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By Zia H Shah on September 11, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

CJ refuses to meet UN team investigating enforced disappearances

Source: ET Chief justice says matter is sub-judice, which is why he cannot meet delegation. PHOTO: PID/FILE Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Tuesday refused to meet the UN delegation investigating the issue of enforced disappearances, saying that the matter is sub-judice, Express News reported. The team arrived in Pakistan […]

By Zia H Shah on September 11, 2012 • ( 1 Comment )

Expat population ‘could threaten’ GCC security

ARAB NEWS Tuesday 11 September 2012 JEDDAH: More than 12.5 million workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are foreigners, accounting for 31 percent of the 40 million GCC […]

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Muslims at Catholic Colleges: Aliens From Outer Space Are Thriving on Earth

The other day, I stumbled across a piece on the increasing number of Muslim students at Catholic colleges in the United States. The New York Times article is the result of interviews with students and administrators at several American Catholic institutions. Also accompanying the article was the usual array of […]

By Zia H Shah on September 11, 2012 • ( 5 Comments )

FIJIAN KORAN – Credit Pakistani Ahmadi Muslim, Maulana Wahid

SAMABULA (SUVA)- FIJI – I was blown away when I saw manuscript of the first Fijian translation nicely typed and kept  at the Ahmadiyya Islamic library here when I volunteered at the library in late 70s. During my breaks and holidays from Police Department, I used work with the then Amir and Missionary in Charge Maulana […]

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MUSLIM WRITER TARIQ RAMADAN SPEAKS AT ANN ARBOR

Noted Muslim writer Tariq Ramadan to speak tonight in Ann Arbor Detroit Free Press Staff Writer FILED UNDER The  writer who’s the grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood — the Islamic group now in power in Egypt — is speaking tonight in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan. […]

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ABC NEWS – EXTREME ISLAM IN MALI

Islamists Conduct Amputations in Mali By BABA AHMED and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali September 10, 2012 (AP) Islamic police said they used a stage in a public square to amputate the right hand and left foot of five accused thieves in a city of Mali on Monday, in […]

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Muslim leaders welcome Pope Benedict’s visit (in Lebanon)

By Jana El Hassan, Wassim Mroueh The Daily Star BEIRUT: Many Shiite and Sunni clerics, including Salafist leaders, are welcoming Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming visit to Lebanon, and expressing hope […]

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Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan says Islam, democracy compatible

Speaking to an overflow crowd at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, noted Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan criticized extreme Islamists known as Salafis, saying that the Arab world needs to develop political systems that reject both theocracies and dictatorships. But he added that Arab countries should develop their societies […]

By A Q Farhat on September 10, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Study: Jewish Population Shrinking Outside Israel

The Times of Israel:Global Jewish population grows by 88,000 over past year One of 514 people on Earth is Jewish; at 0.65%, population growth rate is well below world average The global Jewish population grew by more than 88,000 people over the past year and reached 13.75 million, according to […]

By A Q Farhat on September 10, 2012 • ( 2 Comments )

US groups helped fund Dutch anti-Islam politician

Daniel Pipes’ Middle East Forum, David Horowitz’s FrontPage Magazine helped fund Geert Wilders. Source: Reuters.com AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK – Anti-Islam groups in America have provided financial support to Dutch politician Geert Wilders, […]

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‘US had planned air raid to target Osama hideout’

Credit: TOI NEW YORK: The US was initially planning a massive air strike using B-2 Spirit bombers to level the Abbottabad hideout of Osama bin Laden but chose an assault by its elite commandos who killed the world’s most wanted terrorist a year ago. In his tell-all account, Matt Bissonnette, […]

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First web index: Digital Bangladesh way to go

Source: The daily Star Bangladesh has been ranked 55th in the web index prepared by world-wide-web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee that measures the web’s political, social and economic impact on people and nations of 61 countries. Bangladesh’s position in the bottom-ten of the index released on September 5 indicates that […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( 1 Comment )

Fighting for Bangladesh Labor, and Ending Up in Pauper’s Grave

Source: NY Times. ASHULIA, Bangladesh — His tiny office was lost among the hulking garment factories that churn out cargo pants or polo shirts for brands like Gap or Tommy Hilfiger, yet workers managed to find Aminul Islam. They came with problems. Unpaid wages. Abusive bosses. Mr. Islam, a labor […]

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German Paralympians bag 66 medals in London

Credit: The Local With 18 gold, 26 silver and 22 bronze medals in this year’s Paralympic summer games, Germany was not one of the runaway success stories leaving London. But the squad bagged three last-minute gold medals on Sunday, one of which for a record-breaking long-jump by Markus Rehm. Climbing […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( 3 Comments )

Disillusioned by Obama, Muslim Voters Face Tough Choice

At a time when U.S. Muslims and mosques are increasingly under attack, some Muslim Americans say Obama has not taken a strong enough stance against Islamophobia. The Democrats’ inclusion last week of support for marriage equality and Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in their official party platform may have […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( 6 Comments )

Anti-Semitism in the new Egypt: even the president refuses to say the word ‘Israel’

Source: Telegraph. He just can’t bring himself to say it News that Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s Islamist president, has promised to uphold his country’s long-standing peace treaty with Israel has been widely welcomed. Revealingly, however, Mr Morsi refused to refer to the Jewish state by name, sticking instead to a generalised […]

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Jews, Muslims protest for right to circumcise

Source: The Local The ‘yes’ to circumcision must be guaranteed in law,” demanded Lala Süßkind, former chairwoman of the Berlin Jewish community organization at the protest, which police said was attended by around 300 people. Several Muslims and Christians joined the mainly Jewish demo, which took place under the motto […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

City struggles to fire teacher for ‘racial abuse’

Source: The Local A 16-year-old girl at the Friedrich-Bayer Upper School in Berlin contacted the police last week after she said he called her a nigger. The teacher, named in German media only as Karl-Heinz Sch., had been talking to his class, telling them, “niggers are people like you and […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

John Davenport of World Muslim Leader’s Concluding Address at UK Convention, 2012

Millions watched Khalifatul Masih V, the Head of Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, on Muslim Television Ahmadiyya (MTA) and live streaming through internet, on the third and […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( 1 Comment )

Casino growth leaves a bitter aftertaste

by Daniele Mariani, swissinfo.ch Switzerland has one of the world’s highest densities of casinos. Soon two more will be added to the 19 others that already exist, bringing in even […]

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