Threats of war cloud hopes for Middle East
Washington Post: BEIRUT — Fears of an as-yet-undefined Middle Eastern war are darkening the horizons of a region that only a year ago was celebrating the fall of dictators, the ascent […]
Editorial: An outrageous ban: Voices of Sanity from Pakistan
Source / Courtesy: The Express Tribune Express Tribune: Things in our country are really moving from the absurd, to even more absurd. And most frightening of all is the hatred […]
‘Let the Muslim be my Master in Outward Things!’ References to Islam in the Promotion of Religious Tolerance in Christian Europe
Source: Alislam-eGazette By Abdul Haq Compier Religious tolerance may seem very self-evident to the modern reader, who is educated to believe that tolerance is one of the fundamental values upon […]
9/11 REVISITED– Was Saudi Arabia involved?
Courtesy Asia Times Online: At 9:37 Eastern Daylight Time on September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the western side of the Pentagon, killing all 59 passengers and 125 others in the building. News of the crash went global within minutes; yet another symbol of American power was […]
A Strange Foam Is Causing Pig Farms In The Midwest To Explode
Minnesota researchers are trying to figure out the source of a greyish-brown foam forming on top of manure pits that’s causing hog farms in the Midwest to unexpectedly explode (via Gawker). Kali Dingman of The Minnesota Daily reports that farmers first noticed the issue in 2009 when incidents of pit foaming […]
Study Confirms Guilt Drives New Mothers To Overspend
Mothers are spending more than they should on baby products, a new study says. While more than half of new moms said they were stressed about their financial situation, only 30 percent opted to buy store brand products in lieu of name brand items, according to Kelton Research. The firm surveyed more than 1,900 […]
Why Love Is Good for Your Health
Is marriage good for your health? In general, research suggests yes. Married people live longer, have better access to health care, enjoy a more satisfying sex life, experience less stress, live a healthier lifestyle, and have lower rates ofheart disease, diabetes, anddepression compared to their single counterparts. The list of health perks conferred by […]
President expressed appreciation for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat
President Ernest Bai Koroma on Friday 3rd February 2012, expressed appreciation for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Sierra Leone over what he described to be their contributions towards local communities’ […]
Now for some home truths
WE in the media have spared no effort to vilify the civilian elected politician but our vigour seems to taper off dramatically in the case of other significant players in the country. Take for example a news item in this newspaper on Wednesday which said four armed Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) […]
Iran Says Be Ready For Its ‘Big New’ Nuclear Achievements
Speaking at the Islamic Revolution’s 33rd anniversary that brought down the U.S. backed Shaw of Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday his country will soon unveil “big new” nuclear achievements. Nasser Karimi at The Associated Press reports tens of thousands of Iranians were on hand, with more rallies around the […]
Dutch deny Taliban influence in Afghan province
The influence of the Taliban is not on the increase in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province, where the Netherlands is conducting a police-training mission, says Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal. His statement is based on all available information. He also knows of no information to suggest that Talban units have infiltrated parts of […]
The truth about Taliban ‘reintegration’ which Britain funded with £7 million
The much-vaunted “reintegration” of the Taliban, which Britain has funded with £7 million, is not quite what it seems, writes Ben Farmer in Kabul. Wrapped in shawls against the cold, […]
‘Greece will pay its debts back, if you let us. But not with a German knife held to our throats’
The German flag was burnt in Athens last week as fury over further austerity measures boiled over. Harriet Alexander travelled to a town that bears the scars of hatred between nations, and found a town both angry at German demands and frightened for the future. A protester burns […]
Morocco opens North Africa’s biggest car plant
The biggest car factory in North Africa has been officially opened in Morocco by the French firm Renault. The plant is in Melloussa, a small town on the Mediterranean near […]
Is Volcano of Baluchistan likely to explode?
By: Zubair Khan As per media reports, “the Pakistan has conveyed to the United States its serious concerns over a powerful US Congress committee’s meeting held on Wednesday exclusively on the issue of Baluchistan. Foreign Office Spokesman Mr. Basit told that the Pakistani embassy in Washington had taken strong notice of […]
Traveling Light in a Time of Digital Thievery
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Everyone has the capacity to transcend bigotry, hate
You may cherish their strongly held beliefs without compromising on their friendships! By Junaid Bin Jahangir, Edmonton Journal The Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported a recent hate campaign in the city […]
‘Thanks to Allah’
Source: Dawn Author: Murtaza Razvi ‘Thanks to Allah’, as our cricketers would say, Just 40.1 per cent of the 5-16 age group [schoolchildren in Pakistan] could do two-digit subtraction sums (with […]
PVV anti-Pole website is an ‘open call to intolerance’: Brussels
A website set up by the anti-immigration PVV to report problems with central and eastern Europeans in the Netherlands is an ‘open call to intolerance’, Europe’s justice commissioner Viviane Reding said on Friday evening. ‘The PVV website completely goes against European principles,’ Reding is quoted as saying by the Volkskrant. ‘In […]
Arab Spring image wins World Press Photo
A portrait of a veiled woman cradling a wounded relative in her arms, taken in Yemen by Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda for The New York Times, has won this year’s top World Press Photo prize. The photograph, taken on 15 October, captured a moment in the conflict in Yemen when demonstrators […]