एक-दूसरे के धर्म का करें सम्मान

Source: Jagran प्रतिनिधि, काठगढ़ : विश्व शांति और आपसी भाईचारे को कायम रखने के उद्देश्य से कस्बा रैलमजारा में अहमदिया मुस्लिम कम्यूनिटी सर्किल पटियाला की ओर से मस्जिद में सर्व धर्म सम्मेलन करवाया गया। कार्यक्रम के दौरान सांसद रवनीत सिंह बिट्टू के भाई गुरइकबाल सिंह हनी व सीनियर कांग्रेसी नेता […]

How Did Sufis Spread Islam in INDIA?

How Did Sufis Spread Islam in India? By Andy Wright   Sufi Shrine of Hazrat Khawaja Nizamuddin Aulia in Delhi, India. (Flickr)   “There are two domains of knowledge: those deeply embedded in the humanities, and those that straddle the social sciences,” said University of Arizona History professor Richard Eaton. “I’m […]

Philippines typhoon death toll tops 900

Nesw.com.au THE death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year has climbed above 900, with hundreds still missing, the government says. Typhoon Bopha killed 902 people mostly on the southern island of Mindanao, where floods and landslides caused major damage in nearly 2000 villages on December […]

Bangladesh at 41

Source: Financial Express Mamun Rashid The gentleman is my childhood buddy. After the college, he went to East Europe for higher studies, then to Canada; got married to a Central American lady and he is now settled in New Zealand. In the past, whenever he visited Dhaka, he used to […]

Professionals downplay Israel’s ranking in int’l math tests

Ynetnews; Israeli education professionals say dramatic bump in achievements of Israeli school kids in international tests may stem form exclusion of haredi, special education pupils After international studies’ findings point to an impressive rise in Israeli schoolchildren’s achievements in math, science, and language skills, responses among education professionals vary. Though […]

Iran debates talking with the US

Source: Asia Times: By Farideh Farhi HAWAII – As the Iranian leadership prepares to engage in negotiations with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) over the fate of its nuclear program, the conversation inside Iran has moved beyond the nuclear issue, and now includes […]

Picking up a $170 billion tab

Source: Asia Times: By David Vine “Are you monitoring the construction?” asked the middle-aged man on a bike accompanied by his dog. “Ah, si,” I replied in my barely passable Italian. “Bene,” he answered. Good. In front of us, a backhoe’s guttural engine whined into action and empty dump trucks […]