Bangladesh blogger Ananta Bijoy Das hacked to death
Source: BBC A secular blogger in Bangladesh has been hacked to death in north-eastern Bangladesh in the third such deadly attack since the start of the year, police say. Ananta […]
Pakistan’s silent partition Ahmadis, a persecuted Muslim sect, have been flocking to Sri Lanka in search of asylum. Now they’re being turned away.
INTERNATIONAL Pakistan’s silent partition Ahmadis, a persecuted Muslim sect, have been flocking to Sri Lanka in search of asylum. Now they’re being turned away January 27, 2015 5:00AM ET by Zehra Abid @zehra_abid4 Editor’s Note: This News item is from January 2015. Has anything changed since then? […]
Pakistan's silent partition Ahmadis, a persecuted Muslim sect, have been flocking to Sri Lanka in search of asylum. Now they're being turned away.
INTERNATIONAL Pakistan’s silent partition Ahmadis, a persecuted Muslim sect, have been flocking to Sri Lanka in search of asylum. Now they’re being turned away January 27, 2015 5:00AM ET by Zehra Abid @zehra_abid4 Editor’s Note: This News item is from January 2015. Has anything changed since then? […]
By 2050, India to have world’s largest populations of Hindus and Muslims
Source: PEW Research Center By Conrad Hackett; who is a demographer focusing on religion at Pew Research Center. In the coming decades, India will have the distinction of having the […]
464. Commandment – He will surely establish for them their religion – Islam
Commandment – He will surely establish for them their religion – Islam [24:56] Allah has promised to those among you who believe and do good works that He will surely make them Successors in the earth, as He made Successors from among those who were before them; and that He will surely […]
Kayani, Shuja Pasha knew of OBL raid in advance:
Source: ET LONDON: US forces killed Osama bin Laden with the full cooperation of Pakistani military and intelligence agencies, who had kept the 9/11 mastermind prisoner inside his infamous Abbottabad compound for years before the fatal raid, according to a controversial article in the London Review of Books by veteran investigative […]
Secular Pakistan
Daily Times: How does one go about making Pakistan a secular state? It does not require a revolution as much it does an evolution. The fundamental rights of citizens must be safeguarded at all costs Last week, the justices of the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan had a very interesting […]
State persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community demonstrated once more.
Source:Press and Media Office AMJ As part of the long running State-backed persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan, Ahmadiyya Mosques have long been targeted by religious clerics and official authorities. On Monday 4th May 2015 the Punjab Police once again raided the Ahmadiyya Mosque in Pachnand, District Chakwal, […]
Hundreds of Myanmar Muslims wash to shore in Indonesia
Ethnic Rohingya women and children whose boats were washed ashore on Sumatra Island board a military truck to be taken to a temporary shelter in Seunuddon, Aceh province, Indonesia, on Sunday. (AP Photo/S. Yulinnas) MARGIE MASON | AP Published — Sunday 10 May 2015 Last update 10 May 2015 […]
(Yes, in an Arab country: Jordan) Saint George anniversary brings Christians, Muslims to share memorable moments of harmony
BY RULA SAMAIN, MAY 09, 2015, THE JORDAN TIMES The faithful gather to mark Saint George’s anniversary at a shrine in Mahis on Wednesday (Photo courtesy Facebook page of Jeryes Samawi) FUHEIS — The scout band played, people swayed and clapped to the sound of music, with some […]
Rasheed’s remarks against seminaries are blasphemous: Mufti Naeem
ARY News: ISLAMABAD: Renowned Pakistani religious figure, Mufti Muhammad Naeem said on Friday that Federal Information Minister Pervez Rasheed is no more a Muslim, ARY News reported. Mufti Naeem issued the above statement in response to Pervez Rasheed’s derogatory remarks about Madaris (Religious Schools). Pervez Rasheed, while addressing a ceremony […]
Amnesty International declared Bannu's Yasmeen Gul one of the bravest women in the world
Newsweek Pakistan: When Yasmeen Gul started teaching, she had only one goal in mind: ensure young girls in Pakistan’s northern areas were not denied access to the education that is their fundamental right. Little did she realize that her attempts would put her at odds with the Pakistani Taliban—or that […]
Amnesty International declared Bannu’s Yasmeen Gul one of the bravest women in the world
Newsweek Pakistan: When Yasmeen Gul started teaching, she had only one goal in mind: ensure young girls in Pakistan’s northern areas were not denied access to the education that is their fundamental right. Little did she realize that her attempts would put her at odds with the Pakistani Taliban—or that […]
The Daily Star Lebanon Editorial: A lesson in democracy
Editorial May. 09, 2015 | 12:19 AM A lesson in democracy The Daily Star Thursday’s election in the United Kingdom – held on time and transparently – was a true display of democracy at its finest, the product of a system which allows its citizens to decide who will represent […]
Ethno-nationalism rules in our region
Rami G. Khouri| The Daily Star The last-minute agreement to form a right-of-center government inIsrael headed by the Likud Party’s Benjamin Netanyahu is neither surprising nor shocking. Rather, it is consistent with the trends of the past four decades that have seen the entire Middle East region shift toward increasingly […]
462. Commandment – Exceed not the limits in your religion
462. Commandment – Exceed not the limits in your religion [4:172] O People of the Book, exceed not the limits in your religion, and say not of Allah anything but the truth. Verily, the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was only a Messenger of Allah and a fulfilment of His word which He […]
Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen: Uglier by the day
Aid agencies fear mass deaths as a Sunni coalition bombs a Shia rebel stronghold May 9th 2015 | Middle East and Africa IF SAUDI Arabia expected praise when it announced a five-day ceasefire in the air campaign it is leading in Yemen, it will be disappointed. As Adel al-Jubeir, the freshly […]
Kingmaker Sheikh Ahmad to take first step towards FIFA throne
Manama: When FIFA president Sepp Blatter addresses delegates at the 26th Asian Football Confederation congress on Thursday at least four men watching him are likely to be imagining themselves standing […]