Haaretz: The conversion reform bill, which reaches the cabinet for approval on Sunday, contains a paradox. Three political parties, most of whose voters are secular, are promoting a new procedure for Orthodox conversion, against strong opposition from the ultra-Orthodox parties. Supporters portray the initiative as a masterpiece of liberalism against the ossified […]
ET: ISLAMABAD: The Islamic State organisation is starting to attract the attention of radicals in Pakistan and Afghanistan, long a cradle for militancy, unnerving authorities who fear a potential violent contagion. Far from the militants’ self-proclaimed “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria, the name of IS has cropped up several times in […]
Source: CNN Derik, Kurdish-controlled northern Syria (CNN) — Don’t be fooled by the pretty songs they sing in their downtime — these women are among ISIS’ most deadly enemies. Brandishing Kalashnikov assault rifles and wearing military fatigues, the women perform military parade drills at a memorial ceremony for slain fighters […]
thenewstribe.com — KARACHI: At least five commanders of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) entered in Pakistan from Australia, the country’s intelligence agencies revealed ISIS activities in a high-level meeting in Karachi today, November 1. According to the agencies report, the large quantity of gold has also been transferred […]
Summar As the Middle East and North Africa implode, perhaps focus should be directed on the end of World War I – and specifically the settlement fashioned by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George and French Prime Minister George Clemenceau at Versailles in 1919 . The […]
APROPOS the news item ‘Role of various leaders in Pakistan Movement highlighted’ (Oct 17), I would like to point out the efforts of Sir Aga Khan III for the creation […]
Source: Dawn NEW DELHI: Syed Ahmed Bukhari, the Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid, on Thursday invited Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for his son’s appointment as the next chief cleric, but excluded Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the guest list, the Times of India reported. Bukhari did however invite […]
Source: Dawn Consuming pork is sinful and forbidden in Islam. However, Islamic law does not prescribe whipping or incarceration to those who consume pork. The religious doctrine may prohibit certain behaviours and consider them sins. This does not make those acts a crime. The Supreme Court of Pakistan has taken […]
Source:Dawn.com By Anwar Iqbal suicide bombing justified? Can women lead prayers? Is there a feminist interpretation of Islam? These are some of the questions Muslims living in the West often face. They attempt to answer these questions as best as they can. And in the process, they are often forced […]
Source: LUBP LINK While Deobandi and Wahhabi Islamists due to sectarian reasons and their inherent intolerant and violent nature are opposed to the Muharram-Ashura and Milad rituals, they and their fake liberal comrades also present seemingly rational arguments, e.g., law and order, economic implications, in order to support their demand […]
By Usama Khalid, October 26, 2014 Should the Muslims of India change with the times, taking cognizance of the big political change in India, in order to ensure their survival? The coming to power of the Hindu chauvinists bodes ill for the traditionalist Muslims, the ones inflexible in their display […]
By Jakarta Globe on 12:50 am Oct 31, 2014 President Joko Widodo’s decision to retain Lukman Hakim Saifuddin as minister of religious affairs may have been a concession to the minister’s party, as some have argued, but it appears to be paying off in a big way for the people. Lukman has […]
Source: Pakistan Observer Evidently, those who followed these rules of right conduct thrived and prospered, and were saved from the tyranny and injustice of the wrong-doers; and on the contrary, those who violated these principles, committing sin and straying from the right path, came to grief, pain and sorrow. These […]
280. Commandment to not call one another by nicknames [49:12] O ye who believe! let not one people deride another people, who may be better than they, nor let women deride other women, who may be better than they. And defame not your own people, nor call one another by […]
Source: Pakistan Observer: According to their assessment this also raises the risk that the Pakistani Taliban, even if it cannot seize the commanding heights of state institutions, could seize either by force or through infiltration a nuclear warhead at an individual installation and use it to hold the country — […]
Source:BBC Members of the BJP Youth Group, the ruling political party in India, vandalised a cafe were they say immoral acts were taking place.The event sparked a debate on moral policing in the country and a campaign supporting kissing in public went viral. More than 5,000 people have clicked the […]
David Ignatius| The Daily Star A glimpse of the anxiety sweeping the Arab world surfaced last week when an Arab woman complained during a talk in Amman at the Columbia Global Center for the Middle East. She said my speech’s title about the “crisis” in the region wasn’t accurate. The […]
What on earth has descended upon the Middle East? BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Why such an epic explosion of violence? It feels strange to ask these questions of Dr Bouthaina Shaaban, one of President Bashar al-Assad’s close advisers and former translator to his father, Hafez. Her office is spotless, […]
Miko Morelos Thursday, October 30 2014 The government of newly-elected Indonesian President Joko Widodo says it has begun the groundwork for ensuring protection of minorities in the country. Indonesia’s religious […]
279. Commandment to approach not foul deeds, whether open or secret [6:152] Say, ‘Come, I will rehearse to you what your Lord has forbidden: that you associate not anything as partner with Him and that you do good to parents, and that you kill not your children for fear of […]