Reuters International MAY 10, 2017 – Supporters of former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, gather at city hall a day after after a court sentenced him […]
Reuters International MAY 11, 2017 – 01:31 Demonstrators throw stones towards the Indian police during a protest in Srinagar, May 9, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Ismail (reuters_tickers) By Tommy Wilkes and Fayaz […]
Source: BBC By Steve John Powell 9 May 2017 As the sleek shinkansen bullet train glided noiselessly into the station, I watched a strange ritual begin. During the brief stop, […]
India Supreme Court to commence hearing on triple talaq from tomorrow Source: Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will commence hearing from tomorrow on a batch of pleas […]
Ary HermawanThe Jakarta Post EDITOR’S NOTE: SEE LAST PARAGRAPH | Sun, March 12, 2017 | King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of […]
Source: The Jakarta Post The now suspended Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, who was found guilty of blasphemy by the North Jakarta District Court and sentenced to two years […]
News DeskThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Wed, May 10, 2017 Balloons fill the front yard of City Hall in Jakarta on Monday. The balloons were sent by supporters of outgoing […]
Jakarta | Wed, May 10, 2017 Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama and Djarot Saiful Hidayat hold a press conference after the Jakarta gubernatorial runoff election on April 19. (JP/Seto Wardhana.) Acting […]
Source: The Guardian BY Kate Lamb in Jakarta and agencies Shock sentence comes after hardline Islamist groups called for Christian official to be jailed for referencing Qur’an verse. Jakarta’s Christian governor […]
Source: Reuters Indonesia is to disband an Islamist group that calls for a state based on sharia law, citing concern it undermines a secular state ideology in the world’s biggest […]
Source: Time BY Yenni Kwok The outgoing Christian governor of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, was found guilty of blasphemy by a court in the […]
Source: The Daily Beast Liberal candidate Moon Jae In will be the next president of South Korea, according to exit polls. Moon has reportedly won with 41.4 percent of the vote, with second place going to conservative Hong Joon Pyo, who had 23.3 percent, amid very high turnout. Moon campaigned […]
Source: TOI With Iran’s top military official warning Pakistan of reprisals for sheltering Sunni militias attacking targets in Iran, three of Islamabad‘s neighbours have accused it of cross-border terrorism. Iran’s warning that it might be considering its version of“surgical strikes”+ comes after 10 of its border guards were killed+ by […]
Our Correspondent, Mymensingh Miscreants hacked and injured imam of Ahmadiyyaa mosque in Iswarganj upazila of Mymensingh last night. The victim, Mustafizur Rahman, 32, sustained injuries to his neck, back, hands […]
The Ahmadiyya community people are termed anti-Islamic by Islamist groups, including Jamaat-e-Islami and Hefazat-e-Islam. 2 SHARES Facebook By: Reuters | Dhaka | Published:May 9, 2017 12:22 pm One of the […]
Source: Al Jazeera Outgoing Governor Basuki ‘Ahok’ Purnama sentenced to two years in jail over comments he made during political campaign. Purnama was found ‘convincingly guilty of committing blasphemy’ [Bay […]
Reutes International MAY 8, 2017 – Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem speaks during a news conference in Damascus, Syria April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki/File Photo (reuters_tickers) BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Monday that his government would abide by the terms of a Russian plan for […]
Reuters International MAY 8, 2017 JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is to disband an Islamist group that calls for a state based on sharia law, citing concern it undermines a secular state ideology in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country, officials said on Monday. Chief security minister Wiranto said a government panel […]
Source: The Daily Star CAIRO: The head of Egypt’s Al-Azhar university, one of the world’s leading Islamic seats of learning, has been replaced after labeling a controversial Muslim reformer an […]
Source: Dawn SEVENTY-ONE deaths in 27 years. According to data collected by Al Jazeera, that is the estimated number of people killed in violence connected to blasphemy allegations. It includes the 12-year-old who lost his life in the town of Hub on Thursday, after a mob resorted to aerial firing […]