Iran renews support for Pakistan pipeline

Source: Asia Times: By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI – Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has vowed to complete the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project by 2014 despite United States opposition. Ahmadinejad, who attended the summit of the Developing-8 (D-8) countries held in Islamabad last week, told a press conference in Islamabad that […]

Morsi, Egypt’s Lincoln?

Source: Asia Times: By – Kaveh L Afrasiab President Mohamed Morsi triggered the first real crisis of his presidency by arrogating to himself near total control of all branches of the Egyptian government. Revolt, from the street and the judiciary, against his “dictatorial” move may on the surface be justified. […]

Egyptian protesters clash with President Mohammed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood over decree giving Islamist head of state ‘unprecedented’ powers

Faced with the third day of bloody demonstrations in Cairo, Morsi said a decree granting himself near absolute power was only ‘temporary.’ BY BILL HUTCHINSON / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Egypt was a divided country in turmoil Sunday as protesters clashed with President Mohammed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood over a decree […]

Al-Sudais: Islam is a religion of dialogue

JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 26 November 2012 Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques, has highlighted the significance of dialogue with other cultures and religions, saying it is a good medium to spread the message of Islam. “The Holy Qur’an, which is an eternal miracle, […]

New weapons, new wars

Dawn.com: Munir Akram. THROUGHOUT history, the emergence of new and more effective weapons has usually led to war or escalated violence. Each new weapon — the broadsword, lance, longbow, siege machine, heavy cavalry, gunpowder, cannons, repeating rifle, machine-gun, battle tank, aeroplane, helicopter, submarines, ballistic and cruise missile — in its […]

Shariah4Pakistan: Send in the clowns

The Express Tribune: Vaqas Asghar. Next Friday, a group of controversial religious leaders from Britain are going to visit Islamabad’s Lal Masjid under the banner of something called Shariah4Pakistan to speak about what plagues this country. The ‘conference’, which the Lal Masjid cleric says is not authorisedand has not been discussed with him […]

Saudi women monitored by electronic tracking

Riyadh: Denied the right to travel without consent from their male guardians and banned from driving, women in Saudi Arabia are now monitored by an electronic system that tracks any cross-border movements. Since last week, Saudi women’s male guardians began receiving text messages on their phones informing them when women […]

Who are Takfiri Deobandis?

Source: LUBP By Fahd Khan Takfiri Deobandi terrorists of the Sipah-e-Sahaba and Taliban have killed thousands of Shias and hundreds of Sunni Barelvis, Ahmadis and Christians in Pakistan Social media has recently witnessed the emergence of term #TakfiriDeobandi. A Takfiri Deobandi is one who declares followers of all other faiths […]

Majlis Ansarullah Germany (a sub organisation of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community) plans 2013 as the year to spread various aspects of Seerat Hadhrat Muhammad (SAW).

By Zubair Khan In his address during the 23rd Majlise Shoora, conducted on 24th and 25th of November-2012, of Majlis Ansarullah Germany ( sub organisation of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community consisting of Male members having age of 40 and onwards) Mr Chaudhry Iftikhar, the national President of Organization declared that Ansarullah […]