By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JAKARTA: Veteran Indonesian journalist Parni Hadi urged Muslim journalists to apply principles set out by Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in their work to enhance their credibility. Addressing the International Islamic Media Conference in Jakarta on Wednesday, the former chief of Antara […]
FORT Bragg, North Carolina (AFP) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday honoured America’s nearly nine years of “bleeding and building” in Iraq, hailing the “extraordinary achievement” of a war he once branded “dumb”. “Welcome home, welcome home,” Obama cried in an aircraft hangar in North Carolina, basking in the “Ooh […]
Dawn Editorial: PAKISTAN, where the regularity with which honour killing is reported is matched only by the frequency with which the perpetrators go unpunished, would do well to take a leaf out of Belgium`s book. On Monday, a court in Mons handed down lengthy sentences to the parents and siblings […]
This popular Google knol or article was first written soon after the publication of Hawking’s book, the Grand Design. Prologue First a few words about the big picture. Atheists are […]
A stand-off between villagers and the authorities is continuing in southern China’s Guangdong province. Police have blocked roads leading to the village of Wukan. Local people are trying to keep them out. The row – over village land taken by the local government – has been simmering for some time. […]
Amnesty International describing herself: Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 3 million supporters, members and activists in more than 150 countries and territories who campaign to end […]
Courtesy: Platform Posted by: Mahin Khan December 14, 2011 This year a small delta nation, a land of fertile plains, luscious terrain and a remarkably rich history and heritage, celebrates its 40th birthday. In 1971, following an epic struggle for freedom, dignity and justice, Bangladesh was born. While the popular narrative […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Taming rapidly rising prices is so 2011. In the new year ahead, China’s top leaders will focus instead on slowly revving up the world’s second largest economy. At least, that’s the message economists glean from reading in between the lines of an official government release Wednesday. […]
Stunned motorists were forced to brake sharply to avoid the falling fruit, believed to be swept up by a vortex caused by freak weather conditions in Coventry. An avalanche of […]
Abrahamic faiths should and can be working partners in the service of God. Land buys a big Tri-Faith leap By Christopher Burbach: WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER Omaha Jewish, Muslim and Christian […]
Courtesy: BBC News By Shahzeb Jillani South Asia Editor, BBC World Service Indian army soldiers attacking Naya Chor in Sindh in support of Bengali rebels of the liberation army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 I was born in the middle of a cold winter night in December […]
Source^: NY Times: By the time he was 16, Newt Gingrich was sure of two things. He would marry his high school geometry teacher. And he would save Western civilization. Gingrich has moved on to younger wives. But he’s still obsessed with numbers and rescuing the planet. In 1994, he […]
Those who do not understand the paramount necessity of the separation of Mosque-Church and State, have not read their Bible: Samuel said to Saul, “I am the one the LORD […]
Soaurce: NYTimes: LIÈGE, Belgium — Belgian police said on Wednesday that they had discovered a woman’s body at a storage facility used by the man who lobbed hand grenades and […]
Source: Asia Times. By Nick Turse As the Arab Spring blossomed and President Barack Obama hesitated about whether to speak out in favor of protesters seeking democratic change in the Greater Middle East, the Pentagon acted decisively. It forged ever deeper ties with some of the most repressive regimes in […]
Source: Asia Times By Pepe Escobar Every grain of sand in the Syrian desert now knows there won’t be a “responsibility to protect”-enabled North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) “humanitarian” intervention to provoke regime change in Damascus. A protracted war like in Libya is not feasible – even though those faultless […]
Source: Vaughan Citizen The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association took a major step toward its goal of becoming Canadian Blood Services largest partner when it comes to blood donations. The youth group, an auxiliary wing of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam’aat Canada, collected 156 units of blood at its 11th annual blood […]
Source / Credit: Niagara This Week Youth to canvass homes in Grimsby, Canada. Eighteen young Muslims will be spreading the message, and dispelling misconceptions, of their faith Saturday. Terrorist acts have painted the Muslim community in a bad light and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada is reaching out […]
AFP: BANDA ACEH: Indonesian sharia police are “morally rehabilitating” more than 60 young punk rock fans in Aceh province on Sumatra island, saying the youths are tarnishing the province’s image. Since being arrested at a punk rock concert in the provincial capital Banda Aceh on Saturday night, 59 male and […]
RT: ……”Well, we don’t know, but it would appear that it was an individual incident. Earlier reports that there were three or four gunmen involved have since been discredited and it equally appears that he wasn’t targeting anybody in particular… so in a sense it’s not a replica of what […]