Russian TV: The filmmaker allegedly behind the Islamophobic video that sparked anti-US protests the world over has reportedly been taken into custody in Los Angeles and is due to appear […]
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave USAID until October 1 to shut its doors in Moscow. This is an excellent decision by the Russian Government. And Washington’s immediate and virulent reaction only confirms that Russia is right on target. The New York Times next morning on the front page cited […]
By Waqas Malik HeraldNet Seattle In case you haven’t noticed the vicious cycle, let me illustrate. On one hand, you have the anti-Islam propagandist who time and again in the guise of freedom of speech create and promote baseless shameless materials. On the other, you have fanatics who react to […]
By Muhammad Zafrullah, from 2012 Someone recently sent me an e-mail containing a German Muslim scholar’s response to a question about “Islamic Terrorism”. It is hearsay in that I do […]
Youm-e-Ishq-e-Rasool (pbuh) [love of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) Day] is being observed throughout Pakistan today (Friday) on the orders of the Government of Pakistan, condemning the anti-Islam film, Express News reported. Protest rallies are being organised, while business activities remain shut. 6:53pm Cell phone services have been suspended again in Karachi. President Asif […]
Guardian: Vladimir Putin has accused the US state department of orchestrating the mass protests that have swept Moscow since he announced his intention to run for the presidency again. Photograph: Alexey Druzhinin/AFP/Getty Images Russia has accused the US of using its aid agency in Moscow to covertly influence the country’s politics and elections, […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minsiter Raja Pervez Ashraf has ordered immediate shutdown of video-sharing website Youtube in the aftermath of protests against anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims,” which is still available on the website, DawnNews reported on Monday. In a directive issued to the Ministry of Information Technology, the PM stated […]
Russian TV: The US has deployed military teams to respond to unrest in 17 or 18 locations in Muslim nations that are of strategic interest to Pentagon. “We have to be prepared in the event that these demonstrations get out of control,” Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in a Friday interview […]
Dawn.com: ISLAMABAD: The apparent collapse of a case against a Christian girl accused of burning pages containing verses from the holy Quran has given a dim ray of hope to critics of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. The girl was believed to be mentally impaired, and a cleric from her neighborhood was […]
Islamists Conduct Amputations in Mali By BABA AHMED and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali September 10, 2012 (AP) Islamic police said they used a stage in a public square to amputate the right hand and left foot of five accused thieves in a city of Mali on Monday, in […]
In a “Monty Python” episode, a young soldier approaches his Colonel and expresses the desire to quit the army because he signed up for water-skiing and travelling and not for the fighting or killing. Upon which the Colonel inquires, “Watkins, are you a pacifist?” The young soldier, Watkins, replies with […]
Express Tribune: The International Khatme Nabuwat Movement (IKNM) amir Maulana Abdul Hafeez Makki said on Friday that qadianiat was a political movement and not a religion. He said its adherents’ objective was to gain power in Pakistan. He was speaking on the opening day of the 25th International Khatme Nabuwat […]
COMMENT : Is A Q Khan really the father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme? — Yasser Latif Hamdani Why or how a metallurgist like Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan came to be known […]
NY times: THE audience erupted asAamir Liaquat Hussain, Pakistan’s premier televangelist, darted around the television studio, firing off questions about Islam. “How many gates are there to heaven?” he challenged. Children leapt from their seats, their mothers yelled answers, fathers strained forward, all hoping to catch the eye of Mr. […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Friday 31 August 2012 The advancement in communication technology and the Internet have made it much easier for deluded teenagers to communicate. Mobile phones are capable of providing visual communication, and the chat programs on these phones have become the center of the lives of some youngsters […]
Express Tribune: The last 15 days saw three quite ludicrous, dangerous interviews aired on our TV channels, two of them on fake ‘Dr’ Amir Liaquat’s show,one with Imran Khan and the other with the so-called only-father-of-our-bums Dr AQ Khan. The third was on ARY in which Kashif Abbasi interviewed General Hamid Gul, self-same Imran […]
Asian Human Rights Commission: In the capital of Pakistan where there are many government and non-governmental institutions working for the protection of child rights, special children rights, human rights and the rights of women, only one of them have come out calling for the release of Ms. Rimsha, the 14-year-old […]
Dawn: India has provided no proof to substantiate this claim, but the accusation is a reminder of an often-overlooked reality: In Pakistan, the medium has a menacing side and often displays extremist sentiment. Most discussions about the social media sphere in Pakistan describe it as a last redoubt of liberalism. […]
Pakistan should abolish overly-abused blasphemy laws Source: The Washington Post By Arsalan Iftikhar Local women walk past the locked house of a Christian girl in a suburb of Islamabad, Pakistan on Aug. 20, 2012. (AP) My grandfather was one of the most well-known literary figures in Pakistan’s history and once famously told […]