Archive for February, 2008

Majority of Muslims Condem Terrorism

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

The huge survey involving more than 50,000 Muslims in 35 nations initiated after the September 11, 2001 attacks in US suggests that overwhelming majority of Muslims condemned them and subsequent attacks, citing religious reasons. The poll, which claims to represent the views of 90% the world's 1.3 billion Muslims, is to ...

About 20,000 Muslim Scholars term Terrorism un-Islamic

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Maulana Shaukat told reporters at a 150-year-old Darul-Uloom Deoband in Saharanpur, 435km from the Uttar Pradesh capital, about 20,000 scholars and clerics took part in the declaration.  The declaration said: “Islam is a religion of mercy for all humanity. Islam sternly condemns all kinds of oppression, violence and terrorism. “It has regarded ...

Who got Paradise?

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

A suicide bomber killed the Pakistan Army's Surgeon General Lt-Gen Mushtaq Baig on February 25, 2008 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Seven others including one woman also died as a result of the blast. Pakistan interior ministry spokesman Brig (retd) Javed Iqbal Cheema said that it was yet to be established which group ...

American Muslims and Presidential Election 2008

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

American Muslims have to make a very important decision during the US presidential elections 2008 which will play a critical role in shaping their future as loyal US citizens. American Muslims have to stop supporting one party during the election and only vote for the candidate who ever is best ...

More than 750 killed in Afghanistan due to Harsh winter

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

More than 750 people have died as a result of severe cold and heavy snowfalls this winter across Afghanistan, a government official said on Saturday. The cold spell, the worst in decades in the impoverished and mountainous central Asian country, has also killed nearly 230,000 cattle, said Noor Padshah Kohistani of ...