Euro imams, rabbis pledge to combat hate preachers
Source: Jerusalem Post: PARIS – Seventy European Muslim and Jewish leaders pledged on Wednesday to show “zero tolerance” to hate preachers of any faith including their own ranks, citing what […]
India at Crossroads on Path to Superpower Status
Source: Spiegel. AFP Poverty is still rampant in India and chaos remains a defining characteristic. But the country is also a global leader in high tech, has become the world’s leading weapons importer and is planning a mission to Mars. On the way to superpower status, India must first overcome […]
Jewish Leader Lays into Germany ‘Do You Still Want Us Jews?’
Source: Spiegel DDP Charlotte Knobloch was president of the Council of Jews in Germany from 2006 until 2010. Charlotte Knobloch, the former head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, wrote a stinging editorial on Wednesday attacking the circumcision debate, calling talk of a Jewish revival a sham and […]
Islam’s Ancient Divide Fuels Middle East Conflicts
Source: Spiegel AFP They began as a cry for freedom in the Middle East, but the Arab rebellions have become increasingly characterized by an ancient sectarian conflict between Sunni and Shiite Muslims. SPIEGEL examines how the power struggle between the two groups is sparking new fears along old frontlines. More:
Human Rights Watch accuses US of covering up extent of waterboarding The organisation alleges that opponents of Muammar Gaddafi were subjected to the torture at secret CIA prisons
Chris McGreal in Washington THE GUARDIAN Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the US government of covering up the extent of waterboarding at secret CIA prisons, alleging that Libyan opponents […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims Highlight Plight of ‘Blasphemy’ Girl
LONDON, September 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Annual Convention: 7th- 9thSeptember 2012, East Worldham, Alton, Hampshire A Muslim community has highlighted the plight of persecuted minorities in the wake of a Pakistani Christian girl accused of defaming Islam. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has joined religious and secular groups worldwide that have […]
Evacuations and Contingency Planning
Source: Stratfor: When the London 2012 Paralympic Games conclude the week of Sept. 9, the British navy reportedly will send a task force to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, where it will participate in amphibious exercises off the coasts of Albania, Sardinia and Turkey before lingering off the coast of Cyprus. […]
Clinton sealed Obama’s reelection all by himself.
Source: Asiatimes. NEW YORK – Don’t … stop … thinking about tomorrow. Fleetwood Mac is back. The roaring 1990s are back. Bubba is in da house. The American dream is back with a bang. The nightmare is over. Or is it? How can any living politician anywhere in the world […]
Germany outranks US in global competitiveness
Source: The Local Germany also ranked sixth last year in the survey conducted by the World Economic Forum (WEF), but for the first time this year, it surpassed the United States, which fell from fifth to seventh place on the list. The report was released Wednesday by the WEF in […]
Jewish graves vandalized in northern Germany
Source: The Local Unknown vandals desecrated six Jewish tombstones at a cemetery in the northeastern German city of Rostock with graffiti including Nazi swastikas, police said Wednesday. More:
Lufthansa cancels 1,200 Friday flights
Credit: The Local. The Independent Flight Attendants’ Organisation (UFO) announced the strike late Wednesday, a day after its members staged eight-hour walkouts at three key German airports in a dispute over pay and conditions. The strike Friday will hit Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart, said a statement on […]
For Jalsa UK, German “BIKE” Group crossed the Englsih Channel
Source: Hammad Haerter As reported earlier a group called Speedy Cyclists of German Ahamdies under the leadership of Mr Abdullah Wagishauser, Amir of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany, along with Mr Muhammad Hammad Haerter, Stefan Haerter, Mr Samee Ullah Khan, Mr Shahzad Ahmad Arif and Akeel Hussain are on BIKES to […]
Pakistan orders Save the Children foreign workers to leave
Guardian: Pakistan has given foreigners working for Save the Children a week to leave the country after becoming convinced that the aid organisation was used as cover by US spies hunting Osama bin Laden. The aid group had been under suspicion from authorities ever since a doctor accused of assisting […]
First Black President Can’t Help Blacks Stem Wealth Drop
Bloomberg.com: Richard Brown, 40, a U.S. Army veteran and college graduate, lost his job as a community organizer in Durham, North Carolina, amid the 2008 credit crunch. Unemployed for seven months, he worked temporarily at a grocery store for one-third his previous salary before landing a position in 2010 at another […]
Changing the blasphemy debate
Express Tribune: Politicians who mean well on the injustice of the blasphemy laws, precisely because they are scarcer than genuine fast-bowlers in Indian cricket, have to aim low and even lie a little when talking about the issue. Take the case of the sadly deceased Salmaan Taseer. Although he never said […]
Taliban threat: Nuclear site in DG Khan cordoned off
Credit: ET Sources said, according to precedents, threats intercepted via phone calls often materialised in the next 72 hours. DESIGN: MOHAMMAD SUHAIB LAHORE: It could be the first-ever security threat to a nuclear facility in Pakistan, and the Army and security forces are taking no risks. Following ‘serious’ security threats from […]
OIC fact-finding mission leaves for Myanmar
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Thursday 6 September 2012 A fact-finding mission from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) travelled to Myanmar yesterday to investigate the recent violence against Rohingya Muslims in […]
Is Pakistan’s hard line on blasphemy softening?
Credit: Guardian via Wasim Pakistani Christians protest against the mullah, Mohammed Khalid Chisti, who accused a Christian girl Rimsha Masih of blasphamy. Photograph: EPA/Nadeem Khawer It is rare these days […]
Obama Prepares Huge Bailout for Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
Written by Alex Newman SOURCE: The New American The Obama administration is close to finalizing a massive $1-billion bailout for the increasingly totalitarian Muslim Brotherhood regime ruling over Egypt, according to U.S. government officials cited in news reports. The move is already drawing fierce criticism from opponents arguing that bailing […]