Editorial : Lying for the country The Jakarta Post | Wed, 05/23/2012 7:54 AM The trouble with Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa is that he has probably spent too much of time travelling abroad to really understand what’s going on in his own country. On Monday he said the government has […]
A broad majority in parliament has rejected a third request from Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders to postpone Wednesday’s debate on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), a permanent bail-out fund which is part of a EU fiscal pact to reinforce economic supervision. Mr Wilders’ request won the support of just […]
Source: NY Times. By BEN YAGODA As I noted in my earlier article, rules and conventions about when to use and not to use commas are legion. But certain errors keep popping up. Here are a few of them. If I’ve seen it once, I’ve seen it a thousand times. I’m […]
Anti-Ahmadiyya Mullahs of Sipah-e-Sahaba and Khatm-e-Nabuwat use Police to destory Kalma Tayyaba from another mosque in the Punjab province. Watch and Pray:
TALIQAN, Afghanistan – Reuters SOURCE: DAILY NEWS TURKEY More than 120 schoolgirls and three teachers have been poisoned in the second attack in as many months blamed on conservative radicals […]
The News: by Ayesha Haroon: In Sultanpura in Lahore, a local cleric has taken the state hostage. He is insisting – and the local police is doing his bidding – […]
hurriyetdailynews: by Mustafa Akyol: Yesterday’s New York Times had two separate but equally worrying opinion pieces on the religious bigotry in Indonesia, (“Indonesia’s Rising Religious Intolerance,” by Benedict Rogers, and “No […]
Express Tribune: Dr Shakil Afridi, a government surgeon who helped the CIA uncover Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts, was sentenced to 33 years for treason, officials confirmed. According to sources, Afridi […]
Over the next three days, May volume will be emailed to more than 40,000 subscribers. It highlights the teachings about soul and how to embellish it, from the writings of […]
Editorial : Lying for the country The Jakarta Post The trouble with Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa is that he has probably spent too much of time traveling abroad to really understand what’s going on in his own country. On Monday he said the government has done enough to protect the […]
Ahmadiyah at the Bottom of Govt List for e-KTP Registration The Jakarta Globe: Mataram. The West Nusa Tenggara government put dozens of Ahamdiyah Muslims at the bottom of its list to register for an electronic identity card, known as e-KTP. Lalu Sajim Sastrawan, head of the province’s administration bureau, said […]
In June 2008, the Yudhoyono administration issued a decree requiring the Ahmadiyah sect to “stop spreading interpretations and activities that deviate from the principal teachings of Islam.” The government said the decree was necessary to prevent violence against the sect, but local governments used the decree to write even stricter […]
Greatist In many offices today, email messaging is a handy way to communicate efficiently with coworkers. But is the work inbox a digital blessing, or does our reliance on email turn those inboxes against us? New research from a group of UC Irvine and Army researchers suggests our attachment to those inboxes may actually […]
Source: Greatist Some opt for cupcakes, while the rest reach for the Pringles. The desire to pass the salt may be thanks to mom and dad, since sodium preference is influenced by genetic makeup (in rats, at least)[1]. Some scientists even believe excessive salt cravings may be due to evolution, since salt has been coveted […]
وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ ذِي ارْتَضَىٰ لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْنًا ۚ Allah has promised to those among you who believe and act righteously, that He will surely make them Successors (khalifas) in the earth, […]
Uri Avnery ARABNEW Rabin Square in Tel Aviv has seen many demonstrations, but none quite like last Saturday’s. It has nothing to do with the event, which gave the square […]
Agus Triyono | May 22, 2012 THE JAKARTA GLOBE Trying to counter the growing intolerance in Indonesia, the country’s two largest Muslim organizations have expressed support for the protection of people’s constitutional rights to religious freedom amid several incidences of unilateral church foreclosures in the country. “By law, the government […]
by JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — An audience at the Doha Debates has publicly expressed opposition to state censorship of the arts, still strongly enforced in the Gulf and the wider Middle East, according to a statement issued by the organisers on Tuesday. In a live session where participants discussed a […]
Dr Jarmo T. Kotilaine ARABNEWS After the tumultuous events that led to the ouster of Hosni Mubarak from the presidency of Egypt in February 2011, the country remains amidst a protracted transition with significant economic ramifications. There are a number of uncertainties on the political front, the most important of […]
Source: Fort Erie Times – There are misconceptions about the religious practice of Islam and a non-profit organization wants to address them. On Wednesday, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) of Canada canvassed neighbourhoods in Greater Fort Erie to talk about their group and how they hope the western world […]