Global Post: Australia’s Roman Catholic Church has admitted to over 600 cases of sexual abuse dating back as early as the 1930s. The Catholic Church revealed that they had record of at least 620 children being abused in a submitted report at a parliamentary hearing in Victoria on Friday, Agence France […]
Source: New Straits Times: ‘NO’ TO BLASPHEMY: Attacks on things held dear by all faiths are repugnant and merit restraint by law No society on earth can function, and no […]
Victim, who was struck with two bullets to his head, was taken to Abbasi hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival, local Urdu newspaper Daily Jang has reported. Ahmadiyya […]
by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch and agencies Parliament has voted in favour of spending some SFr11.35 billion ($12.06 billion) on development aid over the next four years, as the government moves […]
Source: Campus Watch Speaking to an overflow crowd at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, noted Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan criticized extreme Islamists known as Salafis, saying that the Arab world needs to develop political systems that reject both theocracies and dictatorships. But he added that Arab countries should […]
Daniel Pipes’ Middle East Forum, David Horowitz’s FrontPage Magazine helped fund Geert Wilders. Source: Reuters.com AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK – Anti-Islam groups in America have provided financial support to Dutch politician Geert Wilders, […]
Source: The Jakarta Globe: by A. Najib Burhani Now that Idul Fitri has passed, can mainstream Muslims in Indonesia forgive Ahmadiyah? Can they accept Ahmadis as fellow citizens? Can’t we all start living in harmony with those who have different beliefs? Perhaps these questions are unrealistic, and expect too much […]
By Nathalie Vandystadt | Friday 07 September 2012 EUROPOLITICS Contrary to the German authorities, the EU Court of Justice considers that, where they are sufficiently serious, certain forms of interference with the public manifestation of religion may constitute persecution for reasons of religion and therefore constitute a sufficient reason to […]
Protesters in White Plains urge Metro-North Railroad to denounce anti-Islam ad Sep 7, 2012 | 1 Comments ZOOM Islamaphobia: Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner and Chappaqua resident Khusro Elley discuss their opposition to anti-Islamic signs posted at Metro-North stations in Westchester. / Greg Shillinglaw / The Journal News Written by […]
Credit:Jakarta Globe. A small girl ran around on Thursday as dozens of her adult counterparts staged a protest to commemorate those kidnapped and killed in a string of unresolved human rights abuse cases. The 10-year-old girl ran to a nearby drinks vendor to quench her thirst as an afternoon sun […]
JUSTICE EU court affirms asylum for religious persecution The Court of Justice for the European Union has decided that those unable to openly practice their religion have the right to seek asylum. The decision is likely to affect German asylum policies. Not every interference with free religious practice constitutes persecution, […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Thursday 6 September 2012 A fact-finding mission from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) travelled to Myanmar yesterday to investigate the recent violence against Rohingya Muslims in […]
Dawn: Human Rights Watch, an international watchdog body, has urged India to accept the recommendations by United Nations member states at the UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) to address the […]
Veiled Female News Anchor May Signal Waning of Secular Egypt Egypt State TV, Fatma Nabil reads out the headlines wearing a headscarf on the noon news bulletin on state television in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 3, 2012. TEXT SIZE Edward Yeranian September 03, 2012 CAIRO — A long-standing ban against veiled […]
Ahmadis and Pakistan I tend to agree with Bashy Quraishy’s thoughts. Despite such severe atrocities and death meted out to Pakistani Ahmadi Muslims, they still love their country, if they adopt a foreign land they still go back to visit their homeland and are exceptionally loyal to the nation which […]
Fiji inks ties with North Korea and Iran SATURDAY, 01 SEPTEMBER 2012 The Daily TelegraphAS the Pacific Islands Forum moves to soften its stance on Fiji’s military regime, the pariah state has inked diplomatic ties with North Korea and Iran.Foreign Affairs Minister Inoke Kubuabola, who signed the agreement with Iran […]
GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN ARABNEWS Sunday 2 September 2012 RIYADH: Muslim countries, especially Saudi Arabia, led international efforts in extending aid to starving African states and donated billions of riyals to […]
Source: Spiegel dapd A rabbi in Berlin was attacked on the street Tuesday while wearing a kippa. An attack on a rabbi walking with his young daughter through a leafy district of Berlin Tuesday has drawn quick condemnation from local officials and the Jewish community. The perpetrators remain at large. […]
Credit: ET Rimsha has been held since August 16 on suspicion of burning papers containing verses from the Quran. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Police on Friday won permission to hold a young Christian girl accused of blasphemy in custody for a further 14 days while her case is investigated, officials said. Rimsha […]
A refugee has scored top marks in her GCSE’s, after only starting at a UK school in February. Hania Saleem, 16, of Manor Green Road, Epsom, gained A* grades in […]