Pakistan Theocracy Running Amok: The Ahmadiyya Community and the Presidential Elections
An appeal has been filed in the Sindh High Court that Presidential elections should be stopped as the application form for candidates does not have a declaration that they are not Ahmadis or ‘Qadianis.’ This excerpt is from Jang, Karachi, Pakistan.
World Bank: Emergency Assistance for Jordan to Cope with Impacts of Syrian Crisis
World Bank project to shore up basic services to households under pressure from hosting massive influx of refugees WASHINGTON, July 18, 2013 – Jordan has welcomed hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria, but the sudden increase in population has put immense pressure on both its economy […]
Detroit files for biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history
Nancy Kaffer, Stephen Henderson and Matt Helms, Detroit Free Press 4:41 p.m. EDT July 18, 2013 DETROIT — The city of Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection in federal […]
Intelligent knife tested on cancer patients in London hospitals
Source: The Guardian UK Hi-tech form of electric scalpel can identify malignant tissue in cancer patients having operations with 100% accuracy An intelligent knife that knows when it is cutting […]
EUROPE’S LOST CHILDREN: Journeys of Despair – and joy
Immigrants fleeing violence pay people smugglers thousands of dollars to enter Europe through Greece. The exodus includes children, alone and at risk. Their dreams are big, but the reality far different. Story, Irene Chapple. Film, Wojciech Treszczynski. Photo, Giorgos Moutafis Sisters’ tears for broken family Arazu has dressed carefully for […]
Pakistan’s first sect-free mosque calls for end to discrimination
Source: Dawn.Com Despite the heightened sectarian strife that plagues Pakistan, the Darul Iman Jamia Masjid Qurtuba has no qualms in declaring its message loud and clear. A bold tag welcomes the followers to the mosque stating: “This mosque does not discriminate between any sects and welcomes all Muslims.” Considering the […]
Church’s ‘No. 1 Enemy’
Source: Spiegel: He’s loved by his congregation but loathed by the archbishop. Rebellious priest Wojciech Lemanski is seen as the church’s No. 1 enemy in Poland. His dismissal highlights the deep divide between church authorities and the faithful in this staunchly Catholic nation. More:
Islamic Heritage in Turkmenistan
Huff Post: by Emily O’Dell. Treasure Hunting in Turkmenistan J-Lo isn’t the only one who went to Turkmenistan this summer. I was there too — but unlike J-Lo, I didn’t […]
Married to the mortgage
Source: The Economist: CHINA’s communists attacked many bourgeois institutions after taking power in 1949. But marriage was not one of them. On the contrary, they enacted a marriage law in 1950, four years before they introduced a constitution. The pressure to marry remains heavy in today’s China, where almost 80% […]
‘We will catch you’: A Real Story
IDF issues wanted posters for Palestinian kids RT: Asaf Hikmat, a West Bank Palestinian teen, can hardly concentrate on his upcoming exams, as he has been on the lookout for […]
Religious Conflict Not a Problem in ‘Tolerant’ Indonesia: Minister
The Jakarta Globe: Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister, in an apparent attempt to downplay the nation’s rising tide of religious intolerance, suggested that inter-faith strife is “human nature” before calling the […]
Hadith and the Western historical critical method: A Series at Oxford Center for Islamic Studies
A one-day programme organised by ‘Islamic Courses’ held on 29th September 2012 at Birkbeck College, UK. Delivered by: Professor Jonathan A.C. Brown [University of Washington, USA] And Shaykh Dr M […]
Imam gunned down in Karachi
Source: ET KARACHI: Unidentified persons gunned down the imam of a Jamia Masjid in the area of Gul Bahar, just after he had stepped out of the mosque after offering his afternoon prayers, reported Express News on Thursday. According to initial details a 9mm pistol was used and the victim, Maulana […]
Recapturing the Arab Muslim world’s golden age
The Washington Post: By David Ignatius, Hisham Melhem, a prominent Lebanese journalist, recalls an emotional visit to the Great Mosque of Cordoba in southern Spain last May. With tears in his […]
Your task is not to seek for love …
Source: Dawn.Com By Arieb Azhar: The depth of one’s spirituality is directly proportionate to one’s level of tolerance for other people’s beliefs. This means the more convinced a person is in his/her own beliefs and convictions; the less that person should be bothered by the beliefs of others. This is […]
Political Islam: Rise, fragmentation and possible fall
Source: Dawn.Com Unlike most political ideologies whose adherents by and large agree with the definitional tags attributed to their respective ideologies and ideologues, Political Islam is more of an academic concoction. It works as an analytical umbrella under which political analysts lump various forces that claim to be using historical […]
Pakistan’s New Leader Is the Latest to Seek ‘Peace’ Deal With Terrorists
Source: Conservative Papers: (CNSNews.com) – Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is planning to hold talks with jihadists, including the umbrella group known as the Pakistani Taliban, despite the failure of numerous similar initiatives over the past seven years. Campaigning ahead of the general election last May, Sharif pledged to […]
Obama to Save Presidency by Bombing Iran?
Source: Conservative Papers: I wrote an article 3½ years ago, at a low moment in Obama’s first term, when his ratings tanked and his party just lost Edward Kennedy’s senate seat to a Republican, that usefully suggested that Obama could “salvage his tottering administration” by taking “dramatic gesture to change […]
PayPal accidentally credits man $92 quadrillion
Source: TOI NEW YORK: Oops! PayPal, the online money-transfer company, has accidentally credited a man in Delaware a whopping $92,233,720,368,547,800, making him by far the richest man in the world. Chris Reynolds, 56, said he was shocked when he received his monthly statement via e-mail from PayPal last week, with […]