Nasir Jamal. Dawn.com The number of asylum seekers Pakistan has been producing since 2010 has risen phenomenally.—AFP/File The number of asylum seekers Pakistan has been producing since 2010 has risen phenomenally. But the government seems least interested in arresting the trend and is, intentionally or unintentionally, trying to obscure the […]
14 MAY 2015 BY LIAM GERAGHTY The couple appeared on the show 22 years ago and married in Barbados with Cilla as the guest of honour Couple who met on blind date are still together A loved-up couple who fell for each other on Blind Date have spoken of how […]
Nakba Day From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nakba Day Date 15 May Next time 15 May 2015 Frequency annual Related to Yom Ha’atzmaut 1948 Palestinian exodus Main articles 1948 Palestinian exodus 1947–48 civil war 1948 Arab–Israeli War 1948 Palestine war Causes of the exodus Nakba Day Palestine refugee camps Palestinian refugee Palestinian […]
Olivia Watson The Electronic Intifada 14 May 2015 Nadim Siam Nuwara (DCI-Palestine) On 15 May 2014, an Israeli Border Police officer took aim at Nadim Nuwara and pulled the trigger of his M16 rifle. The live bullet struck Nuwara, 17, in the chest and exited through his back, killing him […]
A look at the major issue of integration 05/07/2015 Focus Author: Marc Lettau (Text) Andrea Caprez (IllustrationS) Immigration is the biggest political bone of contention in Switzerland this year. For immigrants already here, how Switzerland envisages integration in future is a particularly highly charged issue. Should the state demand and […]
468. Commandment – you enjoin what is good and forbid evil [3:105] And let there be among you a body of men who should invite to goodness, and enjoin equity and forbid evil. And it is they who shall prosper. [3:111] You are the best people raised for the good of mankind; […]
Source: ET PHOTO: AFP QUETTA: After losing one of his two sons to the worst attack against minority Shias in Pakistan’s history, Ali was determined for the other to find a new life abroad. “Go,” he told Iqbal Hussain, who left his job and family behind after losing his brother Muhammad […]
Epigraph: Allah likes not the uttering of unseemly speech in public, except on the part of one who is being wronged. Indeed, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Al Quran 4:149) […]
BBC: By Nazir Afzal, who was the Chief Crown Prosecutor of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for North West England from 2011-15. Hundreds of people from the UK have travelled to […]
BBC: By Nazir Afzal, who was the Chief Crown Prosecutor of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for North West England from 2011-15. Hundreds of people from the UK have travelled to […]
The Hindu: Noting that free speech is not an absolute right, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that poetic licence does not mean having nationally revered figures like Mahatma Gandhi […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American Muslims Malcolm X Muhammad Ali Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Keith Ellison André Carson Zalmay Khalilzad Asma Gull Hasan Mike Tyson Jermaine Jackson Vali Nasr Shahid Khan […]
Source: NY Times BERKELEY, Calif. — As a child in Hilo, one of the less touristy parts of Hawaii, Jennifer A. Doudna felt out of place. She had blond hair […]
Source: Galway Advertiser Representatives of the major religions will gather in the Maryam Mosque in Ballybrit this Sunday, for an interfaith conference on the theme of Religion, Freedom and Peace. […]
Source: Huffington Post By Bill Schneider; Professor, George Mason University; contributor, Al Jazeera “Losing My Religion” is not just a song by R.E.M. It’s also a fact of American life. That’s the message of a survey of more than 35,000 Americans just released by the Pew Research Center. The key finding: the […]
Epigraph: He (Allah) it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad), with guidance and the Religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all other religions. And sufficient is Allah as […]
Source: Huffington Post By Clarence B. Jones; Diversity Visiting Professor, University of San Francisco; and Scholar Writer in Residence, MLK, Jr. Institute, Stanford University “[H]ow many ears must one man have Before […]
467. Commandment – Surely, I am unto you a Messenger, faithful to my trust [26:107] When their brother Noah said to them, ‘Will you not be righteous? [26:108] ‘Surely, I am unto you a Messenger, faithful to my trust. [46:24] He said, ‘The knowledge thereof is only with Allah. And […]
Source ET The butchery also gives the lie to the effectiveness — or otherwise — of the ongoing operation in Karachi that has yet to tackle successfully any of the extremist religious groups, some of which have political affiliations. PHOTO: RASHID AJMERI/EXPRESS Reports of the murder of at least 43 […]
SPIEGEL Migration Debate: ‘One of the Most Serious Dramas of Our Times’ Interview Conducted By Maximilian Popp and Jörg Schindler DPA Syrian refugees arrive in a dinghy on the Greek island of Kos on May 6. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann and human rights activist Elias Bierdel recently met with […]