WHO ARE WE TO JUDGE?
Extreme modesty, or freedom gone wild? Why the debate over the veil is much more complicated than you think. Anne Kingston No item of female apparel summons more attention, animosity, […]
The Theological Differences Behind Evangelical Unease With Romney
Courtesy NY Times: Mr. Roberts has traveled throughout the United States, and to some countries abroad, preaching that Mormonism is heretical to Christianity. His message is a theological one, but […]
Turn the tables: The Monster of Intolerance is Devouring Pakistan
Source Dawn.com: Sana Saleem: On Saturday evening a group of men attacked a mosque in Manghopir, they slapped the children, ransacked the mosque, kicked the shelves holding the Quran, smashed and broke the loud speakers and threatened and accused the children of disrupting a carol. How dare the mosque call […]
Turn the Tables: The Monster of Intolerance is Devouring Pakistan
Courtesy Dawn.com: Sana Saleem: On Saturday evening a group of men attacked a mosque in Manghopir, they slapped the children, ransacked the mosque, kicked the shelves holding the Quran, smashed and broke the loud speakers and threatened and accused the children of disrupting a carol. How dare the mosque call […]
New Australian law to make Muslims lift veils
By ROD McGUIRK – Associated Press | AP – Sun, Jul 10, 2011.. CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Muslim women would have to remove veils and show their faces to police on request or risk a prison sentence under proposed new laws in Australia’s most populous state that have drawn criticism […]
Kenya police, army abuse civilians: HRW
Courtesy Press TV: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Kenyan security forces are abusing civilians and Somali refugees in the northeastern part of Kenya that borders famine-hit Somalia. “The crackdown has largely targeted Somali refugees and Kenyan ethnic Somalis, but residents of other ethnic backgrounds in North Eastern province have […]
US Federal Court Blocks Oklahoma Ban on Sharia
Source: CNN US Federal Appeals court has blocked an Oklahoma State Ballot approved measure that barred state Judges from considering Islamic Law, or other international Law in their decision making. […]
Persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community – New website launched
source: http://www.persecutionofahmadis.org/ Introduction Introduction to Section PERSECUTION ARCHIVES and Index This section contains a Chronology of important events that involved persecution, a sub-section of facts and figures in a tabulated form, a file of official documents relevant to persecution, a repository of other important documents and another one of […]
Discussion on blasphemy stifled in Punjab Assembly
Source: Express Tribune: Women chant slogans in favour of late Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer’s assassin, Mumtaz Qadri during a Sunni Tehrik rally in Islamabad on January 4. PHOTO: ZAFAR ASLAM/EXPRESS LAHORE: Days after religious groups protested in Lahore against the death sentence awarded to former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer’s murder Mumtaz […]
Pakistan’s conference on Interfaith Harmony invites world leaders
Dr. Paul Bhatti advisor to prime minister of Pakistan on national harmony said Ministry said World leaders belonging to different religion have been invited on International Interfaith Harmony conference planned for February this year regarding promotion of interfaith harmony and interfaith relationships at national and international levels to deal with the challenges […]
Infographic: The State of Muslim America
Courtesy: Pew Research & GOOD More than 10 years after 9/11, more than half of American Muslims say the fallout from the terrorist attacks have made it more difficult to live as a Muslim in the U.S. Yet America’s Muslim population is not disillusioned. A Pew Research report found that the […]
Overtures to Egypt’s Islamists Reverse Longtime U.S. Policy: Unholy Alliances
NY Times: CAIRO — With the Muslim Brotherhood pulling within reach of an outright majority in Egypt’s new Parliament, the Obama administration has begun to reverse decades of mistrust and hostility as it seeks to forge closer ties with an organization once viewed as irreconcilably opposed to United States interests. […]
Lahore – Interfaith harmony camp for students
An NGO held a three-day Interfaith Harmony Camp at St Anthony’s High School, Lawrence Road, Lahore. “Through this, we hope to promote a sense of harmony, tolerance, co-existence and respect […]
Bangladesh: Terror Funding Continues Unabated – Analysis
Courtesy: Eurasia Review January 2, 2012 By Rajeev Sharma Under the Prime Ministership of Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshhas undoubtedly cracked down on the jehadi brand of terrorism as well as terror outfits that have been needling India for years. But Dhaka may have to do more tomake these efforts more […]
The Acton princess leading the fight for Saudi freedom
Royal runs campaign for change in her homeland from a suburb in west London Cahal Milmo. Her Royal Highness Princess Basma Bint Saud Bin Abdul Aziz is one of the […]
The closing of the Pakistani mind
Source / Courtesy: The Express Tribune The year 2011 must rank as one of the worst years in the nation’s life. It began with the killing of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer and ended with the most internecine of politics to topple the incumbent government before its term in office via the memogate […]
Indonesia: Shia Boarding School Set Ablaze
Ulma Haryanto, Ezra Sihite & Dessy Sagita, Jakarta Globe A Shiite-run Islamic boarding school in East Java was set on fire on Thursday by a group claiming to be Sunnis, […]
Kyrgyz Officials Reject Muslim Sect
Source/Credit: Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty BISHKEK — Kyrgyz religious authorities have refused to re-register the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reports. Sagynbek Toktorbaev, a representative of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Kyrgyzstan, told RFE/RL on December 29 that the government’s State Commission on Religious Affairs rejected their re-registration. […]
‘US violating human rights at home and abroad’ – Russian report
RT: In a report released by the Foreign Ministry detailing human rights abuses around the world, the United States comes up short, cited for violations on both the domestic and foreign fronts. The report says that the United States, on the pretext of fighting terrorism, is actually crushing the liberties […]
China activist Ni Yulan and her husband go on trial
Two Chinese rights activists have gone on trial in Beijing, accused of fraud and libel for their work providing legal help to people whose homes have been seized by the government. Ni Yulan and her husband, Dong Jiqin, have pleaded not guilty. Read More…