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By Mahvish Akhtar A prominent Pakistani Journalist and writer, Arshad Sharif, was shot by the Kenyan Police on Sunday, October 23rd, 2022, in a remote area outside the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The Kenyan Police say it was a case of mistaken identity. Arshad Sharif was a Pakistani journalist, writer, and television news anchor. He specialized […]
by Dr. Aslam Abdullah The Midterm elections on November 8, 2022, will undoubtedly change America’s political landscape for a long time. The hostility between the Republicans and Democrats has crossed all political barriers and entered into the realm of religious and racial loyalties. The Republicans stand for the supremacy of a white electorate loyal to […]
By Yousuf Ali On Tuesday, Nov. 8, the United States will be holding the 2022 midterms with early or absenteé voting already underway in many states. These elections include all members of the House of Representatives and a third of senators with the fate of both chambers hanging in the balance. That’s not to mention […]
by Mahvish Akhtar In a significant decision today, the Election Commission of Pakistan has disqualified PTI Chairman Imran Khan from running in the election, finding him guilty of not sharing details of Toshakhana (Toshkana is a cabinet control department where all the gifts given by world leaders and dignitaries Pakistani officials are kept) gifts and […]
by Aysha Qamar After enacting a 15-week abortion ban earlier this year, Florida has faced some consistent legal back and forth. The law, known as HB 5, is facing legal opposition not only from groups in favor of reproductive freedoms, but from religious groups as well. According to MSNBC, the new legal battles the ban is facing— similar to […]
Press Release from Alliance to Save & Protect America from Infiltration by Religious Extremists Muslim American groups denounce the appointment of Chandru Acharya, a director of the Hindu extremist group, Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), to the faith-based council of the Department of Homeland Security. Indian American Muslim organizations, Justice America, Indian Minorities Advocacy Network (ImanNet […]
By Yousuf Ali On Friday, Oct. 14, Lebanon and Israel reached an agreement on how to deal with offshore resources along their maritime border. The countries share a land border as well as a sea border and have not had good relations since their founding with Israel engaging in an extensive bombing of Southern Lebanon […]
Issue 11 Volume24 October 2022 Print
by Aysha Qamar After 23-years of serving time for a crime he said he didn’t commit, Adnan Syed, the man whose legal case made international headlines because of the hit podcast “Serial,” is finally free. According to the Baltimore Sun, Baltimore prosecutors dropped Syed’s criminal case in connection to the 1999 killing of Hae Min […]
By Mahvish Akhtar Pakistan has had to take some complex steps lately amid pressure from World Bank and other stakeholders since the country’s inability to create consensus and instability in the narrowing political space past few months. Last week WB asked the government to make some goodwill and a positive narrative regarding where the over […]
by Aysha Qamar Since his temporary release, several updates have been made in Adnan Syed’s case—a case that took the public by storm after being featured in the hit podcast Serial. Now 41, Syed was convicted for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee at the age of 17. He walked out of prison for the […]
By Yousuf Ali Since Russia escalated its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, there has been considerable international involvement with fighters around the world coming to fight on either side of the conflict. One element of this to note is the presence of Chechen fighters on both sides of the conflict, Ukrainian and Russian. Immediate […]
by Dr. Aslam Abdullah India’s Hindutva-led MHA and the National Investigation Agency (NIA), popularly known as the Hindutva Investigation Agency (HIA), banned the Popular Front of India (PFI and all of its affiliated organizations for the next five years after arresting more than 270 of its leaders and workers from different parts of the country. […]
MPAC’s President, Salam Al-Marayati was appointed by Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas to the Faith-Based Security Advisory Council. Salam joins 24 other new members on the Council, an external advisory body providing advice to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Reflecting on his appointment, Salam Al-Marayati stated “I look […]
Below is an interview featuring Pakistan’s Commissioner who is the head of the government’s flood relief program with TMO writer Mahvish Akhtar
By Yousuf Ali On September 29th, 2022, Russia formally announced that it would hold referendums in 4 regions of Ukriane which it currently occupies. Many see this as a way of annexing these territories officially. This in conjunction with Russian willingness to use nuclear weapons on response to “its territory” have dramatically increased fears of […]
by Rehan Qamar Media attention toward the devasting impact climate change has had on Pakistan has become scarce. Because the issue doesn’t impact Western countries or media right now, it is being given little to no importance. But even though Pakistan is bearing the extremes of climate change, that doesn’t mean North America and other nations […]
by Dr. Aslam Abdullah The First Amendment provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. How many of you heard the news that the U.S. Border officials […]
The author had the opportunity to spend two days with Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi when he visited in India in the 70s. The Jamat e Islami assigned the author to take him around. During the two days, we visited Delhi University and Jawahar Lal University. He did not mind riding the back seat of a Vespa […]
By Yousuf Ali Last week, an Iranian woman of Kurdish descent Mahsa Amini died in the custody of Iranian Morality police after being picked up for not complying with the country’s laws mandating hijab, the Islamic dress code requiring women to cover their body except their hands and faces. Since then there have been protests […]
