Pakistani Hindu revellers wave sparklers on the occasion of Diwali in Karachi on November 13, 2012. Diwali, the festival of lights, is celebrated with jubilation and enhusiasm as one of the biggest Hindu festivals. People decorate their homes with flowers and Diyas (earthen lamps), celebrate the homecoming of the God […]
Source: Alertnet // Emma Batha A girl joins others collecting pieces of metal from the rubble of a neighbourhood in Pauktaw township, in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, that was burned in recent violence October 27, 2012. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun By Emma Batha LONDON (AlertNet) – U.S. President Barack Obama must press […]
Source: Examanior.Com via Wasim Sroya: Pakistan has turned into a veritable killing field for the minority Ahmadi Muslims, who were declared non-Muslims under Saudi pressure four decades back, a report of the Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has bared.. “With its reelection to the Human Rights Council […]
Source: Free Movement via Wasim Sroya: The Baitul Futuh Mosque in London The Upper Tribunal has issued a new Country Guidance case on Ahmadis from Pakistan, the case of MN and others (Ahmadis – country conditions – risk) Pakistan CG [2012] UKUT 00389 (IAC). Shivani Jegarajah and Colin Yeo of […]
alternet.org: The Israeli political leadership is committed to crushing Palestinian hopes for a decent future. An Israeli man inspects the damage to his house following a rocket attack from the […]
RT: Video clips of a fast-moving unidentified flying object over the Denver skyline have baffled Colorado residents and aviation experts, who are unable to explain the mysterious sightings. “That is not an airplane, that is not a helicopter, those are not birds… I can’t identify it,” aviation expert, FAA accident prevention […]
Daily Times: Dr. Haider Shah. The key measure of a de-radicalisation plan should be a complete overhaul of the syllabus of the educational institutions of Pakistan On New Year’s Eve, Britain comes alive with celebrations, fireworks and parties in every corner of the country. The freezing air fails to deter […]
RT: Israel has chosen to attack Gaza in order to avoid reaching a longer-term peace settlement that was being negotiated with the help of Hamas’ military leader Ahmen Jabari, who was assassinated in an Israeli attack Wednesday, says Israeli activist. Israeli peace activist Gershon Baskin spoke to RT confirming that […]
By Shaimaa Fayed REUTERS Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:13pm IST REUTERS – Iraq’s envoy to the Arab League said it would invite Arab states to use oil as a weapon to press for a halt to Israeli attacks on Gaza, but later appeared to withdraw the remark, saying Baghdad would […]
Please, please read this recent blog post by my friend Abby Okrent. I will have more to write about Israel’s most recent outrages in Gaza very soon. http://rabbibrant.com/ Dear Mr. President, My younger brother was an early believer in you. He worked for your Senate campaign. At the age of […]
Source: New Straits Times BANGI: Gaza is in great need of basic medical supplies, which have dwindled since the recent intensified aerial attacks by the Israeli army, killing at least 20 people and injuring 200 individuals, including children. Hatem Shurrab, Media Manager at Islamic Relief Palestine (IRP), said that medical […]
Thousands of protesters chanted the Arab Spring slogan “the people want the downfall of the regime” in Jordan’s capital on Friday. Demonstrations against rising prices are gathering force in a country so far spared the brunt of Middle East unrest. The mainly urban Muslim Brotherhood joined hitherto largely rural protests […]
Sobbing and shaking with unbearable grief, Jihad Masharawi is pictured cradling the body of his murdered 11-month-old son Omar yesterday. As the might of Israel’s military – gunboats, tanks, and aircraft – pounded the Gaza Strip in pursuit of Islamic militants, Omar was one of 11 young Palestinians killed on […]
By Julius Odeke the Independent, Uganda An advocacy group says the Ugandan Army’s quest to apprehend Joseph Kony and other senior leaders of the Lord’s Resistance Army is destined to […]
Source: Yahoo News ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan decried Israeli’s air strikes on Gaza on Friday as a pre-election stunt and said he would discuss the crisis […]
War always was, and still is, a very powerful tool for wiping social problems off the table, for hiding the worsening housing crisis and the daily price increases for basic […]
Reseracher Warns against “Pakistanisation”of Indonesia The Human Rights Chief of the United Nations has condemned violence and discrimination against Christians and Muslim minorities in Indonesia. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said she had met with leaders of Christian communities as well as the Islamic minority, Shiite and […]
Merapi volcano’s ‘spirit keeper’ walks line between tradition and technology guardian.co.uk: Two years after eruption killed 350 in Indonesia, Mbah Maridjan’s son has taken over his role appeasing Mount Merapi […]
icscotland.co.uk: Hamas bears “principal responsibility” for the escalating crisis between Gaza and Israel, Downing Street has said. Number 10 also called rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas “completely unacceptable”. It […]