INTERNATIONAL

Every so often, a convergence occurs between a few ostensibly unrelated events in the endless swirl of news stories, polemics and propaganda, spin and advertising that make up the media sphere today. Like the noonday sun, they pierce a hole through the fog of information that normally obscures the core dynamics behind the larger political-economic system’s smooth functioning. But unlike …

At a time when Human Rights is being abused and expressed vociferously throughout the World and on the other hand Muslims suffer humiliation through this abuse, are being accused by Western media of violating them; it becomes an opportune moment to illustrate to the world at large, that Islam champions the cause of Human Rights both in the Holy Quran …

KABUL (AFP)  Afghanistan, one of the world’s poorest countries, is sitting on mineral and petroleum reserves worth an estimated one trillion dollars, President Hamid Karzai said Sunday. The war-ravaged nation could become one of the richest in the world if helped to tap its geological deposits, Karzai told reporters. “I have very good news for Afghans,” Karzai said. “The initial …

(  Part No : 5,Page No:236) Free intermixing of men and women From `Abdul `Aziz ibn `Abdullah Ibn Baz to whoever may receive it. May Allah guide us to do good and to avoid Bid`ah (innovation in religion) and evil. As-salamu `alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatuh (May Allah’s Peace, Mercy, and Blessings be upon you!). It is my duty to alert people …

The burqa is quickly becoming the greatest foe of the Western society. But this tussle with the ‘Muslim woman’s attire’ is not new. Rudyard Kipling, who was born and raised in India amongst Muslims who were the last Mogul kings, describes a boorka in his short story Beyond the Pale as an ‘evil-smelling’ garment ‘which cloaks a man as well …

Sandwiched between US, European, Israeli and Indian designs and Pakistani Quislings! Will Pakistan, the only Muslim nuclear country, survive the present Western conspiracies or will be fragmented as it was done in Iraq? This is the   fear expressed   in view of the combined forces of United States, Europe and Israel which destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan have now extended their designs …