Dawn: Masjid cleric Abdul Aziz poses a security threat to the law and order situation in the capital. They also stressed the need for a check on the growing number of madressahs in Rawalpindi and Islamabad who also have overt and covert links with militant groups. Read: Suicide attack threats again […]
Source: Times of Malta, Friday, January 2, 2015 by Laiq Ahmed Atif. So much is said about world peace and conflicts across the globe. This state of affair has given rise […]
By SUFYAN BIN UZAYR Every year in December, Christians all around the world celebrate Christmas, marking the birth of Jesus Christ. In fact, when it comes to venerating Christ, most […]
Source:telegraph.co.uk The floodlights of Cologne cathedral will be switched off as a counter-protest against a planned anti-immigrant march, due to take place in the city on Monday night. Thousands of […]
Source: The Nation By Saima Baig Keeping with the tradition in Pakistan, whereby each time after a terrorist attack or any tragic event, fingers are pointed against someone else, this time again the blame was laid squarely at the door of others. The hero was Amir Liaquat who invited on his […]
Malaymailonline: KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 — Followers of the outlawed Ahmadiyya sect are challenging a crackdown on their activities nearly a year ago, on the grounds that they do not fall under the jurisdiction of Islamic law since they have been declared apostates by religious authorities in Selangor. On August […]
Review of Religions: Teaching of the Holy Prophetsa to Prevent Future Slavery Now we take up the second question in this discussion, which relates to the fundamental teaching given by the […]
Economist: IF THERE is one individual who first gave expression to the American ideal of freedom,and religious freedom in particular, it was Thomas Jefferson. Indeed, the third president himself had […]
Source: Huffington Post Now this story will blow your mind. According to research almost every man alive can trace his origin to one man who lived over 135,000 years ago. It is […]
Source: The Telegraph By Keith Perry, Nov 2014 World-famous biologist James Watson said he is selling the Nobel Prize medal he won in 1962 for discovering the structure of DNA because […]
Source: Arab News: STOCKHOLM: Swedes expressing solidarity with Muslims have staged manifestations after a series of recent attacks on mosques.In the city of Uppsala, where anti-Muslim rhetoric was scrawled onto a mosque wall on Thursday, hundreds of people pasted red paper hearts and messages of support onto the building’s entrance […]
Source: Arab News: In a live television speech last week, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said, “Did you know there’s an oil war? And the war has an objective: To destroy Russia.”“It’s a strategically planned war … also aimed at Venezuela, to try and destroy our revolution and cause an economic […]
Source:aljazeera.com Taipei, Taiwan – Every Friday afternoon about 1,000 Muslims gather for the weekly prayer at the Taipei Grand Mosque. Only 20 percent are local Taiwanese – the majority come […]
Sameer Al-Hajjawi Friday, 02 January 2015 15:45 The US-Arab alliance is one of the strangest and most interesting in the world, perhaps even in history. It is certainly the most one-sided, whereby America takes everything from its Arab allies and gives them nothing in return. The US attitude is disrespectful, […]
Fiji is the happiest country in the world, according to a survey of 64,000 people across 65 countries. The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey showed that less-developed nations are much happier than developed ones. In the UK just 49 per cent of people are happy. The top five countries are: Fiji – […]
Summary The move by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to join the International Criminal Court and give it jurisdiction to investigate allegations of Israeli and other war crimes in Palestine should be seen as a positive development that brings international law to play in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The failure at […]
Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 3 January 2015 Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh has warned against celebrating the birthday of the Prophet (peace be upon him), saying that it is a superstitious practice that was illegally added to the religion. “It is a bida (a sinful […]
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed on to 20 international agreements on Wednesday, including the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a day after a bid for independence by 2017 failed at the United Nations Security Council. The move which angered Israel and seemed likely […]
Plans to delay the release of a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee investigation into Operation Protective Edge until after the election is inherently undemocratic. The public deserves to know the findings before they vote. Haaretz Editorial | Jan. 2, 2015 | 5:30 AM IDF soldiers mourn at funeral of comrade […]