Euro imams, rabbis pledge to combat hate preachers
Source: Jerusalem Post: PARIS – Seventy European Muslim and Jewish leaders pledged on Wednesday to show “zero tolerance” to hate preachers of any faith including their own ranks, citing what […]
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A Q Farhat
A Retired Asst Professor of Pediatrics currently working in Canada.
APEC Summit 2012: Chairmanship of APEC will be handed from Russia to Indonesia
Republika: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will hold a state visit to Mongolia and Russia on September 5-10. In Vladivostok, Russia, SBY will attend APEC Summit and deliver keynotes entitled APEC […]
Top 10 Israeli advances against Alzheimer’s disease
IsraelC21: Israel’s researchers are making inroads against the devastating and fatal condition through brain science, drugs and memory enhancement. The amount and quality of medical research coming out of Israel is quite astounding. Advances in treating cancer, asthma, diabetes, sepsis, neurological diseases such as ALS – Israeli scientists have made […]
Sampang solution? Will Indonesia’s Shiites share the fate of the Ahmadis?
Source: Editorial The Jakarta Post | Editorial Hundreds of Indonesians are on the brink of being driven permanently from their homes by fellow citizens, sharing the fate of thousands before […]
UNESCO Award of Excellence 2012 for traditional houses on Flores Island, Indonesia
Source: TN Global Travel News; Mbaru Niang, the traditional house in the village of Wae Rebo on the island of Flores, East Nusatenggara province of Indonesia has received UNESCO’s top […]
Jews and Muslims Unite in Fight for Religious Freedom in Europe
Source: Arutz Sheva Jewish and Muslim religious leaders from 18 European countries will gather in Paris to discuss increasing religious prohibitions in Europe. By Rachel Hirshfeld Jewish and Muslim religious […]
Shia community has the right to stay: Chief Justice Mahfud
The Jakarta Post, The Constitution guarantees all citizens the right to choose their place to live, therefore, the government has no right to force them to move to another location, […]
Different Views: What role should faith play in government?
Religion and government must remain separate Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof: Isn’t that clear enough to the right wing evangelical Republican Party? No individual should be denied belief in whatever form of worship or lack of believing in organized […]
Ahmadinejad ends Non-Aligned Movement Summit with call for world peace
Source: Haaretz, Israel In his closing speech as new NAM chairman, Iran’s president says “all NAM member states approved the need for a new world management upon the basis of […]
Tehran NAM Summit: When US, Israel Get Embarrassed
TEHRAN (FNA)- While the media wing of the major world powers, spearheaded by the United States, UK and Israel is sparing no effort to further isolate Iran over its nuclear […]
Arab nations want the International Atomic Energy Agency to investigate Israel
Source: Radio Zamaneh Seventeen Arab countries have presented the International Atomic Energy Agency with an initiative to probe into Israel’s secretive “nuclear capabilities.” Reuters reports that the Arab states have called for the “Israeli Nuclear Capabilities” issue to be included in the agenda for next month’s IAEA conference, but there […]
Four enduring myths about Islam
Source of Data: The Globe and Mail Myth #1: The Muslim population in the West is growing fast and will soon become a majority in Europe – and a major […]
The Human rights case seeks equal billing for religion and atheism in schools
The National Post: Arguing that it is “biased” for his children to be given free Gideon Bibles in class but not free atheist literature, an Ontario father is launching a human rights case that aims to drive the Gideons out of the province’s public schools. “I don’t think 10-year-old kids […]
Clerics giving Misleading Fatwa against Ahmadiyyah, Shiites should be arrested!
If you want consistent and consistently enforce the blasphemy laws, among others in Article 156a of the Criminal Code, then the scholars who gave fatwa to declare Shiite, Ahmadiyya, etc […]
Wow, Free public Wi-fi in Jakarta!
The Jakarta Globe: Starting on Saturday of this week, the Jakarta local government will provide free WiFi along some of the city’s main streets — from Jalan Sudirman to Thamrin […]
Indonesia’s Ahmadiyah Sect Fears Religious Violence
Source: Voice of America Report: Indonesian disapprove the violence against Ahmadiyyah sect by a margin of 85%but the attacks on minorities are on rise
Dunno why I wrote this … but I had to!
Watching a documentary on Africa and its various countries two days ago on BBC I discovered a religion that has been there before Christianity and Islam … and still exists. There were hundreds of worshippers dancing and praying, while many Christians and Muslims stood on the roads to see them […]
Israel arrests three children over taxi attack
Source: BBC Three Israeli children have been arrested on suspicion of fire-bombing a Palestinian taxi. Six people were injured, two seriously, in the attack, which targeted an Arab family on […]
A good Jew hates Arabs
Haaretz: Hatred of Arabs is part of the test of loyalty and identity that the state gives its Jewish citizens – a loyal Israeli will leave an Arab to die, […]