This verse was revealed when the Quraysh lost many of its chiefs in the Battle of Badr and they gathered together in an attempt to collect wealth so that they may continue their fight against Islam and Muhammed (saw).

Tanzanian as well as international media outlets have reported on the issue of campaign of anti-gayism (anti-homosexuality) in the city of Dar es Salaam founded by the Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner that briefly thrived, then died a sudden death after the central government declared that it would not partake in such movements.

The evil which is taking place in Yemen is clear for all to see. It has become a “living hell” for children, to put it in the words of Geert Cappelaere, the regional director for Unicef. A place where an estimated 130 children die every day from starvation and disease. The situation will most likely worsen, with intensifying fighting and a continuing blockade on the country’s ports of entry.

For some time, Pakistan’s successive regimes have been claiming that they are playing a “double game” with US, to quell anger over continual compromises of the interests of the Muslims of Pakistan, for the sake of fulfilling Washington’s demands. Irate public statements by the US, scolding Pakistani officials in relation to the Afghan war theatre and the issue of the Afghan Taliban, may create this impression.