Source: The Daily Beast Muslims from an obscure ethnic group in western Burma have become targets of vicious Buddhist mob attacks. Brendan Brady reports from Rakhine state on the increasing violence. A woman cries moments after she and other Rohingya Muslims, trying to cross the Naf river into Bangladesh […]
STORY SUMMARY It appears as if Kerry didn’t send the Israelis a memo about his current efforts. From time to time in recent years, and decades, U.S. officials suddenly begin making positive statements about the need for a Palestinian-Israeli peace; sometimes, they even hold talks with the two sides. As […]
Courtesy: NY Times U.S. to Suspend Trade Privileges With Bangladesh By STEVEN GREENHOUSE The Obama administration on Thursday will suspend trade privileges for Bangladesh over concerns about safety problems and labor rights violations in that country’s garment industry, according to administration and Congressional officials. The administration has come under intense […]
Archbishop of Canterbury: Israel the center of the world In Jerusalem, the leader of 80 million Anglicans — who has a Jewish father — blesses Kerry’s peace efforts, highlights Christian […]
By Caroline Alexander Bloomberg June 26, 2013 Syria’s Kurds are carving out a self-governed zone as the decay of President Bashar al-Assad’s government creates an opportunity for a people who […]
Every proof of evolution can serve as a proof of Islam over Christianity: Darwinian Evolution: Islam or Christianity? Source: BBC By Jonathan Ball A fragment of a fossilised bone thought to be […]
By Hasnain Kazim SPIEGEL.DE The situation in Afghanistan is becoming so precarious that Afghan diplomats no longer want to return to their homeland. Up to 100 foreign service employees set for rotation back to Kabul from assignments abroad have now defected. A total of 105 Afghan diplomats were meant to […]
Buzzfeed: The Supreme Court’s rulings in favor of same-sex marriage Wednesday were greeted with excitement by polygamists across the country, who viewed the gay rights victory as a crucial step […]
The rift currently dividing Turkey also runs right through the middle of many families. SPIEGEL reporter Özlem Gezer has an uncle in Istanbul who loves Erdogan, a cousin who sleeps […]
theguardian: by Matthew Engelke. Those of us with no faith have a lot to learn about the value of halting the normal rhythms of life and stopping to reflect Earlier this week I attended the national parliamentary prayer breakfast, which takes place each June in the magnificent surrounds of Westminster […]
Published on Jun 26, 2013 An address delivered by Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V (May Allah be his Helper) on the occasion of Majlis-e-Shura UK 2013. © Copyright MTA International. Watch in […]
June 27, 2013 – 11:27 By James Grubel CANBERRA (Reuters) – Kevin Rudd was sworn in as Australian prime minister for the second time on Thursday, a day after toppling Julia Gillard and three months ahead of elections in which opinion polls show the ruling Labor Party faces a devastating […]
RIYADH: GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN | ARAB NEWS STAFF Thursday 27 June 2013 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced July 8 (Shaban 29) as the last date for seeking Umrah visas. All Saudi diplomatic missions across the world will continue issuing Umrah visas until the “end of Shaban,” said Osama […]
KUWAIT CITY: ARAB NEWS Thursday 27 June 2013 More than 100,000 people have been killed in Syria’s uprising, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The death toll from the civil war is now 100,191 people, it said. Violence raged as US Secretary of State John Kerry ruled out […]
Examiner: By Mansura Minhas. Father James Quinn of St Matthew Catholic Church in Hallandale Beach first met Regional Missionary Imam Muhammad Saeed Khalid and Mr. Munawar Chaudhry, President of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community-Miami at the National Day of Prayer Observance at the Hallandale Beach City Hall on May 2. During the […]
Telegraph: Ha ha. It’s a good gag by whoever’s come up with it – a room full of Saudi Arabian men supposedly coming together to talk about ‘women in society’. […]
Source: Asia Times: The geopolitics of Central Asia has begun shifting in anticipation of the NATO forces ending their combat role as well as their pullout from Afghanistan and the proposed establishment of the nine American military bases in that country. Kyrgyzstan today gave the final touch to its strategic […]
A man was granted two wishes by God. He asked for the best drink and the best woman ever. He got holy water and Mother Teresa. . . . . . . . . . . . There are three kinds of men in this world. Some remain single and […]
Source: The Local Pressure is mounting on Germany to ban racial profiling for police checks. A report by the German Institute for Human Rights concluded a change in policy was “urgently required.” More:
Source: ET LAHORE: The biases and prejudices in school textbooks are one of the main reasons for the radicalisation of young people and poor quality of education in Pakistan, said academics and civil society activists at a conference here on Wednesday. “These are not textbooks as much as propaganda brochures which […]