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Posts Tagged ‘Palestine’

Valentine’s Day - Whose Sunnah Are We Following?

By Mohammad Yusha • Feb 9th, 2013 • Category: Features

The first thing that comes to mind is, when Christians don’t celebrate our festivals why do we celebrate theirs? In fact, many westerners don’t even know about Ramadan or Eid, but when it comes to Muslims, we are champions at adopting their culture, their traditions, their festivals, their way of dressing, their way of talking, [...]



Why Are Bloggers Quiet Over Palestine Issue?

By Mohammad Yusha • Dec 15th, 2012 • Category: Politics

It disgusts me that one person from a minority in Pakistan gets killed, one girl is accused of blasphemy, or one person gets shot over girls education and bloggers, media, and national newspapers go berserk. But countless innocent Palestinians are slaughtered by Israeli army everyday and no one raises an eyebrow.
Life has no value in [...]



Poem By Little Palestinian Girl

By Mohammad Yusha • Dec 11th, 2012 • Category: Politics

The following is a poem by a little Palestinian girl who lost an eye to a bullet by an Israeli soldier.
Tomorrow the bandages will come off,
I wonder, will I see half an oven? Half an apple?
Half my mother’s face with my one remaining eye?
I did not see the bullet
But felt its pain exploding in my [...]



Religious Freedom is restricted in Pakistan!! US report

By Sobia Raja • Aug 1st, 2012 • Category: Politics

Congratulations Pakistan, after getting the label as terrorists, extremists finally we got another label from our beloved US. i.e. no religious freedom in Pakistan; yes!! when I heard this news I got shocked, this shocking news came into knowledge by a US report that was released by US State department, it was mentioned in [...]



Palestine Inching Towards State Hood!

By Air Cmdre (r) Khalid Iqbal • Nov 12th, 2011 • Category: Politics

It is refreshing that United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) accrued the distinction to become the first UN agency to welcome Palestine as its full member. UNESCO has indeed kept up its apolitical mandate, while responding to the collective voice of international conscience.
A huge cheer erupted in UNESCO’s General Assembly after the vote. [...]



Education and Muslim Ummah

By Saleem Kolachi • Nov 3rd, 2011 • Category: Politics

Education has always been used as an effective tool for change and it helped the nations to achieve for what they longed for centuries. A cursory glance will reveal that in today’s world the accessories that a common person uses are invented by the army of englishmen. Muslim Ummah on the contrary remembers it’s centuries [...]



Disputes, Mediation and United Nations

By Air Cmdre (r) Khalid Iqbal • Jul 28th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Recently two eye-catching events took place at the United Nations, in a quick succession; unfortunately both escaped desired focus. First, Ban-Ki-Moon was approved for the second five year term. He took the oath of office, placing his hand on the original UN Charter, promising to discharge his functions in the interests of the entire UN [...]



Flotilla Campaign Summery Report is Out

By A Khokar • Jul 1st, 2010 • Category: Politics

There were more than 700 participants from 36 countries in “Palestine our Route, Humanitarian aid our load” flotilla, which was bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza; they had come together to ensure that the illegal siege to which the people of Gaza were being subjected should come onto the International agenda. This organisation which was completely [...]



SOS - From Faith Massacre

By Aftab Alam • May 24th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Inflicting, bringing forth & maintaining severe bleeding wounds; Palestine, Kashmir, Iraq & Afghanistan in Muslims spiritual as well as geographical body on one hand and provoking Muslims Masses by carrying out very blasphemous &  rude caricatures in innumerable websites on the other, are the deeds which are very much fertile seeds of terrorism being sown [...]



Control the geography, control the people

By Justin Podur • Nov 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Just over a month ago (Oct 14/09) Palestinian geographer and director of the “Center for Global Consciousness” Saed Abu-Hijleh spoke at the University of Toronto. Traveling to the North American continent was no escape: Canadian Border services had put him through the ringer at Pearson airport, the border agent asking him whether he would “say [...]