Tag: Holy

Israel army detonates bomb at Joseph’s Tomb holy site, says IDF

NABULUS: Israel army detonated a cellphone-operated explosive device that was planted at the entrance to the Joseph’s Tomb in the city of Nablus early...

Selfies, videos banned at Islam’s two holiest sites

The Saudi Arabian government has banned pilgrims from taking photos and videos using any devices for any purpose at Makkah's Grand Mosque and Masjid-i-Nabvi...

Holy meds!

Surgical items, medicines worth millions stolen from HFH Surgical items, life saving medicines and other items worth millions have been stolen from the store room...

Jerusalem holy site may shut over water bill

One of Christianity's holiest sites, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where Jesus Christ is said to have been crucified, could close down over...

Holy war

It takes a sacrilegious video to unite the Muslim world If attacking the US, German, British consulates, killing people who had nothing to do with...

‘SLIT THIER THROAT!’

Calling for a death sentence for both the director and Pastor Terry Jones who supported him, Jamaat-ud-Dawa held a massive rally against a blasphemous...

Copies of Holy Quran burnt in Afghan school attack

Unidentified gunmen burnt a school building, where hundreds of copies of the holy Quran had been stored, in the northern province of Jawzjan, officials...

Holy cows

The phrase ‘Sacred (or holy) Cow’ denotes something that is considered, perhaps unreasonably, to be above and beyond questioning or criticism. English dictionaries still...

Cleaning of graveyard

District Central administration has undertaken cleaning of the graveyards in connection with the holy night “Shab-e-Qadar”. Besides removal of bushes from the graveyards, cleaning...

Three killed in protests over desecration of Holy Quran

At least three people were killed and several others injured as protesters went on a rampage over an alleged desecration of the Holy Quran...

North Waziristan militants vow holy war for bin Laden

Militants in North Waziristan on Tuesday distributed pamphlets pledging holy war to mark the first anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, albeit...

PHNP members call on Holy See envoy

A five-member delegation of the Peace and Harmony Network Pakistan (PHNP) called on ambassador to Vatican Edgar Pena Parra at the Embassy of the...

Afghans protest Holy Quran burning by NATO troops

Protesters hurling petrol bombs and firing slingshots besieged the largest US-run military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday, furious over reports that NATO troops burned...

Man burns copy of holy Quran in Gujranwala

A man mimicked a crime committed by his father some years ago by burning a copy of the holy Quran in Qachi Fatomund area...

Ramp closure is ‘war on Muslim holy sites’: Hamas

Israel’s closure of a wooden access ramp to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound is tantamount to a declaration of war on Muslim holy sites in...

Tribesmen threaten US with ‘Jihad’

Hundreds of Pakistani tribesmen on Tuesday threatened the United States with holy war, lashing out at demands for action against Al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani extremists based...

Muslims to observe Juma-tul-Wida with religious reverence

The Muslims across the country, and world over, will observe Jumatul Wida, last Friday of the holy month of Ramzan and Al-Quds Day, with...