Muslim and Arab countries, in a joint statement released on Friday, underscored their “absolute rejection” of any attempts to displace Palestinians from their land. Israel announced on Wednesday it would unilaterally open the Rafah crossing to allow residents to flee the Gaza Strip, a move swiftly rejected by Egypt as Cairo insisted on lifting the […]
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South Asian, Muslim surge could decide key races in US today
New York City’s mayoral election and Virginia’s lieutenant governor contest have become test cases of a generational shift in US politics – one in which South Asian and Muslim Americans are not just voters, but rising leaders. In New York, 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani, a Ugandan-born son of Indian-Muslim parents who grew up in Queens, leads […]
PM Shehbaz briefs Nawaz on Malaysia visit, upcoming trip to Egypt
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met Pakistan Muslim League-N President and former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif at Jati Umrah on Sunday to discuss national and regional developments and recent diplomatic engagements. During the meeting, the Prime Minister gave a detailed briefing to Nawaz Sharif on his recent visit to Malaysia and conveyed the best […]
PM upbeat about Trump’s moot with Muslim leaders on Gaza
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Sunday said Pakistan was making rapid progress on the economic, foreign relations and military fronts, economy had achieved stability and now the country would move towards economic growth and progress. Talking to Overseas Pakistanis here at Pakistan High Commission, he said in the past Pakistan’s economy went through a difficult […]
Shah Rukh Khan Wins Hearts by Honouring Women Who Wear Hijabs
Shah Rukh Khan, Bollywood’s biggest celebrity, has once again demonstrated that he is a terrific gentleman in addition to being a talented actor. The actor recently met with three girls and a kid who were fans. Khan replied to each fan’s excitement, but it was his interaction with the Muslim girl wearing a hijab that […]
Iran criticizes US plan to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization
Iran criticized a US plan to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in Doha on Wednesday. “The US is not in position to (..) start naming others as terror organizations and we reject by any attempt by the US in this regard,” he told reporters on […]
A Muslim commitment to enlightenment
A scholar’s ink is holier than a martyr’s blood, said Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), or he said something that came close. We live in times when science and technology dominate almost all aspects of life. However, the roots of the modern understanding of many sciences including optics, medicine, astronomy and mathematics can be […]
Khan’s Visit to Iran
With the changing regional and international dimensions, Pakistan is opening its options to rebuild alliance and revive old friendships, like every other country in the international global system. To build those long-lastingties, Prime Minister Imran Khan was on a historic and landmark visit to Tehran from 21-22 April 2019 on the invitation of President Hassan […]
How Islam came to be associated with radicalism
Many Muslim youths wonder today as to how Islam came to be the byword for violent extremism and terrorism, despite the fact that the word is derived from the Arabic root implying peace, submission and obedience. In a religious sense, Islam means submission to the will of God and obedience to His law. The fact […]
On Washington DC’s hidden Islamic trail
The ‘David’-like physiology and ‘Nike’ wings were Greco-Roman, but his turban, beard and ‘semitic’ face, were unmistakably of the East. He sat majestically with one arm under his chin and his right foot atop a distilling retort. “Those figures represent the building blocks of Western civilization. There’s Spain, England, the Middle Ages, even Islam is […]