Commonground news: by Daud Malik 22 January 2013 Islamabad – A report on the participation and prospects for Pakistan’s religious minorities in the upcoming general elections this year makes an interesting observation. “Many persons with whom we interacted during the course of this research did not like to be called […]
Express Tribune: LAHORE: President Asif Zardari has notified Pakistan Ulema Council Chairman Allama Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi as a member of the Council of Islamic Ideology. The Council’s job is to consider whether any laws conflict with Islam. Ashrafi told The Express Tribune that he would support legislation which promotes interfaith harmony and goes […]
Russian TV: Leaflets inviting people to a “Bible-burning festival” have stirred outrage in Malaysia. This coincided with a nationalist group leader urging to “seize and burn” Malay-language Bibles, prompting calls for his prosecution. The flyers, issued by a previously unknown group, promised mass Bible-burning in the Malaysian state of Penang […]
The NEWS: ISLAMABAD: As a retired Major of the Pakistan Army has accused the incumbent khaki leadership of following in the footsteps of General (R) Pervez Musharraf, who had literally launched a campaign against beards in the armed forces, military circles say the forced retirement of Major Zaheeruddin was an […]
Business Insider: Dan Waldschmidt. Basically, all of life comes down to a simple reality: “You can’t keep doing the wrong things and get the right results.” You can’t learn if you aren’t willing to listen. You can’t care less about others and expect them to care more about you. You can’t […]
MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court has directed the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) to treat people who have converted to Islam in the Backward Classes (Muslims) category during appointments.The order was passed on a PIL filed in the court alleging that converts to Islam were being treated as “other castes” […]
Global Post: Jeremy Gimpel, an American-born candidate running in next week’s Israeli elections, has inflamed the race after video surfaced of him asking what would happen if two mosques on Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock were blown up and replaced. Gimpel, a candidate for the right-wing religious party Habayit Hayeudi, […]
Express Tribune: Canadian authorities on Friday summoned Minhajul Quran International (MQI) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on February 5, and sought explanation from him for violating the oath he took while seeking asylum, Express News reported. The authorities said that Qadri violated the oath stating that he was not allowed to enter the […]
Huff Post: by Charles Negy: One of the things that has always struck me about many Christians in the United States is the disconnect between their faith in Jesus and their personal behavior. One obvious example that rears its ugly head once a year is the whole enterprise of Christmas […]
Amnesty International: After a decade of insurgency, Pakistan’s Tribal areas remain in a state of crisis. In the Tribal areas, the courts are barred from upholding the fundamental rights protections guaranteed under Pakistan’s constitution. This document summarizes the report by Amnesty International which shows that, rather than investigating and prosecuting […]
Telegraph: The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the UK had failed to protect Nadia Eweida’s freedom to manifest her faith in the workplace. But it rejected a similar […]
Youtube: Published on Jan 10, 2013 Amjad Mahmood Khan testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives (Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission) about persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in South Asia as part of special hearing on “Challenges Facing Religious Minorities in South Asia”. Proceedings held on March 21, 2012 at the […]
Nehru was draftsman of partition’: Kanchan Gupta | New Delhi There are now no more points left to score; all have already been scored, no great issues of partition left to resolve, except one: An ability to understand what, after all, did this partition achieve?” Jaswant Singh asks in the closing […]
Source: The Economist. WHO and what is Tahir ul Qadri? And, more importantly, who is behind him? Those are the questions now racing through political Pakistan, with no firm answers. The religious cleric, previously a minor figure politically, has been living in Canada since 2006, where he acquired Canadian citizenship. Since he arrived […]
Source: Youtube: Rawal TV: One hour interview of Mujib-ur-Rahman Sahib explaining the legal history of persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims in Pakistan. Begining from 1953 riots and Munir Commission Report he […]
Daily Ummat: Several members of the movement arrested. Press sealed and books confiscated. Quran with changes found. Police was extremely quick and effective in taking action. FIR registered under 295 A and 295 C offences punishable by death. All the Blasphemous material that the article talks about are books of […]
Youtube- Rawal TV: Published on Jan 8, 2013 At a Reception in Honor of Mujib-ur-Rahman Sahib with Peel Region, Canada at Bait-ul-Hamd Mosque, he answers very interesting historical questions related to 1974 and […]
Kuala Lumpur: Petronas Twin Towers are twin skyscrapers and were tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004. Source: Indian Express The Sultan of Malaysia’s Selangor state has decreed […]
Pakistanmediawatch: The News Projects Sympathy For Militants In Report on JI Leader A report on the life of former Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed in The News (Jang Group) projects sympathy for religious extremism and militancy. The report terms Qazi Hussain Ahmed as ‘a man of valour and courage’ and uses as evidence his relationship with Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. […]
Youtube: Published on Dec 19, 2012 United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Professor Heiner Bielefeldt reflects on religious freedoms around the world, particularly in Pakistan. Pakistan […]