Media’s Darkest Days Remembered!
It’s one of those weeks when many in our global tribe will take a moment to reflect on our business. Journalism should not be about the journalists’ own stories, but […]
How do you count Catholics?
By Wesley StephensonBBC News As Pope Benedict XVI prepares to step down next week, speculation is intensifying as to who will lead the reported 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide. But how […]
Fragments of ancient continent found buried under the Indian Ocean
By Rebecca MorelleScience reporter, BBC World Service Fragments of an ancient continent are buried beneath the floor of the Indian Ocean, a study suggests. Researchers have found evidence for a […]
India, the emerging major player in the space market, launches seven satellites
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21570619 India has put into orbit seven satellites, including one built with France to study the world’s oceans. President Pranab Mukherjee watched the rocket carrying the seven satellites take off […]
Start of a third intifada? Palestinian unrest grows ahead of Obama visit
Thousands of Palestinians – among them masked gunmen – took to the streets of the West Bank for the funeral of a prisoner who died in an Israeli jail. His family says he was tortured while Israel claims it was a heart attack in what threatens to becomes a new […]
United by Loss, Israeli & Palestinian Dads Call for a Joint Non-Violent Intifada Against Occupation
As protests grow in the West Bank over the death of a Palestinian inside an Israeli prison, we speak to a pair of Israeli and Palestinian fathers who’ve responded to personal tragedies with activism for peace. Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan united after the killings of their daughters — Aramin’s […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to Host Talks on Muhammed (saw) on 7th March 2013
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Chantilly invites the public to attend a conference on Muhammed in early March. The talks will begin at 7 p.m. March 7 and continue til 9 p.m. […]
Muslims shocked by pork in Swiss kebabs
A Swiss laboratory discovered traces of pork in seven out of twenty tests carried out on kebabs sold in several of the country’s cities, say shocked local Muslim authorities “Sample […]
Report: Majlis Ansarullah Kerala (India) Ijtema and Jalsa-e-Seerat-un-Nabi (saw)
Majlis Ansarullah Kerala State Ijthema was held on 9th & 10th of February 2013 at JM Mahal Palakkad. The Ijthema started with the hoisting of Ansar flag by Qari Navab […]
Bangladesh War Crime files
Source: UK Channel 4 Dispatches. Following is a documentary created by UK Channel 4 on War crimes in Bangladesh in 1971 .
Did Australia sell out ‘Prisoner X?’
Source: Asia Times: The Australian Security Intelligence Organization contributed to the suicide in 2010 in Israeli custody of Australian-born Mossad operative Ben Zygier, known as Prisoner X, say Israeli defense correspondents. By tipping off the media to Zygier’s spying, the ASIO alerted Mossad superiors to risks he might divulge information, […]
Homosexuality is “the ticking time bomb in the Catholic Church,”
Source: CNN: by Mick Krever, CNN Homosexuality is “the ticking time bomb in the Catholic Church,” a former Dominican friar told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Monday. Mark Dowd, who is himself openly gay, spoke to Amanpour as a blitz of new scandals hit the Catholic Church, just days before Pope […]
Vatican reveals Pope Benedict’s new title
Source: CNN Pope Benedict XVI waves in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican in December 2012. Benedict, 85, announced on Monday, February 11, that he will resign at the end of February “because of advanced age.” The last pope to resign was Gregory XII in 1415. Rome (CNN) — With […]
(Dream of General Kyani-Another Extention in Service or Interior Ministry! جنرل کیانی کا خواب : ایک اور ایکسٹینشن یا وزارتِ داخلہ
Source: LUBP (Sorry only for Urdu readers) جنرل اشفاق پرویز کیانی اور اُن کے روایتی مدّاح جو کہ اپنی فکری وابستگیوں کے حوالے سے “مولانا مودودی کے فکری خوشہ چین اور دائیں بازو کی حامل جماعتوں مسلم لیگ، تحریک انصاف وغیرہ میں بکھرے ہوئے ہیں اس بار پھر میڈیا میں […]
Hazara and Shia Genocide in British House of Commons
Source: LUBP A session was held in British House of Commons on 25th February 2012 where Hazara and Shia Genocide was discussed with Lord Eric Avebury. The session was called by Parliamentary Committee of Human Rights which is chaired by Lord Eric Averbury himself. The session lasted for nearly 2 […]
Home prices shoot higher
The housing market recovery picked up steam in the final three months of last year – prices shot up 7.3%, according to S&P Case-Shiller. The report covered home prices across 20 major housing markets and comes ahead of a government report on the sales of new homes due later Tuesday. […]
Defining religious freedom
Source: Toronto Star Reader’s Letters Re: A tricky juggling act, Editorial Feb. 20 There is a problem associated with Canada’s new Office of Religious Freedom that the media does not seem to be covering. It is being established at the time when the basic definition of “religious freedom” is actually […]
British cardinal’s resignation underscores challenge to Catholic Church’s moral authority
Washington Post: By Anthony Faiola, LONDON — When Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled his plan to legalize same-sex marriage last year, Britain’s highest Roman Catholic cleric took to the national pulpit. […]