"What the government needs to do is bring the media in line and make it part of Pakistan, they should not behave like a 'State above a State.' If media is well directed, Pakistan can bounce back as a solid rock." Raja Mujtaba By Raja G Mujtaba Hamid Rajput has surfaced again after a long [...]
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45 years after the 1967 war: How the Arabs lost Jerusalem War is normally measured by its final outcome, but many individual heroes gave up their lives for the Arab side during the 1967 Six-Day War. (Image courtesy AP) By ALI YOUNES SPECIAL TO AL ARABIYA This past June marked the 45th anniversary of the [...]
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Romney meets with Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin, who has said Islam "should not be protected under the First Amendment" BY ALEX SEITZ-WALD Lieutenant General William G. Boykin (Credit: U.S. Army) He may be too extreme for West Point and George W. Bush, but apparently not for Mitt Romney. Politico reports today that the Republican presidential nominee met with retired Lt. Gen. Jerry [...]
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Dr Aulakh Singh, writes to President Obama The Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States The White House Washington DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: On behalf of the 28 million strong Sikh Nation and over 700,000 Sikhs in the United States, I would like to thank you for your recent statement of support in the wake of the [...]
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US drones strikes prompt Pakistan to strengthen ties with Russia By Jared DeLuna © Photo: ru.wikipedia.org As anti-American sentiment grows in Pakistan, one retired Pakistani General believes it is time for Pakistan and Russia to build stronger ties. With the war in Afghanistan spilling into Pakistan, Brigadier Nadir Mir believes [...]
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Dr Raja Muhammad Khan According to a statement issued from the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Mr Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the world largest Muslim organization has finally decided to despatch a fact-finding mission to Myanmar (Burma). The mission will find out the substantiation of the reports about the persecution of the Rohingya [...]
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India's deceptive Operation Sadbhavana in occupied Kashmir By Brig Asif Haroon Raja Apart from the ruler of Kashmir Maharaja Hari Singh's deplorable role in 1947 of signing the instrument of accession of the state to India against the wishes of people of Kashmir and subsequent invasion and forceful occupation of two-third Kashmir by Indian [...]
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Pakistan: Drugs And Educational Institutes
Posted on 10. Aug, 2012 by Brig Samson Sharaf.
Time for holding ceremonial seminars on drug abuse as a compulsive expenditure should now be over. It is now time to act. By Brig Samson S Sharaf At 15, Shiny was the brightest student and scored straight As in her O Level Examinations. Her parents were busy doctors minting a fortune and wanted her to [...]
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Sufism and it its social impact
Posted on 10. Aug, 2012 by S M Hali.
Ethical values of Sufism & Pakistan's cultural norms By S. M. Hali S?f?sm is defined by its adherents as the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. The practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a S?f?. In accordance to a revelation by the angel Gabriel to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (MPBUH), the S?f?s believe that they are practicingIhsan (perfection of worship), [...]
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Missouri: Joplin mosque burning
Posted on 09. Aug, 2012 by Editor.
Imam says 'tragedy' will not 'stop us' By Alex Kane Imam Lahmuddin in the aftermath of an arson attack on the mosque he leads. (Photo: T. Rob Brown/AP) A fire completely destroyed Joplin, Missouri's Islamic center on Monday, one month after an arson attack on July 4. The Council on American-Islamic Relations is now offering a $10,000 [...]
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