Are Shias Muslims: The Pew Forum Poll?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Many Sunni Muslims have continued to harbor prejudices from medieval times, against Shia Muslims that are completely counterproductive in this day and age of […]
Let Sikh policemen wear turban, beard: New York official
Credit: TOI NEW YORK: In the wake of the tragic Wisconsin gurdwara shooting, a senior New York City official has asked Mayor Michael Bloomberg to allow Sikh police officers to serve without forsaking their turbans and beards. More:
Tea Party hijacks Romney and the presidential race
Credit: Asia Times: Mitt Romney, the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party ticket, has picked Paul Ryan, a seven-term congressman from Wisconsin, to be his running mate in this year’s US presidential election. It resulted in waves of elation among the Tea Party and conservative Republicans, as it pushed Romney […]
Palestinian inmate has son after sneaking sperm to wife
NABLUS, Palestinian Territories — A baby boy was born by Caesarian section on Monday, the product of a successful smuggling attempt by a Palestinian prisoner who managed to sneak out […]
A Brotherhood coup in Egypt
Credit:Asoa Times: Egypt’s ostensibly inexperienced president Mohammed Morsi accomplished nothing short of a coup d’etat on Sunday when he replaced the men who were widely seen as Egypt’s rulers – Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi and Lieutenant general Sami Anan, among others – and shredded the latest constitutional amendment issued […]
With all due respect to the leaders of the Muslim world, sedition is not unavoidable destiny
ABDUL RAHMAN BIN HAMAD AL-SAEED ARABNEWS Tuesday 14 August 2012 First and foremost, we should thank Almighty Allah for enabling you to gather around His Sacred House during these blessed […]
Islamic body agrees to suspend Syria: OIC source
JEDDAH: Foreign ministers at a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) agreed on Monday to suspend Syria from the international body, an OIC source said, further isolating President […]
Three killed in shooting near Texas university
Credit: TOI The incident came in the wake of two recent mass shootings — one at a crowded cinema in Colorado and another at a gurdwara in Wisconsin. HOUSTON: A man gunned down two people, including a constable, near a Texas university and was himself killed in the shooting incident, […]
On this Independence Day
Credit: ET via Wasim Sroya This Independence Day can only be celebrated with sincere effort to highlight the flaws that Pakistan has succumbed to. PHOTO: FILE A peaceful demonstration named ‘Stop Persecution of Religious Minorities in Pakistan’ took place at the Lahore Press Club in connection with Minority Day on […]
Saudi women encouraged to pursue education
Riyadh: Saudi women are being encouraged to pursue world-class educations, with new schools opening for gifted girls and a greater emphasis on attending university. In 1965, the country’s female literacy rate was 5 per cent. Today, 60 per cent of the college students in Saudi Arabia are women, and […]
Islam’s global diversity
Report highlights Islam’s global diversity Source: The Washington Post By Chris Lisee| Religion News Service, Updated: Monday, August 13, 3:02 PM WASHINGTON — Nearly all Muslims can agree on the basic beliefs of Islam: There is one […]
Ramadan TV stirs argument across Arab world
FEATURE-Ramadan TV show stirs argument across Arab world http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fin.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2012%2F08%2F13%2Fmedia-islam-drama-idINL6E8J780L20120813&layout=standard&show_faces=false&width=450&action=recommend&colorscheme=light&height=35 http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1340179658.html#_=1344917383329&count=horizontal&counturl=http%3A%2F%2Fin.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2012%2F08%2F13%2Fmedia-islam-drama-idINL6E8J780L20120813&id=twitter-share-link&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fin.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2012%2F08%2F13%2Fmedia-islam-drama-idINL6E8J780L20120813&size=m&text=FEATURE-Ramadan%20TV%20show%20stirs%20argument%20across%20Arab%20world&url=http%3A%2F%2Freut.rs%2FRHM1uB&via=reuters By Mahmoud Habboush DUBAI | Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:36pm IST Aug 13 (Reuters) – A television drama about the life of a seventh century Muslim ruler, Omar Ibn al-Khattab, is polarising opinion across the Arab world by challenging a widespread belief […]
Pakistan Independence Day: Equality and Freedom to break the Law
Daily Times: VIEW : Deliverance at last? — Dr Mubashir Hasan The rich and the poor in the polity, elected or unelected, officials or otherwise, are today free to violate the […]
Lost: Jinnah’s August 11, 1947 Speech and Our Pakistan
Fading legacy: In search of Jinnah’s missing speech Express Tribune: The audio recordings of every speech of the Quaid-e-Azam are with Radio Pakistan – except for one. Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s landmark […]
U.S. Treasury increases auto bailout cost estimate
The U.S. Treasury Department has said the auto industry bailout will cost taxpayers $3.4 billion more than previously thought. Treasury now estimates the 2009 bailout will eventually cost the government $25.1 billion, according to a report sent to Congress on Friday. That is up from the last quarterly estimate of […]
Upcoming OIC meeting: Scheming for back stabbing Muslim Ummah
by M.I. Bhat (OpEd). King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has called for the Extra-ordinary Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on 14-15 August in Makkah Al-Mukarramah. OIC meetings are routinely held without ever creating even a ripple in world politics as nobody takes it seriously, not even the […]
Flying the Swiss flag on the high seas
by Sophie Douez, swissinfo.ch It might seem strange for a landlocked country to have a merchant navy, but the 41 commercial ships sailing under the Swiss flag represent a vital […]
Nuremberg (Germany) – Petition against Ahmadiyya Mosque construction
The administrative court in Ansbach received an urgent application against a mosque construction with a minaret by five residents. The claim period ends today 13th August 2012. Source: BR.de Studio […]
Learning from Bangladesh
Source: Pakistan Today. Jubail, Saudi Arabia – It has been reported from Bangladesh that Hasina Wajid’s government has started monitoring weekly Friday prayer sermons to ensure imams are abiding by the given guidelines to highlight the dangers of extremism (read religious militancy). Guidelines on anti-militancy sermons were sent to […]
Dead man walking: Arrest brings hitman for hire back from grave
Credit: ET Political parties deny having links to target killer who claims he jumped parties. KARACHI: For the authorities, suspected target killer Ayaz alias KK was a dead man, nothing more than a closed file – until he was arrested on Sunday. More: