Wednesday, 6 May 2015

On Wednesday 6 May, 15


This question was raised by Pakistan’s Chief Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk himself while hearing petitions challenging the procedure for appointment of superior court judges under the 18th Amendment and establishment of military courts under the 21st Amendment to try terrorists. A 17-judge full court is hearing the case.


Can Pakistan become a secular country?
Source : The Hindu
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The Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati witnessed the power of interfaith solidarity on Sunday, when a little over 100 Muslims, Christians and Jews gathered to form a symbolic “peace ring” around the mosque’s entrance. The group was inspired by a similar peace ring that was formed around a synagogue in Oslo, attack against the Jewish community in Denmark earlier that month.
Jews, Christians and Muslims


Source : The Huffington Post
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Two gunmen are shot dead outside an anti-Islam art show in Texas
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dea that somehow it is Islam that is ... fringe elements who claim to be the ultimate arbiters of what IS & ISN'T Islam.
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