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Nine Million Rare Copies Of Quran Preserved In Jabl-E-Noor, Quetta  2014-07-10 18:00:39 In the caves of a mountain situated around 10 kilometers away from Quetta, more than nine million rare Holy copies of Quran lay preserved. This mountain was named as Jabl-e-Noor-al-Quran in 1992. Locals consider the caves of this mountain as a place where they can get closer to Allah during the month of Ramzan. Twenty two years ago, four friends, two of whom were brothers, began to preserve the Shaheed Copies of the Holy Book in the caves of this mountain, now called as Jabl-e-Noor-al-Quran. Holy copies from all parts of the country are brought here and saved in manually built tunnels. An effort which was taken up by four friends in 1992 continues to date and more than nine million holy scripts are present now in these caves. http://video.dunyanews.tv/ index.php/en/mustwatch/5941/ Nine-million-rare-Copies-of- Quran-preserved-in-Jabl-e- Noor,-Quetta

The theater of hatred LOCAL VIEWPOINT Last updated: Saturday, January 31, 2015 11:17 PM Khaled Al-Solaiman Okaz The one who has a pious face yet does not value the sanctity of the mosque or death can only mean one thing — he is the devil hiding behind the mask of an angel. The religious man practicing hatred is actually the creation of politicized religion. The cloth of religion is used to conceal the political party, something that causes the players to mistake religious identity for political affiliation. As for the actors performing in the theater of hatred, they are students of the same radical school that produced the Iraqi soldiers during the Gulf War. Others claim to fight for Palestine without any real concern for the crisis there. They are, in fact, self-destructive because they die victims of their own rage. They are constantly filled with anger and spite, and breed resentment. The general population strives to socially advance and progress, but is obs...

                                                      Four Years After Revolution, Libya Slides Into Chaos JANUARY 31, 2015 11:41 AM ET Bullet holes from recent clashes riddle an apartment building in Tripoli. Bilal Hussein/AP There was hope in Libya and around the world for Libya after Moammar Gadhafi was overthrown four years ago. But today, Libya is a country torn apart. There are now two competing governments, in different cities with their own parliaments and their own military. A traveler first needs a visa from one government to land in Tripoli, then a so-called "landing permission" to fly east to the other government's territory — and has to hopscotch around jihadist-controlled areas along the way. PARALLELS Libya's Crisis: A Shattered Airport, Two Parliaments, Many Factions In Tripoli, one of the capitols, a...