Eight Islamic Sects Meet in Saudi, But Can They Make Amends? Leaders of Islamic countries pose during the official photo taking session of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) summit in Mecca August 14, 2012. Leaders of Muslim countries are expected to suspend Syria’s membership of the OIC at a […]
Source: Thenews SKARDU: Bodies of three, out of the twenty-two who were slaughtered at Babusar, were brought from the site of the carnage to Skardu and buried amid immense sorrow and grief. The funeral prayer, led by leading religious leader Sheikh Hasan Jafri, was attended by about 50,000 people. In […]
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http://tribune.com.pk/story/424631/in-pakistan-underground-parties-push-the-boundaries/ Women in short skirts and men with gelled hair bump and grind on a dance floor as a disc jockey pumps up the volume. The air is thick with illicit smoke and shots of hard liquor are being passed around. Couples cuddle and kiss in a lounge. This is […]
Asian Human Rights Commission: Editors Note: Please take action by going to website and clicking the appeal PAKISTAN: A mentally retarded minor is arrested on the charges of blasphemy; her […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Azam Khan / Qaiser Zulfiqar Published: August 20, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Amid reports of many Christian families fleeing the town near the federal capital […]
Credit: LUBP In the last few decades, Pakistani Muslims, particularly Sunni Muslims, have been experiencing a phenomenon which has been described by Professor Pervez Hoodbhoy as Saudi-ization of Pakistan. Many Sunni Barelvis and moderate Deobandis and Ahl-e-Hadith have been undergoing a subtle transformation to more puritanical and intolerant Wahhabi-Salafi ideology […]
Credit: ET Urges Pakistani government to protect religious minorities, women and girls. PHOTO: AFP/FILE WASHINGTION: US State Department says the case of an 11-year-old girl arrested in Pakistan on charges of blasphemy is “deeply disturbing.” According to a transcript of the press briefing, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said that they […]
Express Tribune: LAHORE: Members of an Islamic organisation removed Quranic texts and religious words from the shop of an Ahmadi family in Kot Abdul Malik, Sheikhupura, on August 14 with the help of local police. Factory Area Police had gone to Qamar Zia’s mobile shop with members of an Islamic organisation, Almi […]
Fair CEC, unfair polls byKunwar Idrees The appointment of Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim as Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) has raised widespread hope that the next elections will be fair. The chief contenders […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Qaiser Zulfiqar Published: August 19, 2012 ISLAMABAD: An 11-year-old Christian girl, suffering from Down’s Syndrome, was arrested on […]
Source: ET Journalists express concern over difficulty of working in South Asia. BERLIN: At a time when freedom of expression appears to be in jeopardy in South Asia, a gathering of German media men was shocked to learn that atleast six of the 33 journalists killed worldwide this year lost their […]
Credit: Newyorker via Wasim Sroya In the south of Pakistan, where Hindus have lately been kidnapped for ransom and their daughters forcibly converted to Islam, Hindu families have started fleeing to India in trains. As they waved to their relatives from train windows, possibly for the last time, many Hindu […]
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The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Shamsul Islam Published: August 18, 2012 FAISALABAD: A heavy police contingent on Friday, on the demand of a banned organisation, removed […]
Credit: NPR via Wasim Sroya. Courtesy of Geo TVAamir Liaquat, 41, is one of Pakistan’s most famous and controversial TV hosts. During the holy month of Ramadan, he broadcasts live for 11 hours a day while fasting and drawing record audiences. Back in 2008, remarks he made about a religious […]
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Express Tribune: FAISALABAD: A heavy police contingent on Friday, on the demand of a banned organisation, removed Quranic verses and religious texts written on tombstones of Ahmadi graves to save the […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By AFP Published: August 17, 2012 UNITED NATIONS: UN leader Ban Ki-moon was “appalled” by the sectarian killing of 20 Shias who […]
The silence surrounding Pakistan’s most serious threats Michael Kugelman There’s been much discussion lately about the “water kit,” a mysterious contraption that a purported Pakistani engineer insists will enable […]