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Police monitoring of Muslim students in New York sparks outrage

New York: The mayor faced off with the president of Yale University on Tuesday over an effort by the city’s police department to monitor Muslim student groups for any signs that their members harboured terrorist sympathies. It was revealed...
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New York police built secret files on mosques in New Jersey

Newark: Americans living and working in New Jersey’s largest city were subjected to surveillance as part of the New York Police Department’s effort to build databases of where Muslims work, shop and pray. The operation in Newark...

Iran blasts desecration of Holy Qur’an in Afghanistan

Afghan protesters show copies of burnt Holy Qur’ans during a protest at the gate of the Bagram Air Base on February 21, 2012. Wed Feb 22, 2012 Iran has harshly denounced the recent sacrilege act of desecration of the Holy Qur’an by US-led...

Ijaz testifies before Memo Commission

Mansoor Ijaz, the central character of the Memo scandal, Wednesday reached Pakistan s high commission in London to record his statement before the Memo commission, headed by Justice Faez Essa, through video link. Mansoor Ijaz reached 1:50 pm...

Will support US, Nato or Indian intervention: Brahamdagh Bugti

Supporting the US congressional bill on Balochistan, Baloch Republican Party’s self-exiled chief Barahmdagh Bugti has welcomed all foreign intervention in the province whether it is the US, Nato or India. PHOTO QUETTA: Supporting the US congressional...
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Activists condemn killing of Shia Muslims in Pakistan

Pakistanis protesting the killing of Shia Muslims in Balochistan. (file photo) In Pakistan, hundreds have taken to the streets in protest against recent bombing which claimed the lives of at least 36 people, Press TV reports. Protesters gathered...