Credit: LUBP Iftikhar Chaudhry has distorted the very concept of democracy by ousting a prime minister from his office. This is similar to what armed forces do when they bring in a coup. If an intellectually weak person is given unrestricted power, he or she can wreak havoc of the […]
By Richard Javad Heydarian Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say. Please click here if you are interested in contributing. As hopes for a speedy resolution of the Iranian nuclear crisis fade, potentially postponed until the conclusion of upcoming American presidential […]
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SDL submission wants return of 1997 constitution Publish date/time: 08/08/2012 [17:05] Print this page Email this page Reinstate the Great Council of Chiefs, bring back the 1997 constitution with amendments, Fiji to be a Christian state and the name Fijian should only be for the i-taukei. These were the main […]
Russia: Underground sect charged with abuse By MANSUR MIROVALEV, Associated Press – 18 hours ago https://plusone.google.com/u/0/_/+1/fastbutton?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5jmZlwuTNu5DA-WlymUiYAPesNQEA%3FdocId%3Dea63df5bdf1d48b8a33bac8bcf59d427&size=small&count=true&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&hl=en&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fabc-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3DQjqA6j1hPhE.en.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!y-LKr2sJxIeZAIaJUQ%2Fd%3D1#id=I1_1344517230601&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&rpctoken=365898527&_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart MOSCOW (AP) — A self-proclaimed prophet had a vision from God: He would build an Islamic caliphate under the earth. The digging began about a decade ago and 70 followers soon moved into an eight-level subterranean […]
Radical Islam raises tension in Russia’s Tatarstan By Olga IvshinaBBCRussian.com, Kazan Friends of the murdered cleric Valiulla Yakupov vowed to continue the struggle against Islamist militants Continue reading the main story Related Stories Arrests in Russian Muslim probe Russia country profile Tatarstan’s pragmatic IslamWatch There are signs that radical Islam […]
Muslim women’s group hosts Qur’an exhibition The holy book of the Islamic religion will be on display at the main city library. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association of Burlington is hosting The Holy Qur’an Exhibition on Saturday, Aug. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Centennial Hall at […]
Guardian: The Pakistani Taliban have threatened to kill Imran Khan if the cricket player turned politician holds a planned march to their tribal stronghold to protest against US drone attacks. Although the Pakistani Taliban […]
Credit: Jakarta Globe. Jakarta. Scattered across 17,000 islands on the Indian and Pacific oceans, the world’s largest Muslim country has found its own blend of Islam: equal parts religion, secularism and contradictions.Add to that an extract from the Koran that says, “To you your religion, and to me mine,” and […]
Credit: Stratfor. Since 2010, Central Asia has become increasingly volatile, a trend many have attributed to a rise in militant Islamism. Militancy has indeed risen since 2010, but the notion that militant Islamists primarily are responsible for Central Asia’s volatility is shortsighted because it ignores other political and economic dynamics […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: August 9, 2012 LAHORE: Amid increasing cases of violence and lack of security against their community, 60 Hindu […]
Express Tribune: MOSCOW: Seventy members of an Islamic sect who have been living in an underground bunker without heat or sunlight for nearly a decade have been discovered living on the […]
Dawn: WASHINGTON: The global Muslim community of 1.6 billion people agree on the core principles of their faith, but differ widely in religiosity and religious tolerance, according to a poll […]
Credit: Asia Times. As hopes for a speedy resolution of the Iranian nuclear crisis fade, potentially postponed until the conclusion of upcoming American presidential elections, pundits and policy-makers are scratching their heads in search of a culprit. More:
Credit: Asia Times By Pepe Escobar I don’t want a holiday in the sun I wanna go to the new Belsen I wanna see some history Cause now I got a reasonable economy – The Sex Pistols, Holidays in the Sun Jihadis of the world, unite; you have nothing to […]
Credit: Dawn.Com ANOTHER prime minister, another walk of shame. On Aug 27, Raja Pervez Ashraf will have to make the short walk from the gates of the Supreme Court to inside a courtroom where he will likely be charged with contempt of court unless his government writes the so-called Swiss […]
The civil conflict in Syria has brought Islamists from all over the world to the Arab country to help their brothers topple the “apostate regime”. But will the foreign allies […]
Source: Dawn.Com via Wasim Sroya From time immemorial people were converting water into wine, but we have converted it into fuel, because of our belief in the betterment of all mankind. Ground breaking contribution of Aqua Waqar Al-Kindi-wal-YouTube to the world of science would be greater than Dr. Abdus Salam. […]
FALLUJAH, Iraq — In an Iraqi city where US military offensives levelled entire neighbourhoods in 2004, a hospital has turned to American doctors to treat children with heart problems that […]
AFP / ARABNEWS AMMAN: Defecting Syrian prime minister Riyad Hijab and his family crossed the border into Jordan on Wednesday morning, Information Minister Samih Maayatah said, clarifying previous reports he […]