Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has expressed concern on absence of statues of Lord Ram and Hanuman in the Katasraj Temple complex in Chakwal district of Punjab province of the country. The issue came up before the Chief Justice Saqib Nisar while hearing the case of drying up of the kund (Pond) of the famous temple…
Just because Dr. Abdus Salam did not belong to the Sunni mainstream Islam in Pakistan, his contribution to the nation are denied, disowned and denigrated. By Aoun Ali In the old quarters of Jhang town in Pakistani Punjab, a two-room house in a silent, narrow street has the status of a National Memorial. The 400-sq.…
Muslim leaders consider recent incidents of hate crime, a part of a deeply alarming trend that came to the forefront in last year’s presidential election. Fremont, California: When Moina Shaiq realized even her friends were scared to ask her about her religion for fear of offending her or sounding uneducated, she put an advertisement in…
A British Muslim MP, Afzal Khan believes his election following the Manchester bombing sends a “powerful message” to those terrorists and bigots attempting to divide society. Born in Pakistan and brought up in the UK, Khan won the election on a Labour ticket and praised the people of his home city for responding with solidarity,…
London: A record 15 Muslim MPs were elected to the British Parliament in the general election held on June 7. The previous house had 13 Muslim members. Of the 13, twelve were reelected. Three new faces have been added. Of the 15, twelve belong to Labour Party which will be the major Opposition party in…
London: The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) celebrated the strength in uniting for the common good, with civil society leaders, interfaith, politics, business and the community at its eighth Muslim Leadership Dinner recently. In his welcome address, Secretary General of the MCB, Harun Khan spoke about the theme for the evening, ‘More in common,’ and about…
London: A mosque in Romford Road, Forest Gate, England hosted a Jewish student exchange in an attempt to establish an interfaith dialogue. Minhaj-ul-Qur’an Mosque welcomed Jews from Wimbledon and District Synagogue in what Muslims hailed as a “historic interaction” for worshippers. The mosque’s community liaison officer, Asif Shakoor, said the exploration of similarities in the…
Malik Saleem Lateef, a relative of Pakistan’s Nobel Prize-winning scientist, Abdus Salam, and a lawyer, was shot dead on March 30 in the city of Lahore while he was proceeding to the Court complex in the Nankana Sahib town of Pakistani Punjab province, in the outskirts of Lahore. The Al-Alami faction of Islamic State-linked Lashkar…
Christians make up 15 percent of Egypt’s population. In many ways, especially in the country’s rural areas, they are treated as second-class citizens. Despite being victims of harassment and violence, Egypt’s Coptic Christians have set a standard of forgiveness that everyone should imitate, the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the U.K. has said.…
Dutch Muslims are breathing a sigh of relief after the worse-than-expected performance of anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders in the recent elections in the Netherlands. “We have trust in the future” of this traditionally welcoming country, said Rasit Bal of the Muslims-Government Contact Organization, an advocacy group, which feared a victory by Wilders’ PVV party would…
