Democracy cannot be brought about from the outside’
Russian TV: The future of human rights and democracy in the volatile, post-Arab Spring Middle East is still murky, with daily violence continuing to threaten the lives of civilians. RT […]
India: 21 Sentenced to Life in Prison in 2002 Killings
Source: The New York Times An Indian court on Monday sentenced 21 Hindus to life imprisonment in the deaths of 11 members of a Muslim family during some of the country’s worst sectarian violence 10 years ago. The killings took place in 2002 in Visnagar, a town in Gujarat State. […]
Rohingya Issue: Myanmar claims ‘Jamaat link’ and Bangladesh Stand
Daily Star: Courtesy Abdul Awwal: The Myanmar government has conveyed its anxiety to the Bangladesh mission there that the Jamaat-e-Islami had been helping the Rohingya groups in Bangladesh with arms to incite […]
Official policies restrict religious freedom in Pakistan, says US
Dawn: In Pakistan, the Constitution and other laws and policies restrict religious freedom and the government enforced these restrictions, says a US State Department report released on Monday. The report, […]
Mississippi couple told they can’t get married (in this church) because they are black
A MISSISSIPPI couple was told by a pastor that they could not get married at their church because they were black. Source: NEWS.COM.AU From correspondents in Mississippi AFP Pastor Stan […]
Fiji News- Democracy Talk by Fiji, NZ and Australia cy
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 […]
Abdus Salam and the Higgs boson particle: Deserves a Second Nobel
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 […]
US slams Beijing over “deteriorating” human rights conditions in China
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 […]
Pakistani’s scientific achievements obscured by religious intolerance
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 […]
Turkey a hub for Syria revolution as illegal border crossing points abound
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 […]
PAKISTAN: Government turns a blind eye to the murder of Ahmadiyya Muslims
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 […]
Anti-Muslim bias in the British media, and the way forward
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 […]
Assam violence claims 40 lives; no Bangladeshi hand, says Centre
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 […]
FIJISUN – Islam in the press
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 […]
First Amendment protects everybody’s religious freedom
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 […]
Indonesia Turns Blind Eye as Religious Tensions Rise
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 […]
A call for Justice.
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 […]
Pakistan, Abdus Salam and Ahmadis: The Day of Reckoning is Near
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 […]
Rabwah: an oasis of tranquility amidst raging storms
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 […]
Ahmadis may face hard times during Ramadhan
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 […]