Persecution of Hindus in Pakistan!
Source: Daily Pioneer There was a time when the plight of Hindus in Pakistan would bring the Left and Right on the same platform. Today, it’s seen as a BJP(Right […]
Indian Space Research Organisation successfully tests indigenous cryogenic engine
Source: Times of India CHENNAI: In a major step, ISRO today successfully tested the indigenous cryogenic engine to be used to propel the country’sGeosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle. The test was conducted at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district. “The acceptance test of the indigenous cryogenic engine […]
Communal harmony among Hindus and Muslims common in the medieval Deccan India
Source: Times of India I saw fragrance fleeing, when the bee came/ What a wonder!/ I saw intellect fleeing, when the heart came/ I saw the temple fleeing, when God came. (Allama Prabhu, 12th century mystic poet of the Deccan) In contrast to north India, where the first incursions by […]
Wife-hitter sentenced to reading
Husband will take a test later to see what he has learned about relating By Habib Toumi Bureau Chief GULF NEWS Manama A Saudi national found guilty of hitting his wife has been sentenced to reading two books that explain relations between spouses in Islam. He will later sit for […]
Protection of refugees an Islamic duty, says UNHCR
By RIYADH: WALAA HAWARI, ARAB NEWS STAFF The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) ended a two-day international ministerial conference on refugees in the Muslim world in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, yesterday. The conference focused on the refugee situation in the Muslim world. The […]
Saudi Arabia: Al-Obaikan relieved of Royal Court post
By RIYADH: ARAB NEW Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has issued a royal decree relieving Sheikh Abdul Muhsin Al-Obaikan, adviser to the Royal Court, of his post. Sheikh Al-Obaikan, a prominent Islamic scholar, was controversial for some of his religious edicts (fatwas), including the one about breastfeeding […]
Iraq’s Kurds fire back in dispute with Iran over Mossad
AFP | May 12,2012 | JORDAN TIMES ERBIL, Iraq — The government of Iraq’s Kurdish region fired back on Saturday over allegations by Iranian diplomats and officials that Kurdistan was playing host to Israeli intelligence. Kurdish authorities described the claims, made in previous weeks, as “untrue”, after Iran’s consul in […]
It’s not safe in the Philippines, China warns its citizens
Philippine News Manila,(AFP) – China told its citizens Thursday they were not safe in the Philippines and its state media warned of war, as a month-long row over rival claims in the South China Sea threatened to spill out of control. Chinese travel agencies announced they had suspended tours to the Philippines, under […]
‘Europe on the brink of armed-revolution’
Russian TV: The chorus of anti-austerity voices grows louder in Greece as Athens scrambles to form a coalition government. While eurocrats prepare to give Greece the boot, political analyst Alessandro […]
Out Now “Bailout”: The Demise of American Middle Class
usabailout.com: Must Watch Fed up with corrupt “bail-out” banks trying to foreclose on them, five Chicagoans drive to Vegas with stacks of cash withheld from bailed out banks—to give themselves […]
Jihadi Nationalism: Will Pakistan Army undo Pakistan?
Express Tribune: Pak Army and Pak nationalism: by Khlaid Ahmad Pakistani nationalism, like all nationalisms, is based on what Ibn Khaldun called asabiya or the ‘group feeling’ that people living inside a state must […]
How Employer-Sponsored Insurance Drives Up Health Costs
http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2012/05/12/how-employer-sponsored-insurance-drives-up-health-costs/ In 1942, Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Economic Stabilization Act, which exempted health insurance from its mandated wage controls: the original sin of America’s flawed health-care system. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A new study in Health Affairs is attracting attention for its depiction of how powerful hospitals are extracting “steep payment increases” from insurers. But what […]
Indonesia, Islamic paramilitary group defends Christians, Hindus and Buddhists
Asianews: by Mathias Hariyadi It’s called Banser and is a branch of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), a movement established in 1926 which aims to protect all minorities in the country. Recently, they foiled an attack by Islamic fundamentalists against a Canadian writer. According to members of NU “Muslims and Christians […]
Will Jews, Christians finally join forces in battle against genocidal Islamic hatred?
Ynetnews: The Coliseum, where thousands upon thousands of “Judaeis” have been massacred by the Roman emperors, became for one night an arena for alliance between Christians and Jews against “odium fidei,” or religious hatred. Last Wednesday in Rome, Jewish leaders for the first time rallied alongside Christians in a candlelit […]
The future of Islamic intellectualism in Indonesia
The Jakarta Post: Amika Wardana, Colchester, UK In a show of force, members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) broke up a book launch and discussion featuring Canadian Muslim feminist Irshad Manji at the Salihara Cultural Center in Jakarta on May 5. It was said that the FPI accused Manji […]
Relationship between Israel and Ahmadiyyat – A few References
Part – A Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was established in 1925 in Palestine. This area later became part of what is now Israel in 1948. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community ……. settled in Kababir from […]
‘Sister Wives,’ Mormon Reality Show, Launches Its Third Season
Huff Post With Gov. Romney the clear favorite to win the Republican nomination, the question of a Mormon president in the White House will be a hot topic this election season. One of the most prominent displays of Mormonism is TLC’s popular reality show “Sister Wives,” in which an openly […]
Agora: The Fall of the Pagans and the Origins of Medieval Christianity
There is brief nudity, fast forward those clips. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Agora is a 2009 English-language historical drama film (albeit a production of Spain) directed by Alejandro Amenábar […]
Cape Town Increases Flights to Mauritius – Tourism Review
Air Mauritius will be expanding its flights from Cape Town to Mauritius. Flights to Mauritius, starting in November, will be increased from two to three times a week. Flights from Cape Town to Joburg will also be increased, but flights from Durban will be halted on October 26th. Unfortunately, Emirates […]
IIT Delhi to set up its first overseas campus in Mauritius
UMBAI: The of Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi is setting up its first overseas campus in Mauritius in collaboration with Mauritius University with support from the Indian as well as the Mauritius government. The new campus will be set up with an initial investment of over Rs 100 crore. The institute […]