India’s new face as Asia’s car industry hub
By Sanjoy Majumder, BBC News, Chennai The Panama-registered M V Modern Peak steams into the newly commissioned Ennore Port, just north of Chennai on India’s south-eastern coast. It is a Korean […]
Terrorism is un-Islamic, says Ahmadiyya head
Hundustan Times: The 123rd international annual convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community concluded at its headquarters here on Sunday night. Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the fifth Caliph, while addressing the convention, […]
US strike in Somalia ‘killed al-Shabab intelligence chief’
Continue reading the main story in BBC Somalia: Failed State Poet jihadist ‘Mosquito militants’ Al-Shabab profile Who are al-Shabab?Watch A leader of the al-Shabab Islamist group was killed by a […]
Geo apologises for hate speech against Ahmadis in Amir Liaquat’s show
Source: Dawn Com KARACHI: Following a nation-wide uproar against controversial anti-Ahmadi remarks made during religious host Amir Liaquat Hussain’s morning show, Geo on Tuesday apologised for the editorial lapse. A […]
Egyptian writer to face trial for defaming Islam
Egyptian prosecutors have referred a writer to a criminal trial on charges of showing contempt for Islam in a tweet allegedly criticizing ritual slaughtering, state-run newspaper al-Ahram reported online Saturday. The referral comes in response to a lawsuit filed by a lawyer against Fatima Naoot, accusing her of defaming Islam […]
Terrorism is un-Islamic, says Ahmadiyya head
Kamaljit Singh Kamal Qadian (Gurdaspur), December 30, 2014 The 123rd international annual convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community concluded at its headquarters here on Sunday night. Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the fifth Caliph, while addressing the convention, said that terrorism today had become a cause of fear and anxiety for the […]
Patriarch Aphram underlines importance of inter-Syrian dialogue
25/12/2014 Damascus, SANA – Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All East Mar Ignatius Aphram II stressed the role of an inter-Syrian dialogue to have Syrians of different backgrounds talk about the future of their country and means of reconstruction, calling upon “the opposition” to work for Syria. The […]
GEO Finally Stands UP For Ahmadi Muslims
Source: Dawn متنازع بیان پر جیو کی معذرت کراچی : مذہبی و تفریحی شوز کی وجہ سے شہرت حاصل کرنے والے میزبان عامر لیاقت حسین کے مارننگ شو میں احمد […]
Syrian economy in ruins; Assad dependent on Iran
Andrew Rosenbaum Monday, December 29, 2014 Assad regime survives on funds from Iran and Russia — Tehran is now dominant force in country, political analysts say ANKARA – The Syrian economy has effectively ceased to function, and President Bashar al-Assad’s regime is almost entirely dependent on loans from Iran and some aid from […]
Religion in India bubbles over into politics
Yahoo news: NEW DELHI (AP) — In small-town northern India, Muslims are offered food and money to convert to Hinduism. If that doesn’t suffice, they say they’re threatened. Across the country, the Christmas holiday is canceled for hundreds of government servants who spend the day publicly extolling the policies of […]
AirAsia QZ8501: Forty bodies found in missing plane search
BBC News: At least 40 bodies have been recovered from the sea in the search for missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501, the Indonesian navy says. The bodies were spotted along with debris floating in the Java Sea off the Indonesian part of Borneo, in one of the search zones for the […]
US air strike in Somalia targets al-Shabab leader
BBC News: The US says it has conducted an air strike against the Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab in Somalia. Its target was a “senior leader” in the area of Saakow, according to a statement by the US defence department. READ MORE…
Ebola outbreak: Liberia opens new cemetery
BBC News: Liberia has opened a new national cemetery to provide safe burial sites for victims of the Ebola outbreak. A Liberian official said the 50-acre site in Monrovia, half of which is ready to use, will enable “dignified” burials instead of cremations. READ MORE…
‘Generation One’: A Frisco Teen Embraces Her Muslim Roots
By ERIC AASEN & STELLA M. CHÁVEZ Irum Ali decided to wear a hijab to Liberty High School in Frisco. Mark Birnbaum KERA Growing up in a traditional immigrant family can be rewarding and challenging for kids born in the United States. Meet a Frisco high school student who’s managing to practice her religious […]
Lausanne scientists step up search for alien life
Published: 30 Dec 2014 09:26 GMT+01:00 Swiss and Belgian researchers said on Monday they have devised the first tiny motion detector that could help find microscopic life forms on distant […]
A POLARISED WORLD ICRC boss: more money and staff needed to tackle crises
By Frédéric Burnand swissinfo.ch DEC 29, 2014 – 11:00 In the suburbs of Aleppo on November 17, 2014: The ICRC is the only foreign aid organisation working in the contested area. (Reuters) Like many multinational organisations, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will implement a restructuring plan next […]
Countess of Wessex: Muslim women are fashionable under their burkas
The Telegraph: The Countess of Wessex has spoken out in support of Muslim women who express their fashion sense while wearing traditional clothes like the burka. The countess told Harper’s Bazaar magazine women from the Islamic world could be stylish and modest at the same time. In an interview by […]
ISIS releases interview with captive Jordanian pilot
Associated Press BEIRUT: ISIS published Monday an interview with the Jordanian pilot captured last week after his plane crashed in northern Syria. First Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh’s F-16 went down near ISIS’s de facto capital of Raqqa Wednesday. The 26-year-old Jordanian is the first foreign military pilot to fall into the extremists’ hands […]
Erdogan to chair Cabinet in unprecedented move
ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday announced he would chair a Cabinet meeting in January, a move unprecedented for a Turkish head of state in recent times. Erdogan […]
Writing about the Mideast
RAMZY BAROUD Published — Tuesday 30 December 2014 Writing and reporting about the Middle East is not an easy task, especially during these years of turmoil. Following and reporting on these constant changes without a deep understanding of the region will achieve little but predictable and lackluster content that offers […]