Report: US believes Israel conducts Syria air strike
CNN reports, citing two unnamed US officials, that Israel conducted airstrike into Syria on Thursday or Friday but Israeli planes did not enter Syrian airspace; CBS, NBC also report airstrike. […]
Muslim leader offers to educate North Yorkshire Ukip canvasser accused of racism
The Northern Echo: by Joe Willis. A MUSLIM community leader tonight offered to teach the peaceful message of Islam to a UK Independence Party (Ukip) canvasser suspended from the party for posting sickening anti-Muslim comments and images on-line. Wadood Ahmad Daud, a youth leader with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association North-East […]
Who are the Ahmadi Muslims? And why are they so controversial?
Vancouver Sun: They are a small religious sect in Canada. But I receive more emails and news releases from the Ahmadiyya Muslims than I do from the rest of Canada’s roughly one million Muslims combined. The Ahmadiyya are not shy about seeking converts in Canada, mainly by connecting with politicians […]
Wall Street Journal: The Pakistanis Who Won’t Vote
WSJ blogs: Rights groups welcome Pervez Musharraf-era reforms to Pakistan’s electoral system, which helped put religious minorities on an equal footing with Muslims. But Ahmadis say they were left out, and some other religious minorities say they still don’t have adequate representation in Parliament. “We want to be part of […]
Pakistan Elections – Analysis PTI’s New Stance on The Blasphemy Law – Bilatakalluf
Rawal TV: Youtube: Published on May 3, 2013 Bilatakalluf with Tahir Gora Episode 91 Guests: Arshad Mahmood & Moeen Siddiqui Host: Tahir A. Gora More:
Two Minute Videos: Imran Khan Then and Now
Epigraph: “Surely, Allah changes not the condition of a people until they change that which is in their hearts.” (Al Quran 13:12) Then: A video clip from good old days of Imran Khan […]
Scientists make world’s smallest movie from Atoms
Source: TheLocal You might say he is just a collection of atoms, but then, really, aren’t we all? The Local’s German of the Week is Boy, from the world’s smallest stop-motion film, made with individual atoms moved by a German-led research team. The video A Boy and His […]
Muslim Women and Integration – Oppressed in the Name of Islam?
Source: Qantara.de The majority of Germans regard Islam as misogynist. No other issue in the public debate on integration has evoked such bitter controversy among Germans. Nonetheless, the image of […]
Two Pakistani diplomats and Ahmadi pilot Injured in Plane Crash
http://www.wboy.com/story/22089400/update-3-injured-in-plane-crash-at-windwood-fly-in-resort-in-canaan-valley with report from Pakistan Post Canada, 2nd May 2013 2 Pakistani diplomats and Ahmadi pilot Injured in Plane Crash at Windwood Fly-In Resort in Canaan Valley CANAAN VALLEY – West Virginia, USA Update 4/29/13 One of the three men involved in a plane crash in Tucker County remains in […]
Growing Anti-Semitism: World Jewish Congress Takes on Hungary
Source:Spiegel. In symbolic protest of growing anti-Semitism in Hungary, the World Jewish Congress will meet in Budapest this weekend. This has angered Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who plans to address the assembly about the criticism. But no amount of talk can erase the fact that right-wing extremism is on the […]
Saudi-sponsored ISI using Takfiri Deobandi militants to hijack Pakistan elections: PPP, ANP and MQM’s press conference
Source:LUBP KARACHI (30 April 2013): The political parties, which are being targeted by the Pakistani Taliban for having ‘secular views,’ late on Tuesday (30 April) said the coming May 11 polls are being hijacked by “local and international establishment,” DawnNews reported. It is believed that Pakistan army’s intelligence agencies (local […]
PMLN-SCP-ASWJ i.e. Nawaz, Iftikhar, Ludhianvi alliance remains intact
Source: LUBP Anybody saying it’s ‘fake’ should know that based on this evidence the SCP overturned a LHC decision and acquitted BB and AAZ, famously stating that the “bias is floating on the surface of the decision.” Resultantly the two LHC judges had to resign. More:
May 11: Taliban warn against casting vote in general polls
Source:ET PESHAWAR: A sense of fear prevailed among residents after the Taliban warned people not to cast their vote in general elections. They termed democracy as against the ‘teachings of Islam.’ Letters put up on walls in different locations, including the Hameed Khan Machine, Captain Tor Khan Kalay and Iqra Public […]
Eight things that make Germans happy
Source:The Local. Being happy is important for everyone. For some it’s a ray of sunshine falling on the petals of a spring flower, for others it’s a fancy yacht. For this week’s The Local list we looked at a recent survey of what puts a smile on German faces. More:
‘Women give the Catholic church a future’
Source: The Local. Catholic women are determined to achieve equality in the lay section of the church – and told The Local the move made by Germany’s top bishop this week when he said the idea of women deacons was no longer taboo, was not enough. Read More:
Atheist shoes go missing in God-fearing US
Source; Godless Berlin-based shoe firm Atheist has enjoyed runaway success over the past year, and garnered orders from around the world – but it seems their faithless brand name is causing problems for shipments to the United States. More:
Are Pakistan and Islam really insparable?
Source:DW.de via Wasim Sr. At a time when the world was hoping to see a shift in Pakistan’s policies towards Islamism, its military chief Kayani made sure that nobody should be under any illusions. Pakistan and Islam cannot be separated, he said. The Taliban have proven time and again that […]
Myanmar’s Muslims: Kicked in the teeth
Courtesy: The Economist Myanmar’s Muslims Kicked in the teeth May 3rd 2013, 12:17 by R.C. | PENANG <:aside sizset=”91″ sizcache=”4″> I AM in Malaysia for the election on May 5th, and up here in the north of the country quite a lot of the political to-and-fro is about […]
Research Predicting A Mixed-Race Future For Humanity
courtesy: The Econmist Affirmative action in Brazil Slavery’s legacy Apr 26th 2013, 12:27 by H.J. | SÃO PAULO TO SUM up recent research predicting a mixed-race future for humanity, biologist Stephen Stearns of Yale University turns to an already intermingled nation. In a few centuries, he says, we will […]