Jakarta election exposes deep political, religious divide
Source: Reuters By Tom Allard and Gayatri Suroyo | JAKARTA Jakarta voters head to the polls on Wednesday to elect a governor for Indonesia’s teeming capital after a campaign that […]
Nervous China ramps up religious persecution
Source: Asia Times: President Xi Jinping’s China is becoming a more fearful place. The government has cracked down both on dissent and contact with the West. Religious persecution also is rising: the communist god that failed fears competition. A new Freedom House report details how “the authorities have intensified many […]
Tehran’s success, Riyadh’s failure
Source: Asia Times: Each for its own reasons, the world’s major powers have decided to accept Iran as a regional hegemon, I wrote March 4 in Asia Times, leaving Israel and the Sunni Arabs in isolated opposition. The global consensus on behalf of Iranian hegemony is now coming clearly into […]
Rescue on the Mediterranean – suffering, death and hope
Reuters International APR 17, 2017 – 16:53 Migrants try to stay afloat after falling off their rubber dinghy during a rescue operation by the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station […]
Religious tensions rise in Jakarta
Source: CNN Indonesia’s capital is on edge one day before a vote that has become a test of tolerance in the world’s most populous majority-Muslim nation.The incumbent governor of Jakarta, Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, an ethnic Chinese Christian, is facing a challenge by a Muslim former government minister backed by […]
The darkness within
Source: Dawn A medieval brutality, a very cancer of the soul, has permeated this society. Not only has it pervaded the hinterland, it has also spread to places where minds are supposed to be enlightened by knowledge and learning. Each ghastly detail of Mashal Khan’s murder on Thursday illustrates this […]
‘For sake of God and family’, Saudi man forgives murderer of his two sons
Saudi father forgives the killer of his two sons for the sake of God and family ties. (Supplied) Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Sunday, 16 April 2017 Six months after the […]
Address to the Kurdish Nation
by BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY Bernard-Henri Lévy is one of the founders of the “Nouveaux Philosophes” (New Philosophers) movement. His books include Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism, American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville, and most recently, The Genius of Judaism. ERBIL – By history […]
Jordan: Muslim youth take initiative to guard churches as Easter celebrated
By Suzanna Goussous – Apr 15,2017 -JORDAN TIMES Christians perform rituals on Palm Sunday in Amman last week (Photo by Hassan Tamimi) AMMAN — After the attacks on […]
‘Turkey resolved historical conflict in its administrative system’
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL AA Photo President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday evening claimed victory in the constitutional referendum with a margin of 1.3 million votes, and said […]
Iraqi Christians celebrate Easter, dream of returning home
Reuters International APR 16, 2017 – Believers take part in the Easter Mass in Mar Gewargis (St George) Chaldean Catholic church, which was damaged by Islamic State militants, in the […]
Iraqi police accuse IS of chemical weapons attack in Mosul
Reuters International APR 16, 2017 – A vehicle of the Iraqi forces drives along a street controlled by the Iraqi Federal Police during combat with Islamic State in western Mosul, Iraq, April 14, 2017. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares (reuters_tickers) By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi police on Sunday accused Islamic […]
Pakistan hate speech investigation against clerics after student killed for alleged blasphemy
Reuters International APR 16, 2017 – People demonstrate after the killing Mashal Khan, accused of blasphemy, by a mob at Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan, during a protest […]
An Ahmadiyya Muslim Doctor honoured.
By Zubair Khan Source: www.iaavr.org “Dr. Syed Basharat Ahmad Shah was Awarded the coveted Fellowship of the Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Research (IAAVR) in recognition of his academic achievements and outstanding research contributions in the field of Veterinary and Animal Sciences coupled with his social, public and humanitarian services and achievements […]
A villain and a hero: The man who refused to lead Mashal’s funeral prayer and the man who didn’t
Source: Daily Pakistan By Waqas Ahmed After Mashal’s brutal murder at the hands of a violent mob, the nation went into further shock today after learning that the local imam […]
Dorm debate led to death in Pakistan ‘blasphemy killing’ – witnesses
Reuters International APR 14, 2017 – People demonstrate after the killing Mashal Khan, accused of blasphemy, by a mob at Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan, during a protest […]
Massive US bomb death toll rises to 94
Associated Press | Published — Saturday 15 April 2017 A general view of the area bombed by the US forces is seen in Achin district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, […]
Brink of war with the world’s only superpower.
Source: Daily Mail As millions of North Koreans celebrate the Day of the Sun today, marking the birth of their cruel dynasty’s founding dictator, Kim Il-sung, his grandson’s nuclear ambitions have put the nation’s fate on a knife-edge and threatens peace throughout East Asia.The chubby young tyrant, Kim Jong-un, has […]
‘Thermo-nuclear war may break out any moment’: Kim Jong-Un tells Trump he will detonate a nuke ‘whenever he sees fit’ as China warns anyone provoking North Korea will ‘pay the price’
Source: Daily Mail President Donald Trump’s ‘troublemaking’ and ‘aggressive’ tweets have pushed the world to the brink of thermo-nuclear war, North Korea warned today. Pyongyang’s Vice Minister Han Song Ryol accused Trump of building up a ‘vicious cycle’ of tensions and warned the US against provoking North Korea militarily. He said: ‘We […]