Iraq Parliamentary Election: First since US Withdrawal
Twenty two million registered Iraqi voters cast their ballots in 50,000 polling booths across the country on Wednesday, amidst rising violence to elect a 328-seat Parliament, in the country’s first parliamentary elections since the US troops moved out three years ago. More than 9,000 candidates are competing in the elections. Polling began at 07:00 local […]
US And EU Urged Egypt to Reverse Mass Trial
The United States, on Tuesday, urged the Egyptian leaders to reverse the court ruling sentencing 682 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death including the group leader, Mohammed Badie. The much condemned verdict came on Monday, by a court in the southern city of Minya, issuing a death penalty for the supporters of Morsi, who faced charges […]
Missing MH370: Australian Company Claims the Wreckage to Be In Bay of Bengal
A private Australian exploration company has claimed that it had found the remains of the disappeared Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the Bay of Bengal, 5,000 km away from the current search zone in the Indian Ocean and about 190 kilometres south of Bangladesh. The search authorities however dismissed the possibility. The wreckage was reportedly […]
Kenya Legalizes Polygamy
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed a controversial bill into law legalizing polygamy. The new law permits men to marry as many wives as they wish. Several male MPs supported the bill, voting through the amendment while their female counterparts walked out of parliament in disgust stating that a decision to take on another wife […]
Banana Racism: Alves Calls Spain “Backward”
Racial taunts against Barcelona defender Dani Alves drew widespread criticism with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and FIFA president Sepp Blatter joining the outrage along with millions of fans worldwide. He slammed back calling Spain “backward” as far as racism was concerned. The spectator has been banned for life, reports said. Alves, a 30 year old […]
683 MB Supporters Sentenced To Death
An Egyptian court in the southern city of Minya has issued a death sentence on Monday for 683 supporters of the ousted Islamic President Morsi including Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie. The verdict came one month after 529 people were sentenced to death in a mass trial in the same court room. The defendants faced […]
Deadly Tornadoes Hit Southern US
At least sixteen people were killed after a destructive tornado struck Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas on Sunday night. More storms are expected in the central and southern US in the days following. The largest tornado struck on Sunday around 7pm about 10 miles west of Little Rock, Arkansas, continuing for 80 miles and growing to […]
Praveen Swami and Tuhfat al Mujahidin
On the day of fools this year, I woke up in expectation of pranks. But none seemed to be aware of the relevance of the day. I took hold of the paper. It’s election gala. Politicians are out on the streets, with all the pranks up in their sleeve to make us all fools or, […]
Imam Sarqasi: Volumes Penned In a Well!
Many celebrated books were born in prison, which include novels, autobiographies, political and religious books. ‘A bunch of letters’ by Nehru, Tharjumanul Quran by Azad, manuscript of some parts of the Quran translation written by Gubare Katwir, Moududi and Sayyid Qutub, the biography of the prophet titled Hayate Thayyiba by Abdul Saleem Abdul Hayy can […]
Homosexuality: Editorial Clarification
As expected, our post on Muslim Homosexuals elicited rousing reactions. To read the article, please go to http://www.interactive.net.in/content/muslim-homosexuals-why-there-much-…. Most replies and messages in the inbox of our social media platforms were not meant for publishing, they said, for three basic reasons: Replies are short reactions and hence least fit for public reading; our platform is […]
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