Russia is not an enemy of Islam – senior Muslim cleric
Russian TV: The Grand Mufti of Russia Ravil Gainutdin has categorically denied allegations that the country is “the number one enemy” of Islam and Muslims. The allegation was made by Sheikh […]
Pakistan faces loss of EU trade deal
Source: Asia Times: By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI – Pakistan has puts its newly secured trade concessions package with the European Union in jeopardy by breaking a four-year moratorium on the death penalty with the execution of a former army serviceman. More:
King Abdullah inter-religious dialogue centre to open in Vienna
Dubai: In the presence of scores of senior officials and prominent international figures from around the world, the international centre for inter-religious dialogue will be opened in Vienna next Monday. Read more
British group to issue fatwa against Malala Yousufzai: Rueters
Dawn: Credit Rueters: ISLAMABAD: A new British-based Islamic group plans to meet in Islamabad to issue a religious decree against a Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Pakistani Taliban, accusing her of supporting “occupying” US forces. The move against Malala Yousufzai, 15, is likely to provoke outrage. In the days following […]
The world won’t end next month, Maya experts insist
Source: ET A screen grab from the movie 2012 based on the Mayan calendar. PHOTO: PUBLICITY MEXICO CITY: Relax doomsayers, the Maya people did not really mark their calendar for the end of the world on December 21, 2012. As tourists book hotels rooms in Mexico’s Maya Riviera and Guatemalan resorts […]
Gaza ceasefire hangs in the balance
by Ruth Pollard Middle East Correspondent The Sydney Morning Herald AS MIDDLE East leaders work with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to broker a ceasefire agreement acceptable to both Israel and Hamas, United Nations ambassadors in New York said the Security Council would hold an open debate on the […]
Another Day in Paradise
By Yusuf Walker Pardon me if I have not been myself recently, but I have been racked with inner grief at the plight of the oh so poor Israel. Every day they are terrorized by the glorified fireworks being fired at them from Palestine. To have to bear the noise […]
The First Banquet (retold by Nasruddin)
One day, it happened that someone said something to someone, who said something to someone else, who somehow formed the impression I was an important person. The result of this […]
LeT terrorist & 26/11 Mumbai attacker Ajmal Kasab hanged till Death in Pune, India
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ajmal-Kasab-hanged-and-buried-in-Punes-Yerwada-Jail/articleshow/17303820.cms? TNN | Nov 21, 2012, 08.22 AM IST NEW DELHI: In a secret operation, LeT terrorist and 26/11 attacks accused Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab was hanged in the high-security Yerwada Jail in Pune at 7:30am today after a four-year-long trial. Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said he was […]
UN chief fears ‘regional battleground’ in Syria
CAIRO: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday he feared that the militarization of the conflict in Syria could turn the country into a “regional battleground.” “We are deeply concerned […]
Iraqi troops, Kurdish forces face off in disputed area
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s central government and the country’s autonomous Kurdistan region have each sent troops to reinforce their internal border as tension builds between them in a feud over land and oil. The second military build-up this year illustrates how far relations between Baghdad’s Arab-led central government and ethnic Kurds […]
Book review: Peace, They Say: A History of the Nobel Peace Prize
By Amir Taheri Asharq-e.com Have you heard of Fritdtjof Nansen? Well, what about Miread Corrigan or Carlos Lamas? No surprise if you haven’t heard of any of them, although they are all winners of the “most famous and most controversial prize in the world.” Jay Nordlinger’s book on the Nobel […]
Why has Jordan been abandoned?
By Tariq Alhomayed Asharq Al-Awsat Do we realize the all-encompassing danger present in the Kingdom of Jordan, and the size of the conspiracy that has been hatched against it, from […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria Celebrates Religious founders Day
Saturday 17th November, 2012 was a glorious day in Lagos Nigeria when leaders of the three major religions in Nigeria converged on the Main Auditorium of University of Lagos to discuss a common goal. Religion as it is personal to individual and being a major link between man and God […]
Burma’s Rohingya minority get attention from Obama’s visit
Source: Toronto Star Author: Olivia Ward For decades, Burma’s Rohingya Muslims have suffered discrimination and harassment, and recently, arson, rape, violent attacks and murder. Dozens have drowned in an effort to escape by sea; others have been pushed back from Bangladesh, or kept in bleak camps where malnutrition is rife. […]
Prophet Muhammad’s Rules of War
Source: The Daily Beast By Qasim Rashid As the volatility between Israel and Gaza continues to transform, one constant remains: rising “collateral damage.” Unrest in Israel traces back six decades […]
‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Teach Us About Life
Huff Post: Gerry Gavin. Every animated child’s movie has some sort of moral to the story. Generally they are predictable and revolve around the basic things that we teach our kids about good guys always winning and bad guy always losing in the end. But “Wreck-It Ralph” has more. ….. […]
Rohingya Muslims Draw Crucial Attention From Obama Visit
Huff Post:Kristin Wright. In one brief visit on Monday morning, President Obama drew crucial attention to one of the world’s most egregious human rights tragedies, the plight of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. A Muslim minority situated along the country’s western coast, the Rohingyas have been brutally targeted […]