Source: ET General Raheel Sharif is a very busy man. In particular, he is seen as advancing parts of the National Action Plan (NAP) that sit in his bailiwick. Currently, he is in London for three days and he is meeting people who make things happen. On his first day […]
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in Qadian: Abdul Qadir Dehlvi passed away here in Qadian after a long illness, it has been reported, Inna Lillah-e-wa Inna iLaihi Rajeoon. He was 97 years old. Dehlvi breathed […]
Source: huffingtonpost.com Georgia Walker, the Missouri woman who underwent an unsanctioned ordination ceremony earlier this month in an attempt to become a Roman Catholic priest, has been excommunicated from the church. […]
353. Commandment – show kindness to kindred, and orphans, and the needy, and to the neighbour that is a kinsman and the neighbour that is a stranger, and the companion by your side, and the wayfarer [4:37] And worship Allah and associate naught with Him, and show kindness to parents, and to kindred, and orphans, and […]
Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Iyad bin Amin Madani speaks at a news conference in Najaf, south of Baghdad, on Wednesday. (Reuters) AGENCIES Published — Thursday 15 January 2015 RIYADH/CAIRO: Iyad Madani, secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, has denounced the publication of sacrilegious cartoons […]
On Thursday, a Saudi blogger will receive his second flogging for ‘insulting Islam’. Robert Fisk looks at a barbaric regime with a brutal record ROBERT FISK Wednesday 14 January 2015 […]
The Express Tribune — BANGLADESH: The entire village gathered at Based Ali’s house to celebrate something he never wanted, something he had struggled to admit for many years. “Parents generally help their kids study,” he said. “But I pressured my daughter instead to marry when she was 14. I pressured her […]
By Saeed Qureshi The paramount question intriguing the discerning students of history has been that why an iconic, revolutionary and charismatic leader Zulfikar Ali Bhutto met with a tragic end. […]
352. Commandment – And if thou hast to turn away from them while seeking thy Lord’s mercy for which thou hopest, even then speak to them a gentle word [17:29] And if thou hast to turn away from them while seeking thy Lord’s mercy for which thou hopest, even then […]
Source: m.asianews.it Lukman Hakim Saifuddin intervenes in a dispute involving a Muslim professor in Banda Aceh, who took her students to a church. He called the dean of the university, asking […]
Source: thediplomat.com The attacks should prompt Muslim-majority states to examine their own records. The two major Muslim-majority states of Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Malaysia, have joined the chorus of condemnations against […]
By Steven Jiang, CNN Story highlights Xinjiang province passes law to ban wearing burqa in public A spate of violent incidents has rocked Xinjiang, long inhabited by the largely Muslim […]
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: In an apparent move to accelerate implementation of the National Action Plan, the government plans to introduce new laws to combat hate speech in the country. Under the proposed ‘Hate Speech and Inciting Literature’ laws, it will not be permitted to express hatred towards someone based on ethnicity, […]
Source: bbc.co.uk The overwhelming tone of reaction from Middle Eastern press is one of shock and categorical condemnation of the 7 January attack on the offices of French magazine Charlie Hebdo and the killing of 12 people. But within the overall rejection that dominated the papers’ front pages, a small […]
Source: ET PESHAWAR: While last week’s attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo sparked global outrage, dozens of people in Peshawar paid tribute on Tuesday to the brothers who carried out the murders. Though small in scale, the event was indicative of the anger that portrayals of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) […]
Tim Willcox, a BBC reporter, sparked anger during his coverage of a rally yesterday in Paris when he told the daughter of a Holocaust survivor that “Palestinians suffer hugely at Jewish hands as well,” Daily Mail reported. The BBC journalist has since faced several calls to resign after he made […]
Source: Gulfnews.com Dubai: Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, condemned Wednesday’s shooting attack on a French satirical magazine known for its send-ups of radical Islam. “The kingdom therefore strongly condemns and denounces this cowardly terrorist act that is rejected by true Islamic religion as well as the rest of the […]
351. Commandment – Love each other like a kinship [42:24] This it is whereof Allah gives the glad tidings to His servants who believe and do good works. Say: ‘I ask of you no reward for it, except that I am inviting you to God because of love of kinship.’ And whoso […]
350. Commandment – kindness to blood relations [33:7] The Prophet is nearer to the believers than their own selves, and his wives are as mothers to them. And blood relations are nearer to one another, according to the Book of Allah, than the rest of the believers from among the Helpers as well as the Emigrants, […]
When are we going to give up our infantile “terrorist” lists? The IRA were “terrorists”. So was the Irgun. So was EOKA. So was the Mau-Mau. And their leaders – every bloody one of them – met Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Think Begin, Makarios, Kenyatta. How long, […]