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Hajj balloting result 2010

August 11, 2010

The ballot for Hajj-2010 for selection of the Hajj under the Government Scheme shall be held today at 3:00pm in the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Islamabad. Minister for religious Affairs Mr. Hamid Saeed Kazmi will be the chief guest for today’s Hajj 2010 balloting. Mr. Hamid Saeed Kazmi came under heavy criticism by people for [...]

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Pakistan likely to turn into Khilafa under Nawaz Sharif

June 23, 2010

The birth of a caliphate seems to be where Pakistan is headed over the next couple of years. This article focusses on the most likely aftermath of the US war of terror. It’s not a najoomi prediction but just a glimpse at a situation that might arise given recent world events over the last 15 [...]

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Jootay Chor in Mosques

June 22, 2010

There was a time when we had Friday and Saturday as official holidays, so as to facilitate the mosque-goers for the Jumma prayers. Even though the days have been switched, a 3 hour break is mandated everywhere so that everyone can prepare to go to the mosque. It is a part of Rasul Allah’s (S.A.W) [...]

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The American Jihad & The Pakistani Revolution

June 5, 2010

A person who doesn’t acknowledge they are sick will never seek treatment. To cure any illness, the presence of sickness must first be acknowledged by the sufferer. Next comes the diagnosis by an expert doctor who will suggest a treatment. For serious diseases the treatment might mean life threatening surgery with little chance of survival. [...]

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Hajj Policy 2010

June 4, 2010

Finally the much awaited Haj policy for year 2010 was announced yesterday, with a 19% increase in Hajj expenses as compared to the previous year. Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi announced the hajj policy. According to the new policy, Ministry of Religious Affairs would start receiving Haj applications, under the government [...]

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Breaking News: Facebook Page Silently Removed & Site Content Deleted

May 22, 2010

The Facebook page that drew the much deserved criticism and caused the ban of Facebook in Pakistan and calls for similar bans in other countries around the world has been silently removed. Not only the page, but also a similar site marketing the Hateful day has also been cleared of all the content and has [...]

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Lahore High Court Win Pakistani’s Hearts with Facebook Decision

May 22, 2010

Lahore High Court Judge Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry has won the hearts of the Muslims across the whole world in general and Pakistan in particular as he was the man who awarded the decision of banning Facebook and YouTube in Pakistan. The decision was welcomed by the vast majority of the avid facebook users even [...]

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Facebook Banned in Pakistan – Is this the Answer?

May 19, 2010

There are rising demands by the people of Pakistan to ban the Social Networking platform since it has agreed to let a group use it to “Celebrate Draw Muhammad” Day. The act was itself a very stupid step since the purpose of doing such things is nothing more then to further spread hatred and to [...]

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The Best Creation of Allah

May 18, 2010

A friend of mine sent me a link to a Facebook page a couple of days ago. She didn’t tell me what it was about, just that it was important and I should send it forward to as many people as I could. My curiosity aroused, I quickly clicked on it. When the page opened, [...]

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Bhong Mosque [Picture Post]

January 26, 2010

I had been thinking since many days to share a jewel from my area well, not specifically my area but broadly speaking I hail from the same district. So here I am with a picture post of Bhong Mosque. Memory of Bhong Mosque visit is still fresh at my mind when I was quite young. [...]

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The Art of Being Thankful

January 26, 2010

I love rain. Since as far as I can remember, I always have. The best are the thunderstorms, when the whole sky goes black and then it lights up for a split second as lightening rolls and I wait in anticipation for the roaring thunder; waiting for the sound to catch up with its visual. [...]

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Swiss Ban on Building Minarets in Mosques

November 30, 2009

The Swiss Government has recently banned the building of Minarets in Mosques. The ban comes as a result of a recently held referendum in Switzerland. According to New York Times story: The Swiss on Sunday overwhelmingly imposed a national ban on the construction of minarets, the prayer towers of mosques, in a referendum drawn up [...]

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Maulana Tariq Jamil – Intezar

November 17, 2009

Every once in a while you read a story that touches your heart and soul.  I was reading an article by Javed Chaudhry ‘titled Intezar’ where he writes about Maulana Tariq Jameel – so thought would share with the audience the whole article; Share This Article Hide Sites $$(‘div.d5239′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) });

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Every fourth person on Planet Earth is Muslim

November 5, 2009

Islam that originated in Arabian peninsula about 1400 years ago is now thriving and has reached every continent. This was revealed in a recent report by THE PEW FORUM on Religion and Public Life. This report is very comprehensive stating size and distribution of World’s Muslim Population as of 2009. The demographic study of more [...]

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