Zakat is central to Islam’s concept of humanity
Zakat (alms) is one of the five pillars of Islam. Its importance can be realized from the fact that in 82 verses of the Qur’an, Zakat is associated with prayer […]
Elastic Numbers Make It Hard to Get a Handle on the Economy
A TORRENT of economic numbers rained down from Washington last week. They provided a sharper historical perspective on the economy back to 1929. Yet the deluge of statistics did little to clarify an urgent question: How strong is the economy right now? It’s a basic issue — one that affects […]
The Inside Story of JUI-Maulana Fazlur Rahman- Urdu Video
Zemtv: a very well documented programme on deep level of corruption and collusion between Army and JUI worth watching https://dailymotion.com/video/x12p3aw Watch:
Jamaat’s stay plea on HC verdict rejected
Source: BD News 24 DHAKA: The Supreme Court has thrown out a plea to freeze the High Court’s verdict that declared as illegal and void Jamaat-e-Islami’s registration as a political party. A wider High Court bench on Aug 1 declared as cancelled Jamaat’s registration on grounds that its charter is […]
Israel’s Answer to Kerry’s Peace Efforts: Puts 91 Jewish settlements on priority
Daily Tiimes; JERUSALEM: The Israeli government put 91 Jewish settlements on a national priority funding list on Sunday, adding six to a roster of dozens of enclaves already eligible for supplemental state cash. A senior Palestinian official condemned the decision as an obstacle to US-brokered peace talks that resumed just […]
The Burqa Avenger : role model for female empowerment in Pakistan
NYTimes.com This Heroine Wears a Burqa to Fight Evil, By SALMAN MASOOD and DECLAN WALSH, Published: July 28, 2013 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Cartoon fans in Pakistan have been excited by the arrival of the country’s first caped crusader, in the form of a female superhero who flies through the air, […]
Can Men and Women just be friends?
Business Insider: by Meredith Lepore. Can men and women really just be friends? Let’s discuss. In the new film Drinking Buddies, Olivia Wilde and Jake Johnson play best friends who work at a Chicago brewery together. They are extremely close, despite both having significant others, and both being extremely attractive. However, […]
Officials Say Yemen’s Nobel Peace Winner Tawakkul Karman Denied Entry at Egypt’s Cairo Airport
abcnews: CAIRO August 4, 2013 (AP): Officials say Yemen’s Nobel Peace winner Tawakkul Karman denied entry at Egypt’s Cairo airport. link:
Most Religious Countries And Most Atheist Countries
Which countries are the most and least religious? The WIN-Gallup International “Religion and Atheism Index” collected data from 57 countries in order to find out. The Religiosity Index represents the percentage of […]
After Sikh temple attack, victim’s son and former white supremacist formed unlikely alliance
Washington Post: OAK CREEK, Wis. — Six weeks after a white supremacist gunned down Pardeep Kaleka’s father and five others at a Sikh temple last year, Kaleka was skeptical when a former skinhead reached out and invited him to dinner. But Kaleka accepted, and he’s grateful he did. Since then, […]
Our man in Moscow
Source: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar So what is the “extremely disappointed” Obama administration, the Orwellian/Panopticon complex and the discredited US Congress to do? Send a Navy Seal Team 6 to snatch him or to target assassinate him – turning Moscow into Abbottabad 2.0? Drone him? Poison his borscht? Shower […]
A Saudi spy who tried to scale Kremlin wall
Source: Asia Times: By M K Bhadrakumar When the Central Intelligence Agency’s “favorite Saudi prince” – which was how the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz last week described the chief of Saudi intelligence, Prince Bandar bin Sultan – landed in Moscow in his private jet on Wednesday and drove straight to Novo-Ogarevo […]
“Doctor Evil”
Source: Asia Times: The end of Ramadan was imminent. The jihadi chattering classes of that fuzzy entity, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), went on overdrive. It was jailbreak galore from Libya to Pakistan via Iraq. And all this in perfect synch with two successive fatwas issued by that perennial […]
Egyptian anti-Obama video goes viral, blames him for siding with Muslim Brotherhood
Source: The Conservative Papers: Egyptian army chief in interview says Defense Secretary Hagel calls him almost every day, but Obama has not called. US President Barack Obama appears to have angered supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, as well as supporters of the army coup that toppled him on […]
Woman tries to buy Apple phones online, pays $1200 for fruit
Source: Hindustan Times: A 21-year-old Australian woman who was trying to buy Apple smartphones online was conned into paying $1,200 (Rs 73,000) for two edible apples! More:
‘Envoys in Egypt visit jailed Brotherhood leader’
Source: TOI CAIRO: International envoys visited a high-ranking member of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood in jail on Monday, the state news agency reported, to press a bid to defuse the crisis ignited by President Mohamed Morsi’s downfall. The envoys met deputy Brotherhood leader Khairat El-Shater just after midnight, having received permission […]
Death toll from heavy rain up to 53 in Pakistan
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: A senior Pakistani disaster management official says the death toll from heavy rain that caused flash floods and collapsed houses has risen to 53 over the past three days. The deaths reported by Brig. Kamran Zia on Monday spanned the entire country. He says 12 were in […]
Pakistan has arrived at a point where ‘they’ have come for the Ahmedis……………
Source: Dawn.Com: Pakistan has arrived at a point where ‘they’ have come for the Ahmedis, the Christians, the Hindus, and the Shias. It has come to a point where we need to speak out because at some point they will come for even those that are not part of a […]
What is the world’s favorite holiday destination?
Source: BBC By Ben Carter For many people the holiday season has arrived. Where do those travelling abroad go? UN figures suggest that France had more foreign visitors than any […]
Relationship between Taliban, police that of batsman and bowler:
Source: ET: PESHAWAR: Inspector General Police (IGP) Ihsan Ghani of Khyber-Paktunkhwa (K-P) in a bizarre statement compared the relationship between the Taliban and police as one between a batsman and a bowler, while speaking to the media on Monday. More: