Switzerland: Trade surplus reaches new heights
Swiss foreign trade registered a new record surplus of SFr24.4 billion ($26.8 billion) for 2012 despite the gloomy global economy and strong franc, relying largely just on the watchmaking, chemical […]
Syria rebels train ‘killing machine’ teenagers
By Antonio Pampliega DAILY STAR, LEBANON SUMMARY Syria rebels train ‘killing machine’ teenagers Bored at home and eager to join their older brothers and fathers on the frontline against President […]
Under diplomatic fire, Israel faces settlement showdown
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel risks sleepwalking into a crisis with its allies over relentless settlement-building in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem unless it realises that the international anger is genuine and adjusts its course. The next few months may prove crucial if Israel is to avoid diplomatic disaster, […]
Pakistani Militant, Price on Head, Lives in Open
By DECLAN WALSH NEW YORK TIMES LAHORE, Pakistan — Ten million dollars does not seem to buy much in this bustling Pakistani city. That is the sum the United States […]
Electronic data scheme for Haj pilgrims soon
MAKKAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED Thursday 7 February 2013 The Haj Ministry is planning to introduce an electronic data system soon for foreign pilgrims as part of its efforts to boost their security and welfare, says Haj Minister Bandar bin Mohammed Al-Hajjar. He said the ministry had initially planned to introduce the […]
Ahmadiyya Jalsa Salana Bangladesh Venue Attacked!
News source: http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=268131 Six Tents Torched at Ahmadiyya Event Venue A group of religious bigots torched six tents of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat at Mouchak in Gazipur’s Kaliakoir upazila last evening. They set up the tents to accommodate the members and hold the functions, said Ahmad Tabshir Chowdhury, an executive committee […]
Islam and Secular State: Negotiating the Future of Sharia- by An Naim
Top university in the world: Harvard University in Boston, USA Publisher: Harvard University Press (March 30, 2010) By Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na‘im: He is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at […]
Treasure and Angel
فَلَعَلَّکَ تَارِکٌ بَعْضَ مَا یُوحَی إِلَیْکَ وَضَآءِقٌ بِہِ صَدْرُکَ أَن یَقُولُواْ لَوْلاَ أُنزِلَ عَلَیْہِ کَنزٌ أَوْ جَاء مَعَہُ مَلَکٌ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ نَذِیْرٌ وَاللّہُ عَلَی کُلِّ شَیْْءٍ وَکِیْلٌ They (disbelievers) imagine that thou art now perhaps going to abandon part of which has been revealed to thee; and thy bosom is […]
Accused of blasphemy
Express Tribune: Editorial. Misuse of the law has become increasingly widespread, resulting in suffering for the hundreds in jail on blasphemy charges. Minority groups, including the Ahmadis, are especially vulnerable The number of persons victimised under the blasphemy law continues to grow. Recently, four employees of a printing press in […]
New Capital Of U.S. Muslim Renaissance
HuffPost: Monique Parsons. “There are good things happening in many places, but Chicago seems to me to kind of have it all,” said Jane I. Smith, who recently retired as a dean at Harvard Divinity School. “It’s got all different backgrounds represented, and different ways of approaching Islam.” CHICAGO (RNS) […]
Female Genital Mutilation: Many Pakistani women’s painful secret
Express Tribune: Farahnaz Zahidi Moazzam. Today, as the world observes the “International Zero Tolerance Day to FGM/C”, many remain blissfully unaware that this custom, often referred to as female circumcision, is also practiced in Pakistan. In Pakistan, female circumcision is practiced by a few communities along the Iran-Balochistan border, and a few isolated […]
Evolution Weekend: An Opportunity for Reasoned Debate
Huff Post: By Micheal Zimmerman: Among many memorable lines in President Barack Obama’s second inaugural address was the following: “We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate.” To a large extent, it is the last phrase of that sentence, “or treat […]
Bangladesh: Breaking News – 1000-strong Islamist extremists attack Ahmadiyya site, set it ablaze
Ahmadiyya TImes Blog: Breaking News | 1000-strong mob of Islamist extremists attack Ahmadiyya convention site, set it ablaze By Imran Jattala for Ahmadiyya Times February 6, 2013 – An out of control mob made up from various Islamist extremist factions descended on the Ahmadiyya Muslim Annual Convention site in Dhaka, […]
New Heights of Anti Ahmadiyya Campaign: The Extremist version of Jihad of Pen against Qadianis
Source: Twitter- by Luqman Ahmad: Being distributed in Sargodha. Touching new heights of paranoia.
Federal Reserve data hacked by Anonymous
Russian TV: Days after the personal information of over 4,000 banking executives was leaked to the Web by a group affiliated with the hacktivist movement Anonymous, the Federal Reserve admits to having suffered an online security breach. Spokespeople for the Fed alerted customers on Tuesday that private information stored online […]
Shia hero not needed in a Sunni play: As Daggers are Drawn-Muslim Unity only a Dream!!
Dawn: For once, I agree with Ahmed el-Tayeb, the grand mufti of Al-Azhar in Egypt, who told the visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad not to interfere in the matters concerning Sunni Arabs. The Iranian President is on a three-day visit to Egypt, where he is attending the 12th annual summit […]
Thousands join Shahbagh sit-in
Source: The Daily Star By Sushmita S Preetha Forty-two years after the Liberation War, sentiments of liberation were rekindled as thousands yesterday refused to leave the street and go home until their demand for capital punishment for war criminals were met. The spontaneous agitation began on Tuesday afternoon shortly after a […]
France: we are in a real war in Mali
French officials conceded on Wednesday that it was at the outset of a “real war” in Mali that would involve tough fighting to weed out al-Qaeda and its allies in […]
Obama’s verbal battle picked from Indonesia
The Obama from Java The Guardian: Like a lot of people in the autumn of 2012, I watched the TV debates between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. It was the […]
Universities Sue Students over Defaulted Perkins Loans
The Huffington Several major universities are taking former students to court in an attempt to collect on past-due bills under the Perkins student loan program. George Washington University, Yale University […]