Malik Siraj Akbar Editor in Chief, ‘The Baloch Hal’; Author; Contributing Writer Who Benefits From Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law Christianity , Islam , Pakistan , Pakistan Blasphemy Law , Rimsha Masih , Blasphemy Laws , World News Last weekend’s arrest and imprisonment of Rimsha Masih, an 11-year old Christian girl, by Pakistani authorities in the nation’s capital, Islamabad, on charges of blasphemy, is deeply alarming. The girl, whose […]
Credit: Asia Times. Weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) are back. It’s like we never left Dubya’s glory days. No, they didn’t find the non-existent Saddam stash on eBay. This is about the existent Bashar al-Assad’s. And it’s not WMDs as the pretext for an invasion and occupation, but WMDs as […]
NY Times Blog: As my colleague Benjamin Weiser reported last month, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority had violated the First Amendment rights of a pro-Israel group […]
Peter Fedynsky August 22, 2012 VOA NEW YORK — A senior New York Police Department official says that spying on the city’s Muslim community has not yielded a single criminal lead. Some Muslim targets of surveillance feel vindicated. Surveillance of the Muslim community by the NYPD’s secret Demographics Unit for […]
Source: Huffington Post By Imam Mohamed Magid President, Islamic Society of North America As an imam and as the president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), I know all too well the many challenges that American Muslims experience on a daily basis. We struggle for inclusion, for acceptance, […]
Imam Mohamed Magid President, Islamic Society of North America HUFFINGTON POST As an imam and as the president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), I know all too well the many challenges that American Muslims experience on a daily basis. We struggle for inclusion, for acceptance, and many […]
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 […]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eve-ensler/todd-akin-rape_b_1812930.html?utm_hp_ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=082112&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BlogEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief Dear Todd Akin, I am writing to you tonight about rape. It is 2 AM and I am unable to sleep here in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I am in Bukavu at the City of Joy to serve and support and work with hundreds, thousands of women who […]
By Rob Taylor SWISSINFO.CH KABUL (Reuters) – Insurgents fired two rockets at the main NATO airbase in Afghanistan, damaging an aircraft used by U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Martin Dempsey, a NATO spokesman said on Tuesday. The general was not on board at the time. Dempsey arrived in the […]
Source The Economist: The Economist estimates that annual spending by the church and entities owned by the church was around $170 billion in 2010 (the church does not release such figures). […]
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 […]
by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUGUST 19, 2012 CALGARY HERALD MERIDEN, Conn. – A Marine who was convicted in the 2005 killings of unarmed Iraqis returned home this weekend to Connecticut […]
” If only ” the Muslim world could concentrate in solving its own problems and coordinating with each other. For instance: Egypt imported in 2011 an amount of 11’600’000 metric […]
With all the reports on Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise’s divorce taking over every gossip headline, there is one theme that seems present in every article, Scientology. Tom has been […]
By Brittney R. Villalva , Christian Post Reporter The Christian Post Bret Michaels has called off his engagement to Kristi Gibson after an 18-year relationship. Poison front man and reality star Bret Michaels has called off his engagement from Kristi Gibson after proposing to her nearly two years ago in […]
Today is the first day of Eid Al-Fitr—a three-day celebration that follows the month of Ramadan during which Muslims fast during the day. Recently several factors made American Muslims nervous and fearful. Eid is a good time for the society to make Muslims feel at home in America. In Western […]
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Spate of attacks near Ramadan trouble U.S. Muslims By Yasmin Amer and Moni Basu, CNN updated 6:30 PM EDT, Sat August 18, 2012 The ruins of a mosque in Joplin, Missouri, smolder after a fire on August 6. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Attacks on Islamic centers spiked across America during the holy month of Ramadan […]
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