Source: NY Times: LONDON — In a surprise choice, the Pakistani Taliban said Thursday that it had appointed as its new leader the commander responsible for last year’s attack on Malala Yousafzai, the teenage Pakistani education activist. More:
Source: Gulf News: The Sedlec Ossuary, or Bone Church, in the town of Kutna Hora, less than an hour east of Prague, will strike you as a rather measly affair from the outside, but venture inside this gothic chapel and you will be greeted by an astonishing sight the skeletons […]
Source: Gulf News: Who made the decision to turn down the UN Security Council seat? It is always in the end the king who makes the decision. But it wasn’t a whimsical decision. Nor was it, as some newspapers here have described it, done in a fit of pique. It […]
See more news releases in Religion | Not For Profit Thousands of British Muslims Honour the Fallen LONDON, November 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — More than ten thousand Ahmadi Muslims will this week stand united with the country in remembering the brave members of the Armed Forces who sacrificed their lives for Great Britain. Thousands of worshippers […]
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi Rebutting the Taliban by Javed Ahmad Ghamidi Source: Daily Times Polytheism, disbelief and apostasy are indeed grave crimes; however, no human can punish another human being for these crimes. This is the right of God alone The… Pakistan’s Ahmadis Face Rising Persecution, Violence Radio free Europe: […]
Source CNN Oversleeping can hurt your health According to WebMD, the amount of sleep a person needs “depends on your age and activity level as well as your general health and lifestyle habits.” Even though the average recommended amount of sleep is seven to nine hours, certain times in your life […]
Reveiw of Religions: ‘I look always with wonder at this Arab Prophet whose name is Muhammad, thousands of blessings and peace be upon him. How exalted his status was! One […]
Radio free Europe: One of the many religious minorities whose plight is documented in the latest U.S. State Department report on religious freedom is the Ahmadiyya community, or the Ahmadis. The Ahmadis consider themselves Muslim, but that is a view rejected by mainstream Islamic sects. And in Pakistan, as RFE/RL correspondents Daud […]
ET: ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s crackdown on mixed-sex student dorms has been condemned by critics as a fresh attempt to force strict religious and conservative values on the […]
ET: The writer is the recipient of the James A Wechsler Award for International Reporting and a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism Pakistan, the enigmatic, brash, much misunderstood country with a heart of gold, lost its protracted battle with the cancerous spread of a particularly crippling strain of […]
FP: by David Kenner — The Kingdom is turning to Pakistan to train Syria’s rebels. It’s a partnership that once went very wrong in Afghanistan. Will history repeat itself? BEIRUT — Saudi Arabia, having largely abandoned hope that the United States will spearhead international efforts to topple the Assad regime, […]
Source: Jihad Watch: What’s the big deal? The British government recently admitted Saudi Sheikh Mohammed al-Arefe into the country. Al-Arefe has said: “Devotion to jihad for the sake of Allah, and the desire to shed blood, to smash skulls, and to sever limbs for the sake of Allah and in defense of His […]
Dawn: NEW YORK: Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi strongly criticised the human rights record of President Hassan Rouhani, citing a dramatic increase in executions since he took office this year and accusing the government of lying about the release of political prisoners. She also pointed to spreading support for […]
guardian: The first forensic tests on samples taken from Yasser Arafat‘s corpse have shown unexpectedly high levels of radioactive polonium-210, suggesting the Palestinian leader could have been poisoned with the rare […]
BBC: Saudi Arabia has invested in Pakistani nuclear weapons projects, and believes it could obtain atomic bombs at will, a variety of sources have told BBC Newsnight. While the kingdom’s quest has often been set in the context of countering Iran’s atomic programme, it is now possible that the Saudis […]
Parents slam pro-Islam slant in Florida school textbook By Cheryl K. Chumley – The Washington Times Tuesday, November 5, 2013 Hundreds of parents, angry at what they say is a biased student textbook with a decided pro-Islam slant, have launched a campaign demanding equal religious representation and planned […]
The Board of Executive Directors of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), has approved $ 5,061 million for the bank’s operations plan for the year 1435H (November 2013 –November 2014), the bank’s largest annual budget ever and a 10 per cent increase on the previous year. This new operations plan coming […]
EDDAH: KHALIL HANWARE Published — Thursday 7 November 2013 Top businessmen and economists in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are unanimous in their opinion that the crackdown against illegal workers following the end of the amnesty period would only benefit the Saudi economy in the long run though short-term obstacles […]
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID & HABIB SHAIKH Published — Thursday 7 November 2013 The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will ask member states to sever diplomatic relations with states that recognize Israel’s annexation of Jerusalem or move their embassies to the historic city during the upcoming Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) […]
by Diarmaid MacCulloch Oct 27, 2013 5:45 AM EDT Why has the suffering of the Middle Eastern Christian communities not ignited outrage and support from Western Christians? The answer has […]