The radio station giving hope to listeners in Syria
Source : BBC By Emma Jane Kirby BBC News, Istanbul As horrifying war reports are beamed out of Syria, a tiny radio station sends broadcasts in the other direction from […]
China ‘striving for new world order’
Source: ET BEIJING: In 2004, it overtook France. In 2005, it surpassed the United Kingdom. A year later it left Germany behind. In 2009, it dethroned Japan. And now it has set its sights on the No 1 spot. Never before in history has a country achieved such an unprecedented […]
What 5 Political Promises Say About the State of the World
Source: Time BY Ian Bremmer presidential candidates, Donald Trump made a lot of campaign promises. Though enough voters appear to have liked what they heard to make Trump President, some of those pledges, like deporting millions of illegal immigrants and banning Muslims from entering the country, are unlikely ever to be […]
Police detain man for alleged blasphemy after Facebook post
Source: The Jakarta Post FadliThe Jakarta Post Batam | Sun, December 18, 2016 | 06:08 pm Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama (center) sits on the defendant’s chair at the […]
INDONESIA POLICE: EDICT AGAINST CHRISTMAS ATTIRE ISN’T LAW
Source: Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police said Monday that they will take action against groups that use violence to enforce an edict from the country’s leading […]
Malaysia: Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis a threat to regional stability
Source: CNN By Emiko Jozuka and Manny Maung, CNN Yangon, Myanmar (CNN)Myanmar’s treatment of its Muslim Rohingya minority threatens to undermine the region’s security and stability, Malaysia’s Foreign Minister said […]
Chinese ‘red line’ that could spark a war
Source: Asia Times: The South China Sea — despite all of the controversy, so-called “historical claims” and the growing chances of blood being spilled over it — is the beating heart of Asia’s economy.The rationale for such a statement is straightforward. This vital part of the global commons, home to […]
Japanese consumers will be paying for Fukushima for decades
Source: Nekkei Asian Review TOKYO — The Japanese government on Friday roughly doubled its estimate of the total cost of decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and compensating victims of […]
Trump chastises Beijing for island building in South China Sea
Source: Nikkei Asian Review President-elect’s Twitter outburst sets the stage for tense relations NAOYA YOSHINO, Nikkei staff writer © Reuters WASHINGTON — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday accused China […]
Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov shot dead
Source: Aljazeera Russia’s ambassador to Ankara has been shot and killed in a gun attack in the Turkish capital, Russia’s foreign ministry said. Andrey Karlov was several minutes into a […]
For Uighur exiles, Kashmir is heaven
Source: Aljazeera Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – On a wintry November morning in Srinagar, the largest city in Indian-administered Kashmir, Mohammad Abdullah sits on the carpeted floor in his living room, with […]
Ahmadi place of worship may see court case following mob attack
NABEEL ANWAR DHAKKU — CHAKWAL: Built in 1860, a historic mosque in Dulmial village was rechristened a ‘place of worship’ in 1974, when Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s government declared Ahmadis to be non-Muslim. The building, which saw mob violence on Dec 12 that left two dead and three injured, may now […]
Istanbul’s Eurasia Tunnel opens Today
Source: THE DAILY SABAH The Eurasia Tunnel, one of Turkey’s most visionary mega projects, which will allow automobiles to pass beneath Istanbul’s Bosporus Strait, opens Tuesday on Dec 20, 2016, […]
Why was an Ahmadiyya mosque attacked in Pakistan?
Source: TRT World The religious group identifies as Muslim but has been targeted for years because of beliefs which conflict with the more orthodox sects. Earlier this week, a mob […]
Scandal
Source: Dawn But let’s hear it for scandal. This sudden, unexpected, most delicious season of scandal — scandal that has broken on us and over us in wave after surprising wave.It’s hard to keep track. Supreme Court tearing into government. Politicians tearing into the Supreme Court.The new chief sullied before […]
Commission decries lack of reliable data about seminaries
Source: Dawn The 110-page report has pointed out that the ISI neither has a website nor an email account. When the commission checked whether the spy agencies of other countries too were inaccessible, it found out that almost all the important agencies had made their contact details, like telephone numbers […]
Third Annual Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies launched in Abu Dhabi
Source: WAM, Emirates news agency ABU DHABI, 18th December, 2016 (WAM) — The events of the Third Annual Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies were launched today in the […]
Islamic scholar attacks Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
Source: The Guardian BY Declan Walsh in Islamabad A prominent Islamic scholar has launched a blistering attack on Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, warning that failure to repeal them will only strengthen religious […]
Taliban leader tries (and fails) to get asylum in Germany
Source: The Local The man flew to Germany from Riad, the capital of Saudi Arabia and tried to pass through customs on a fake passport. But when federal police realized he wasn’t who he said he was, the man applied for asylum for himself and his family.When the Federal Office […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims converge in Qadian for annual congregation
The Ahmadiyya leaders also expressed their opposition to instantaneous triple talaq and extended support to Uniform Civil Code for the country. By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: December 13, 2016 Thousands of Ahmadiyyas including those from Pakistan are expected to arrive at Qadian for the spiritual ‘Salana Jalsa’. (Express […]