Finding Tolerance in Akbar, the Philosopher-King
Epigraph: And if thy Lord had enforced His will, surely, all who are on the earth would have believed together. Wilt thou, then, force men to become believers? (Al Quran […]
Pakistan government using Canadian company’s technology to censor Internet
Source: business.financialpost.com The Pakistani government is relying on a Canadian-based tech firm to create a censorship firewall around all the Internet content in that country, despite initially backing down from the […]
Imran Khan’s first address in National Assembly after 2013 election
He focused on importance of Justice, Security, End of Corruption and Improving fairness in the election process and gave specific examples of what PTI is planning to do in KPK in those areas. Here is his full speech PS. I know he has not delivered justice for Ahmadis during […]
Sir Zafrulla Khan, a Polymath: Introducing Islam to the West
Promoted post: Quran: Is This God Speaking or Muhammad? Encylopaedia Britannica states about Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, also spelled as Zafrulla: “Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan was a Pakistani politician, diplomat, and […]
Study: Arab Spring Adds To Religious Restrictions, Intolerance
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – A new data analysis finds that the onset of the Arab Spring in late 2010 did not spark new freedoms for people of the region, but instead, has led to more global restrictions on religion. A Pew Research Center study finds that in the years since […]
In CM Shahbaz Sharif’s Lahore, three Christian women forced to parade naked and Ahmadi man killed
Source: LUBP Religious minorities in Pakistan, are facing an increase in persecution at the hands of Takfiri Deobandi militants of Sipah-e-Sahaba (ASWJ-LeJ) Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its other affiliate groups who believe the country is only made for Muslims and all other religious and sectarian minorities are Kafirs and wajabul […]
Deobandi and Wahhabi radicalism is a larger issue than terrorism
Source: LUBP by Ayesha Siddiqa The writer is an independent social scientist and author of Military Inc. and was a media consultant for NAB from 2011 to 2012 The terrorist attack on the residency in Ziarat, Balochistan, where Muhammad Ali Jinnah spent the last days of his life has created […]
The journey to documenting Abdus Salam
Source: ET Film-makers Zakir Thaver and Omar Vandal express their love for science through a documentary on Mohammad Abdus Salam. DESIGN: ABEERA KHAN / FAHAD NAVEED LAHORE: It was during a casual conversation over a meal that film-makers Zakir Thaver and Omar Vandal came up with the idea of making a […]
Naya Pakistan?: PTI MNA calls for Mumtaz Qadri’s release
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA called for the release of Malik Mumtaz Qadri, the man who gunned down Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer in 2011. PTI MNA from Mardan, Mujahid Ali Khan made the demand during a debate on the budget in the National Assembly. Khan had won the […]
“Aadha teeter Aadha BaTer” by Rana Razzaq Khan
Source: dailypukar.com
Ahmadi man gunned down in Lahore, Pakistan
Ahmadiyya Times: By Imran Jattala Since the new government lead by MR Nawaz Sharif of PML-N has taken over, observers say, there has been a marked increase in attacks on […]
Analysis: In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa budget, PTI lays out a strong start
Source: ET Public safety gets the second-highest allocation, at nearly Rs38 billion, no surprise in a province that has faced the onslaught of a brutal militant insurgency. DESIGN-FAIZAN DAWOOD/FILE KARACHI: Finance Minister Sirajul Haq may have delivered the address, but the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa budget had Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf economic wizard Asad Umar’s fingerprints […]
Concerns over online Qu’ran teaching as ex-Pakistan militants instruct pupils
theguardian: by Jon Boone. Religious websites and instructors enjoy mini-boom reading Qu’ran online as British Muslims tap into distance teaching. With his track record as a member of the political arm of a banned terrorist organisation, Mian Shahzib is unlikely to ever be given a visa to enter Britain. But […]
Some Old Wikileaks on Ahmadiyya Muslims issue
Click HERE for old but interesting details.
Militant attacks test the new Pakistan government
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Islamic militants blew up a bus carrying female university students in Baluchistan Province in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday and then attacked a hospital complex where the wounded had been taken and local officials had gathered to comfort them, leaving at least 23 people dead. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/16/world/asia/attacks-in-baluchistan-province-shake-pakistan.html?ref=world&_r=0 Militants first […]
Female suicide bomber carried out Quetta attack: Security sources
Source: ET A firefighter stands near a burning bus after a bomb attack in Quetta June 15, 2013. PHOTO: REUTERS QUETTA: The bomb attack on Sardar Bahadur Khan University, Quetta – which killed 14 female students – was carried out by a female suicide bomber, Express Newsreported, quoting security sources on Sunday. […]
After all Pakistan Government will not be able to Block the Muslim Times
Prelude: A Compliment in Disguise: Pakistan Government has Banned the Muslim Times Google tests balloons to beam internet from near space Source: BBC Google is launching balloons into near space […]
The Ahmadis have suffered massacres, discrimination of many kinds and other abuse.
Source: ET Allowing injustices to continue against Ahmadis in our society simply encourages others to act in a similar fashion. PHOTO: The Ahmadis have suffered massacres, discrimination of many kinds and other abuse. They need to be offered the protection that should be available to every citizen of Pakistan, regardless of […]
‘Blasphemous magazine’: FIR registered against Ahmadi owners
The Express Tribune: By Rana Tanveer. LAHORE: Giving in to pressure of a United Khatam-i-Nabuwat led two-month long vigilante siege of an Ahmadi magazine office, police on Thursday registered an FIR against the magazine’s administration and confiscated all its records since 1952, The Express Tribune has learnt. A large police contingent raided the […]