Christian wins right to wear cross at work
Telegraph: The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the UK had failed to protect Nadia Eweida’s freedom to manifest her faith in the workplace. But it rejected a similar […]
Video: U.S. House of Representatives Testimony: Persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in South Asia
Youtube: Published on Jan 10, 2013 Amjad Mahmood Khan testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives (Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission) about persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in South Asia as part of special hearing on “Challenges Facing Religious Minorities in South Asia”. Proceedings held on March 21, 2012 at the […]
British Airways Christian employee wins Discrimination case
Source: BBC A British Airways employee suffered discrimination at work over her Christian beliefs, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. Judges ruled Nadia Eweida’s rights had been violated […]
Insulin injection errors may have exposed veterans to viruses
(CNN) — Hundreds of veterans may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV because of medical oversights that allowed insulin pens to be used on more than one patient at a Veterans Administration hospital in Buffalo, New York, according to a memo from the Department of Veterans […]
Mali Islamists push south, threaten France amid new strikes
AFP | Jan 14, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES BAMAKO — Islamist forces on Monday seized control of a town in a fresh attack in Mali’s government-held south and vowed to strike “at the heart” of France as it waged a fourth day of air strikes against them. A local government […]
Iraq freed hundreds of inmates
BAGHDAD — Iraq has begun setting free hundreds of inmates, officials said Monday, offering a concession to Sunni protesters demonstrating against the country’s Shiite-led government. Protesters from Iraq’s Sunni minority […]
Breaking News:Rental power case: SC orders arrest of PM Ashraf
Source: ET The court also ordered all other respondents in the case to be arrested. More:
Madinah governor known for his humanitarian work
RIYADH: GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN ARABNEWS Tuesday 15 January 2013 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah appointed Prince Faisal bin Salman as governor of Madinah yesterday. Prince Faisal, who […]
‘Cooperation key to Success for Muslim businessmen’
By SM Fasiullah for TwoCirlce.net, Hyderabad: Cooperation among Muslim businessmen is needed for success and prosperity, opined Dr Rahmathullah, HoD of Business Studies department at Mumbai University, in Spring of Islam conference today. “Cooperation is in the human nature. Various organs cooperate with each other for the body to work […]
Kashmir Deaths Invite India Muslim Fury
Source: Onislam.net OnIslam & News Agencies Sunday, 13 January 2013 00:00 Kashmir is divided into two parts and ruled by India and Pakistan, which have fought two of their three wars since the 1947 independence NEW DELHI – The killing of two Indian troops in clashes with Pakistan on disputed […]
The Facts on LoC Beheadings: Indian Media drives hard line on Pakistan
Editor’s Note: Here is a bit of a dispassionate analysis of the facts. I have gathered this material from Indian News Papers so that the facts may not be called biased. This just shows how tricky it is to rely on media reports and launch into tirade. The actual facts […]
Doctors euthanize deaf identical twins who could not bear to go blind
The Ottawa Citizen: Doctors euthanize deaf Belgian identical twins who could not bear to go blind Identical twins have been killed by Belgian doctors in a unique case under the […]
The history of religious persecution
Source: Malta Times, June 2010 By Laiq Ahmed Atif The history of persecution is as old as human life on this earth. The religious history is full of examples of force and violence used in the name of religion by people who had no religion. People were tortured because of […]
My human rights wish-list
Huffingtonpost: In his superb article ‘A Human Rights Wish-list for 2013’, Jack Healey encouraged us to chose our own wish-list. I have taken up that suggestion. My 10-point wish-list is […]
Islamophobia-Wall Street Journal’s Denial
Huff Post: Nathan Lean. Any reasonable person would look at this growing phenomenon and conclude that we’ve reached an ugly new level of prejudice against religious minorities in this country. But not Jonathan Schanzer, a hawkish Bush-era terrorism analyst whose predictable (and unethical — I’ll get to that later) review […]
Social Networks May Inflate Self-Esteem, Reduce Self-Control
ScienceDaily: Jan. 14, 2013 — Users of Facebook and other social networks should beware of allowing their self-esteem — boosted by “likes” or positive comments from close friends — to influence their behavior: It could reduce their self-control both on and offline, according to an academic paper by researchers at the […]
Cheating, and Getting Away With It: It Works
Science Daily: Jan. 10, 2013 — We would all like to believe that there is a kind of karma in life that guarantees those who cheat eventually pay for their bad behavior, if not immediately, then somewhere down the line. But a study of a new gene in the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideumsuggests […]
Pakistan, Shia Genocide and 1974
Lutf’s Blog: Lutful Islam. Majority of the Shia Muslims dying in Pakistan at the hands of takfiri terrorists, and most of those protesting against this ongoing genocide don’t know or remember 1974. It was the first year of official takfir in Pakistan. An elected parliament which consisted for some […]
France determined to legalise gay marriage despite demos
Jan 14, 2013 – 17:54 By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor SWISSINFO.CH PARIS (Reuters) – A huge weekend protest against the legalisation of same-sex marriage and adoption has not dented the […]