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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Israel has been approved to participate in NATO operations in 2013, a decision that was previously stalled over tensions with Turkey, Israeli officials told the Jerusalem Post. The approval allegedly came at the same time as the decision to fulfill Ankara’s request to station NATO Patriot missile batteries along the […]
A friend writes: The Times today puts a short article about Hagel’s short history of anti-gay comments on p. 19, and highlights it up front. ‘Possible Defense Nominee Faulted for Record on Gays’ The hit is by Mark Landler, not famous for his independence, a reliable gauge of the paper’s […]
Newsweek released the cover for its last-ever print issue on Sunday morning. The cover features a vintage picture of the old Newsweek offices in New York, accompanied by the headline […]
Amid a nationwide debate in France surrounding attitudes towards the Islamic veil, or hijab, a French rapper has surprised fans by announcing her conversion to Islam and choosing to wear […]
No, I’m not talking about Bibliolatry. I’m talking about that time of the year when almost every Protestant goes into the woodshed and retrieves this: And this collection of plastic […]
Riyadh: The editor of a Saudi Arabian website could be sentenced to death after a judge cited him for apostasy and moved his case to a higher court, the monitoring group Human Rights Watch said on Saturday. Raif Badawi, who started the Free Saudi Liberals website to discuss the role […]
Ready-made pies and pickles could increase cancer risks this Christmas, a health charity has warned. Breast Cancer UK is offering a series of tips about what to eat and what to avoid during the festive period to help families reduce the risk of developing breast cancer. It urges families to […]
Epigraph: “Seek knowledge even if you have to go to China, any distant land.” The Holy Prophet Muhammad. … MIT President Susan Hockfield and Harvard University President Drew Faust, accompanied […]
ScienceDaily: A new study led by Joshua Hart, assistant professor of psychology, suggests that men’s insecurities about relationships and conflicted views of women as romantic partners and rivals could lead some to adopt sexist attitudes about women. The study was recently published inPersonality and Social Psychology Bulletin, a peer-reviewed journal. […]
Health: New York Times. All of us have beliefs — many of them subconscious, dating back to childhood — about what it means to get older. Psychologists call these “age stereotypes.” And, it turns out, they can have an important effect on seniors’ health. …For people who care about and […]
Islam fastest growing in UK: 2nd religion. 5% Muslims Posted on 23 December 2012. English: The Muslim population of the world map by percentage of each country, according to the Pew Forum 2009 report on world Muslim populations. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “All indications are that a growing number ofBritons who grew […]
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The Inquirer: The death toll from Typhoon “Pablo” will likely hit 1,500, making it the second deadliest since the country began keeping records, Benito Ramos, head of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), said on Saturday. Ramos said that so far, the council had counted 1,067 dead […]