Source: ET DUBAI: A Dubai court jailed a Pakistani for 15 years for smuggling heroin in bags containing copies of Holy Quran, prayer mats and other religious paraphernalia, a report said Wednesday. The 30-year-old man, identified only by his initials MT, was convicted of possessing 24 kilogrammes of heroin that was […]
ET: Conquering the world with their documentaries, campaigns and cartoons, five Pakistani women have made it to BBC’s 100 Women list. Among BBC’s 100 women are documentary film-maker and Oscar award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Internet rights activist Sana Saleem, filmmaker and campaigner Sarah Khan, cartoonist Nigar Nazar and Saadia Zahidi. Nigar Nazar […]
Source: Spiegel. The conditions laid out by the Islamist are strict: no photos and no audio recording. He also keeps his real name secret as well as his country of origin, and is only willing to disclose that he is Arab. His English is polished and he speaks with a […]
Source: The Daily Beast: Were Israeli soldiers so haunted by what they saw and did in the last Gaza war that they took their own lives? What role did their zealous commander play? HAIFA, Israel—More than two months after the end of Israel’s latest offensive in Gaza, Operation Protective Edge, […]
DAMASCUS, Syria — The middle-aged salesman sat glumly among an array of shorts, khaki leisure suits bedecked with gold belts and dresses with plunging necklines in the ancient Damascus bazaar […]
David Ignatius| The Daily Star Jalal al-Gaood, one of the tribal leaders the U.S. has been cultivating in hopes of rolling back extremists in Iraq, grimly describes how his hometown in Anbar province was forced to surrender this week to fighters from ISIS. The extremists were moving Wednesday toward Gaood’s […]
RAMALLAH — An Israeli plan to build more than 1,000 new housing units for settlers in occupied East Jerusalem is likely to cause an “explosion” of violence, a senior Palestinian official warned Monday. “Such unilateral acts will lead to an explosion,” Jibril Rajoub told reporters at a news conference in […]
While the world obsesses over the atrocities committed by Isis, the plight of those forced to flee the country has been largely forgotten. Robert Fisk takes a heartbreaking tour of […]
Suggested Reading: Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran LUBP: We welcome the tolerant and inclusive approach shown by Mualana Arshad Madni, senior Deobandi cleric of India’s Darul-Uloom Deoband […]
The News: Forty years ago, Pakistan’s parliament passed the Second Amendment to the 1974 Constitution, declaring Ahmadis as non-Muslims. The move, taken presumably under Saudi pressure, has led to far-reaching consequences that are tearing the country apart. Pakistan’s Ahmadi citizens, who first supported the call for the new nation and […]
Source: BBC Travel Despite being officially atheist, and historically most closely associated with Buddhism, China has a deep-rooted relationship with Islam, dating as far back as the 7th Century. At […]
Source: Dawn IN an opinion piece last year, Henry Kissinger observed that over the next couple of decades a nuclear war was likely to take place between India and Pakistan. The nuclear factor was in play in four major and one minor India-Pakistan crises: in 1987, 1990, 1998, 1999 and […]
275. Commandment to not prove false to your trusts [8:28] O ye who believe! prove not false to Allah and the Messenger, nor prove false to your trusts knowingly. [70:33] And those who are watchful of their trusts and their covenants, [12:53] Joseph said, ‘I asked for that enquiry to […]
Source: Pakistan Observer. A petition had been filed in the Sindh High Court against Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) as the petitioner, Anjuman Islah-e Moashra Ameer Haji Gul Ahmed demanded the […]
Hammad desert is the most sought-after location for falcon hunters in the Kingdom and Gulf countries. The hunters make a beeline for the desert located 100 km west of Arar […]
We know from Scripture that the Messianic Community in Jerusalem (and Lod, the Sharon, Joppa and the Galilee) was thriving in the first decades after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Jerusalem. When Paul comes back to Jerusalem to greet the apostles, they report to him: “On hearing it, […]
Dawn: NEW DELHI: When a Hindu woman tearfully claimed to national media recently she had been kidnapped, raped and forcibly converted to Islam, India’s religious hardliners seized the chance to hike their “love jihad” fears. Hardline Hindu activists, encouraged by the media attention, claimed scores of Muslim boys were attempting […]
theguardian: by Emma Graham-Harrison — Iranian authorities have arrested a photographer who documented a string of acid attacks on women, and detained a top human rights lawyer at a protest about the assaults, even as President Hassan Rouhani made a public show of sympathy with the victims. The apparent effort […]
The Diplomat: by Ankit Panda — Amid growing tensions, Pakistan and Iran exchanged mortar fire. According to Pakistani officials, the Iranian army fired six mortar shells into the Pakistani border town of Mashkail early Friday morning. The BBC reports that Pakistan “is then thought to have fired back.” This exchange of fire comes […]
274. Commandment to not take pride because of that which He has given to you [57:24] That you may not grieve over what is lost to you nor exult because of that which He has given to you. And Allah loves not any self conceited boaster, [28:77] Verily, Korah was […]