Category: Islam
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Stop, Think, Cry, Love: A young girl’s thoughts on the Madness in Mumbai
This article was written by a 14 year old girl who discusses the Mumbai incident, worth a read Written by Payoshi Roy (Class XI) Bishop Cottons Girls School (Bangalore). The siege on Mumbai left the most experienced of us stunned. Even those who have become immune to grief and tragedy stopped for a second. The…
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Venezuela expels Israeli envoy over Gaza ‘Holocaust’
It was heartening to read that the Venezuelan government on Tuesday ordered the expulsion of Israel’s ambassador to Caracas in protest to the Israeli military’s offensive in the Gaza Strip. President Hugo Chavez called the events in Gaza a Palestinian “holocaust” and said the presidents of Israel and the United States should be tried for…
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Poem For Barack, Michelle, Sasha, and Melia Obama
barak and michelle m and i share your concern for the privacy and well being of sasha and melia may your children get good education and medical care and grow up balanced individuals ready to take their place in the affairs of our world unlike the children in gaza let me add briefly am disappointed…
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Pakistan-Palestine Solidarity Charity Drive – Lahore
Many youngsters from the Pakistan Youth Alliance have started the campaign under the banner of “Pak Palestine Solidarity Movement” they have been holding a Charity drive in Lahore, Their offices are in Defence near Masjid Chowk, and they will be putting up booths at the following places. Friday: 3:00 PM after Jumma Prayers @ Main…
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Why is India behaving like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)?
Guest Blog by Azhar Aslam India today is considered by the world to be an established state. Indians think they are on the brink of acquiring super power status. LeT on the other hand is a banned organization considered to be a terrorist non-state actor. So why is it that the belligerence and jingoism Indian…
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Israel & Palestine: Force Is Never the Solution
Guest Blog by temporal from Baithak Blog Taking advantage of the lame duck Presidency of Bush, the deliberate distancing of President Elect there-is-only-one-president Obama, the holidays in the West and the attending low emphasis of politicians, Israeli Air Force launched a devastating attack on Gaza. Israel is the non NPT signatory Occupier in the Gaza…
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Will Aafia Siddiqui be released on December 17?
Credit About Aafia Blog Looking at how this trial has been conducted so far, there is very little hope that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui will be released even on December 17. To begin with, she was remanded on an accusation which wouldn’t have been taken seriously by any self-respecting court of law. That whole story of…
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Queen Rania uses YouTube to spread message of Peace & Understanding
Queen Rania of Jordan has been Video Blogging for some time on YouTube sharing with the digital world her dedication to breaking down stereotypes about the Arab and Muslim worlds and an attempt to bridge the East-West divide. Recently she was rewarded the in the YouTube Visionary Award during the YouTube Live event last week.…
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Rally to Stop the Massacre of Civilians in Bajour
Rally held today at 4:00pm at Regal Chowk, Karachi protesting against the ruthless massacre of civilians in Bajour. Credit for images albelarahi on Flickr
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Pakistan Ka Mutlub Kia? Islam Ki Ruswai, Aur Kia
Guest post by temporal of Baithak Blog Al- Quran 5:32 “…if any one slew a person – unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land – it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the…
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Karachi University Seminar about the Military Operation in Bajaur, Waziristan, Kurram Agency & Swat
On 25th October, Saturday an event was organized in Karachi University organized by Karachi University Teachers Society, (KUTs) in collaboration of Peoples Resistance (PR). The main speakers were, Mr. Kak Kahil a Peshawar based AJ TV Journalist and Mr. Wali Haider who has just recently returned from the Bajaur region. Both speakers spoke at length…
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[MiniLinks] Sony recalls PS3 game Little Big Planet because of ‘Arabic’ words
Sony Entertainment has announced that it is recalling the Playstation 3 video game, LittleBigPlanet, from retailers after it learned that the soundtrack featured some Arabic-language lines which were also in the Quran and backed with music Sony said that “one of the background music tracks licensed from a record label for use in the game…
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Dr. Aafia Siddiqui speaks out
By Khurram Ali Shafique also managing About Aafia Blog At last a word has come out from Dr. Aafia Siddiqui herself about her travails. On Tuesday, October 6, four Pakistani senators met her in Texas but unfortunately their account has not been properly covered in many news reports. One exception is Daily Times, whose correspondent…
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Why I as a Pakistani, choose to support Obama, instead of McCain
For a few days people must have noticed that I have starting sporting a button on my blog which loudly proclaims ‘I Support Obama‘, and consequentially many friends have questioned my reasoning to opt for the Democratic candidate instead of the sweet talking McCain. Firstly I accept the fact that as a non-American whatever I…
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Who is Zaid Zaman Hamid? Brasstacks or Yousuf Kazzab Prophecy?
In the past few weeks there has been a buzz spreading around Pakistan’s digital world talking about the recent fame surrounding the TV show personality Zaid Hamid who conducts a show on TV One called Brasstacks. It should be mentioned that brasstacks is reportedly a paid-for show which has started airing barely a few months…