Thousands flock to Bethlehem for Christmas
By Sara Hussein BETHLEHEM: Thousands of Palestinians and tourists were flocking to the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday to mark Christmas at the site where many believe Jesus […]
Black Christmas for Syria Christians
SOURCE: JORDAN TIMES / AFP DAMASCUS — Festive spirit is a distant memory for Syria’s Christian minority as it faces a second Christmas in the grip of fear of daily […]
Picture of the Day: US Flag on Capitol Hill In Recognition of Mirza Masroor Ahmad
Source: Flickr by Ehsan Rehan
Seeking the truth about Jesus
Source: CNN Editor’s note: Jay Parini, poet and novelist, is author of the forthcoming book, “Jesus: The Human Face of God.” He is the Axinn Professor of English at Middlebury College. (CNN) — At Christmas, the name of Jesus resounds everywhere in homes, churches, in hauntingly gorgeous carols, even casual […]
Africa – The Next Twenty Years
Source: All Africa.Com What can Africa anticipate over the next twenty years? More of the same? If it is not to be more of the same, what economic and political processes need to change? J. Paul Martin looks into Africa’s future and addresses these crucial questions. Given the political and […]
Prince Harry kills Taliban commander in Afghanistan
Source: TOI LONDON: Prince Harry who is an RAF helicopter pilot deployed in Afghanistan, has killed a Taliban leader in an airstrike, notching up his first ‘kill’, British media reported today. The 27-year-old, the third in line to the British throne, was called in to provide air support to troops […]
Germany warns Britain not to ‘blackmail’ Europe
Source: The Local German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has warned Britain against “blackmailing” its EU partners in a bid to bring powers back home from Brussels. More:
Will other past atrocities towards minority communities receive the same kind of attention and treatment? The Ahmadi tombstones destroyed in Lahore on December 3 come to mind.
Source: ET. In an enlightening bit of news, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti recently announced Rs90 million for the rehabilitation and renovation of a church in Mardan that was destroyed back in September during riots over an amateur anti-Islam video. While this is a surprising move — as members […]
‘Save the state, not politics’: Qadri returns, in style
Source: ET Tahirul Qadri acknowledges supporters at Minar-e-Pakistan. PHOTO: NNI LAHORE: Influential religious scholar Tahirul Qadri set a three-week deadline on Sunday for the Pakistan Peoples Party-led coalition government to introduce election reforms or else face a “million-man march” on January 14. “Elections without reforms will be meaningless and people will […]
King of Jordan meets with Christian leaders
JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday said he was proud of the values of love, compassion and brotherhood that bring Jordanians from different religions and groups […]
King orders two medical cities for Riyadh, Jeddah
ARAB NEWS Monday 24 December 2012 JEDDAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has ordered the construction of two medical cities in Riyadh and Jeddah under the Ministry […]
GCC economic union under spotlight at Manama summit
P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Monday 24 December 2012 JEDDAH: GCC leaders will assemble in Manama today for a landmark summit to discuss major regional and international issues and strengthen economic and […]
Picture of the Day-Flying Carpet
“Flying Carpet Rug by Ana Mir & Emili Padrós
A new fusion or another fission? — Yasser Latif Hamdani
Daily Times: If Pakistan has to survive as a viable and progressive nation state in the modern world it must be organised around one slogan: Pakistan for Pakistanis, where Pakistani means any citizen of Pakistan who ‘may belong to any religion, caste or creed’ or gender or any distinguishing feature […]
The defining moment
Daily Times: Mohammad Ahmad. Jinnah’s Pakistan was to be a land free of prejudice. Discrimination was to be the forbidden word in Jinnah’s Pakistan. Jinnah’s Pakistan was not created for the Taliban. The destiny of Pakistan will not be inked by India, the US or China. The future of Pakistan […]
Free and Open Yale University Courses
Epigraph: “The ink of a scholar is worth more than the blood of a martyr.” The Holy Prophet Muhammad Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection […]
Pakistan, the country, I again fell in love with!
Bashy Quraishy: Secretary General – EMISCO -European Muslim Initiative for Social Cohesion – Strasbourg Member – Advisory Board – Migration Research Centre – Hacettepe University – Ankara, Turkey. Chair-Advisory Council-ENAR – […]
World Muslim Body Slams Islamist Threats against Syria Christians
by Naharnet Newsdesk The world’s largest Muslim body on Sunday condemned threats made by Islamist rebels in Syria against two Christian towns, warning of fresh confessional strife in the war-torn country. Such threats “are contrary to the precepts of Islam which calls for tolerance, brotherhood and peace,” said the 57-member […]
Syria’s dwindling resources
The war in Syria has taken a heavy toll on the economy, despite the government’s best efforts to keep it afloat. As the fighting continues with neither the government nor the opposition forces any closer to a decisive victory, it is the Syrian people who are most exposed to the […]
Somali troops rescue hostages held for 3 years
Authorities in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region say their forces raided a hijacked ship and safely rescued 22 hostages who had been held for nearly 3 years. The Panama registered Iceberg 1, was docked near the coastal village of Gara’ad in the Mudung region. The ship was hijacked on March 29th […]