Shahbaz Taseer to reach home today
Source: Daily Times LAHORE – Shahbaz Taseer – the abducted son of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer – will reach home on Wednesday (today) nearly after a gap of five […]
Zionists razing Palestine homes at ‘alarming’ rate
A general view shows buildings under construction in the Israeli settlement of Har Homa in annexed east Jerusalem, on Monday. (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Published — Wednesday 9 March 2016 pia: Starving Gaza animals are up for sale More JERUSALEM: Israel is razing Palestinian homes and other buildings constructed with […]
How presidential candidates view the region’s issues
Mar 08,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF The US presidential race is attracting attention outside the United States because of the stark contrast among candidates, especially on the Republican side, over foreign policy and the increasing possibility that outsider billionaire Donald Trump could soon become the presumptive party […]
New Syria peace talks to start in earnest by Monday — UN
By AFP – Mar 08,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Syrians carry aid, in the form of diesel fuel, delivered by the Qatari Red Crescent in the rebel-held town of Beit Sawa, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on Monday (AFP photo) GENEVA — A new round of talks aimed […]
China’s efforts to mold Christianity in its own image draws resistance
Source: RNS BEIJING (RNS) On a hazy Sunday morning, the fourth floor of a dingy gray office building in a far-flung region of this city is bursting with prayer. In […]
China may be an atheist state, but it’s regulating Buddhist reincarnation
Source: Los Angeles Times In China, it’s not easy to become a “living Buddha.” First come the years of meditation and discipline. Then comes the bureaucracy. “The highest level of […]
Officials from China’s Xinjiang region say extremism waning
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Communist Party officials in China’s far western Xinjiang region say religious extremism is waning, but the government plans to step up border controls with […]
‘Jordan committed to defending Jerusalem, peacemaking’
By JT – Mar 07,2016 -JORDAN TIMES HRH Prince Hassan attends the 5th Extraordinary Islamic Summit on Palestine and Jerusalem in Jakarta, on Monday (Petra photo) AMMAN — Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, HRH Prince Hassan attended the 5th Extraordinary Islamic Summit on Palestine and Jerusalem, which […]
Return Flight: Why A Young Iraqi Left Germany After Only 100 Days
By Takis Würger WWW.SPIEGEL.DE Fabian Weiß/ DER SPIEGEL A young man from northern Iraq crossed the Mediterranean Sea in the hope of a better life in Germany. Frustrated by his experiences in the refugee camps, he flew back to his native country after only three months. […]
Indonesia leader calls on Muslim world to unite on Palestine
• Jokowi: The OIC should be part of the solution, and not part of the problem Indonesian President Joko Widodo ends the 5th Extraordinary Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit on Palestinian issues in Jakarta, Indonesia on Monday. (REUTERS/Garry Lotulung) NINIEK KARMINI | AP Published — Monday 7 March 2016 […]
The West’s desire to ‘liberate’ the Middle East remains as flawed as ever
As Stalingrad-size casualties mount in civil war Syria today, it’s worth remembering how the French and British thought they could create a ‘modern’ Syria in 1941 Robert Fisk @indyvoices Sunday 6 March 2016 36 comments As General de Gaulle set out for the Middle East in April of 1941, he famously wrote that […]
Top Pakistani religious body rules women’s protection law ‘un-Islamic’
Source: Reuters A powerful Pakistani religious body that advises the government on the compatibility of laws with Islam on Thursday declared a new law that criminalizes violence against women to […]
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Migrant crisis: EU and Turkey hold ‘difficult’ summit Source: BBC Migrant crisis EU migration: Crisis in seven charts Migrant crisis: Have EU promises been kept? In depth report Why is […]
Migrant crisis: EU and Turkey hold ‘difficult’ summit
Source: BBC Migrant crisis EU migration: Crisis in seven charts Migrant crisis: Have EU promises been kept? In depth report Why is EU struggling with migrants and asylum? European Union […]
Bangladesh may drop Islam as country’s official religion following attacks on minorities
Source: Independent Islam could be dropped as Bangladesh’s official religion following a number of attacks in the country against people of other faiths. Christians, Hindus and Muslim minority Shiites have […]
Japan: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hosts & Invites All Faiths to 5th Inferfaith Peace Conference
An interfaith gathering is to take place in “The Japan Mosque” to mark interfaith peace prayer service at the occasion of 5th anniversary of Great Eastern Japan Earthquake. The objective […]
Tolerance is Islam’s cardinal principle
ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 4 March 2016 Tolerance in Islam, is not a mere fairytale phrase, but Muslims live it in reality. Islam urges us to be tolerant and forgive others. This is indicated in both the Qur’an and the Sunnah. One of the features of Islam […]
Pakistan: An execution, Not a Policy Turnaround
02/29/2016 Aparna PandeDirector, India Initiative, Hudson Institute The execution in Pakistan of Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri — the bodyguard who in 2011, under influence of religious zealots, killed secular Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer — has strategically coincided with the US-Pakistan strategic dialogue taking place in Washington DC. Given Pakistan’s history […]
Islamic art exhibit underway at U.S. museum
Islamic art exhibit underway at U.S. museum TEHRAN Times Art Desk TEHRAN – The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco is displaying works of Islamic art in an exhibition, which opened on February 26. The artworks are from India under the Moguls in the 16th century, Iran during the reign […]
India denies visas to US religious freedom body
Source: The Guardian India has denied visas for a delegation from the US government agency charged with monitoring international religious freedom. The delegation from the US Commission on International Religious […]