AP PHOTOS: Indonesia promotes Muslim fashion
Lanky models in high heels saunter down the catwalk, one wearing a huge pink rose headpiece while another’s face is draped in a taupe silk headscarf adorned with dangling gold […]
London, UK: ICIEC & Liquidity House Sponsor Sukuk Summit
The organisers of the 7th London Sukluk Summit, scheduled for the 12th – 13th of June 2013 at the Jumeirah Carlton in Knightsbridge London, are pleased to announce the sponsorship […]
Turkey protests: about more than a shopping mall
Global Post: ISTANBUL, Turkey โ From every corner of this vast city they came to Taksim square, the scene of government attempts to replace a public park with a mall. […]
Obama Family Offering Free Scholarships to Study Sharia Law
Source: Conservative Papers. President Obamaโs grandmother Sarah started the Sarah Obama Benevolent Fund Institute, otherwise known as the Mama Sarah Obama Children Foundation, which raises 90% of its monies primarily from donors in the United States and some from Europe. Those monies are solicited as humanitarian aid and according to […]
Saudi Arabia funding fuels jihadist terror
Source: LUBP The ultimate responsibility for recent atrocities like the Boston Marathon bombing and the butchering last week of an off-duty British soldier is very clear. It belongs to Saudi Arabia. Over more than two decades, Saudi Arabia has lavished around $100 billion or more on the worldwide promotion of […]
Wisdom for Balochistan
Source: ET A wise decision has been made, which could well determine a great deal about the future of Balochistan and possibly help calm its many woes. After a meeting in Murree with Baloch leaders who included Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai and National Party (NP) […]
One in four children smacked by parents
Source: The Local Almost a quarter of German children are sometimes or regularly smacked by their parents, a study has found. Corporal punishment is more common and severe in working class families but the discrepancy between what children and their parents report is greater among privileged families. More:
Turkey’s Violent Protests in Context
Source: Stratfor Turkish protesters gather in Taksim Square in Istanbul on June 1. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) The rapid escalation of anti-government protests in Turkey in recent days has exposed a number of long-dormant fault lines in the country’s complex political landscape. But even as the appeal of Prime Minister Recep […]
Ahmadis are once again persecuted even as the new government is formed
Source: Human Rights Watch via Nasim Malik of Sweden For some time now anti-Jamaat-e-Ahmadiya (Jaamat) activities have been escalating all over Pakistan and particularly in Lahore. The members of Jamaat have been mercilessly tortured and rebuked in public over fake and felonious accusations. They have been threatened physically and mentally […]
Sectarianism in Pakistan
Source: Wasim Sr Click HERE to watch very interesting video.
Knesset approves law barring ‘infiltrators’ from transferring money abroad
Amendment to the Law for the Prevention of Infiltration stipulates that migrants cannot send property while they are in Israel and limits the amount they can take with them once […]
Study: Saudis share almost โeverythingโ on the Web
RIYADH: GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN ARABNEWS Tuesday 4 June 2013 Saudi Internet users topped the list of those who share their public and private lives online, according to a US report […]
Men also prone to cyber blackmail
JEDDAH: MOHANNAD SHARAWI ARABNEWS Tuesday 4 June 2013 We have heard of cases of girls being blackmailed through social media or other cyber networks. However, there has been little discussion […]
Iraq: Israel canโt use our airspace for striking Iran
BY PRASHANT RAO ARABNEWS Tuesday 4 June 2013 BAGHDAD: Baghdad has warned Israel that it would respond to any attempts by the Jewish state to use Iraqi airspace for a […]
Israel says it has struck deal to resettle Eritrean migrants
Reuters | Jun 03, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM โ An unidentified country has agreed to take in Eritrean illegal immigrants living in Israel, according to Israeli court documents. Humanitarian agencies say many of the 60,000 African migrants who have walked into Israel from Egypt should be considered for […]
Jordan: Imams, teachers engaged in effort to promote Amman Message
by Rula Samain | Jun 03, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN โ Muslim preachers, both male and female, from all governorates met over three days last week to discuss how best to promote the values enshrined in the Amman Message, which Jordan adopted in 2004 to introduce the true teachings […]
‘My mother and I are married to the same man’
theguardian: by Abigail Haworth. When her widowed mother remarried, Parvin Rema, then 13, was part of the deal โ one of several such arrangements in Bangladesh. Abigail Haworth talks to mothers and daughters about a particularly knotty relationship As a child in ruralย Bangladesh, Orola Dalbot, 30, enjoyed growing up around […]
Condemn Injustice, Not Islam
Huff Post: Qasim Rashid: In her recent Wall Street Journalย op-ed, atheist and anti-Islam activist Ayanย Hirsi Ali finally admits, “In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing and the Woolwich murder, […]
FORUM: Khalifa of Islam on mission to spread good will
Newhaven Register: The news seems to report much about problem leaders of the Muslim world. They include bloodthirsty extremists, fiery Mullahs and unyielding autocrats. Also, throw in the chatter from absolute cynics who canโt believe that a practicing Muslim could possibly live a life of peace. And we are left […]
Who will stand for Ahmadis in Pakistan?
Source:ย Daily Times Author:ย Husain Nadim The use of anti-Ahmadi rhetoric by political parties raises a serious question: Is there anyone who will ever stand up for their rights?ย โItโs almost laughable. You first forcefully declare us a minority, then you promise to protect minority rights, and when you fail, you conveniently […]