http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/gun-violence-must-end-ev86lak-185377361.html By Mohan Singh Dhariwal, MD After the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin mass shooting on Aug. 5, we collectively grieved as Americans. Since that time, many other gun-related tragedies have occurred. The most recent, the horrible events at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. These events have become all […]
Youtube: Time to remember Salman Taseer, a brave man who stood boldy against the extremist elements paid for it with his life. May Allah rest his soul in peace. Watch:
Daily Telegraph: The 15-year-old was shot in the head by a Taliban assassin as she took a bus home from school in the country’s North West in early October. She […]
Source: Eurasia Review By Craig Considine; Sociologist at @RiceUniversity • Focusing on: Anti-Racism, Anti-Islamophobia, Religious Pluralism, Civic Nations, Prophet Muhammad, Christian-Muslim Relations. In recent weeks, people the world over have heard a […]
Center for Research and Security Studies: The overall level of violence declined by almost 15 percent during 2012[1] across Pakistan.[2]Meanwhile, ethno-political violence in Karachi (Sindh), religio-political terrorism in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and nationalist-separatistviolence in Balochistan continued unabated. The deadly wave of target killings in Karachi, presumably triggered by the rivalry between Muttahida […]
Source: Stratfor. By George Friedman The end of the year always prompts questions about what the most important issue of the next year may be. It’s a simplistic question, since every year sees many things happen and for each of us a different one might be important. But it is […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Friday 4 January 2013 Works on mataf (circumambulation area around the Kabaa) expansion is being stepped up, Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper reported. The second floor of the eastern side […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABPRESS Friday 4 January 2013 Childhood toys lost in a war-torn field have inspired an odd-looking invention like a giant dandelion seed head which its young Dutch […]
Source and written by Yasmeen Ali Honourable Justice (Retd.) Mr. Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan Your Honor, As a concerned Pakistani citizen,also a lawyer by profession I feel, our ballot paper do not allow the masses to exercise the right to vote in its true spirit.We see […]
By Zubair Khan Hard work and devotion to any cause is always rewarded by Allah Almighty. Some times the Blessings are showered early while some times these are bestowed bit late. Mr. Ijaz Ahmad an extremely hard working and devotee member of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hamburg, since many years, is […]
Huff Post: Jaweed Kaleem. A new analysis from the Pew Forum shows that while the new Congress is more diverse than ever before — it includes the the nation’s first Buddhist Senator and the first Hindu in either chamber of Congress, for example — it’s still far less diverse than […]
Daily Times: Ayesha Asghar. The survivor is a Bheel, not just Hindu but also a scheduled caste one. The rape of children from scheduled castes is, unfortunately, very common in Sindh The survivor is a student of Grade I, in the district of Umerkot in Sindh. She is much younger […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Hagia Sophia (/ˈhɑːɪə soʊˈfiːə/; from the Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία [aˈʝia soˈfia], “Holy Wisdom“; Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia; Turkish: Ayasofya) is […]
Haaretz: About two weeks ago, a young ultra-Orthodox man was arrested after he was caught using a hammer to smash centuries-old painted wall tiles. An attempt to harm the fragile […]
Ancient manuscripts indicate Jewish community once thrived in Afghanistan CBS News: A trove of ancient manuscripts in Hebrew characters rescued from caves in a Taliban stronghold in northern Afghanistan is […]
Heavy rains remind us of challenges in life. Never ask for lighter rain. Just pray for a better umbrella. That is attitude. When flood comes, fish eat ants & when flood recedes, ants eat fish. Only time matters. Just hold on, God gives an opportunity to everyone! Life is not […]
Source: WSJ By MELISSA KORN And JENNIFER LEVITZ Professor Jeremy Adelman has taught a world-history class at Princeton University for several years, but as he led about 60 students through 700 years of […]
By Malamin L.M. Conteh @ AllAfrica.com The Youth Wing of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at The Gambia, known as Khuddamul Ahmadiyya, recently held its 29th annual convention also known as (Ijtema). The convention took place at the Nasir Ahmadiyya Muslim Senior Secondary School in Basse in the Upper River Region. The […]