Flood victim finds safety on ancient mound The shadow of a Pakistan Navy Sea King helicopter is seen flying over buildings surrounded by flood waters near Bachel in Sindh Province, southern Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. – AP Pakistan Nato to provide planes and ships for Pakistan aid An open letter to the Pakistani youth AMRI: Pakistani flood victim Achar has taken refuge on what villagers say was the seat of ancient kings. Floods that began three weeks ago with torrential monsoon rain over the upper Indus river basin have forced more than 4 million people from their homes. Most … Continue reading Flood victim finds safety on 5000 year old ruin

Pakistan extremist find friends on Facebook, Twitter Groups with Facebook pages include Sipah Sahaba, Khatm-e-Nabuwwat, Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Hizb-ut-Tahrir. – (File Photo) KARACHI: Hardline groups in Pakistan are plugging into Western online favourites Facebook and Twitter in a bid to win friends and influence people. Tweeting their view of a civilisation clash between the West and Islam, and posting comments that advocate violence against non-Muslims, groups that are officially banned in Pakistan have found a welter of freedom online. There they have been allowed to operate without censorship from Pakistani authorities, who have instead restricted access to hundreds of Internet pages … Continue reading Facebook Mullahs!

Politics & media in Pakistan: another new dictionary by Nadeem F. Paracha Asif Ali Zardari: Wealthy salesman for Bata Shoes. Recently got a shoe thrown at him by a dissatisfied customer. Army: Pakistan’s largest political party. Has ruled the most without ever contesting an election. Has a wonderful tradition of coming in swinging a danda, then running out waving a white flag. Enjoys great support among the chattering classes across the country’s drawing-rooms. America: A very fattening beef burger which dietitians hate but can’t avoid. Altaf Hussain: A loud Punjabi film actor playing the role of a Mohajir politician. Also … Continue reading Politics & media in Pakistan

An ode to Arab love songs Love is a universal theme in music, but there are good reasons for the Arab world’s preoccupation with romance Khaled Diab guardian.co.uk, Friday 20 August 2010 13.30 BST Article history Love them or loathe them, love songs seem to be written into the DNA of just about every culture. One of the most private and personal of emotions is also, paradoxically, the most public. Despite the universality of love songs and certain common themes, each culture has its own peculiar way of going about it – and this can say a lot about the … Continue reading Arab love

Barack Obama, ‘Muslim’ president Like many Muslim Americans, I had high hopes – now dashed: our brother drinks beer, eats pork and won’t fast at Ramadan … Wajahat Ali guardian.co.uk, Friday 20 August 2010 16.23 BST Article history Exhibit A: Barack Obama dressed as a Somali elder during his 2006 visit to Kenya. The photograph was circulated during the presidential election campaign in 2008, regarded by Democrats as a smear. Photograph: APOne wonders why only 20% of Americans believe President Barack Obama is a Muslim, considering the overwhelming evidence conclusively proving his slavish allegiance to Islam and utter disregard for … Continue reading Are 20% Americans Baptist Taliban?

Environment needs Muslim support The Qur’an teaches respect for the environment. But Moroccan activist Mohamed Attaoui has found the authorities less keen Brendan Borrell guardian.co.uk, Thursday 19 August 2010 16.00 BST Article history Mohamed Attaoui in Morocco. Photograph: Daniel GrushkinIn early March, just days after the Kingdom of Morocco announced plans for a landmark environmental charter called “the first commitment of its kind in Africa and the Arab world“, Mohamed Attaoui was sentenced to two years in prison in the Atlas mountains. His crime? Speaking out against illegal logging of shrinking cedar forests and corruption among the ranks of the … Continue reading Muslims need to protect Mother Nature

Let’s declare war on Jeremy Kyle and his idle-bashers The apathy of many of those Kyle denounces is driven more by the hopelessness and inhumanity of modern work than idleness Belinda Webb guardian.co.uk, Friday 20 August 2010 17.00 BST Article history Talkshow host Jeremy Kyle has declared war on idleness. Photograph: ITV/Rex FeaturesThat bastion of useful productivity, Jeremy Kyle, has declared war on idleness. The language is Victorian. So, too, the sentiment. I say a war needs to be declared on Kyle and those of his faux-furious ilk who have grown filthy-rich and famous from the ritual humiliation and exploitation … Continue reading Declare Jihad/Crusade on Jeremy Kyle and Chavistas!

US sets up new fund to help Pakistan By Anwar Iqbal Hillary Clinton meets with Shah Mehmood Qureshi at the United Nations in New York.—AFP WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Dawn on Thursday that the United States has set up a new fund for Pakistan’s flood victims, besides contributing $150 million more to relief efforts. In an exclusive interview in her office, the top US diplomat also said that she understood that the Pakistani military had to divert its resources from the war on terror to attend to the flood victims and while it might hurt the … Continue reading US comes to Pakistanis rescue!

Pamela Geller Called out for Being an “anti-Muslim Bigot” on CNN loonwatch [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ9g4WDIy4o 350 300] On the heels of the Salon.com article that traced the Ground Zero mosque controversy back to Pamela Geller, CNN ran a special segment on the anatomy of this story. In it Pamela Geller is called out for who she is, an “anti-Muslim blogger.” The evidence for that abounds, Geller: Obama “is a third worlder and a coward” who’s “appeas[ing] his Islamic overlords.” In an April 13 blog post, Gellerwrote: “Obama is a third worlder and a coward. He will do nothing but beat up on … Continue reading Why is Pamela Geller on Prime-Time US TV?

Ridicule for Lee’s reunification rhetoric By Donald Kirk SEOUL – Kim Dae-jung would have loved it. On the first anniversary of the late South Korean’ president’s death on August 18, North Korea was denouncing the plan of the present, conservative, incumbent, Lee Myung-bak, for reunifying North and South as ”ridiculous rhetoric”. The North Korean blast coincided with observances here, and in Kim’s birthplace off the southwestern coast, memorializing a life best remembered for crusading as president for his “Sunshine” policy of reconciliation with North Korea for which he received the Nobel Peace prize in 2000. Now the Sunshine policy is … Continue reading Ridicule for Lee’s reunification rhetoric