Fiji, NZ and Australia to hold democracy talks Updated 27 July 2012, 17:21 AEST Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr says he doesn’t believe Fiji should be allowed back into the Pacific Islands Forum just yet. Senator Carr says Fiji has made ‘good progress’ on returning to democracy. Audio: Bob Carr speak […]
God particle’ — a particularly recalcitrant subatomic particle that supposedly helps explain how the universe acquired mass and could in principle, therefore, explain how decay takes place — was discovered […]
Global Post: US officials have slammed China’s human rights record, criticizing Beijing for continuing to quash dissent. “The overall situation of human rights in China continues to deteriorate,” Agence France-Presse […]
Khabar: Fearing the wrath of religious fundamentalists, Pakistan’s scientific community has been unable to properly acknowledge Nobel Prize winner Abdus Salam (1926-1996), whose theoretical work helped pave the way for […]
Washington Post: Come nightfall, a bucolic farming village begins to buzz with unusual activity. Shadowy figures emerge from olive groves, clutching small suitcases. Cars crowd the winding rural road collecting […]
Asian Human Rights Commission: It is devastating for human rights activists the world over and those who stand for religious freedom, practise and tolerance, that the Government of Pakistan is […]
By MUDDASSAR AHMED AL ARABIYA NEWS Wednesday, 25 July 2012 Earlier this month, British journalists and editors submitted the report, Race and Reform: Islam and Muslims in the British Media, to the Leveson Inquiry. Led by Lord Justice Leveson, appointed last year by Prime Minister David Cameron, the Leveson Inquiry […]
Source: Hindustan Times. Clashes between minority immigrants and Bodo tribals continued unabated as the toll in the ethnic violence shot up to 40 today with the recovery of eight more bodies even as the Centre asked the Assam government to nab the “ring leaders” involved in unrest. Five more bodies […]
New Egypt-based Islamic TV channel caters to fully veiled women Washington Post Conservative Islam and its most visible hallmark, the niqab, appear to be on the rise on Egypt’s cultural scene as well, and the launch of Maria TV is an attempt to cater to that growing segment of society. A decade ago, the […]
By Charles C. Haynes Louisiana State Rep. Valarie Hodges used to be a big fan of school vouchers. “I liked the idea,” she explained, “of giving parents the option of sending […]
NY Times: SAMPANG, Indonesia – The problems began shortly after Tajul Muluk, a Shiite cleric, opened a boarding school in 2004. The school, in a predominantly Sunni Muslim part of […]
Macleans: The assassin among us Nur Chowdhury faces execution for killing Bangladesh’s president. That’s why he’s safe in Canada. On a muggy Friday in August 1975, as pre-dawn prayers rang out from city mosques, five trucks sped through the still-dark streets of Dhaka on a mission to change history. Each […]
Daily Times: We are the pariahs of the world — Yasser Latif Hamdan Dr Abdus Salam is one of the few heroes this nation can be truly proud of, but […]
The Friday Times: by Tariq Bashir: A part of the city caught fire or, more probably, was set on fire and under cover of the fire, a mob started targeting […]
Jakarta Post: While Muslims in big cities are busy shopping and stockpiling for the Ramadhan fasting month, some 140 Ahmadiyah followers in West Nusa Tenggara have to face the reality […]
Let Us Build Pakistan: LUBP condemns the brutal murder of Mr. Mukarram Naeem Ahmad Gondal in Karachi on Thursday, 19 July 2012. This is the second target killing of an […]
Pakteahouse: by Marafi: Strange that no one cared to look up the meaning of the Arabic word ‘Masjid’. Had they done so, they would have found that it is derived […]
Source: AP By: MATTHEW PENNINGTON | Associated Press Published: July 19, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) Accusations of extrajudicial killings by Bangladeshi paramilitary forces and the South Asian nation’s refusal to grant refuge to fleeing refugees faced scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers Thursday. The congressional hearing also examined allegations of abuses against labor […]
The Minority’s Minority Tehelka The judgment observed Ahmadiyyas were Muslims because, like other Muslims, they adhered to two fundamental tenets of Islam: the supremacy of Allah as the One God; and recognition that Prophet Muhammad was a messenger and servant of Allah. See all stories on this topic » Tehelka Web 1 new result for Islam, Muslims, […]
Credit: Christianpost via Wasim Sroya. Karachi: July 18, 2012. (PCP) Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, President of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC said here in a press statement that government is hatching conspiracy to introduce a term ‘Non-Muslims” in forthcoming amendment in constitution for increase in reserved seats for minorities in parliament […]