Marwa’s story: 10 years since the bomb fell
By BBC By Kevin ConnollyBBC Middle East correspondent As the US military fought their way into Baghdad 10 years ago, the life of one Iraqi girl was changed forever when […]
Muslims in America, Christians in Pakistan (Why is it becoming difficult to defend Pakistan?)
Huff Post: I don’t know much of the specific background of the anti-Christian rampage last week in Lahore. But is there anything I don’t know that would mitigate or excuse it? A major theme of my writing and public speaking is an insistence on distinguishing between what I call the […]
Marwa’s story: 10 years since the bomb fell
By Kevin Connolly BBC Middle East correspondent As the US military fought their way into Baghdad 10 years ago, the life of one Iraqi girl was changed forever when she […]
Britain, Islam and the Generational Struggle
Huff Post: by Matthew Goodwin: Within British media and the Westminster Village, the recent release of the latest census data has sparked considerable debate. Much of this has focused on […]
American-Muslim makes it to Qatar despite name on no-fly list
An American-born Muslim man has finally returned to his family and job in the country of Qatar after being denied permission to travel by plane on multiple occasions by the […]
Picture of the Day: Mirage
“And as to those who disbelieve, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert. The thirsty one thinks it to be water until, when he comes up to it, he finds it to be nothing. And he finds Allah near him, Who then fully pays him his account; and […]
Afghan Police Officer embraces suicide bomber to save others
(CNN) — From Masoud Popalzai A policeman sacrificed his life for the sake of others, embracing a suicide bomber in southeast Afghanistan on Saturday morning to dull the blast as […]
Hamas’s Desengaño With Morsi
by Hussain Ibish, The Daily Beast English has by far the largest vocabulary of any language, but there are still times when we have to look beyond its confines to convey a particular meaning. There is a Spanish word, desengaño, which connotes a combination of disappointment, disenchantment, disillusionment and despair, […]
Afghans await justice a year after Kandahar killings
Last year’s massacre in Kandahar by a US soldier is far from forgotten. The families of the victims continue to demand justice and observers fear there could be an uprising. Samiullah cannot forget how the members of his family lay there in a pool of blood. The images continue to […]
Ritual and Secrecy Surround Conclave
By DANIEL J. WAKIN VATICAN CITY – It begins with prayers chanted in an ancient language and ends with a tiny figure on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica unveiled […]
Syria: When Nonviolent Revolutions Spin Into Bloodshed
by by Janine di Giovanni THE DAILY BEAST Srdja Popovic goes around the world teaching nonviolent techniques to activists to overthrow autocrats. Whenever he talks about the Arab Spring, he […]
Can Money Buy True Happiness?
Source: Huff Post, by Sidarth Jayadev. What is true happiness? Can money buy happiness? True happiness is a volatile subject that many people debate. It is often defined as a […]
All minorities — please leave Pakistan!
Express Tribune: by Yakoob Khan Bangash: Yes, you read it correctly. I am asking all minorities — ethnic, religious, denominational — and any other people who consider themselves a minority of any kind, to please leave Pakistan. Yes, I know that this means that Hindus who have lived in Sindh for millennia […]
Dr. Ali Abdullah – Alleged Mastermind of May 2010 Lahore Attacks
Source: The News Courtesy: @omar_quraishi Amir Mir Monday, March 11, 2013 From Print Edition … Ten months after the Gojra tragedy, two fidayeen squads of the Punjabi Taliban targeted two Ahmadi […]
Narratives of Women’s Conversion to Islam in UK: Study
The reports of increasing conversion to Islam of women living in the UK brings to mind the prophecies of the Promised Messiah and Imam Mehdi (Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad- blessing […]
SAN FRANCISCO GRAPPLES WITH ANTI-ISLAM AD- JEWISH DAILY
San Francisco Grapples With Anti-Islam Bus Ads Pamela Geller’s Group Spawns New ‘Jihad’ Controversy GETTY IMAGES Anti-Islam: Pamela Geller, left, is involved in controversy again as her group posts new ads denouncing radical Islam in San Francisco. By Reuters Published March 11, 2013 San Francisco city buses began carrying political […]
MyJihad – The ‘Struggle’ to Reclaim Islam
Source: MM.org, by Shaahima. Residents of Chicago, San Francisco and Washington DC, may have noticed of late that the streets are rife with the call to jihad. No, not a […]
Separate voters list for Ahmadis: Court summons AG over discrimination complaint
Source: Dawn The Supreme Court made known on Monday its intention to take a decision, in the light of constitutional provisions and principles laid down in the 1993 Zaheeruddin case verdict, on a complaint that the election procedures discriminate against the Ahmadi community. A bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad […]
White Paper: Islamic Stand on Alternate Life Styles
By Ataul Wahid Introduction It is a modern trend to brand anyone who disagrees with alternate lifestyles as homophobic, intolerant, hateful and guilty of denying people their human rights. These […]
Picture of the Day: Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Nawab Akbar Bugti
Rare photo of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, shaking hands with future Baloch nationalist leader, Nawab Akbar Bugti, in Quetta, in 1948. In the 1950s and 1960s, Bugti […]