hold a controversial cartoon competition on his party’s […]
Was Jinnah wrong?
Source: Dawn MANY who listened to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s maiden speech on Aug 19 would not have failed to note the striking similarities in his address and the Quaid-i-Azam’s oft-quoted speech of Aug 11, 1947. That’s not really surprising, given that Khan described Jinnah as his role model, one […]
First Achievement of PM Imran Khan: Defusing the Prophet Cartoon Contest and Islamophobia in Netherlands
Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker cancels blasphemous caricatures contest Source: Dawn Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders says he has cancelled a planned blasphemous caricatures contest following “death threats and concerns other people […]
TLP calls off rally after cancellation of blasphemous caricature contest
Source: Geo TV LAHORE: Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) called off its protest rally after cancellation of a blasphemous caricatures contest in Holland late Thursday. The rally, led by Peer Muhammad Afzal […]
Pakistani Islamists call for Dutch envoy’s expulsion over cartoons
Source: Reuters LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – An Islamist party in Pakistan called for the expulsion of the Dutch ambassador on Wednesday as it launched a protest against a far-right Dutch politician’s plan for a cartoon competition featuring caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed. Several thousand activists gathered in the eastern […]
Bharatiya Janata party cares more about cows than farmers
‘I ward them off with a cricket bat’: Indian farmers despair over marauding cows Source: The Guardian By Amrit Dhillon in Uttar Pradesh By day, Munidev Tyagi is a farmer, growing […]
Moustapha Akkad: Director of the Movie: The Message — Mohammad, Messenger of God
Source: Wikipedia Moustapha Al Akkad (Arabic: مصطفى العقاد; July 1, 1930 – November 11, 2005) was a Syrian American film producer and director, best known for producing the original series of Halloween films and directing Mohammad, Messenger of God and Lion of the Desert. He was killed along with his daughter Rima Al Akkad Monla in the 2005 Amman bombings.[1][2] Contents […]
Hindu Cow Vigilantes Showing the Whole World the Benefits of Secularism
‘I ward them off with a cricket bat’: Indian farmers despair over marauding cows Source: The Guardian By Amrit Dhillon in Uttar Pradesh Herds of cows abandoned by dairy farmers […]
Facebook bans Myanmar military chief, others to stop hate
Source: Associated Press By VICTORIA MILKO YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Facebook said Monday that it is banning Myanmar’s powerful military chief and 19 other individuals and organizations from its site […]
Russia’s fleet to counter US moves ahead of Syrian offensive
Source: Asia Time Russia has beefed up its naval presence in the Mediterranean amid claims by Moscow that the United States is poised to launch a strike at Syrian forces preparing for a major offensive in Idlib. Up to 11 Russian warships have crossed the Bosphorus as tensions between the […]