May 21, 2014 12:11 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY This is a significant change from the situation eight years ago, when Hamas won the January 2006 Palestinian parliamentary elections and headed the new government, which promptly elicited an Israeli-American boycott of that government. This time, […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — A year ago, President Obama delivered a speech at the National Defense University in Washington in which he made the case that it was time to wind down the “boundless global war on terror ” and “perpetual wartime footing” that has been a feature of American […]
Source: CNN Mogadishu (CNN) — Smoke and flames rose from Somalia’s parliament building in Mogadishu after militants launched an attack Saturday. People could be seen lying on the ground, as ambulances pulled up. People took cover as security forces moved in, exchanging gunfire with the attackers. Some members of parliament […]
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
IBNlive-Press Trustt of India — Acts of persecution against the minority Ahmadi community in Pakistan have increased “manifold” over the past year as seven community members fell prey to religious intolerance and 16 were attacked, according to a report. The annual report of Jamaat Ahmadiyya also claimed that due to […]
Source:ET ISLAMABAD: In a significant development, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has decided to attend the swearing-in ceremony of India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi , a foreign office official confirmed on Saturday. Nawaz is among the leaders of South Asian countries invited to attend the oath-taking ceremony to be held in […]
Source:ET ISLAMABAD: In a significant development, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has decided to attend the swearing-in ceremony of India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi , a foreign office official confirmed on Saturday. Nawaz is among the leaders of South Asian countries invited to attend the oath-taking ceremony to be held in […]
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s Secretary of State on Thursday defended the Palestinians’ right to a “sovereign and independent” homeland and said he hoped Pope Francis’ upcoming visit would lead […]
Source: Alislam.org: Hudhur said currently a hotly debated topic in the press and the electronic media is that of the blasphemy law of Pakistan. [Referred to in Urdu as ‘Namoos […]
AHRC: A blasphemy case has been registered under sections 295, 295C 298C and others against GEO media group owner, Mir Shakilur Rehman, anchor Shaista Lodhi, Veena Malik, Asad Khatak and other people, creating a new state of affairs. Perhaps this is the first time that such high profile people have […]
May 2011 eGazette – Blasphemy laws and freedom of religion Punishment of Blasphemy By Khalid Saifullah Khan (Australia) Blasphemy means behavior or language that shows disrespect for any prophet or […]
xindexoncensorship.com: Shahidullah Afridi’s roots are in a village in the Bara administrative division of the Khyber agency. For the last four years, Afridi has been living in the neighbouring city of Peshawar, but keeps a keen eye on events at home. He was shocked when he heard that last week, […]
theguardian: by Vijay Prashad — The BJP’s neoliberalism may have pushed the left to the sidelines, but the inequality perpetuated by this agenda will ensure its return Of the votes in the Indian election, 69% went against the eventual winner, the rightwing Bharatiya Janata party (BJP). This means that despite all talk […]
Source: dailybulletin.com | Imam Shamshad Nasir After the death and resurrection of Jesus (peace be upon him) as believed by Christians, nothing is closer to their heart or more central to their […]
Robert Fisk: Our modern gods: Amnesty International, the Geneva Conventions and the United Nations They provide a reflection of our universal need for human protection, but are without artistic merit Why did we give up on the old, grumpy, whimsical, brutal gods of old, with their adulterous, murderous, gentle, […]
128. Commandment to proclaim unto mankind the Pilgrimage [22:28] ‘And proclaim unto mankind the Pilgrimage. They will come to thee on foot, and on every lean camel, coming by every distant track,
Source: bradfordtimes.ca Lace up your running shoes. The 4th annual Run for Bradford (BWG), organized by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, will be taking place this Saturday, May 24, at the AMJ […]
انحضرت صلی اللہ وسلم کا مرتبہ شفاعت تو حصار ایماں اور امن و یقیں تو تفسیر قران اعلی ترین کل زمان و مکاں سے تو بالا نشیں بعد از خدا تو ہی افضل ترین اے مزمل! مدثر! عالم! مکیں تو ہم سب کو اپنی شفاعت عطا کر خدا نے جسے […]
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy, A Nobel for Karen Armstrong will bring the Christians and the Muslims closer and Karen […]
RNS: In the land of religious history, Philip Jenkins towers like a giant. Among the many works written by the distinguished professor of history at Baylor University, his history of […]