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Harvard Law School, one of the most prestigious institutions of its kind in the world, has posted a verse of the Holy Quraan at the entrance of its faculty library, describing the verse as one of the greatest expressions of justice in history. Verse 135 of Surah Al Nisa (The …

Notorious takfiri terrorists Sipah-e-Sahaba killed a Shia youth who was a custodian of a Shia Mosque in Karachi on Thursday. Sources reported that Akbar Hussain son of Asghar Hussain was ambushed in Bilal Colony of North Karachi.   He was a custodian of an Shia Mosque in another locality of …

Iraqi forces have wrested back control of key areas west of Baghdad that have been out of government hands for weeks amid a deadly standoff between militants and security forces. The battles in Anbar province, a mostly-Sunni desert region that shares a border with Syria, and a protracted surge in …

A report forecasting Israel’s strategic future looks positively at Sunni-Shia conflict in the Middle East though it fears instability along Israeli borders. Israeli Major General Amos Yadlin concludes the “Strategic Survey for Israel 2013-2014” by stating: “In 2013, Israel’s national security balance sheet was largely positive. In contrast, in the …

BANGKOK- Thai police have rescued hundreds of Rohingya Muslims from a remote camp in a raid prompted by a investigation into human trafficking, police officials said on Monday. Police detained 531 men, women and children in Sunday’s raid at a camp near the town of Sadao in the southern province …

The Syrian army on Monday killed a number of terrorists in several provinces and sustained its advance in Aleppo, maintaining its control over the north of Aleppo airport area, according to SANA. A military source told SANA that the army eliminated armed terrorist groups in the neighborhoods of al-Rashideen, Karm al-Maysar …

Three al-Qaeda-affiliated militant groups have declared war on Lebanon. In a single day, the trio delivered the opening salvo of their Lebanese campaign, issuing threats in what appeared to be coordinated statements. Three prominent terrorist groups, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, al-Nusra Front in Lebanon, and the Islamic State of Iraq …

Militants from al-Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) have beheaded two Syrian citizens with sword in their Raqqa base, as they continue executing and punishing people based on their own ruling system. Syrians in Raqqa have been suffering from extremist crimes and strict rules imposed by ISIL militants …

A senior British police official has warned that anyone travelling to Syria from the UK will be detained after returning home. There is a “huge concern” about those who travel to Syria to fight alongside the militants against the Syrian government, Manchester’s police chief Peter Fahy said on Saturday. Referring …

The new mayor of largest American city of New York has boasted before members of influential pro-Israeli lobby group AIPAC that being “a defender of Israel” is part of his “job description. Bill de Blasio, who was sworn into office on January 1, made the remarks during an unannounced speech …