Tag: Quran

Trial unlikely for US troops in Afghan Quran burning

Five US soldiers took part in last week’s apparently accidental burning of copies of the holy Quran in Afghanistan, but they are unlikely to...

UN calls on holy Quran burners to be punished

The United Nations on Thursday said the perpetrators of the holy Quran burning in Afghanistan should be punished, but insisted ties between the international...

Two NATO staff killed in Kabul shooting

Two American members of the NATO force in Afghanistan were shot dead within the interior ministry in Kabul Saturday, military and government sources said,...

Three killed in fifth day of Afghanistan protests

Three people were shot dead by Afghan security forces on Saturday as protests over the burnings of the Holy Quran at a NATO base...

Anti-US protests spread to Pakistan

Hundreds of Pakistanis took to the streets on Friday, chanting death to America, demanding that their leaders resign and setting fire to a US...

Obama apologises for Quran burning in Afghanistan

America President Barack Obama apologised on Thursday for the burning of copies of the Holy Quran at a US military base this week, as...

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...

Afghan protests erupt over Quran ‘burning’

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

Indexation of loans and Shari’a

Many laymen and Muslim scholars opine that repayment of loans must be adjusted to reflect decrease in value of loans in inflationary environments. According...

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...

More than a headdress

The rich and the covered I’m all for a decent burial, but only after I die. So while tempted to don the hijab in defiant...

Shahdara residents protest against Quran burning

Shahdara Town residents on Monday protested outside the Shahdara Town Police Station against a 22-year-old man who allegedly desecrated the Holy Quran earlier in...

Islamic banking and finance

Many people think that Islamic banking and finance is a cure to all the financial woes. In fact that is not the case. Islamic...

Virtues of reciting the Holy Quran

The Holy Quran, is the last and final scripture, revealed to the last Prophet (Pbuh). The revelation was spread over 23 years. The book...

CM presides over Punjab Quran Board meeting

Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif presided over a meeting of the Punjab Quran Board (PQB) on Wednesday to discuss the PQB reforms. Addressing...

Tony Blair reads the Quran every day

Former British prime minister Tony Blair has become "increasingly open" about the importance of religion, and reads the Quran every day to be "faith-literate"....

PPP holds Quran khawani for Hakim Ali Zardari

The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Punjab chapter on Thursday held a Quran khawani for veteran politician and President Asif Ali Zardari’s father, Hakim Ali...