Islam | Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday urged religious scholars from across the Muslim world to play a proactive role in promoting unity, countering extremism, and projecting Islam’s true message of peace.

ISLAMABAD - Chairman of the Senate Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said that Islam is a religion of peace, compassion, tolerance, and human dignity.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that the Muslim World League was playing a highly significant role at the global level in promoting the true image of Islam and advocating for the collective interests of the Muslim Ummah.

An Afghan man was sentenced to life in prison by a German court on Tuesday for a knife attack that killed a police officer and injured five others at an anti-Islam rally last year. The verdict comes at a time of heated debate about immigration and security in Germany, and a strong surge in support for the country’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. The defendant, named only as Sulaiman A to protect his privacy, was found guilty of using a large hunting knife to attack people during a demonstration in the western city of Mannheim that was organised by the anti-Islam group Pax Europa in late May 2024. Sulaiman A attacked a speaker and several demonstrators at the event before stabbing a police officer who rushed in to help. The officer later succumbed to his injuries. The attacker was taken into pre-trial custody in June 2024 after leaving intensive care for injuries he sustained during his arrest. Though prosecutors say he sympathised with the Islamic State group, he was not tried as a terrorist. ...