'Rap is a form of rebellion'

Edit Deccan Herald 18 Oct 2016
Rapper and singer Sofia Ashraf will be talking about two things at the upcoming Josh Talks Leap ... So I wouldlike to talk about the people associated with the campaign,” says Ashraf who featured in viral rap video Kodaikanal Won’t ... But this was not the first time Chennai-born Ashraf was rapping for a cause ... Ashraf will be speaking at Josh Talks Leap, which will take place on October 22 and 23 at Thyagaraj Stadium....

Feature: Female gas station attendants welcome in Egypt

Edit Topix 18 Oct 2016
Dressed in red buttonless shirt and black pants uniform, 24-year-old veiled Hadeer Ashraf looked confident and swift while holding the fuel pump nozzle gun to serve the vehicles lined up at Total gas station near the Nile Corniche Street in Maadi district southwestern the Egyptian capital city of Cairo....

Police clueless about ‘steel bomb’ attack

Edit The Hindu 18 Oct 2016
What prompted the attack was not known. K.K ... Ashraf, 40, who suffered injuries, have been admitted to the Nadapuram government hospital. Ashraf was an employee at the cool bar ... Aslam. ....

Muslim sects unite, oppose interference in personal law

Edit The Hindu 18 Oct 2016
The meeting was chaired by Maulana Sayed Mohamed Khalid Ashraf, president, Sunni Darul Uloom Muhammadiya ... “Any interference in Muslim Personal Law will not be tolerated ... Maulana Sayed Mohamed Khalid Ashraf said the government should respect the position taken by Muslims, instead of conspiring to end it ... No Muslim will respond to it because it is misleading and deceitful ... No Muslim will respond to [UCC questionnaire] as ... ....

Cops tighten vigil at Chelakkad

Edit The Times of India 18 Oct 2016
KOZHIKODE. The police have strengthened vigil at Chelakkad and its premises following the of bomb explosion on Sunday night ... The injured were identified as Puthkoodu Ashraf (40) employee of Kulirma coolbar at Chelakkad, K K Pocker (51) and K Abdul Latheef (26) ... RELATED....

EllisDon Set to Complete One of the Largest Housing Projects in Afghanistan (EllisDon Corporation)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Oct 2016
(Source. EllisDon Corporation). EllisDon Set to Complete One of the Largest Housing Projects in Afghanistan. EllisDon is close to completing one of the largest housing projects in Afghanistan ... This comes as one of the biggest housing projects in Afghanistan and was inaugurated by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani together with the Minister Naderi earlier last month ... (noodl. 35875536) ....
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Smoke rises from a building, where Taliban insurgents hide during a fire fight with Afghan security forces, in Helmand province, south west Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 9, 2016.

Taliban and Afghanistan restart secret talks in Qatar

Edit The Guardian 18 Oct 2016
Although an Afghan government official confirmed Stanekzai had made at least one recent trip to Doha, both Ashraf Ghani’s spokesman and, Ismail Qasemiyar, a senior member of the High Peace Council charged with overseeing peace talks, denied any knowledge of the meetings ... A close aide of Afghan president Ashraf Ghani said both the Taliban and the Kabul government have become deeply disillusioned with Pakistan ... Read more ... ....

Afghan Government in Secret Talks With Taliban

Edit Voa News 18 Oct 2016
Senior Afghan government and Taliban representatives reportedly have held at least two secret meetings in recent days in a bid to resume a long-awaited peace dialogue to end the war in Afghanistan ... But he declined to discuss further details ... Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has recently concluded a peace deal with the Hizb-e-Islami insurgent faction led by controversial warlord, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar....

Women against triple talaq RSS stooges, need DNA test: Ulemas

Edit DNA India 18 Oct 2016
--> dna Correspondent . Tue, 18 Oct 2016-07.30am , Mumbai , DNA. The meeting was held to publicly support the stand of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), which has appealed to the community to boycott the questionnaire sent by the LCI on Uniform Civil Code (UCC) ... They government is trying to hide its failures by bringing up these issues," said Maulana Syed Khalid Ashraf, one of the prominent speakers ... ....

Congress’s Take on the Heroin Epidemic

Edit Dissident Voice 18 Oct 2016
A heroin epidemic is on fire all across America ... Mr ... Mr ... Mr ... The US Congress needs to do some reform on our foreign appropriations spending and the Executive branch with Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense focusing on the stop of distribution with the current Minister of Interior and President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and his executive branch members of justice in joint task force we have trained and jointly funded now for a decade....

Gazans mark 5th anniv. of prisoner swap deal

Edit Press TV 17 Oct 2016
Ashraf Shannon. Press TV, Gaza ... Ashraf Shannon has this report.   ....

Muslim sects come together to oppose triple talaq

Edit Deccan Herald 17 Oct 2016
The meeting was chaired by Maulana Sayed Mohamed Khalid Ashraf, the president of Daruloom Mohamdiya, and there were representations from all sections, including the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) ... “Any interference in the Muslim Personal Law will not be tolerated ... Those speaking against triple talaq are a minuscule community,” said Ashraf. ....

Muslim sects against 'interference' in personal law

Edit Deccan Herald 17 Oct 2016
The meeting in Mumbai was chaired by Maulana Sayed Mohamed Khalid Ashraf, the president of Daruloom Mohamdiya ... "Any interference in Muslim Personal Law will not be tolerated ... "Those clamouring against triple talaq and demanding a ban on polygamy are a minuscule minority and are not representative of the Indian Muslim community," said Maulana Sayed Mohamed Khalid Ashraf ... "We will boycott this questionnaire ... ....
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