Pakistan watches Google, other sites for blasphemy dawn.com Pakistan will start monitoring seven major websites, including Google, for anti-Islamic content, said an official. — File Photo Pakistan to get four F-16 tomorrow ISLAMABAD: An official says Pakistan will start monitoring seven major websites, including Google, for anti-Islamic content. It also is blocking at least 17 other, lesser-known sites it deems offensive to Muslims. The decision comes in response to a recent order from a judge in Punjab province. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority spokesman Khurram Mehran said Friday that the sites to be monitored include Yahoo, Google, MSN, Hotmail, YouTube, Amazon and … Continue reading Pakistan unleashes the Mullahs on Google!

Defying traditional rivalry for a winning combination dawn.com Qureshi and Bopanna have stayed in each other’s homes, and want to stage a goodwill exhibition at year’s end at the Wagah border crossing between India and Pakistan. —Reuters Photo Aisam Qureshi, Rohan Bopanna in Wimbledon round two WIMBLEDON: An Indian and a Pakistani hope their partnership in the men’s doubles at Wimbledon can chip away at the enmity between their countries, which have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947. Rohan Bopanna of India and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan also want to win, and they did so Wednesday in … Continue reading Stop War, Start Tennis

Honour and terror By Rafia Zakaria dawn.com Aqsa Pervez. –File Photo The killers of 16-year-old Aqsa Pervez were convicted on June 18. Mohammad Pervez and Waqas Ahmed, Aqsa’s father and brother, were sentenced to life in prison by a jury in Ontario, Canada. Aqsa was killed after being picked up by her brother from her school bus stop. She was taken to the family home where she was found dead by the police. DNA material belonging to her brother was found under her fingernails and her father confessed to the murder. According to accounts published in Canadian newspapers, Mohammad Pervez … Continue reading Canadian Muslims and Honour

Young people in Saudi Arabia are torn between conservative ideology at home and the world outside Fahad Faruqui guardian.co.uk, Friday 25 June 2010 08.00 BST Article history MTV’s True Life documentary series recently featured a group of young Saudis grappling with the kingdom’s rigid social norms – and their cry for change stirred bitter emotions in conservative quarters. They weren’t talking about politics, but about themselves and their desire to live the life they choose. Their demands may seem mundane, but in a way, they are far more radical than calling for democracy or political reform because they strike at … Continue reading Saudi youth are struggling with their identities

Recent strident trends in Israeli nationalist ideology mask a more complex and potentially fruitful dialogue on the future of Zionism Antony Lerman guardian.co.uk, Friday 25 June 2010 11.59 BST Article history Former Israeli defence minister Moshe Arens in 1999, announcing that he would challenge Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for leadership of the Likud party. Arens has recently floated the heretical idea of a ‘one-state solution’. Photograph: Havakuk Levison/Reuters Israel may show all the signs of being a typical westernised, post-ideological society. But in response to growing international pressure over recent years and with the country’s centre of political gravity drifting … Continue reading The debate within the Jewish state

By Shamim-ur-Rahman dawn.com According to a media release of the KSE Mr Hague participated in a financial services roundtable and was impressed with the overview. — File Photo KARACHI: British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Thursday visited the Karachi Stock Exchange and expressed satisfaction over efforts at maintaining stability in the financial sector in Pakistan. According to a media release of the KSE Mr Hague participated in a financial services roundtable and was impressed with the overview. Speaking on the occasion he discussed the UK government’s plan to invest 665 million pounds in Pakistan. He solicited views of the participants … Continue reading UK plans to invest £665m in Pakistan

Time for BJP to reinvent itself By Kuldip Nayar dawn.com Activists from India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) take cover behind a barrier as police use a water cannon to disperse them during a protest in New Delhi June 18, 2010. Hundreds of activists on Friday protested against the rise in fuel prices, BJP activists said. – Photo by Reuters. Clenched fists in a rightist party do not make it a different entity. I imagine this is what some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders were trying to do when they stood in a row with their clenched fists after … Continue reading BJP should reinvent itself

Pakistan’s unsung genius dawn.com The picture was taken on my visit to CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research) in Geneva, Switzerland a couple of years ago. CERN is home to the world’s highest energy particle accelerator and has been the subject of considerable media attention as it collides particles travelling at very nearly the speed of light to recreate the very early moments of the Big Bang. Imminent scientific discoveries are expected and with them, a significant development in our understanding of the laws of nature. Perhaps the last major breakthrough in the world of particle physics came in the … Continue reading Dr Abdus Salam – Pakistan’s unsung genius

Anti-Muslim Billboard: “Islam Rising…Be Warned” Posted on 24 June 2010 by Emperor loonwatch.com The fearmongering continues, courtesy of a Christian Action Network (CAN) advertisement. (hat tip: Abdullah) Some take offense to billboard warning drivers about Islam By Jackie Faye COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – A billboard along Interstate 26 is catching a lot of eyes, and viewers are calling our newsroom about it. Some think it’s offensive, and others just want to know what it means. On a stretch of highway from Orangeburg to Columbia, one sees advertisement on billboards scattered along the side of the road. But this billboard stands … Continue reading Pat Robertson wants to kill YOU!

Tennessee: Mosque Vandalized Once Again Posted on 24 June 2010 by Emperor loonwatch.com A mosque has been targeted by vandals once again in Tennessee. Sign Vandalized at future mosque site by Mark Bell A sign marking the future site of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro was found vandalized for the second time in less than six months Wednesday, according to an Islamic Center spokesperson. “At this time we’re going to release one statement and that is that this has been a very unfortunate incident and we are just trying to be good neighbors,” said Carmie Ayash. Abdou Kattih called the … Continue reading Mosque Vandalized Once Again