Tourists warned about rising baggage thefts on Swiss trains
Switzerland’s fast and efficient rail service may be the envy of the world but while the trains still run to time they are no longer as safe as they once […]
UN alarmed at Mali army abuse claim
Source: TOI UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations expressed alarm Friday over reported mob lynchings and other reprisal killings of Tuaregs and Arabs as the Malian army retakes control of the north of the country. Adama Dieng, a special adviser to UN leader Ban Ki-moon on the prevention of genocide, said […]
After centuries of stagnation science is making a comeback in the Islamic world
Source: The Economist. THE sleep has been long and deep. In 2005 Harvard University produced more scientific papers than 17 Arabic-speaking countries combined. The world’s 1.6 billion Muslims have produced only two Nobel laureates in chemistry and physics. Both moved to the West: the only living one, the chemist Ahmed […]
Who will be caretaker prime minister?
Source: Friday Times. Asma Jehangir – a veteran activist against controversial laws, subjugation of women, suppression of minorities, highhandedness of state institutions, and dictators and dictatorial mindsets – is seen by some political players as unsuitable for the office of caretaker prime minister. There had been speculation for quite some […]
Israeli pianist and Qatari audience
Abdulateef Al-Mulhim Just a few days ago a Saudi woman columnist in the Asharq Al-Awsat wrote an article titled “Israel that we don’t know.” It was a very well balanced article. After reading it, I saw some tweets from what seemed to me clown-style tweets. This person was against publishing […]
Gender-segregation partitions draw mixed reaction
JEDDAH: FADIA JIFFRY ARABNEWS Saturday 2 February 2013 A new ruling issued by Saudi Labor Minister Adel Fakeih and approved by Abdullatif Al-Sheikh, the head of the Commission for the […]
“Deep Down, Muslims Feel That They Have Failed” Hoodbhoy to Der Spiegel
gatesofvienna: Posted by Baron Bodissey: In the following interview from Der Spiegel, a Pakistani nuclear physicist gives a lucid account of the state of Islam in the 21st century. Notice that […]
Introduction to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA
youtube: Published on Jan 26, 2013 Short introduction into the beliefs, history and works of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. This is a global Muslim community, established in over 200 countries around […]
Dr Abdus Salam: one man seven lives
Daily Times: By Syed Sultana Rizvi: Dr Salam played a major and influential role in Pakistan’s science infrastructure and became the guiding spirit and founder of Pakistan’s nuclear programme January 29 was an important day to be celebrated by Pakistanis for being the birthday of a person whom Pakistan as […]
KHUTBA JUMMAH : MTA INTERNATIONA
Synopsis of Friday Sermon (1-Feb-13) prepared by Sister Shermeen Butt In today’s Friday sermon Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih gave a discourse based on the writings of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) that illustrated the profound, sincere and ardent love and devotion he had for the Holy Prophet (peace and […]
Witnesses to Ahmadiyya Mosque Vandalism ask for prtection
Rabwah Times: Five members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community who are witnesses in the “Ahmadiyya Mosque Vandalism” case have asked the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) in Bandung for protection. […]
Nawaz Sharif’s meeting with Deobandi leader of banned terrorist group Siph-e-Sahaba
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Remembering Dr. Abdus Salam -by H. A. Khan
Source: LUBP. Editors note: We received the following information from social network and would like to publish this. The information is about a documentary project on the great Pakistani muslim scientist, the late Professor Abdus Salam. We encourage all our readers to support this much needed endeavour. The trailer for […]
Customs catch Iranian with €54 million cheque
Source: The Local: Customs officers confiscated a foreign currency cheque worth €54 million on Friday after catching an Iranian man trying to smuggle it illegally into the country at Dusseldorf airport. More:
HRW voices concern on attacks on religious minorities, ‘judicial overreach’
Source: Nasim Malik of Sweden. — File Photo by Malik Siraj Akbar ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government has failed to act against abuses by the security and intelligence agencies, which continued to allow extremist groups to attack religious minorities, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2013. The authorities did […]
European rights court orders France to pay four million euros to sects
Rfi. The European court ordered the French exchequer to pay 3,636,437 euros to two groups set up by the Aumism cult, founded by Gilbert Bourdin in 1969 and based at the “holy city” of Mandarom in the French Alps. The two groups collected money for the construction of temples at Mandarom, […]
Amnesty asks France to investigate deadly airstrike
France24. By Joseph BAMAT . Amnesty International said on Friday that Malian civilians have faced grave danger from warring Malian troops and Islamist fighters, but also potentially from French forces during the ongoing conflict in the West African country. Malian soldiers have committed human rights violations, including extrajudicial executions of civilians, before […]
The Challenge of Extremism!
BY: LAIQ AHMED ATIF, January 30, 2013 In today’s modern, full of technological inventions and civilised world, extremism is increasing rapidly. The overwhelming presence of violence, aggression and extremism in […]
‘Airline that lost my luggage cost me university place’
A student is demanding Dhs100,000 in compensation from an airline for misplacing his bags, twice. The Arab youth told Abu Dhabi Civil Court that the regional airline with offices in the UAE caused him to miss the opportunity to register for university last year after they lost baggage carrying his academic […]
HRW 2013 Report on Indonesia
Indonesia: Confront Intolerance in 2013 Phelim Kine, deputy Asia director Indonesia’s growing regional prominence is being held back by the government’s failure to confront intolerance of the country’s diverse political […]