Pakistani Secularisms by Nadeem F Paracha
By Nadeem F Paracha Dawn: Many people get sick at the mere mention of secularism because they don’t really understand what it means. Like any other ideology, secularism too has […]
Noor Inayat Khan- Decendant of Tipu Sultan- commemorated in British postage stamp
ET: The Royal Mail, Britain’s postal service company, has issued a postage stamp commemorating Noorunissa Inayat Khan, a World War II heroine of Indian origin, according to an official press release. […]
Saudi Arabia: Obama, on Visit, Should Raise Rights
HRW: (Beirut) – President Barack Obama should raise human rights issues during his visit to Saudi Arabiaon March 28-30, 2014. His visit comes as Saudi authorities are clamping down on civil society activists and peaceful dissidents, and have arrested and deported at least 250,000 foreign workers since November, according to the […]
Votes Count: Monitoring the UN HRC
HRW: When the UN Human Rights Council was created in 2006, Human Rights Watch was among the many organizations pressing for – and hoping – the body would become an effective way […]
Internship has co-ed eying a career helping people in need
Provided Student Needa Malik makes friends with Blue III, the Butler University Bulldog mascot. 6 hours ago • Kimberly Cheek-Stanley Times Correspondent Needa Malik, 22, is halfway through an internship at the U.S. headquarters of Islamic Relief near Washington, D.C. The Butler University international studies major […]
Today’s Qur’an lesson: Remember your return will be to thy Lord
77. Remember return to thy Lord [10:24] But when He has delivered them, lo! they begin to commit excesses in the earth wrongfully. O ye men, your excesses are only against your own selves. Have the enjoyment of the present life. Then to Us shall be your return; and We will inform […]
Qatar pays Syrian rebels £40m ransom to free nuns – or did it? It depends what rumours you believe
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Oh, to be a Syrian conspiracy theorist in these days of civil war Robert Fisk Damascus Tuesday 18 March 2014 They must be the most expensive nuns in the world – if, that is, a poisonous press and the ferocious […]
Let us count the ways Arabs are dying
STORY SUMMARY by Rami G. Khouri How many ways are there to die in the Arab world today, other than through an act of nature or a natural death? In just two days this week, the Italian Navy rescued 2,400 Arabs trying to reach its shores. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of […]
King Abdullah smart city to offer pilgrims best services
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS The new full-fledged pilgrim city to be established along the Jeddah-Makkah Expressway will be named after Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, said Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar. “It will be a smart city equipped with the most advanced facilities and systems,” he told Makkah […]
King of Jordan urges Arabs to embrace moderation as terrorism takes firmer foothold in region
by Mohammad Ghazal | Mar 25, 2014 | Jordan Times 5 inShare His Majesty King Abdullah holds talks with the emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, in Kuwait on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 25th Arab Summit (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) KUWAIT — His Majesty King […]
Macho, Macho Men and the Matriarchal Philippine Society
PhilNews.com — An online article a week ago concluded that the reason that Deniece Cornejo the vixen in the Vhong Navarro mauling incident was being mercilessly vilified was because Philippine society tends to treat women that way (LINK). The writer a certain Tricia Aquino in collaboration with Judy Taguiwalo a University […]
Do You Have 10 Minutes for God? A Practical Way to Pray for People Who Think They’re Too Busy
Huff Post: by William Stillman — In my work as a spiritual counselor and adviser, I encounter all too often people who do not pray, pray inconsistently, or who don’t know how to pray. A common excuse is that they “forget,” like forgetting to floss or balance the checkbook. Some […]
Jimmy Carter Speaks Out On Religion And Equality For Women; Slams Sexist Biblical Interpretations
Huff Post: — Former President Jimmy Carter is issuing a call to action for religions to stop using scripture to trample on women’s rights. He spoke about his new book out today, “A Call To Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power,” with HuffPost Live host Alyona Minkovski and responded to […]
A Compliment in Disguise: The Muslim Times Continues to be Banned in Pakistan
Epigraph: So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable. (Al Quran 87:10) By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times As of 7th of June, 2013, the […]
Muslim women build bridges through an interfaith book club
Source/Credit: Examiner.com By Shahina Bashir It all started with a simple letter to the editor of the Washington Post, which among many was read by Tazeen Ahmad, of Potomac, Maryland. The letter was written by Bob Hirshon, a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring. Hirshon, through his letter, delivered […]
Once a day Quranic lesson: Believe in the revealed Books
74. Believe in the revealed Books [2:178] It is not righteousness that you turn your faces to the East or the West, but truly righteous is he who believes in Allah and the Last Day and the angels and the Book and the Prophets, and spends his money for love of […]
Millennials in Adulthood – less attached to organized politics and religion
Millennials in Adulthood Detached from Institutions, Networked with Friends Overview The Millennial generation is forging a distinctive path into adulthood. Now ranging in age from 18 to 331, they are relatively unattached to organized politics and religion, linked by social media, burdened by debt, distrustful of people, in no rush to […]
From Estonia to Azerbaijan: American Strategy After Ukraine
Geopolitical Weekly Tuesday, March 25, 2014 – 03:08 Print Text Size Stratfor By George Friedman As I discussed last week, the fundamental problem that Ukraine poses for Russia, beyond a long-term geographical threat, is a crisis in internal legitimacy. Russian President Vladimir Putin has spent his time in power […]
‘There is no sectarianism in the army’: Syria’s war – the general’s view
Robert Fisk joins General Yussef Swaidan on the streets of Daraya as the officer tells a crowd there is no army brutality – while his soldiers hand out Syrian flags to children The three-star general’s sunglasses reflected the midday heat, the crowd appropriately – or obediently […]
Assad is already counting on soldiers still at school to fill the gaps left by 30,000 casualties There are intriguing hints that the conflict is changing. There are mini-ceasefires now
by Robert Fisk, The Independent We were driving down the main road from Homs – fast, of course, as the Syrian war now requires – when, just outside the Damascus suburb of Harasta, a government soldier asked for a ride into town. I have always stopped for hitch-hiking soldiers, especially […]