Poll: Should Blasphemy Laws be Taken off the Books?
Please read the ongoing developments in Pakistan in CNN and other newspapers and opine on the issue. Click on the picture to participate in the poll: Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — […]
State against minorities
Source: Dawn Author: Chaudhry Faisal Hussain THE concept of a Muslim state vis-à-vis its minorities, as envisaged by those that oversaw the creation of Pakistan and the members of the first Constituent Assembly, is hardly understood today. In his Aug 11, 1947 speech, Mohammad Ali Jinnah delivered a message of […]
Three Myths that Perpetuate Islamophobia
Author: Atif Mir Source: November 2010 eGazette What is it about Islam that frightens the western world? Has Islamophobia risen merely because of the emergence of the Muslim radical? The […]
World may be forced to go vegetarian by 2050, scientists say
Source: Yahoo News By the year 2050, you may be forced to become a vegetarian. That is, if Sweden’s water scientists are to be believed. According to the Stockholm International Water Institute, “There will not be enough water available on current croplands to produce food for the expected 9 billion […]
Blasphemy case: Imam jailed on 14 day judicial remand
Source: Dawn The cleric who was arrested on Saturday over suspicion of planting evidence against a Christian girl accused of blasphemy was produced in court on Sunday under strict security arrangements as the hearing for the blasphemy case resumed, DawnNews reported. Imam Khalid Jadoon was produced in the court of […]
“Pakistan Army, ISI must shut up shop if they can’t protect people”: Altaf Hussain’s bold stance on Shia genocide
Credit: LUBP In Pakistan’s entire history, no other mainstream leader has taken more bold and clear stance on Shia genocide than MQM’s leader Altaf Hussain Minorities under attack: Altaf lines up police, agencies, clerics, judges, army and… fires By Saba Imtiaz Karachi: In an impassioned speech that included critiques of […]
Kenyan leader calls for ‘tolerance’ in riot-hit city
Source: StarAfrica.com Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki called for “tolerance” in the port of Mombasa Thursday, as he visited… Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki called for “tolerance” in the port of Mombasa Thursday, as he visited the troubled city after days of violence sparked by the killing of a radical Muslim […]
Family stopped with dead dad in car
Credit: The Local German traffic police who stopped a car for driving erratically found the body of the driver’s father stuffed behind the back seat. It appears he starved to death. Read More:
Berlin a ‘nightmare for pedestrians’
Credit: The Local Germany Experts at Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND) are fed up with the traffic light system in the capital and have admonished the city government for failing to get it right despite numerous attempts, local paper Tagesspiegel reported. Waiting for up to four minutes for the […]
Romanian PM: Secret police in German press
Credit: The Local Germany Premier Victor Ponta claimed that former Soviet-era agents were operating within the German media and that they were to blame for critiques of his administration. He said agents whose loyalties lay with late Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu whose secret service, the Securitate, had hidden operatives in […]
Cardinal Called Church ‘200 Years Out of Date’ Soon Before Death
Source: The New York Times By REUTERS ROME (Reuters) — The former archbishop of Milan and papal candidate Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini said the Roman Catholic Church was “200 years […]
Australia rejects Papuan independence
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Sunday 2 September 2012 SYDNEY: Australia categorically rejected Papuan independence Sunday saying it could not lead to a viable nation and would “completely rupture” ties with Indonesia were Canberra to weigh in. Foreign Minister Bob Carr said public opinion in Australia was “in support of Indonesian […]
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia comes to aid of African states
GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN ARABNEWS Sunday 2 September 2012 RIYADH: Muslim countries, especially Saudi Arabia, led international efforts in extending aid to starving African states and donated billions of riyals to […]
Zaatari trailers to ‘kickstart’ Syria rebuilding process
AMMAN — Jordan is studying a proposal to grant Syrian refugees “ownership” of residential trailers to be introduced in the Zaatari camp, allowing families to take the mobile housing with […]
In a Ban, a Measure of European Tolerance
PARIS — During a recent protest in Marseille, seven people were suddenly surrounded by the police, bundled into a van and brought in for questioning. Their offense was not the […]
Obama’s Security Nightmare: Disintegration of Pakistan
Daily Times: The disintegration scenario —Lal Khan The dominant intelligentsia with its constricted outlook, shackled in the fetters of an obsolete and redundant capitalist ideology, is now the merchant of […]
‘I don’t want to be complicit’ if Israel attacks Iran
RT: The highest ranking officer in the United States military has announced that he is against American participation in any Israeli-led attack on Iran, even as pressure to destroy the Islamic Republic’s rumored nuclear program remain unrelieved. Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters in […]
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Concludes Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit
Source: China Daily TEHRAN – The 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit concluded in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Friday after the adoption of the outcome documents. Iranian President Mahmoud […]
Prayer leader arrested for fabricating evidence in 11 year old girl case
Express Tribune: RAWALPINDI: Police have arrested prayer leader Khalid Jadoon on charges of fabricating evidence, which he had used to accuse Rimsha Masih of committing blasphemy by allegedly burning Quranic pages, Express News reported early on Sunday. Express News correspondent Qamarul Munawar said that Hafiz Muhammad Zubair, who witnessed Jadoon adding pages of the […]
British far-right extremists voice support for Anders Breivik
National Front and English Defence League members praise Norwegian mass murderer as ‘inspirational’ and a ‘role model’. A number of rightwing British activists have publicly praised mass murderer Anders Behring […]