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 […]
Ultra-nationalist Buddhist group Ma Ba Tha has been spreading anti-Muslim rhetoric across Myanmar for years. Cosmopolitan Mandalay is at the heart of this hostility – which many fear is here to stay In a cluttered room in a monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second city, a group of crimson-robed monks and […]
By AFP – May 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Buses carrying Syrian civilians and rebels, evacuated from Al Waer district of Homs, arrive to Jarabulus — which was liberated from the Daesh terror group as part of the operation Euphrates Shield, carried out by the Free Syrian Army with Turkish […]
Source: World Religion News VIGILANTES KILL TO PROTECT COWS IN INDIA Hindu nationalists are accused of vigilantism to forcefully promote their distorted Hindu vision of India. The cow, which is […]
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE By Rana Tanveer Published: May 5, 2017 PHOTO: REUTERS LAHORE: An Ahmadi man was shot dead on Wednesday night in the Saddar area of Rahim Yar Khan district. Basharat Ahmad, 61, was on his way to his house in Green Town from his own petrol pump on […]
Source: https://www.rabwah.net/pakistani-hindu-wins-emerging-young-leaders-award/ A Pakistani Hindu has become the first Pakistani to be awarded the Emerging Young Leaders Award. The award is granted by the U.S. Department of State to a group of young leaders in recognition of their efforts to promote positive social change in their communities. Raj Kumar who is […]
Source: http://gazabpost.com/human-library-in-hyderabad-lets-you-borrow-humans/ By Jayant कहते हैं कि किताबें ज्ञान का सागर होती हैं, लेकिन पढ़ने से ज़्यादा अगर कोई चीज़ सुनी जाए, तो उसे याद रखना काफ़ी आसान होता है. इस बात को ध्यान में रख कर ही हैदराबाद की एक लाइब्रेरी ने अनोखी शुरुआत की है. इस लाइब्रेरी ने किताबों की […]
Source: The Guardian Five other people wounded after mob attacked police station in bid to seize Hindu man accused of insulting Islam A protest in Peshawar following the death by […]
Source: Time Tessa Berenson North Korea has accused the United States and South Korea of a plot to kill leader Kim Jong Un. North Korean state news agency KCNA released […]
Source: CNN China’s first large jetliner has successfully completed its maiden flight, a key moment in the country’s push to challenge the U.S. and Europe as a global manufacturer. The […]
Source: BBC An Egyptian school drop-out is hoping to make history after spending three years painstakingly creating what he believes to be the world’s largest Koran. Saad Mohammed’s intricately decorated, […]
Source:ET Saudi Arabia had run into a controversy after a recent visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel as social media users criticised the kingdom for censoring her hair on a TV channel. But the incessant criticism was uncalled for as the image of Merkel users kept sharing on social media showing […]
Reuters International MAY 4, 2017 – U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence attend a National Day of Prayer event at the Rose Garden of the White House […]
By AFP – May 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A female fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces, which consists of an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, stands near Tishreen Farms, some 17 kilometres north of Raqqa, on Tuesday (AFP photo) MAZRAAT TISHREEN, Syria — Dozens of black veils dotted […]
By AFP – May 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Russian mediator Alexander Lavrentiev, Iranian deputy foreign minister, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov and UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura attend the signing of a memorandum on creating safe zones in Syria during the fourth round […]
Source: https://www.alislam.org/library/book/review-pakistani-governments-white-paper/ A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper” Qadiyaniyyat — A Grave Threat to Islam by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih IV (rahmatullah ‘alaih) Replies to Some Allegations: A Deplorable Scheme of Falsification and Accusations Khutba #1 Was Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Planted By The British? Khutba #2 The […]
Source: http://www.news18.com/news/politics/triple-talaq-is-against-quran-it-must-be-abolished-ahmaddiya-muslim-leader-1392201.html | Debayan Roy | News18.com Updated: May 4, 2017, 8:35 PM IST New Delhi: At a time when India is facing crucial questions on Muslim personal laws, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, a minority sect among Muslims, have denounced All India Muslim Personal Law Board’s (AIMPLB) stand on triple […]
Source: ET The latest missile test that was launched by North Korea came at a tumultuous time. The United States (US) had warned North Korea that it will face grave consequences if it were to go ahead with a nuclear or missile test. In an apparent disregard to both to the US and the United […]