Video: Hamid Mir and Tahir Ashrafi Spew Hatred Against Ahmadis
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Pakistan: PTA asks parliament to define blasphemy and make new laws
The News: ISLAMABAD: A meeting to discuss the blasphemous material and the ban on YouTube turned into an exchange of abuses on Monday and the Pakistan Telecom Authority lobbed the issue in the court of parliament, asking legislators to pass a new law and create a new set-up to decide […]
Neo-Nazi attacks leave one dead, many scared
Source: The Local A man has died after being attacked by a neo-Nazi in one of two violent attacks on foreigners in Germany over the past few days. The second incident involved members of the Bundeswehr throwing fireworks at a home for refugees. More:
Donkey bomber kills 3 Nato soldiers in Afghanistan
Source: ET GHAZNI: A suicide bomber rode a donkey Tuesday into an Afghan and Nato military convoy, killing three Western soldiers and their Afghan interpreter, officials said. Nato’s International Security Assistance Force confirmed three casualties in a bombing in eastern Afghanistan but gave no details. Afghan authorities said the attack happened […]
Swindled out: Woman flees after depriving three husbands of cash
Source: ET MULTAN: Jahanian police are looking for a 25-year-old woman, who married three men in three months only to leave them, allegedly decamping with their cash and valuables. She was set to marry the fourth time when the groom turned out to be a distant relative of the first, who […]
Fatwa issued by Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi is up there!
Source: Asia Times: So what’s next? It’s not far-fetched to imagine the EU totally forgetting about a pipeline that will ultimately benefit its citizens and issuing – under US pressure – a directive branding Iran-Iraq-Syria as a terrorist axis; lobbying for a no-fly zone applying to all; and recruiting jihadis […]
Central Java Muslim clerics condemn FPI clashes with locals
Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Semarang | Mon, 07/22/2013 8:57 PM | Archipelago A group of Muslim clerics from various regions in Central Java have condemned a series of sweeps conducted by the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) in several regions, such as those in Sukorharjo and Kendal regencies last week that […]
“We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.”
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Paris backs veil ban, police after ‘unacceptable’ violence
Source: TOI TRAPPES (France): The French government on Tuesday condemned as “unacceptable” weekend violence in a Paris suburb triggered by the country’s ban on full-face veils and strongly defended the controversial law. Two senior members of the government, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and interior minister Manuel Valls, spoke following the […]
Pope gets rapturous welcome in Brazil
Source: TOI RIO DE JANEIRO: Pope Francis got a rapturous welcome from tens of thousands of pilgrims on Monday as he arrived in Brazil on his first foreign trip as pontiff, but violent protests later swept the streets. The 76-year-old Argentine rode in a open-top jeep through the center of […]
The worst fate: Somalia’s ship wrecked hostages
AFP | Jul 22, 2013 | 22:26 Updated: Jul 22, 2013 | 22:26 NAIROBI — On Somalia’s pirate coast, more than 50 sailors are being held for ransom in grim conditions, many abandoned by their ship’s owner whose willingness to pay to free them sank with their boat. Almost all […]
Umrah season given a clean bill of health
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Tuesday 23 July 2013 The Health Ministry announced on Monday that no cases or other contagious diseases have been detected among pilgrims during this Umrah season. “The […]
Dolphins ‘call each other by name’
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have made for you therein (earth) means of livelihood, and also for all those for whom you do not provide. (Al Quran 15:21) Source: BBC By […]
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Pakistan’s new big threat isn’t terrorism—it’s water
Source: The News via Wasim Sr: KARACHI: In a report released last week by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Pakistan was pinpointed as “one of the most water-stressed countries in the world, not far from being classified, ‘water-scarce’.” As water demand exceeds supply in the South Asian country, […]
Why many French Muslims choose burial abroad
By Hugh Schofield. BBC News, Paris. Every year thousands of bodies are being repatriated from France to the Maghreb, as Muslim families return their loved ones to the soil of […]
Watch whales almost swallow divers
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Royal baby: Kate gives birth to boy
Source: BBC The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy, Kensington Palace has announced. The baby was delivered at 16:24 BST at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, […]
Al Qaeda militants flee Iraq jail in violent mass break-out
By Kareem Raheem and Ziad al-Sinjary BAGHDAD/MOSUL, Iraq | Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:51pm EDT (Reuters) – Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq’s Abu Ghraib jail as comrades launched a military-style assault to free them, authorities said on Monday. The deadly raid on […]
Dhaka : Ghulam Azam and the wheels of justice
Source: Daily Star Op Ed By Syed Badrul Ahsan THE wheels of justice do not always turn. But when they turn, they do so with the clear message that the perpetrators of ancient crimes always get their comeuppance at a point in historical time. The judgement delivered in the matter […]