Source: The Daily Beast Saudi Arabia is the world’s newest drone power. And that could be a problem, since the Saudis are in the midst of a rather nasty war. Riyadh has signed a contract with Chinese firm Chengdu for an unspecified number of Pterodactyl drones, Saudi media reported in […]
Source: BBC Indonesia’s highest Islamic authority has said it is a sin for people to deliberately burn forests to clear the land for growing crops. Illegal slash-and-burn farming has devastated […]
Source: BBC By Zaria Gorvett 13 September 2016 The Japanese have a knack for inventing words – and there are some that every self-respecting office worker should have in their […]
Source: BBC United we stand According to Hindu tradition, a widow cannot remarry. She has to hide in the house, remove her jewellery and wear the colour of mourning. She […]
Source: Asia Times So when Duterte embarked on his global diplomatic debut, attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, many were expecting a more subdued and statesmanlike Duterte. Instead, the world witnessed a Hyde and Jekyll diplomatic behavior. Duterte, who accepted the Philippines’ (rotational) chairmanship of the regional […]
Source: Dawn As Muslims worldwide have just performed another Haj and are now celebrating Eidul Azha, it is perhaps an opportune moment to reflect on the current state of that abstract construct — the ‘Muslim world’. While, indeed, the world as a whole is facing myriad challenges to the global […]
Source: The Express Tribune By Shahid Javed Burki, who is a former caretaker finance minister and served as vice-president at the World Bank According to the group, the ideology it is pursuing would take its followers back to the early days of Islam. The style of governance was to be shaped […]
SHARIF M. TAHA | Published — Wednesday 14 September 2016 A Saudi security helcopter flies over Mina. (Reuters) RIYADH: A top official said all security and military units participating in the management of Haj were serving in accordance with security and preventive plans set up before the pilgrimage started. […]
Source: BBC An Indian woman has said that she and her 14-year-old cousin were gang raped and two relatives murdered, after being accused of being Muslims who ate beef. The […]
Published September 11th, 2016 Demand surges for internet or network services that help pilgrims maintain contact with their relatives during their stay abroad. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli) Saad al-Qurashi The two economic sectors greatly affected by the annual Hajj pilgrimage season, directly proportional to the economic term of Hajj tourism, are sectors […]
Pakistani worker checks a line of beer cans at the Muree Brewery Company in Rawalpindi. PHOTO: AFP THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE > PAKISTAN By AFP Published: September 12, 2016 RAWALPINDI: […]
Source: BBC South Korea has a plan to annihilate the North Korean capital if it shows any signs of mounting a nuclear attack, according to reports from Seoul. A military source told the Yonhap news agency every part of Pyongyang “will be completely destroyed by ballistic missiles and high-explosives shells”. […]
Source: The Tribune Express By Rana Tanveer LAHORE: Several religious organisations celebrated September 7 as Khatm-i-Nabuwat Day. They demanded more religious and social sanctions on Ahmadis in Pakistan. These organisations held […]
Decades of persecution and a full ban on the Ahmadiyya faith has not changed the Government’s attitudes toward Pakistan’s most persecuted faith group. Ministers in Pakistan’s Provincial Assembly of Punjab continue to make sure the Ahmadis are not given any rights or recognition. On August 31st, Minister for School Education, […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE | Published — Sunday 11 September 2016 ZEAL: Pilgrims leave the Grand Mosque in Makkah after Isha prayers on Friday. (Reuters) MAKKAH: The Haj is no longer an old person’s ritual as a new generation of youthful Muslim pilgrims has transformed both the annual rites and Makkah […]
SIRAJ WAHAB | Published — Sunday 11 September 2016 Pilgrims gather on Mount Rahmah on the plains of Arafat on Sunday. (Reuters) ARAFAT: Around two million pilgrims are spending the day in Arafat at the climax of Haj. The pilgrims chanting “Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik” (Here I am, O Allah, […]
By AFP – Sep 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Muslim pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, located in the centre of the Masjid Al Haram (Grand Mosque) in Mecca on Saturday (Anadolu photo) MECCA — From Asia, Africa and points in between, nearly 1.5 million Muslims began […]
By Hussain Nadim Published: September 9, 2016 The writer is a PhD candidate and coordinator of the South Asia Study Group at the University of Sydney The current refugee crisis in Europe is not the only event that debunks the myth of Western civilisation’s high moral standards of human rights, […]
SIRAJ WAHAB | Published — Saturday 10 September 2016 MINA: Pilgrims, both domestic and foreign, have gathered in the tent city of Mina on Saturday as this year’s Haj begins. With prayers on their lips, beads clutched in their fingers, water bottles in their hands, e-bracelets on their wrists and […]
MARIAM ANWER | Published — Friday 9 September 2016 Praise be to Allah alone, who guides His servants to worship Him and blesses them with special seasons, days and nights as opportunities to draw closer to Him and His Pleasure. The 9th Day of Dul-Hijjah is one such day and […]