Breaking News A Sattar Edhi Passed Away
Reliable resources intimate great Social Activist of Pakistan Mr Abdus Sattar Edhi passed away. Innah lillahe Wa innah Eleahi Rajeoon
Odd jobs in Istanbul for young Syrians who dreamed big
Jul 6, 2016 A Syrian man uses a mobile phone next to a travel agency in Fatih neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday. — AFP ISTANBUL, Turkey — Receptionist, waiter, hairdresser, pastry-seller: These are the jobs of the ambitious young Syrians who abandoned their dreams in Damascus to start from […]
Over 4 million attend Khatm Al-Qur’an in Grand Mosque and Prophet’s Mosque
Jul 4, 2016 MAKKAH/MADINAH — Over two million worshipers attended the completion of recitation of the Holy Qur’an (Khatm Al-Qur’an) at the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Sunday night, the 29th night of Ramadan. They included visitors, Umrah pilgrims, citizens and expatriates, Saudi Press agency reported. The worshipers thronged the […]
Jordan loses religion from identity cards
Jordan loses religion from identity cards Published July 5th, 2016 – 14:41 GMT via SyndiGate.info Until now, religion has been displayed on all citizens’ identity cards (AFP / File) Follow > Jordan’s Passport Authority , Marwan Qutaishat , Zakaria El Sheikh Jordan has removed mention of religion from its national […]
Bangladesh blast ‘kills four’ near huge Eid gathering
Source: BBC Militants have attacked police guarding the largest Eid gathering in Bangladesh, throwing homemade bombs and launching a gun attack. More than 250,000 people had gathered for Eid prayers […]
Bangladesh Faces an Uncertain New Reality After the Dhaka Attack
Source: BBC By Nikhil Kumar The carnage at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka on July 1 has turned the world’s attention on rising extremist violence in the small South Asian […]
Why Mullahs Are Mere Pawns In Pakistan’s Persecution Of Ahmadis
S.Mubashir Noor Two Ahmadis were gunned down in Karachi recently. On June 20, a homeopathic doctor named Abdul Khaliq fell to unknown assailants in Malir district. This followed the brazen drive-by shooting of Dawood Ahmad in Gulshan-e-Iqbal town less than a month earlier. Neither killings registered on the 24/7 news […]
Ashrawi Denounces Plans to Expand Three Illegal Settlements in West Bank
RAMALLAH, July 5, 2016 (WAFA) – PLO Executive Member Hanan Ashrawi Tuesday strongly denounced Israel’s plan to expand three illegal Israeli settlements around the Jerusalem area, by building hundreds of residential units to accommodate more Israeli settlers. She said in a press release, “We strongly denounce plans by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
TURKISH AID SHIP TO GAZA, THE FIRST IN SIX YEARS, DOCKS IN ISRAEL
Turkey and Israel announced a deal to normalize ties earlier in June. BY CONOR GAFFEY ON 7/4/16 Turkish ship Lady Leyla, carrying aid to the Gaza Strip, arrives at the Israeli port of Ashdod, July 3. The ship is the first aid ship sent from Turkey to Gaza since 2010.JACK […]
Tony Blair deliberately exaggerated threat from Iraq, Chilcot report finds
Source: The Guardian Heather Stewart Political editor Tony Blair deliberately exaggerated the threat posed by the Iraqi regime as he sought to make the case for military action to MPs […]
Dealing with immediate monster threat
Jul 05,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The three terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia on Monday have all the hallmark of Daesh hands. The most ominous is the blast that struck at the heart of Islam, the Prophet Mohammad Mosque in Medina, where the Prophet was buried. The other attacks were […]
From Wahhabism to Isis … by Karen Armstrong
François Hollande’s declaration of war against Isis (also known as Islamic State) was, perhaps, a natural reaction to the carnage in Paris but the situation is now so grave that we cannot merely react; we also need sustained, informed and objective reflection. The French president has unwittingly played into the […]
You can’t understand ISIS if you don’t know the history of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia
Alastair Crooke The dramatic arrival of Da’ish (ISIS) on the stage of Iraq has shocked many in the West. Many have been perplexed — and horrified — by its violence and its evident magnetism for Sunni youth. But more than this, they find Saudi Arabia’s ambivalence in the face of […]
Erdogan’s pragmatism
Jul 05,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Turkey’s about-face in its regional and international politics has come as a shock for some, and as proof that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is capable of embracing a pragmatic approach on challenging issues, for others. In the past few weeks Ankara has […]
Welcome to Pakistan: The Council of Islamic Ideology was never meant to be a permanent body, so why does it still exist?
Source: The Tribune Express By Yasser Latif Hamdani Published: July 5, 2016 The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) is a constitutional body established under Article 228 of the Constitution of […]
Thousands of Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Russia’s capital
RT Muslims around the world are celebrating one of their most important holidays, Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. In Russia, Muslims also flock […]
Heartbreak, selfies and soccer: The life of a Bangladesh cafe killer
Hindustan Times Until late 2014, Nibras Islam appeared to acquaintances to be a typical student: fun-loving, in and out of love, and keen on sport, especially soccer. Women found him handsome. On a “confessions” Facebook page for Monash University students, one anonymous admirer gushed in a post on October 11, […]
Inside Aleppo, the Syrian city with a past and present shaped by war
Inside Aleppo, the Syrian city with a past and present shaped by war Robert Fisk tours Aleppo and finds a broken civilisation with painful reminders of ancient tragedies Robert Fisk @indyvoices Maybe dust is the vital physical element of war. It lay across the old cobbled streets of the burned […]
Seeking God
Source: The Express Tribune By Dr. Asad Zaman; who is vice-chancellor of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics. He holds a PhD in Economics from Stanford University For thousands of years, the […]
Strategy for Saudi-Iran War to Come?
REUTERS James B.T. Dickey 06.23.16 A 30-year-old prince disillusioned with the U.S. is running the show in Saudi Arabia—fighting Iran directly and through proxies all over the map. Is there a strategy? Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the 30-year-old son of the king and ever more obviously the heir […]