Ahmadis face discrimination even in death
ISLAMABAD: Even in death, the Ahmadiyya community is discriminated against. Jadeed Qabristan (graveyard) is located near Murree Road in the heart of the garrison city of Rawalpindi. A signboard dangling […]
Theresa May commends Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the House of Commons
Source: asianimage.uk Theresa May commends Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Home Secretary Theresa May has condemned “all forms of extremism” as she praised a British-based Islamic group for its commitment to peaceful […]
Drinking as bad as smoking – warning labels needed for booze
Epigraph: “They ask thee (Muhammad) concerning wine and the game of hazard. Say: ‘In both there is great sin and also some advantages for men; but their sin is greater […]
Anti-Muslim protests lead to Dearborn Arab festival cancellation
Claire Brownell THE WINDSON STAR Jun 10, 2013 – 6:48 PM EDT Organizers of Dearborn’s Arab International Festival, which draws many Windsor families and hundreds of thousands of people every year, have cancelled this year’s event in the face of escalating anti-Muslim protests. Festival director Fay Beydoun said in a […]
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Russia Says It Would Consider Asylum For Edward Snowden
Source: The Huffington Post Russia would consider granting asylum to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday. Snowden fled the United States after leaking information about […]
How Israel can return to the Middle East
HAARETZ: Israelis are so estranged from their region that the wider Middle East is another world to us. …. It barely exists in our consciousness. We are focused on the […]
Yeshivat Maharat, Orthodox Yeshiva, Set To Ordain Three Women
Source: Tablet: The first graduating class at Yeshivat Maharat may not have the title, but they do have jobs at Orthodox synagogues On June 16, three Jewish women will be […]
S&P revises U.S. credit outlook to ‘stable’ from negative
(Reuters) – Standard & Poor’s on Monday removed the near-term threat of another credit rating downgrade for the United States by revising its outlook to stable from negative, citing an improved economic and fiscal outlook. The change effectively means there is less than a one-third chance of a downgrade in […]
Supposed to transfer just €62.40, but instead making it a huge €222,222,222.22 order.
Source: The Local The labour court in the state of Hesse heard that the man was supposed to transfer just €62.40 from a bank account belonging to a retiree, but instead “fell asleep for an instant, while pushing onto the number 2 key on the keyboard” — making it a […]
Minorities and Nawaz Sharif
Source: The Express Tribune By Yaqoob Khan Bangash Published: June 10, 2013 Last year, I was invited to a Christmas programme by the Lahore College of Theology. At that superb programme, […]
Robert Fisk: The Lebanese army fears rise of the Sunni Muslim Salafists As Shia Hezbollah fighters rush to Assad’s aid
The Lebanese army claims there is a “plot” to drag Lebanon into the Syrian war. The ‘plot’ – ‘al-moamarer’ – is a feature of all Arab states. Plots come two-a-penny in the Middle East. What the military authorities really fear is that Sunni Muslim Salafist groups – perhaps paid by […]
Turkish police mass near Istanbul park protest area
(Reuters) – Hundreds of Turkish riot police gathered on Tuesday on a major avenue leading up to Istanbul’s Taksim Square where protesters have been staging demonstrations against plans to redevelop a park, a Reuters witness said. Broadcaster NTV and other media outlets said the police were preparing to remove barricades […]
Civil activists ask: Are you posting too much or too little on social media? (In 5 star hotel, paid for by USAID)
BEIRUT: Journalists, activists, bloggers and marketers gathered Saturday in Beirut to discuss the best ways for groups to make their voices heard through social media. An all-day conference at the […]
Syrian opposition to name hajis
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Tuesday 11 June 2013 The Kingdom has decided to give Syria’s opposition National Coalition the right to process applications of Syrians wishing to perform Haj to Makkah, […]
Haj 2013: Fewer pilgrims likely
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Tuesday 11 June 2013 The Haj Ministry is currently planning to considerably reduce the number of foreign and domestic Haj pilgrims this season, a reliable source has […]
World-class Madinah pilgrim city to house 200,000 faithful
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Tuesday 11 June 2013 A state-of-the-art pilgrim city will be established in Madinah on an area of 1.6 million square meters along Hijrah Road with […]
British report reveals Israel’s arms exports to Pakistan
Dawn: Israel has exported security equipment over the past five years to Pakistan and four Arab countries, Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoted a British government report as saying. In addition to […]
Science is the last best hope for religion in the modern world
Huff Post: Religion in America is in trouble, and science can help save it. Conventional wisdom suggests otherwise, saying that science is more likely to kill religion than rescue it. I’m convinced that science is the last best hope for religion in the modern world. The God Wars pit those who […]
A quiet waiver for Pakistan from the Obama administration
CS Monitor: On Sept. 13, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton quietly, and without explanation, issued a “national security” waiver on conditions for Pakistan military aid. While in years past the Obama administrationasserted that Pakistan had made progress in combating terrorism, thereby meeting aid conditions set by Congress, that apparently simply wasn’t possible after recent events: Osama bin […]