BY TAREK FATAH, TORONTO SUN FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2016 06:22 PM EST | UPDATED: TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2016 06:30 PM EST While much of the West is pre-occupied with the war against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq and the Saudi-Iranian war of words, 2016 began with a far more dangerous development. Nuclear […]
بلو ایریا اسلام آباد میں کھلے عام عورتوں کی تضحیک طالبان آ نہیں رھے طالبان آ گئے ہیں
By Humayon Dar Published: January 25, 2016 Need for them to shift from money management to adding broader socio-economic services. PHOTO: FILE LONDON: Many industry observers assert that all Islamic banking products in essence are replicas of conventional banking products, be they Islamic deposits or financing products based on leasing or […]
Both countries are waging a war on terrorism, but their enemies appear to have several faces Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 21 January 2016 People move the body of a victim outside a hospital in Charsadda, Pakistan EPA Like Pakistan, like Turkey. If the university massacre outside the old North West Frontier […]
Review on Urdu book Salaam Abdus Salam (Tribute to Abdus Salam) 2015 Even though Dr Abdus Salam passed away 19 years ago in November 1996, he is still remembered the world over. In 2012 after the discovery of Higgs boson, and the contributions Dr. Salam had made towards this discovery, […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s Pick: Forty Hadiths or Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad about Compassionate Living Source of News: ABNA24 January 23, 2016 – 8:11 PM News Code : 731641 A Pakistani […]
Source: Daily Times LAHORE: Experts from the United Nations have urged Pakistan to halt the ongoing construction of Orange Line Metro Train (OMT), as it poses a direct threat to a large number of protected heritage sites and historic buildings. They said the government’s forced eviction of residents from their […]
NY Times Op Ed: KARACHI, Pakistan — According to our security analysts, the massacre of students and teachers at Bacha Khan University in Charsadda on Wednesday proves that we are winning against terrorism. A month before that, Pakistan marked the first anniversary of the Army Public School attacks in Peshawar, […]
Dawn; KARACHI: In an attempt to “maintain sectarian harmony” among different schools of thought, the Sindh government is planning to table in the provincial assembly a bill which will allow only government-approved Friday sermons in all mosques, according to a key member of the provincial cabinet. “The move is […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33) Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) Militants raided a university in northwest Pakistan on […]
Source: BBC Security forces have ended a gun and bomb attack on a university in north-west Pakistan in which 19 people were killed and 50 injured. Four suspected attackers also […]
By Talat Masood Published: January 19, 2016 rime Minister Nawaz Sharif meets Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on January 19, 2016. PHOTO: PM OFFICE The current toxic rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran is another manifestation of the deep decay that has set in the Muslim world. The two […]
From the sectionAsia Media captionThe BBC’s Shahzeb Jillani: “The gun battle was intense. Blasts were heard” A gun attack on a university in north-west Pakistan, has killed at least 19 people and injured 50, officials say. Nearly three hours after the attack began, an army official said firing had stopped […]
Tribune: ISLAMABAD: It is important to talk about issues considered a taboo and an attitudinal change is required to protect Pakistani minorities. This was consented at the launch of Jinnah Institute’s (JI) report ‘State of religious freedom in Pakistan’ and screening of its documentary, ‘Strangers in Their Own Land’, on Tuesday. […]
Source: BBC Pakistan has unblocked the video sharing site, YouTube, more than three years after it was banned for posting a video deemed insulting to Islam. Pakistan’s telecoms regulator said […]
By AFP – Jan 19,2016 -JORDAN TIMES A photo provided by the Saudi Press Agency on Monday shows Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the capital Riyadh (AFP photo/SPA/HO ) RIYADH — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday expressed “deep concern” to […]
Mosque versus Pakistan By Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, Islamabad JAN 10, 2015 THE mosque in Pakistan is now no longer just a religious institution. Instead it has morphed into a deeply political one that seeks to radically transform culture and society. Actively assisted by the state in this mission in earlier […]
http://kashifmd.com: Mullahs (clergy) from all sects have been opposing the Ahmadi Muslims since the inception of the community by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) in 1889. Many leading clerics of United India called for a complete boycott of Ahmadis and incited attacks on them. They boasted that Ahmadiyyat would die in a […]
Source: Daily Times By Yasser Latif Hamdani As a Congressman, Jinnah viewed with suspicion the creation of the All India Muslim League in 1906 and was trenchantly opposed to the […]
Source: AlJazeera Karachi, Pakistan – On the evening of April 24, 2015, Sabeen Mahmud, the director of The Second Floor, a beloved cafe and communal space in Karachi, was shot and […]