Source: 90.9 wbur. Associated Press. An Army officer ordered a court-martial Friday for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. Military District […]
Jordan Times AMMAN — The General Intelligence Department (GID) on Thursday vowed to follow an approach based on respect for human dignity and rights. In a letter sent to His Majesty King Abdullah, GID Director Lieutenant General Faisal Shobaki stressed that the GID will exert its utmost efforts to safeguard […]
Express Tribune: A recent protest against Ahmadis in Rawalpindi was an act of harassment and in clear violation of the constitutional rights of Pakistanis, said a press release issued by […]
The Ahamadiyya community, a minority religious community, is again facing systematic genocide from the militant religious groups in coming days particularly from the banned terrorist organizations that have made a joint strategy to force them to leave Pakistan. This campaign has been started from the garrison city of Rawalpindi, Punjab […]
Pakistani authorities must do more to protect the Ahmaddiya community, Amnesty International said today amid threats from religious groups to block Ahmadis from entering their place of worship in Rawalpindi on […]
Despite the growing demand for Sharia law in Britain, there is also increasing opposition by some groups who argue that the practice discriminates against women. The Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation (IKWRO) is campaigning to bring an end to the practice. ”We have spoken to many women and all […]
Asylum seeker requests could be reduced if Switzerland handled applications more quickly, the Swiss Refugee Council says. The rapid treatment of cases that don’t meet requirements could deter other refugees […]
The Huffington Post Rebecca Searles First Posted: 02/ 1/2012 Are racists dumb? Do conservatives tend to be less intelligent than liberals? A provocative new study from Brock University in Ontario suggests the answer to both questions may be a qualified yes. The study, published in Psychological Science, showed that people […]
DAWN.COM By Faiza Mirza RAWALPINDI: Worshippers at Ewan-e-Tauheed, which is the main worship site for Ahmadis in Rawalpindi, fear that the building will be demolished because of the recent propaganda […]
Courtesy Daily Dawn: Editorial: THE list of those charged or accused under the country’s questionable blasphemy laws — that too on the flimsiest of pretexts — is far too long. Soofi Mohammad Ishaq, sentenced to death by a judge in Jhelum on Monday in a blasphemy case, is another addition to […]
Dr. N . K. Kalia, father of Martyr Captain of Indian Army Saurabh Kalia, who laid down his life defending his country in Kargil from proxy war of aggression enraged by […]
Courtesy Reuters: John Lloyd Multiculturalism is a Western ideal, amounting to a secular faith. Every Western government at least mouths its mantras – that a mix of peoples in one […]
Daily Dawn: Yesterday marked the 85th Birthday of Dr.Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist and the only Pakistani Nobel Laureate. He is not our national hero, his name is rarely ever mentioned, in […]
Reuters: AMSTERDAM: The Dutch minority government plans to ban Muslim face veils such as burqas and other forms of clothing that cover the face from next year. The ban would make […]
IMAGINE the following scenario: a complex housing a mosque, a madressah, a girls` school and a home for the elderly being run by a Muslim charity is broken into at dawn and bulldozed by officials. No notice is served, and no documents challenging ownership are produced. Yet, within hours, the buildings […]
by Markus Schoch, Thurgauer Zeitung (Switzerland) ROMANSHORN. History repeats itself: Twice the people of Romanshorn denied Guelsen Karasu the request for Swiss citizenship. Now the naturalization commission also denies her […]
Courtesy New York Times: She is 16, the daughter of a firefighter and a nurse, a self-proclaimed nerd who loves Harry Potter and Facebook. But Jessica Ahlquistis also an outspoken atheist who has incensed this […]
Source: German Turkish News The number of requests for asylum in Germany rose by 11 percent. A country of origin, stands out particularly. The number of asylum seekers from Pakistan has tripled compared to last year. Over 2,500 Pakistanis have applied in 2011 for asylum in Germany. These are not […]
Zee News: Report London: Moderate voices in Pakistan are being silenced by the country’s military intelligence arm, the ISI, and militant groups, a media report said on Sunday. The murder […]
Tribune: The threats against the Ahmadi community keep coming. This time a ‘banned’ Jihadi organisation is joining hands with local traders to hold a rally near an Ahmadi religious centre […]