Is the Religious Right in America dead? The Other US Elections
Religious Right is Dead: By Damian Thomson Daily Telegraph: Guys – have a quick puff of your joint before heading down the aisle with your boyfriend. In addition to re-electing […]
RELIGION AND POLITICS: A New effort Secularise Pakistan- Is it too Late?
Dawn: by Zubieda Mustafa: RELIGIOUS extremism has come under discussion in numerous forums as incidents of violence and terrorism have increased in recent years reflecting negatively on what many claim to be Pakistan’s Islamic identity. This has left people confused because whatever is done is in the name of religion. Yet the […]
The legacy of Victorian England’s first Islamic convert
The legacy of Victorian England’s first Islamic convert By Rahila Bano Source: BBC.co.uk On a bleak, wet and windy day in Liverpool the old Georgian, white-stoned building which once housed […]
Swiss help countries move beyond conflict
by Patricia Islas, swissinfo.ch Colombia is on the path to peace after 50 years of civil war and Tunisia is trying its hand at democracy after two decades of dictatorship; […]
Cairo agrees to up Jordan’s gas supplies
by Taylor Luck, Jordan Times. AMMAN — Egypt has agreed to boost Jordan’s gas supplies, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Alaa Batayneh announced on Tuesday, ending a months-long dispute […]
Muslim NGOs urged to make activities more transparent
P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Wednesday 7 November 2012 JEDDAH: Muslim NGOs have been urged to make their activities transparent to remove suspicions, establish better relations with governments and respond effectively […]
British Prime Minister bows down in front of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
Source: ARABNEWS OK, Original headline read: ‘UK backs ‘safe passage’ for Assad’ but, see the photo: I am not really wrong. The Editor JEDDAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques […]
Obama Tells US: ‘The Best Is Yet To Come’
US President Barack Obama tells his supporters he returns to the White House “more determined and more inspired than ever”. Barack Obama has promised that the “best is yet to […]
Romney’s concession speech
Shortly before 1 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Mitt Romney appeared at the Boston Convention Center to deliver a concession speech. He was greeted by cheers and whistles in anticipation of […]
Asylum claim hope for student shot in head in Pakistan
BBC News UK: An Ahmadi Muslim who was shot in the head in Pakistan has arrived in the UK for treatment and will now claim asylum here in order to avoid returning to his home country. Ummad Farooq, who was in the UK studying in Sunderland on a student visa, […]
Breaking News: OBAMA Re-Elected as US President.
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Egyptian teacher convicted for cutting schoolgirls’ unveiled hair
theguardian: A court in southern Egypt has convicted a teacher of child abuse and given her a six-month suspended sentence after she cut the hair of two schoolgirls for not wearing the Muslim headscarf. The incident last month in the village of Qurna sparked criticism from rights groups and local officials. The […]
Spreading education in Pakistan harms Taliban
Duluth News Tribune: M. Imran Hayee. In America, where freedom prevails and the literacy rate is 99 percent with 40 percent of the population possessing college degrees, fact-checking is a common routine, especially during the heated presidential election campaign. The fact-checkers around the country have been working diligently this fall […]
NON-VIOLENT WAYS TO COMBAT BLASPHEMY
Dawn.com: Niaz Murtaza. SINCE religious, racial and ethnic identities are central to human conceptions of self-worth, non-constructive speech whose sole purpose is to deliberately insult such identities should certainly be […]
Women must uncover faces for security checks: Saudi Council
Saudi Arabian authorities have rejected a proposal to allow women to keep their faces covered during security checks, local media reported on Tuesday. Read more
Third Arab Women Leadership Forum to open this month
Dubai Women Establishment (DWE) unveiled on Tuesday the agenda for its Third Arab Women Leadership Forum which will kick off on 19th November in Dubai. The third edition of the flagship forum will take place at the Grand Hyatt and will focus on issues and opportunities pertaining to the role […]
Saudi gold traders refuse employment of women
Gold merchants in Saudi Arabia have described the idea of employing women in jewellery stores as “failed” because “women cannot handle such responsibilities,” a Saudi newspaper reports. Read more
Turkey haunted by Hubris
by Conn Hallinan, November 02, 2012 Source: AntiWar.com Two years ago, Turkey was on its way to being a player in Central Asia, a major power broker in the Middle East, and a driving force in international politics. It had made peace with its regional rivals, partnered with Brazil to […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria graduates 43 Hafiz-e-Quran and 22 Missionaries
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Thein Sein Pressed on Rohingya Citizenship
Source: The Irrawaddy VIENTIANE—In a meeting with President Thein Sein on Tuesday at the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Summit in Laos, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague urged “all political parties in Burma to do what they can to end the violence and address the issue of Rohingya citizenship.” Hague and […]