Mohammed retakes top spot in English baby names
Source: CNN By Richard Allen Greene, CNN Mohammed reclaimed its place as the most popular name for baby boys born in England and Wales in 2011 – convincingly ahead of […]
Is every human life sacred and When are drone killings illegal?
Editor’s note: I have modified the title of CNN news a little and chosen the picture above. Let us remember our Old Testament: Thou shall not kill! To examine the […]
Jobless claims trend shows job market slowly healing
(Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits edged higher last week although a trend reading fell close to a four-year low, pointing to healing in the still-struggling labor market. Other data on Thursday showed groundbreaking on new homes fell in July in a reminder of […]
Is Paul Ryan the right pick – history does’t bode well
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/history-doesnt-bode-well-for-the-gops-latest-pick/article4479412/ Peculiar. The Republicans spent their primary campaigns pushing aside Tea Party types such as Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann in favour of Mitt Romney, someone who would have more appeal to moderate America. Now moderate Mitt redefines himself by choosing bare-knuckled conservative Paul Ryan as his running mate. More […]
Call for joint action: Pakistan’s nuclear architect Dr. A.Q. Khan’s hate speech against Ahmadis
Editor’s comment: The relevant comment is in the last 4-5 minutes of this video. Let us Build Pakistan: On 14 August 2012, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan (the father of Pakistan’s […]
Iran blather whips Israel into a frenzy: The Chatter of Strike gets Louder
Global Post: JERUSALEM — A talking fever is afflicting the State of Israel. In recent days, the country has been seized by an unprecedented epidemic of public disquisition, opinionating, […]
Attack on Pakistan’s Minhas Military base
Taliban claim attack on Minhas base; nine militants killed DawnNews and Agencies | DAWN.COM | 3 hours ago اسے اُردو میں پڑھیں 133 http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D9%23cb%3Df1a7d205b8%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fdawn.com%252Ff326cb3c44%26domain%3Ddawn.com%26relation%3Dparent.parent&extended_social_context=false&font=arial&href=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com%2F2012%2F08%2F16%2Fmilitants-attack-pakistani-airbase-at-kamra%2F&layout=button_count&locale=en_GB&node_type=link&sdk=joey&send=false&show_faces=false&width=90 http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1345016233.html#_=1345119720298&count=horizontal&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com%2F2012%2F08%2F16%2Fmilitants-attack-pakistani-airbase-at-kamra%2F&size=m&text=Taliban%20claim%20attack%20on%20Minhas%20base%3B%20nine%20militants%20killed%20%7C%20DAWN.COM&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com%2F2012%2F08%2F16%2Fmilitants-attack-pakistani-airbase-at-kamra%2F&via=dawn_com https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?bsv=pr&size=medium&hl=en-US&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com%2F2012%2F08%2F16%2Fmilitants-attack-pakistani-airbase-at-kamra%2F&count=true&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3D–ql0RZyq4A.en_US.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!odsckOnlCmSAl2tjew%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTOlZdXQvjH1KwxIVfvwgonhOeDpgA#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart&id=I0_1345119720429&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com Pakistani Air Force personnel cordon the main entrance of the air force base following an attack in Kamra about 60 kilometres northwest of Islamabad on August 16, 2012. […]
Washington Post Apologizes to Farid Zakaria and issues a Correction
Washington Post: Correction: This article incorrectly states that in his 2008 book, “The Post-American World,” Fareed Zakaria failed to cite the source of a quotation taken from another book. In fact, […]
16 people gunned down near Gilgit
Credit: ET Passengers were forcefully disembarked, told to produce NICs and gunned down. PHOTO: FILE. GILGIT: At least 16 passengers in four buses were forcefully disembarked and gunned down in the Dedi Das area as they were en route to Rawalpindi via Gilgit on Thursday. The disputed territory between Chilas and […]
TTP claims attack on Minhas base; nine militants killed
Credit. Dawn.Com ATTOCK: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan on Thursday claimed responsibility of the attack on Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) Minhas airbase at Kamra, DawnNews reported. Ehsanullah Ehsan, while speaking to Dawn.com from an undisclosed location, said ” We have killed scores of security personnel.” He also claimed that […]
Israel pushes US to share red-line on Iran
Credit: Asia Times By Gareth Porter WASHINGTON – Two recent interviews apparently given by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak provide evidence that the new wave of reports in the Israeli press about a possible Israeli attack on Iran is a means by which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Barak hope […]
All (war) roads lead to Mecca
Credit: Asia Times Sugar-coated photo-ops at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation couldn’t hide the bitter truth that the House of Saud and Tehran are practically at each other’s throats in an all-out war between Sunnis and Shi’ites. In between suspending Syria from the OIC, Saudi Arabia is juggling a tricky […]
Breaking News: Militants attack PAF airbase in Kamra
Source: ET Air Force personnel cordon the main entrance of the air force base following an attack in Kamra on August 16, 2012. PHOTO: AFP KAMRA: At least eight militants and one security official were killed in an attack on a PAF airbase located in Kamra during the early hours of […]
Islamic Cooperation suspends Syria – Jerusalem Post
Organization of Islamic Cooperation suspends Syria By REUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF 08/16/2012 04:39 Membership suspended despite Iran opposition; OIC cites Assad’s violent suppression of Syrian revolt, but does not see any support for external military intervention; US commend action. PHOTO: REUTERS/STRINGER . MECCA – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation suspendedSyria‘s […]
Islam in Kashmir earlier than thought, reveals manuscript
Islam in Kashmir earlier than thought, reveals Quran manuscript by F wire Aug 15, 2012 Srinagar, Aug 15 (IANS) It is a pageant of rare Quranic manuscripts that not only provides an insight […]
German City Grants Muslims Islamic Holiday
German city grants Muslims Islamic holidays By Elisa Oddone BERLIN | Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:50pm IST Aug 15 (Reuters) – Hamburg has become Germany’s first city to recognise Islamic holidays, a move meant to encourage the integration of a religious minority often vilified by opponents of immigration. Muslim employees and students […]
Who gets to be a Muslim in Pakistan?
Source: Dawn Author: Murtaza Haider If Muhammad Ali Jinnah were alive today only half of Pakistan would consider him a Muslim. The ethnic, sectarian, and tribal fault lines have reached […]
Miracle in Joplin: $250,000 Raised to Replace Burned Mosque
Huff Post: Randy Turner. Sometime on the night of Aug. 2, the goal of $250,000 to rebuild the Joplin Islamic Society mosque, which was destroyed by a fire Monday morning, was met — and the money keeps pouring in. After a tornado that destroyed one-third of the city and left 161 people […]
Diversity Of Islam Highlighted
Huff Post: WASHINGTON (RNS) Nearly all Muslims can agree on the basic beliefs of Islam: There is one God, Muhammad is God’s prophet, Muslims should fast during the holy month of Ramadan and give alms to the poor. Yet beyond these central pillars of the faith, Muslims worldwide vastly differ […]