Ahmadiyah faces problems in Indonesia
Ahmadiyah faces possible ban from Indonesia (an older video)
Suicide bombers attack offices of Airtel, MTN in Nigeria
Source: TOI ABUJA: Suicide car bombers today attacked the offices of a Nigerian subsidiary of Indian telecom major Bharti Airtel in the volatile city of Kano besides that of South African firm MTN, killing at least four.Survivor Bayo Osho said they were at work in the Airtel building located near […]
London mayor calls for new ‘Britzerland’ area
London Mayor Boris Johnson has captured attention in Switzerland with an idea to team up the Swiss and the British in a new political union outside the European Union. Johnson […]
Suicide attack kills senior minister Bilour, seven others in Peshawar
Source: Dawn.Com Khyber Senior Minister and and senior leader of the Awami National Party (ANP), Bashir Ahmed Bilour was killed in the suicide attack.—File Photo PESHAWAR: Senior provincial minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour was among eight people killed Saturday after a Pakistani Taliban bomber blew himself up near a meeting of […]
Waldorf-Astoria Takes Couple Back in Time
By LIZZIE SIMON Ten years ago, the five adult children of Jerry and Peg Sussingham decided to chip in for a room at the Waldorf-Astoria so that their parents could […]
Politics and state
Source: Dawn.com TWO slogans in Pakistan’s two largest cities — both emphasising the leader. In Lahore the stage is being prepared for the return of Allama Dr Tahirul Qadri. In Karachi, wall chalkings of the MQM’s earlier slogan, ‘Manzil nahin rehnuma chahiye’ (leader not destination) have cropped up once again. […]
Indonesian clerics vs. Santa Claus
Global Post: Patrick Winn. Is “Merry Christmas” forbidden in Muslim-majority Indonesia? Another Christmas season, another year of hand wringing for Muslim-majority Indonesia‘s arbiters of piety. As the Jakarta Globe reports, Indonesia’s top Islamic rule-making body (the Indonesia Ulema Council) is again warning Muslims toforego all Christmas “rituals”. In other words, don’t […]
It’s Beliefs, Not Behaviors, That Need to Be Changed
Huff Post: Neale Donald Walsch. How has it come to pass that we have created a society to begin with in which depiction of rampant and vivid violence in all of our “entertainments” has been deemed perfectly acceptable? Most of the commentary in the world’s media about the horrible Connecticut […]
Pope says future of mankind at stake over gay marriage
The Telegraph: “In the fight for the family, the very notion of being – of what being human really means – is being called into question,” the Pope said in […]
New light on Early Islam shed by Buried Christian Empire
Buried Christian Empire Casts New Light on Early Islam By Matthias Schulz Paul Yule The “crowned man” relief found in Zafar, Yemen is seen as evidence that there was a Christian empire in the region before Islam took hold. Archeologists are studying the ruins of a buried Christian empire in […]
Anti-Islam Law Denied: CAIR action New American Media Report
Anti-Islam Law Denied The Muslim Observer, News Report, Posted: Dec 21, 2012 LANSING, Mich. — Last week, Muslims nationwide were urged to take action against HB 4769, better known as the Anti-Islam Legislation. State Legislator Dave Agema, a Republican from Michigan, was the state representative behind this bill, and actively pushing for […]
New York tells pastor of hate: Love is all you need
Dawn: by Anwar Iqbal: “It’s so good, it made me cry,” said Jasmine, the Muslim woman who runs a bar in northern Virginia. “May God bless all these people!” We were at the Tavern for our Saturday night gup-shupafter a long day. Since some of us do odd jobs – from […]
Mob justice: Alleged blasphemer lynched in front of police
Express Tribune: DADU: In an appalling incident of mob justice, a man was lynched for allegedly desecrating the Holy Quran in a village in Dadu district of Sindh on Friday. More alarming is the fact that the unidentified man was burnt to death right in front of the police inside the […]
Video: Ahmadiyya Muslim Rights and History of Pakistan: Rawal TV interviews Mujeeb ur Rehman Sahib
You tube: Excellent and eloquent defence of Ahmadiyya Muslim role, rights and creation of Pakistan Watch in Youtube:
Pakistan welcomes Kerry’s nomination as next US Secretary of State
Source: ET WASHINGTON: As President Barack Obama announced his nomination of Senator John Kerry as the next Secretary of State, Pakistan welcomed the prospect of working with a friendly face. “We welcome news of the nomination of Senator John F Kerry as the next US Secretary of State. Senator Kerry is […]
Apocalypse prank rattles residents
Residents in the eastern German city of Jena were in for a rude awakening on Friday, after pranksters planted alarm clocks around town to quite literally ring in December 21, a date doomsdayers associate with the apocalypse. More:
Interfaith marriages: Why the taboo?
Source: ET As the cliché goes – love is blind; blind even to religious differences. Ava and Neil made a great pair. It’s rare to come across a couple so compatible and in tune with each other. They complemented each other perfectly. Spending time with them was always a pleasure; […]
Unfair uproar against Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline: Shame on Saudi lobby in Washington D.C.
Source: LUBP Saudi Arabia is key sponsor of Takfiri terrorism in Pakistan and other countries According to diplomatic sources, Saudi Arabia is currently pushing Islamabad to abandon its plan for importing natural gas from Iran. Riyadh is also believed to be concerned over a recent move by Tehran offering crude […]
Britain gives more aid to Syrians, might arm opposition: official
The British government is increasing humanitarian aid to the Syrian people and appears to be closer to providing arms to opposition fighters inside the conflict-ridden country. UK’s assistance to Syria so far has been non-lethal but it is pushing for a relaxation of an EU arms embargo that could allow […]
Mentoring the modern Muslim woman
By SAMAR FATANY AL ARABIYA NEWS Saturday, 22 December 2012 “Saudi Women in International Organizations” was the theme of a meeting which gathered together more than 150 professional women in […]