War on the Rocks: by Myra McDonalds — The past few months have seen a particularly high-profile series of murders in Pakistan. An American cardiologist volunteering at a hospital in Pakistan was shot dead because he belonged to the minority Ahmadi community. A lawyer and human rights activist was killed after he took up […]
The past few months have seen a particularly high-profile series of murders in Pakistan. An American cardiologist volunteering at a hospital in Pakistan was shot dead because he belonged to the minority Ahmadi community. A lawyer and human rights activist was killed after he took up the case of a lecturer accused of blasphemy. […]
Murder in Rabwah By Muhammad Hassan Miraj Published May 27, 2014 07:18pm Rabwah is an Arabic word meaning “an elevated place”. This is what Wikipedia says about Rabwah (also known […]
Dawn.com — The London Metropolitan police confirmed that a 60-year-old man had been arrested from a North-West London property on charges of money-laundering, but they declined to disclose the exact identity for “legal reasons”. The police said a Specialist Operations unit was currently carrying out a search operation at the […]
The Express Tribune: by Asad Rahim Khan — It’s not stoning to death. Not exactly, if we’re to follow the police’s line. A woman wasn’t stoned to death in broad daylight, by a mob of blood relations. She was beaten to death with bricks. In a sick society, the means […]
Source: Dawn Author: Vaqar Ahmed Unfortunately, I will not be celebrating your birth since I have already attended your funeral. I would never know how much pain you felt when bricks and stones, thrown by your grandfather and uncles hit your mother and killed you along with her. I am […]
By Brig® Mehboob Qadir | Email: clay.potter@hotmail.com Armies are peculiar reflections of their national history, culture and mother society. Within each army there are sub structures which correspond to the functional and operational needs of the force as it might be deployed for war, security or humanitarian tasks. However the key […]
Three United Nations experts on freedom of religion, minority issues, and summary executions have called on Pakistan to adopt urgent measures to stop faith-based killings and ensure the security of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, whose faith is outlawed in the country. READ MORE…
rrtnews: Three United Nations experts on freedom of religion, minority issues, and summary executions have called on Pakistan to adopt urgent measures to stop faith-based killings and ensure the security […]
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
By Saeed Qureshi The good neighborly relationship between India and Pakistan could not be brought about for seven decades. Can Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif resume the peace process initiated jointly by Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif way back in 1999? That historic […]
Noor Hussain, 75 allegedly murdered his wife 66, because she cooked him lentils rather than goat. Tribune.com.pk By AFP ,Published: May 30, 2014 http://tribune.com.pk/story/715295/pakistani-immigrant-convicted-of-wifes-murder-in-new-york/ The Pakistani woman was allegedly murdered by her husband because she cooked him lentils rather than goat. PHOTO: FILE NEW YORK: A US judge convicted an elderly […]
Noor Hussain, 75 allegedly murdered his wife 66, because she cooked him lentils rather than goat. Tribune.com.pk By AFP ,Published: May 30, 2014 http://tribune.com.pk/story/715295/pakistani-immigrant-convicted-of-wifes-murder-in-new-york/ The Pakistani woman was allegedly murdered by her husband because she cooked him lentils rather than goat. PHOTO: FILE NEW YORK: A US judge convicted an elderly […]
Epigraph: And seek help with patience and Prayer; and this indeed is hard except for the humble in spirit, Who know for certain that they will meet their Lord, and that to Him will they return. (Al Quran 2:46-47) Source: The Daily Times By Aisha Fayyazi Sarwari It is savagery […]
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran A Message of Compassion and Love from the Holy Bible […]
Kindly click on the images to zoom them. Imam Shamshad A. Nasir Shamshad A. Nasir is imam of the Baitul Hameed Mosque, Chino, California. Imam Nasir currently serves as […]
Epigraph: On account of this, We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in […]
Like hundreds of other Ahmadi Muslims, Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar was murdered only for his faith. Combined, education and compassion can conquer such extremism. Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar was the type of friend every American would proudly brag about. He was a loyal U.S. citizen. He was only 50, a […]
The Windsor Star: letter by Dr. Kashif Ahmed — The future of Pakistan rests in the hands of its citizens. These citizens must ask themselves one question. What kind of Pakistan do they want to live in? One where people have equal rights, freedom of worship, an independent judicial system […]
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