Source: LUBP In a recent article (“Moderate Deobandis”) published in The Friday Times (edited by Najam Sethi and Raza Rumi), Maulana Tahir Ashrafi was presented as a moderate Sunni Deobandi cleric while the following atrocious remark was also attributed to him. The [Pakistan Ulema] council still does not believe Shias […]
Source: The Local. The University of Düsseldorf on Tuesday evening stripped the doctorate of German Education and Research Minister Annette Schavan for plagiarism. More:
The regime of President Bashar Assad has shown no signs of giving in even as opposition fighters have advanced to the outskirts of Damascus. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al Mekdad blames the West for the violence and says Assad has satisfied all opposition demands. […]
The case of a young woman who was denied treatment by Catholic hospitals after she may have been raped has sparked a debate among German Catholics. At its heart is whether the Church should allow emergency contraceptive pills, or whether such drugs are equivalent to abortion. The German Bishops’ Conference […]
Source: New York Times One dispiriting lesson from Chuck Hagel’s nomination for defense secretary is the extent to which the political space for discussing Israel forthrightly is shrinking. Republicans focused on Israel more than anything during his confirmation hearing, but they weren’t seeking to understand his views. All they cared […]
Ten Commandment of Life Courtesy: Dr Shumaila Khan Prayer is not a “spare wheel” that you pull out when in trouble, but it is a “steering wheel” that directs […]
The Jakarta Post The Ahmadiyah Indonesia Congregation (JAI) is calling on the government to restore the rights of its members, who have been living in a shelter for the past […]
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Standard & Poor’s, bringing renewed focus to the inaccurate ratings of subprime mortgage securities that helped trigger the financial crisis. A spokeswoman for Justice confirmed that the suit was filed in federal court late Monday in Los Angeles. Attorney General Eric Holder […]
By Zubair Khan On 26.01.2013, in a very festive and graceful ceremony, organized in British Council Hall Accra, certificates and medals were awarded to successful participants of the oral implantology course. It […]
Source: The Daily Star. International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Tuesday sentenced Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah to life term imprisonment for his crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. Tribunal Chairman Justice Obaidul Hassan came up with the judgement after the summary of the 132-page verdict was read […]
Source: Yahoo News and The Atlantic Wire By Adam Clark Estes Human rights advocates were floored on Monday night when NBC News published the details of an alarming Justice Department memo detailing the protocol for sending drones after United States citizens. It’s not as if they hadn’t suspected that the […]
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy and A Slight Twist Makes David Attenborough a Great Teacher for God of the Abrahamic Faiths From […]
Credit: Telegraph Security Editor Terrorists could be slipping through the net because of the spy agencies inability to monitor modern communications, the head of MI5 has warned. Jonathan Evans, the […]
Jakarta Globe: A member of the Islamic Defenders Front has received a three-and-a-half-month prison sentence for vandalizing a mosque run by Ahmadiyah devotees in Bandung, on the eve of Idul Adha last year. The Bandung District Court found Muhammad Asep Abdurahman, a member of the organization known as FPI, guilty […]
Washington Post: By Philip Rucker, In the increasingly confrontational debate over the nation’s gun laws, two female archetypes have emerged. There’s the grieving mother whose child was killed in a shooting and whose pleas for stricter regulation seem unassailable. And there’s the flinty mother who wants maximum firepower to take matters […]
Vandals have targeted a French mosque in a graffiti attack, tagging the worship centre with swastikas and anti-Islam slogans, officials said Sunday. The attack was discovered by worshippers arriving for […]
Huff Post: Monique Parsons. The Arabic term, often mistranslated as “holy war” or narrowly defined as religiously justified warfare, is at its root actually a synonym for “struggle” or “striving.” “When confronted with the easy path and the right path, it’s choosing the right path over the easy path,” said […]
JEDDAH: Khaled Al-Subiani ARABNEWS Tuesday 5 February 2013 Security patrols in Jeddah yesterday discovered more than SR 21,000 with a 50-year-old woman who was begging at a traffic light. The […]
Al-monitor: Caryle Murphy. “No one can claim monopoly of truth or righteousness in the name of Islamic law (Shariah),” declared the statement, many of whose 2,600 signatories were in their 20s. “We are young citizens who seek to create a … community that follows the example of the prophet, peace […]
by Hani Hazaimeh | Feb 04, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Moderate Islamists who claim to have the so-far largest coherent bloc in the new Lower House have approached the Muslim Brotherhood to engage them in the formation of the upcoming government and have received a positive response, a […]