DECEMBER 08, 2013 LATEST UPDATE: DECEMBER 08, 2013 11:46 PM The Philippine government and Muslim rebels today signed a crucial power-sharing accord, paving the way for a final peace agreement aimed at ending a decades-long insurgency that has killed tens of thousands. The power-sharing annex had been considered as one […]
by Seymour M. Hersh You are invited to read this free essay from the London Review of Books. Subscribe now to access every article from every fortnightly issue of the London Review of Books, including the entire LRB archive of over 12,500 essays and reviews. Barack Obama did not tell […]
Source: BBC A war crimes court in Bangladesh has ordered prison authorities to hang an Islamist leader, months after he was sentenced to death. Abdul Kader Mullah of the Jamaat-e-Islami party was found guilty of crimes against humanity during Bangladesh’s independence war in 1971. He could now be hanged at […]
By Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih IV, fourth Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community We present below the transcript of part of a Question and Answer session with Hadhrat Mirza […]
Geopolitical Weekly TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2013 – 04:00 Print Text Size Stratfor By George Friedman Israel has expressed serious concerns over the preliminary U.S.-Iranian agreement, which in theory will lift sanctions levied against Tehran and end its nuclear program. That was to be expected. Less obvious is why the Israeli […]
Geopolitical Weekly TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2013 – 04:00 Print Text Size Stratfor By George Friedman Israel has expressed serious concerns over the preliminary U.S.-Iranian agreement, which in theory will lift sanctions levied against Tehran and end its nuclear program. That was to be expected. Less obvious is why the Israeli […]
By Larry Derfner |Published December 8, 2013 Once again, the Obama administration hangs Abbas and the Palestinian Authority out to dry. Halfway through the scheduled nine-month Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, there’s been a break in the action, or rather the inaction: the Obama administration, once again, has sought to end the […]
By Larry Derfner |Published December 8, 2013 Once again, the Obama administration hangs Abbas and the Palestinian Authority out to dry. Halfway through the scheduled nine-month Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, there’s been a break in the action, or rather the inaction: the Obama administration, once again, has sought to end the […]
By Aishah Schwartz …………….. Today polygyny is seen as an exception rather than a rule, and indeed, this is true, as it takes an exceptional man to navigate its oftentimes tumultuous waters. But the Quran and Sunnah do not leave men ill-equipped when making a decision toward polygyny, or in […]
Source: LUBP 1) Nawaz Sharif (Prime Minister of Pakistan) 2) Shahbaz Sharif- Chief Minister of Punjab province (Brother of Nawaz Sharif) 3) Hamza Shahbaz Sharif-MNA (Nephew of Nawaz Sharif, Son of Nawaz Sharif) 4) Maryam Nawaz Sharif (Daughter of Nawaz Sharif) 5) Captain Safdar-MNA (Son in Law of Nawaz Sharif) […]
Source: LUBP Guys, I want to tell you something special,,on Twitter many Qadyani (Ahmadi) are using fake IDs with name of Shia like Syed, Rizvi etc. Be careful, they are misleading you all and preaching Qadyani stuff using fake ids of syeds. I know many of them …it’s very dangerous […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — A South Carolina sheriff is refusing to lower the American flag in tribute to Nelson Mandela, saying the honor should be reserved for American citizens. President Obama ordered flags lowered to half-staff for the international icon until sunset Monday. But Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark says […]
Source: TOI AMMAN, Jordan: A Jordanian military court will start on Tuesday to hear the trial of a radical Muslim preacher deported from Britain to face terrorism charges at home, a court official said. Prosecutors have charged the cleric, Abu Qatada, 53, with conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks against […]
Malaysia: Amend Federal Constitution so only Sunnis are recognized as Muslims, suggests Penang Umno delegate THE STAR ONLINE KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Constitution should be amended to clarify that Muslims in Malaysia are those who adhere to the practice of the Sunnah Wal Jamaah, the… Anti- ??Syria? foreign militants use […]
The Review of Religions — November 2013 – 16 Gressenhall Road Southfields, London SW18 5QL, UK 18 September 2013 His Excellency Mr. Vladimir Putin President of the Russian Federation The […]
ET; LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Saturday dismissed the post-arrest bail application of a doctor accused of preaching Ahmedi doctrines and distributing books containing derogatory remarks against prophets. Dr Masood Ahmed had filed a post-arrest bail stating he had nothing to do with the matter. Advocate Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhry, counsel […]
MUSCAT: Oman opposes upgrading the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to a union of six nations, Muscat’s foreign minister said on Saturday. The union issue is on the agenda of the […]
Ati Nurbaiti, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Commentary | Fri, December 06 2013, 9:05 AM We recklessly trample on each other’s rights as wantonly as we litter, or speed into the busway lane. How else to explain the endless testimonies on torture, rape, forced eviction and generations of loss and […]