Will Pakistan's Independence Day bring a rash of suicide bombings? Many long-time Now Public readers will recall that I provided extensive coverage of the assassination of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a courageous...
" Young Muslims will be taught citizenship in mosque schools as part of a bid to prevent them being turned into extremists, the Government said. Trials of the new lessons will begin in several cities at the start of the new term in September, said Communities Secretary...
I think ex-pat should respect the culture of the country they're living in, and know how to behave... " THE eerie wail of the Muslim call to prayer beckoned the faithful at Dubai’s five-star Airport...
Hundreds of burka-clad women gathered at Red Mosque in the Pakistani capital Islamabad to demand for muslim seminary. The women chanted jihadi songs and also said that they...
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About 2,000 Islamist women gathered at the radical Red Mosque in the Pakistani capital on Wednesday and vowed to raise their children for holy war, days after a suicide bomber killed 18 people after a similar...
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I am always amazed by the amount of effort some people expend in getting upset by what others believe or do."SWITZERLAND: SWITZERLAND BRACED itself for a troubled campaign of Islamophobia yesterday after the far right won enough support to force a national vote to ban...
Today July, 8 a right-wing committee has submitted a popular initiative against minarets backed by slightly more than 100,000 citizens to the Swiss government. The Swiss government has already made clear that they...
Again the facts on the ground, this time in Somalia, belie the two-faced banality of the pronouncements of George W. Bush. The stunning aspect of his blatant hypocrisy is he behaves as if the whole world...
Intelligence sleuths in Pakistan have started search for evidences to nail down the culprit for yesterday's blast in capital Islamabad. Yesterday's bombing comes after a period of relative calm, with the...
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On the anniversary of Lal Masjid siege in Pakistan two suicide bomb killed more than 15 policemen. It was also celebrated with several fiery speeches against the officials responsible for the act. "At least 15 policemen and two other people were killed and more than 40...
At least 19 persons, mostly policemen, were killed in a suicide bombing near a huge gathering in the heart of Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad Sunday evening. A congregation of different religious groups, Martyrs...
At least nine policemen were killed when a bomb exploded near a gathering in the heart of Pakistan’s capital city of Islamabad Sunday evening.
A congregation of different religious groups was going on near Melody...
Islamists protested today over the decision to reprieve 7,000 death row inmates and change their sentences to life imprisonment in honour of Benazir Bhutto's birthday.This is one of the biggest amnesties in modern...
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"Muslim immigrants looking for advice on integrating into mainstream society in Germany, won't find much help in their mosques. According to a new study, the majority of imams in Germany are ill-prepared for their own stay in Germany and most lack any academic training. ...