US and Afghan forces clash, leaving 5 dead
KABUL — A firefight broke out between US forces and their Afghan army allies in eastern Afghanistan Sunday, killing two Americans and three Afghan soldiers and pushing the number of […]
Turkish democracy is example for Muslim world — Erdogan
ANKARA —- Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan trumpeted Turkey’s credentials as a rising democratic power on Sunday, saying his Islamist-rooted ruling party had become an example to the Muslim world after […]
At United Nations, Organization Of Islamic Cooperation Calls For Ban On Insulting Prophet Muhammad
Huff Post: NEW YORK — As anti-American protests continue in Islamic nations against a U.S.-made film that mocks the Muslim prophet, the leader of the world’s largest Islamic organization met with United Nations leaders this week to condemn violence over the film and call for a ban on insulting the […]
Defamation of religions
Dawn.com: by Munir Akram (The writer is a former Pakistan ambassador to the UN). THE recent tragic events surrounding the profane and provocative video insulting Islam’s Prophet (PBUH) have again revived tensions between the Islamic world and America and revealed the wide cultural and political gulf between them. This gulf […]
25,000 Muslim rioters torch Buddhist temples, homes in Bangladesh
RT: Tens of thousands of rioters left a trail of destruction in southeastern Bangladesh as they torched Buddhist temples and homes near the town of Ramu. The violence was sparked by a photo posted on Facebook that allegedly insulted Islam. A 25,000-strong mob set fire to at least five temples […]
“Hate Speech” – The Well-Lodged Precedent
The Muslim Outlook – by Shahid Pervaiz September 30, 2012 During the years 610 and 624 A.D. the City of Mecca experienced two profiles, absolutely contrary to each other. One of the Prophet of Islam – Muhammad son of Abdullah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and the […]
Anti-Islam Movie and Our Sane Response
Lutf ur Rehman MD Just a few weeks ago an obscure video emerged on the You Tube which portrayed Prophet Muhammad (saw) in a derogatory way. Obviously every Muslim who watched this video was offended. Once some religious Imam got involved in some Muslim country, this obscure video became an […]
British universities receive Saudi (and other Arab) funds
ARAB NEWS Sunday 30 September 2012 JEDDAH: Over the past decade, Saudi Arabia has been the largest source of donations from Islamic states and royal families to British universities, much of which is devoted to the study of Islam, the Middle East and Arabic literature. A large share of this […]
Azerbaijan eyes aiding Israel against Iran
BAKU: Israel’s “go-it-alone” option to attack Iran’s nuclear sites has set the Middle East on edge and unsettled its main ally at the height of a U.S. presidential election campaign. […]
E-track monitoring system for pilgrims
NADIM AL-HAMID ARABNEWS Sunday 30 September 2012 MAKKAH: The government is working on introducing an e-track monitoring system while developing centers of inspection and screening at the entrance of Makkah to prevent undocumented pilgrims from entering the holy sites, Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal said yesterday. The governor was launching […]
Saudi Arabia: Banks seizing dormant accounts against Shariah
ARAB NEWS Sunday 30 September 2012 JEDDAH: Shariah experts on financial matters declare that local banks are committing a crime by seizing the deposits in accounts that had not been accessed in the past five years. The experts demand that agencies such as the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) take […]
A Critique of President Obama’s UN Speech
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD First of all, let me applaud our great country, USA, it gives us freedoms, for an ordinary citizen like me, without any […]
Physics of the Future – 2112
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/interview-with-the-american-futurologist-michio-kaku-a-857860.html In his best-selling book “Physics of the Future,” American professor Michio Kaku lays out his vision for the world in 2100. Kaku, the son of Japanese immigrants, spoke to SPIEGEL about a future in which toilets will have health monitoring sensors and contact lenses will be connected to the […]
Women as Priests
NY Times: REFORMERS within the Roman Catholic Church have been calling for the ordination of women as priests. The Vatican, however, refuses to consider the possibility and uses its power to silence those who speak out. Catholic clergy in Europe, Australia and the United States who have voiced public support […]
Justice Altamas Kabir is new Chief Justice of India
http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2012/Sep/30/justice-altamas-kabir-is-new-chief-justice-of-india-37.asp New Delhi, Sep 29: Justice Altmas Kabir, the seniormost judge of the Supreme Court, was Saturday sworn in as the 39th Chief Justice of India. He was administered the oath of the office by President Pranab Mukherjee. Justice Kabir has succeeds S.H. Kapadia, who demitted office Saturday. He will […]
The World Muslim Leader: ‘The Law about Freedom of Speech is not Heavenly Scripture or the Gospel Truth!’
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD The recent notoriety of an anti-Islam film, all over the world, has drawn various reactions from people of all walks of life. His […]
The cat is finally out of the bag: PML-N in formal alliance with Sipah-e-Sahaba (LeJ-ASWJ)
Source: LUBP Finally, the cat is out of the bag. Since his patronage by General Zia-ul-Haq, Nawaz Sharif has acted as a poodle of Saudi Salafists and was also in romance with Osama bin Laden. In the last few years, PML-N and its various leaders (Shahbaz Sharif, Rana Sanullah) have […]
Promoting love, tolerance through art in Pakistan
Source: Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: Art can be effective in highlighting and combating intolerance in the society. This was the message on display at the Virsa Museum on Saturday, where young artists exhibited the artwork they had created during a week-long workshop. The workshop, “Face Off 2,” was organised by the Hunerkada […]
The Lives Of Salafists’ Wives
Source: Spiegel-Germany By Özlem Gezer and Barbara Hardinghaus Djamila Grossman/ DER SPIEGEL Salafist men wear beards, hand out copies of the Koran and cause headaches for Germany’s domestic intelligence agency. But how do the women feel? SPIEGEL spends a weekend with two veiled women and learns about their vision of […]
‘West wants end of Syria as a functioning independent state’
Russian TV: The Syrian insurgency will never win its war because its means are unsupported even among the opposition, political analyst Dan Glazebrook told RT. But thanks to a flood of weapons from the West, they will continue to destabilize the country. Syria, Glazebrook says, is the only link keeping Western […]