Dawkins’ False Papal Fatwa: ‘Einstein was a Pantheist and not a Deist?’
Epigraph We (Allah) have created you. Why, then, do you not accept the truth? What think ye of the sperm-drop that you emit? Is it you who have created it […]
The Ahmadiyya community in Australia is holding a Peace Symposium
November 9, 2012 The Ahmadiyya community in Australia is holding a Peace Symposium this weekend and it says it wants to reach the broader community with its message of peace and tolerance. Australia’s Ahmadiyya community holds Peace Symposium (Credit: ABC) The Ahmadiyya faith is a branch of Islam but the […]
1974-Today: Conspiracy Theories and Ahmadies in Pakistan
Lutf Blog: – V : Conspiracy Theories The whole nation of Pakistan, including those who took up arms in exchange of petro-dollars are now eligible targets for collateral damage. In short, those who follow the “kuffar”, or help them, assist them, give them safe passage for military supplies are not worthy of being […]
Pakistan: the game of religious bigotry — Adil Shahzeb
Daily Times: By Adil Shahzeb: We cannot be teaching our children stories of the so-called jihad and martyrdom and then expect them to remain peaceful, law-abiding citizens of a tolerant society I remember going for the Friday prayers with my father at the age of 12, listening to the imam’s fiery […]
Microsoft demos instant English-Chinese translation
Source: BBC Software that can translate spoken English into spoken Chinese almost instantly has been demonstrated by Microsoft. The software preserves intonation and cadence so the translated speech still sounds […]
Maulana Hafiz Ahmed Jibreel Saeed passed away in Ghana
Promoted post: Video: The Story of God With Morgan Freeman – Who Is God? It is my sad duty to inform you that Maulana Hafiz Ahmed Jibreel Saeed, Naib Ameer III-Ghana, […]
Too fat to die
RT: The doctor of a 480 lb. death row inmate said in an Ohio court filing that the convicted murderer is “too fat” to receive a lethal injection and is therefore unable to be executed. With no accessible veins in his arms, hands or legs, he may be evading death. […]
Blasphemy laws are darkening Pakistan’s skies
theguardian: Salman Hameed. This blasphemy law is devouring Pakistani society from within. It is an all-purpose tool in the service of intolerance. It has often been used against religious minorities, but Muslims are paying the price as well. The repeal of the law, unfortunately, is unlikely. Some voices critical of the law […]
Open secrets
Source: Friday Time: Taliban patrol in their stronghold in Waziristan A NATO report leaked earlier this year said Taliban insurgents who attack NATO and Afghan troops in Afghanistan flee to the Pakistani side of the border to take shelter. The report, titled State of the Taliban, said militants in Pakistan’s […]
Mo’bama
Source: NYT My first reaction as the numbers rolled in was that voters had conspired to play an elaborate practical joke on the country. After more than a year of frantic attention, obscene amounts of advertising, a profusion of polling, fact-checking, forecasting and analyzing, most of it predicated on the […]
Iran Fired on Military Drone in First Such Attack, U.S. Says
Source: NY Times: WASHINGTON — Iranian warplanes shot at an American military surveillance drone flying over the Persian Gulf near Iran last week, Pentagon officials disclosed Thursday. They said that the aircraft, a Predator drone, was flying in international airspace and was not hit and that the episode had prompted […]
Anglican Church’s New Leader Vows to Seek Reconciliation
Source: NY Times: LONDON — Bishop Justin Welby, the new archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual head of the world’s estimated 77 million Anglicans, pledged Friday to seek reconciliation in some of the most contentious issues of gender and sexuality that have split the Anglican Communion. Read More:
A Vague Role for Religion in Egyptian Draft Constitution
Source: NY Times: Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times Thousands of ultraconservative Salafis protested in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Friday, angry that the draft constitution did not go far enough to enshrine Islamic law. A compromise in the constituent assembly accepted that “the principles of Islamic law” should […]
ICD to open two new Islamic banks in Africa
DJIBOUTI: ARAB NEWS Saturday 10 November 2012 The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), a private sector arm of the Islamic Development Bank Group, is opening two new Islamic banks in Mali and Benin in 2013, to provide Islamic financial services in the areas currently greatly […]
Mitt Romney’s reality check leaves him shell-shocked
By Jonathan Schell The Daily Star Lebanon There is a kind of war under way in the United States nowadays between fact and fantasy. President Barack Obama’s re-election marked a victory, limited but unmistakable, for the cause of fact. Events in the days leading up to America’s presidential election provided […]
Struggle to eradicate Caste Hidden Agenda of Samajik Samrasta
Written by Written by Ram Puniyani Caste is a phenomenon deeply entrenched in Indian society and the struggle against it began in the late 19th century. Despite the social movements, initiated around the ideas of Phule, Ambedkar, Periyar and many such legendary figures, it continues to pervade in the Indian […]
CIA Chief Petraeus resigns due to extramarital affair
Russian TV: CIA Director David Petraeus has announced he will resign from the Central Intelligence Agency. Petraeus, age 60, released a statement on Friday obtained by CNN confirming that his […]
Million-name petition and Nobel calls for Malala: UN Envoy Brown
Dawn: ISLAMABAD: More than a million people have signed a global petition supporting shot Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, UN envoy Gordon Brown said Friday, amid calls for her to be […]
Try a little love
Atifa Ahmed, Calgary Herald Published: Saturday, November 03, 2012 Re: “The liberation of a Jew hater into a Zionist,” Licia Corbella, Opinion, Oct. 27. I think everything Licia Corbella tried to say can be summed up in Kasim Hafeez’s words: “Life is just so much better when you’re not so angry […]
جاپان کی سب سے مشہور یونیورسٹی میں حضرت محمد مصطفی صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم بطور امن کے سفیر کے موضوع پر تقریر
جاپان کی سب سے بڑی اور مشہور ٹوکیو یونیورسٹی میں اسلام اور انسانیت نیز حضرت محمد مصطفی صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم بطور امن کے سفیر کے موضوع پر تقریر کے لیے […]