Sydney sheikh killed in Syria: reports
Leesha McKenny Urban Affairs Reporter The Sydney Morning Herald A POPULAR Sydney sheikh and teacher has been killed by a rocket attack in Syria, his family in Australia has confirmed. […]
I don’t care if you are a Muslim
Source: India Today blog. Kaushik Deka With the mass exodus of North-eastern people from some southern states, what started as a clash between Bodos and alleged illegal migrants from Bangladesh has now become a battle between two Indians. Let’s assume that the rumours of a deadline set by some groups […]
Mother Mary wants all Christians to be Muslims!
There is a chapter named after Mother Mary in the Holy Quran and its number is 19. Strangely enough the alleged ‘mother of god,’ does not have any book in her name among the 27 in the New Testament, while 13-14 letters or books are attributed to St. Paul! […]
Ethiopian prime minister has died: government
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Tuesday 21 August 2012 ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, a regional strongman in power for over two decades, has died in hospital abroad, the […]
US seizes $150 mn in Hizbollah-linked funds – officials (Could we have some proof please?)
AFP | Aug 21, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES NEW YORK – US authorities on Monday announced the seizure of $150 million allegedly linked to a scheme by the Lebanese militant group Hizbollah to launder proceeds from drug trafficking and other crimes. The money came from a US bank account used […]
Bangladesh at extreme risk
Source: The Daily Star. The news that Bangladesh tops the list among 197 nations surveyed under “Natural Hazards Risk Atlas 2011”, a report by respected British risk consultancy firm Maplecroft is disturbing to say the least. The report states that we fall in the “extreme risk” category as Bangladesh suffers […]
Top U.S. general’s aircraft damaged by rockets in Afghanistan
By Rob Taylor SWISSINFO.CH KABUL (Reuters) – Insurgents fired two rockets at the main NATO airbase in Afghanistan, damaging an aircraft used by U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Martin Dempsey, a NATO spokesman said on Tuesday. The general was not on board at the time. Dempsey arrived in the […]
It’s in the cards
Nine per cent of the Swiss population practises alternative spirituality, according to a national study on religion. swissinfo.ch journalist Susan Vogel-Misicka sat in on a Bern workshop about reading tarot cards. Please click on for an audio report
Obama deeply concerned over Afghan ‘insider attacks’
Credit: ET There have been 32 insider attacks so far this year involving 36 shooters that have led to 40 coalition deaths. PHOTO: AFP/FILE WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Monday said the United States needed to do more to safeguard US troops after a spate of Afghan “insider” attacks that have […]
Picture of the Day: Team Work
A cycle on the roads of Berlin, Germany, combining energies of 11 people:
In Pakistan, underground parties push the boundaries
http://tribune.com.pk/story/424631/in-pakistan-underground-parties-push-the-boundaries/ Women in short skirts and men with gelled hair bump and grind on a dance floor as a disc jockey pumps up the volume. The air is thick with illicit smoke and shots of hard liquor are being passed around. Couples cuddle and kiss in a lounge. This is […]
The Catholic Church in America: Earthly Concerns: A Financial Audit by The Economist
Source The Economist: The Economist estimates that annual spending by the church and entities owned by the church was around $170 billion in 2010 (the church does not release such figures). […]
Why Women, Children And Americans Are More Likely To Believe In God
Businessinsider.com: University College London professor emeritus of genetics Steve Jonesexplains why men, scientists, professors and the British are less likely to believe in God than women, children and Americans. Here in […]
Russia, China say bypassing UN rules is ‘impermissible’: Battle lines are Drawn
Russian TV: Russia and China have jointly called for other nations to strictly observe the UN charter and the international law after the US said it would bypass the UN […]
Iran bans women from over 70 university courses: Report
Credit: ET Iran has the highest ratio of female to male undergraduates in the world. PHOTO: REUTERS Female students in Iran have been barred from more than 70 university degree courses, popular British daily The Telegraph reported on Monday. The new policy introduced by the Islamic Republic of Iran, resulted in […]
Blasphemy by 11 year Old or Attempt to Grab Land in Islamabad-Who is the real Blasphemer?
Asian Human Rights Commission: Editors Note: Please take action by going to website and clicking the appeal PAKISTAN: A mentally retarded minor is arrested on the charges of blasphemy; her […]
France: No solution unless Assad leaves
PARIS: ARAB NEWS Tuesday 21 August 2012 French President Francois Hollande insisted yetsreday that there can be no political solution for Syria unless President Bashar Assad steps down from power. There “cannot be a political solution without the departure of Bashar Assad,” Hollande told the new UN peace envoy to […]
Backlash fear prompts Christian families to flee
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Azam Khan / Qaiser Zulfiqar Published: August 20, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Amid reports of many Christian families fleeing the town near the federal capital […]
How likely is it that a Muslim would turn into a fanatic or terrorist? A Pakistani checklist
Credit: LUBP In the last few decades, Pakistani Muslims, particularly Sunni Muslims, have been experiencing a phenomenon which has been described by Professor Pervez Hoodbhoy as Saudi-ization of Pakistan. Many Sunni Barelvis and moderate Deobandis and Ahl-e-Hadith have been undergoing a subtle transformation to more puritanical and intolerant Wahhabi-Salafi ideology […]