Peace-prize winning Pakistani girl on Taliban hit list fights for life after shooting Veronique De Viguerie / Getty Images, file Malala Yousafzai, pictured here at the age of 12 in March 2009, is said to be in a critical condition after she was shot twice. By Amna Nawaz […]
The Madam and the Imam By HUMA YUSUF KARACHI — Last month, the police in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, arrested four women and one man for engaging in prostitution, a crime punishable by up to 25 years in prison. The High Court in Peshawar released […]
Source: Allafrica.com via Wasim Sroya The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in The Gambia has strongly condemned the film prepared by an anti-Islam element in the United States of America insulting the pride of mankind- the Holy Prophet Muhammad Mustafa (SAW). In a press release sent to the Daily Observer, signed by […]
Source: Press and Sun SYRACUSE— Against a backdrop of escalating violence in the Middle East, the Dalai Lama said Monday at a peace conference at Syracuse University that “genuine peace […]
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1268267–p-e-i-muslims-refuse-to-be-intimidated CHARLOTTETOWN—Zain Esseghaier has been a Charlottetown resident for the last 33 years, married an islander and raised a family here. Though his modest two-story mosque has been the target of three serious threats over the past year — last week a bottle of gasoline was left at the entrance […]
Source: Stratfor By George Friedman | Oct. 9, 2012 Over the past weekend, rumors began to emerge that the Syrian opposition would allow elements of the al Assad regime to remain in Syria and participate in the new government. Rumors have become Syria’s prime export, and as such they should […]
Source: Spiegel DPA Central banks are currently flooding cash-strapped industrialized nations with money. This may help governments reduce their debt load, but it also erodes the value of people’s savings. A massive redistribution of wealth is threatening to take place in Germany and Europe — from the bottom to the […]
Source: Dawn -Illustration by Faraz Aamer Khan Amidst numerous incidents of chaos, anarchy, hatred and fundamentalism, finding solace in hope of a peaceful future is the only choice left for many people living in the country. It is during such times when great leaders like Mahatama Gandhi are truly missed, […]
Daily Telegraph: So how did Mr Nasty – aka George Osborne – do? I give the Chancellor a qualified thumbs-up for his party conference speech, even if the word “growth” was […]
Source: TOI: LONDON: A Georgian woman, who claimed to be the world’s oldest living person surviving through two World Wars and the Russian Revolution, has died at the age of 132. Antisa Khvichava, who lived in the remote mountain village of Sachino in Georgia, held Soviet-era documents which said she […]
LAHORE: In year 2010, Mian Irshad* was acquitted in a blasphemy case by the Lahore High Court. Despite the court order, Irshad’s life has resembled that of a fugitive since then. In 2004, Irshad – who had accepted the Ahmadi faith a few years back – was taken to a local […]
BEIRUT — Syria’s cross-border attacks on Turkey in the past week look increasingly like they could be an intentional escalation meant to send a clear message to Ankara and beyond, […]
Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, has pardoned all political prisoners arrested since the start of last year’s popular revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak. On Monday, a decree, published […]
Source: Press TV Every election in the United States is basically a “rigged referendum” in an incredibly corrupt system of war profiteering, funding hawkish candidates who promote “endless war,” says […]
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID ARABNEWS The tasks carried out by members of the Tawafa Chiefs’ Organization — a body that encompasses the heads of three main pilgrim serving guides including Haj […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has ordered an e-channel project for foreign Haj pilgrims. “As part of the project, Haj visa issuing procedures, including finger printing, should be completed at the country of departure before pilgrims leave for the Kingdom. All procedures that a […]
Dani Anguiano | THE ORION Cars are burning and people are running rampant through the streets as anarchy ensues. While watching any of the major news networks such as Fox, NBC or ABC, most would think the entire Muslim world is in utter chaos all the time. The news gives […]
Huff Post: by Megan Sweas. With the Southern California sun shining off its white marble walls and tall blue minaret, King Fahad Mosque in Culver City is hard to miss. But I almost did miss it. As I turned my car around, I thought about how easy it would be […]
Dawn.com: by Faiza Mirza. Although, on the surface, the constitution of Pakistan vows to protect the Muslim and non-Muslim minorities of Pakistan, however, in practice we have yet to see a time when Ahmadis, Christians, Shias, Hindus and other religious communities were treated on the same footing with Sunni Muslims. […]
Huff Post: by Craig Considine. We learned through “Innocence of Muslims” that one film can make a difference in the way Americans and Muslims perceive each other. Now is the time for “Journey into America” to make the difference, but for the better. ……… The anti-Islamic propaganda film “Innocence of […]