Hajj: The Best Symbol for Our Universal Brotherhood!
Epigraph: And remember the time when We assigned to Abraham the site of the House and said, ‘Associate not anything with Me, and keep My House clean for those who […]
Ghana’s ‘witch camps’ places of shame, with no escape
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1273638–ghana-s-witch-camps-places-of-shame-with-no-escape Ghana’s ‘witch camps’ places of shame, with no escape Published on Sunday October 21, 2012 Share on twitter Share on facebook Robyn Dixon Los Angeles Times JOHANNESBURG—In the witch camps of Ghana, the dying contortions of a slaughtered chicken determine the guilt of an accused woman: witch, or not. […]
The 1974 NA proceedings on the Ahmadi issue
Daily Times: COMMENT : The 1974 NA proceedings on the Ahmadi issue — Yasser Latif Hamdani Consider the role of Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) in 1974 when it declared Ahmadis to be out of the fold of Islam The Supreme Court judgment in the Asghar Khan case has exposed the deep […]
Manmade quakes: Spanish 2011 deadly tremor caused by water extraction – study
Russian TV: Massive groundwater extraction was behind the deaths of nine people, with 100 injured and thousands homeless, which was the toll of Spain’s earthquake in 2011. New research links human activity with earthquakes around the world. The earthquake in southeastern Spain in 2011 near the city of Lorca caught […]
Ali Dayan Hasan on deteriorating human rights situation in Pakistan
Express Tribune: Conditions continue to deteriorate in Pakistan. Watch HRW interview video here:
The Muslim Warfare: Always to Create Peace
October 22, 2012 The Muslim Outlook – by Shahid Pervaiz This is as much an “Undeniable Material Fact” as the staunch of Physical Laws that the Wars fought by The […]
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Crowds march against anti-Semitism in Malmö
The Local: Some 300 people joined a demonstration in solidarity with the Jewish population in Malmö on Saturday after a spate of recent attacks. Read More:
Etiquette in Switzerland: tips and pitfalls
The Local: The Swiss, for example, pursue a policy of neutrality but also have a large army to defend the country. It’s not unusual to phone up a business acquaintance and find they have left for military service for a few weeks. And while the Swiss love their rules and […]
Time is tight to produce a worthy US dream
Source: Asia Times: The Obama slide had been relentless, non-stop, ever since the first debate; it was only barely reversed for the past three days. Even so, Romney must win all these swing states if he can’t swing Ohio, which is leaning towards Obama by 70%. Read More:
Jordan foils Qaeda plot, arrests 11 militants: State TV
Source: ET Pictures of Ahmad Mohammad Abd Alhadi Abu Taha, Mahmoud Younes Ibrahim Mana’a, Ala’a Aldin Mohammad Ragheb Derbas and Fawzi Abd Aljabar Housain Housain, four of 11 suspects detained by security forces, are seen in this handout released by Jordan’s official Petra news agency on October 21, 2012. PHOTO: […]
Skeleton of French man found in bed after 15 years
LILLE, France | Fri Oct 19, 2012 REUTERS LILLE, France (Reuters) – Police in France said on Friday they were trying to identify the skeleton of a man believed to have lain undiscovered in bed for more than 15 years. The body, found in an abandoned house in the northern […]
Prince Ahmed: Leave politics at home (during Haj)
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 22 October 2012 Interior Minister Prince Ahmed has warned pilgrims against politicizing the Haj pilgrimage, saying those involved in such activities would be driven away. “We reject politicizing Haj and so do the pilgrims. Whoever tries to use Haj for other purposes will be kept away. […]
Jamia Salafia Deobandia LUMS fires Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy
Source: LUBP It is disturbing but hardly surprising to learn that LUMS administration has refused to renew the employment contract of Pakistan’s eminent scholar Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy. Apparently the decision to fire him has to do with the content of his course Science and Religion. In the last few years, […]
France Claims Iran will be nuclear-armed by mid-2013:
Source: TOI PARIS (AP) — France’s foreign minister says Iran appears on track to reach the ability to produce a nuclear weapon by the first half of next year. Read More:
Syrian Haj Pilgrims get special treatment
RIYADH: Ali Bluwi ARABNEWS Monday 22 October 2012 Under the direction of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, the Saudi government is giving preferential treatment to Syrian refugees […]
Face it, teachers cloak in aprons to dodge cams
Source: TOI There isn’t a formal diktat but it’s the talk of staff rooms after many women teachers noticed students taking pictures of them with mobile cameras. KOCHI: Managements of several private schools in Kerala want women teachers to adopt a dress code to avoid prying eyes of male students. […]
Country’s religious woes
Source: Daily Times via Wasim Sroya: What is needed is a paradigm realignment of the country; unless Pakistan is declared a secular state there will not be any tangible development on the human rights front. According to the Minority Rights Group International, Pakistan had the world’s highest increase of threats […]
Breakthrough in world’s oldest undeciphered writing
By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent Experts working on proto-Elamite hope they are on the point of ‘a breakthrough’ The world’s oldest undeciphered writing system, which has so far […]
The 1974 NA proceedings on the Ahmadi issue. A must read article:
Source: Dailytimes via Wasim Sroya: The argument of both Ahmadi delegations was simple and straightforward: whatever the personal views of a sect within Islam, the state had to remain neutral and respect each sect’s interpretation. In other words, if a person professes to be a Muslim, the matter becomes one […]