The hard truth is that the clash between the value systems of political Islam and modernity is so total as to make them incompatible, writes Tarek Heggy Source: Al Ahram Weekly, Cairo http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2012/1113/op4.htm “Bear witness for us, O pen/ That we shall not sleep/ That we shall not dither between […]
By David Ignatius The Daily Star, Lebanon God had a good convention: The Almighty’s name was mentioned (albeit at the last minute) in the Democratic platform. And He was invoked no less than 12 times in the Republican platform, in case He is keeping score. But the real news is […]
By Philologos The Jewish Daily F0RWARD Published September 09, 2012, issue of September 14, 2012 There was an unusual event in Haifa the other day. Muhammad Sharif Odeh, the leader […]
KARACHI, Sept 1: Over 300 Shias have been killed on sectarian grounds across the country this year alone, with Quetta and Karachi the worst affected by the menace. “A total of 313 people of the Shia sect were killed in eight months (January to August 2012),” said Abdul Hai of […]
CASABLANCA: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah received members of the board of directors of King Abdullah International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue here yesterday. “King Abdullah […]
Source: The Jakarta Globe: by A. Najib Burhani Now that Idul Fitri has passed, can mainstream Muslims in Indonesia forgive Ahmadiyah? Can they accept Ahmadis as fellow citizens? Can’t we all start living in harmony with those who have different beliefs? Perhaps these questions are unrealistic, and expect too much […]
Source : CNN Blog By Moni Basu, CNN (CNN) – When the nation pauses to remember 9/11 next week, a group of Tennesseans will gather at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Franklin for a commemoration. But it will be more than that. On the program, called “The Threat in Our […]
Plan for suburban Detroit mosque draws resistance from Christian group Published September 06, 2012 Associated Press Aug. 29, 2012: A sign for the future home of Islamic Culture Association is shown outside the former Eagle Elementary School in West Bloomfield, Mich. (AP) WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. – On a prime piece of […]
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — On a prime piece of real estate in suburban Detroit stands a large, vacant elementary school with no vestiges of life — save for a tiny […]
Source: Jerusalem Post: PARIS – Seventy European Muslim and Jewish leaders pledged on Wednesday to show “zero tolerance” to hate preachers of any faith including their own ranks, citing what […]
LONDON, September 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Annual Convention: 7th- 9thSeptember 2012, East Worldham, Alton, Hampshire A Muslim community has highlighted the plight of persecuted minorities in the wake of a Pakistani Christian girl accused of defaming Islam. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has joined religious and secular groups worldwide that have […]
By Tom Heneghan and Nicholas Vinocur PARIS (Reuters)- Seventy European Muslim and Jewish leaders pledged on Wednesday to show “zero tolerance” to hate preachers of any faith including their own ranks, citing what they called rising religious intolerance on the continent. Imams, rabbis and community leaders from 18 countries agreed […]
The European Court has strengthened the rights of asylum for refugees who are persecuted because of their religion in their own country. (sda / Reuters) Anyone who is persecuted in his home country because of the exercise of his/her religion, has the right to asylum in the EU – at […]
by Reem Khalifa, AP MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — The building of the largest Roman Catholic church in the Gulf was supposed to be a chance for the tiny island kingdom […]
Sunday is a good day to drive to Maaloula. There are fig and olive trees and grapes by the road and, for a time, you can forget that Syria is enduring an epic tragedy. True, you mustn’t turn right to Tell, where the Syrian Arab Army are having a spot […]
Egypt’s lifting of an implicit ban on veiled TV anchors is seen as an end to discrimination, but some worry it could lead to limits on women’s freedoms. By Reem […]
Religion and government must remain separate Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof: Isn’t that clear enough to the right wing evangelical Republican Party? No individual should be denied belief in whatever form of worship or lack of believing in organized […]
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 […]
Yanto Soegiarto | August 29, 2012 JAKARTA GLOBE It is so sad to see Indonesia steadily becoming a pariah country. There are simply too many evils coupled with weak leadership which in turn produces prevalent cynicism and apathy in this country. The attack on the Shia community in Karanggayam village […]
(yes, of course, it is the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at). Group’s Israeli leader says aim was to show different face of Islam. By Revital Hovel HAARETZ ISRAEL Members of a Muslim […]