UK minister condemns Hazara killings
The News: LONDON: A British government minister, Lord Tariq Ahmad, has condemned the bomb attacks in Quetta, which have killed more than 80 people from the Shia Hazara community. “Yet […]
Iran Confiscates Buddha Statues From Shops
Source: Huff Post, by Nasser Karimi. TEHRAN, Iran — Buddha statues have joined Barbie dolls and characters from “The Simpsons” TV cartoon as banned items in the conservative Muslim nation. Authorities are confiscating Buddha statues from shops in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to stop the promotion of Buddhism in the […]
Hate is the Reason
Sourse: Stop Extremism, by Soheb Ahmed. There was a time when Ahmadis were brutally murdered and everyone kept quiet, thinking that it will never happen to anyone else and now we see that Shias are on target. This criminal silence of the past is haunting the nation today. If this […]
Pakistani Shiites demand army protection after bombing
Source: Toronto Star ISLAMABAD—Thousands of Shiite Muslims staged protests across Pakistan on Monday, demanding that the government and military protect them from Sunni extremists after a bombing that killed 89 people Saturday in the southwestern city of Quetta. Shiites, a religious minority in Pakistan, pointed to the attack, which followed a similar […]
Pressure leaves millions of youth exposed to suicide risk – Can Islam Help?
Light and Hope Source: China Daily “Sometimes, I would sit in my lab staring at the equipment and ask myself over and over again, ‘Why am I alive?’ ” This […]
Pressure leaves millions of youth exposed to suicide risk – Can Islam Help?
Light and hope Source: China Daily “Sometimes, I would sit in my lab staring at the equipment and ask myself over and over again, ‘Why am I alive?’ ” … A 2008 poll of more than 3,800 teenagers in Foshan, Guangdong province, found that 17 percent of female junior high school students had contemplated suicide. The main reasons were the pressure to behave well and feelings of isolation and loneliness, according to a report by the city’s health authority. “There is a clear connection with the country’s basic education system,” said Xu Kaiwen, an associate professor of clinical psychology at Peking University. “They (the girls) have been educated to work hard and receive high marks from childhood. Although they perform well in class, they lack education about the value of life,” he said, adding that the problem is even more serious at prestigious universities. “When they (students) meet difficulties, they are fragile,” he said. “Such problems will extend to their work and life after graduation.” This is how PhD student Sun, 27, […]
Man sentenced for leaving severed pig’s head outside Muslim place of worship
The Guardian; An office worker who left a severed pig’s head outside a Muslim place of worship on Boxing Day has been spared jail. Liam Ferrar was sentenced to 12 weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for a year, after a court heard he was disgusted by his actions and had written a […]
Lankan Media publishes News of Jama’at-e-Ahmadiyya Chennai, India
Sri Lanka’s Virakesari weekly published the news of Jama’at-e-Ahmadiyya Chennai (Tamil Nadu, India) presenting The Holy Quran to Governor of Tamil Nadu on 17.3.2013
Indonesia: Moving forward, rectifying mistakes
We still have a long-running debate on how to best to protect human rights and promote religious tolerance. Existing social diversity, income disparities and educational inequalities complicate matters further. The Jakarta Post: Our experience has taught us the wisdom of moderation: Optimism needs to be tempered by a sense of […]
Better TV Habits Means Better Children
Source: Time – Health & Family Author: Bonnie Rochman If parents can’t limit their children’s TV time, then they can at least try to improve what youngsters are watching. That’s the if-you-can’t-beat-them-join-them approach that researchers in Seattle took in trying to address the issue of how much TV children, including […]
COMPLIANT OVER NDU’S PURGE OF ISLAM: WND
COMPLAINT FILED OVER SCHOOL’S PURGE OF ISLAM Legal team challenges accreditation of National Defense University NOTE: This cation is likely to whip up a greater storm of controversy both in regards to the reinstatement of the instructor on Islamic teaching at the National Defense University and legal circles. This […]
IMRAN KHAN, LeJ MUST STOP TERRORISM IN THE NAME OF ISLAM: DAWN
LeJ must stop terrorism in the name of Islam: Imran DAWN.COM | 2 hours ago A strongest contender for Pakistan’s top position in the next elections, Superstar Imran Khan, leader of Tahrik-e-Insaf in a recent Indian TV interview told the female host that his stop priority will be establishing “the rule […]
Pak Shias refuse to bury victims’ bodies, demand protection
Source: TOI QUETTA: Thousands of Pakistani Shias furious over a sectarian bombing that killed 89 people protested on Monday, demanding that security forces protect them from hardline Sunni groups. The attack, near a street market in the southwestern city of Quetta on Saturday, highlighted the government’s failure to crack down […]
When a Pope Retires, is he still Infallible?
Epigraph: “Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
Catholic Church faces brave new world
Source: Asia Times: By Francesco Sisci ROME – With a gesture that breaks with thousands of years of tradition, the Pope, usually considered a bulwark of conservatism in the world, has projected the Catholic Church into the third millennium and presented Western culture with a challenge. The West has been […]
32 days of higher gas prices comes at tough time
Gas prices have risen for 32 days straight, according to AAA. That means that the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has increased more than 13% over that period to $3.73. It’s hitting wallets right in the middle of winter, when people are already looking at large […]
Pakistan ranks 3rd on list of most dangerous countries for women
LONDON: Afghanistan, Congo and Pakistan are the world’s most dangerous countries for women due to a barrage of threats ranging from violence and rape to dismal health care and “honour killings”, a Thomson Reuters Foundation expert poll showed on Wednesday. India and Somalia ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, in the […]
Real Laws of Nature
Forget Newton and Galileo. Here are the real laws of nature: 1.Law of Mechanical Repair – After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee 2. Law of Gravity – Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the […]
Women’s rights in S. Arabia
A self-styled cleric who preached about the dangers of immoral behaviour is waiting to be sentenced for the rape and murder of his daughter, Lama Al Ghamdi. The Star’s Hamida Ghafour covered the story. READ MORE: Saudi women fight for justice for 5-year-old girl allegedly beaten, raped by father 6a00d8341bf8f353ef017d4100cb69970c […]