A Retired Asst Professor of Pediatrics currently working in Canada.
Opponents go to court after Herrera declines to get involved, citing conflict as mayoral candidate Muslims and Jews came together Wednesday on the steps of San Francisco’s City Hall to defend the right to circumcise their male children. Representatives of two of the world’s great monotheistic religions are named as […]
ACRE, Israel (AP) — Off the track beaten by most Holy Land tourists lies one of the richest archaeological sites in a country full of them: the walled port of Acre, where the busy alleys of an Ottoman-era town cover a uniquely intact Crusader city now being rediscovered. Preparing to […]
Australian police are considering using fingerprints to identify people wearing face-covering veils, after a judge said he could not be sure a burqa-clad woman was who she told police she was. The judge said this week that a case against Carnita Matthews, who a magistrate earlier found had made a […]
June 20, 2011 Baitul Islam Mosque, Maple, Ontario A briefing session regarding 35th Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was held for media and press personals at Baitul Islam Mosque, Maple, on June 20th. The session was attended by more than 50 representatives from various newspapers and Televisions. Introducing the event, the […]
NAQAB, June 21, 2011 (WAFA) – Bulldozers of the Israeli Ministry of Interior, under police protection, Tuesday demolished Palestinian homes in several Arab villages unrecognized by the Israeli government in Naqab, in southern Israel. Three homes have been demolished so far, and Israeli army forces are roaming additional areas in […]
JERUSALEM, June 21, 2011 (WAFA) – Extremist Jewish organization, the Israel Land Fund (ILF), Tuesday instigated in a press release to demolish Muhammad al-Fateh mosque in Silwan, a town south of Jerusalem, under the pretext of ‘illegal’ restoration work going on in the mosque. The mosque, also known as Ras al-Amud […]
Could Ruyati Binti Sapubi have been spared from the gallows in Saudi Arabia? The government must now explain to the public yet another failure to protect its citizens abroad. The 54-year-old Ruyati was hanged on Saturday for the 2010 murder of a Saudi woman who employed her as a servant. […]
Israel, 20 June 2011: A Jerusalem rabbinical court recently sentenced a wandering dog to death by stoning. The cruel sentence stemmed from the suspicion that the spirit of a famous secular lawyer, who insulted the court’s judges 20 years ago, had been transferred into the dog’s body. Several weeks ago, […]
MONTREAL — A former Lac St. Louis soccer referee is blowing the whistle on rules she said prevent her from practising her religion. Sarah Benkirane, 15, was told after two years of refereeing for the soccer association that she was out of a job, after a complaint surfaced over her […]
The meteorologic data indicates that for two thirds of the days of the year, air currents arrive from Western and Eastern Europe, and for more than one-fifth of the year, air currents arrive from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and North Africa. Air pollution from North Africa and Europe containing toxic materials […]
President says that Israel ‘doomed’ unless negotiations with the Palestinians leading to a peace agreement begin in the immediate future. “Whoever accepts the basic principle of the 1967 lines will receive international support from the world,” Peres said. “Whoever rejects it will lose the world.” President Shimon Peres is […]
Jakarta – In Yogyakarta, the cultural centre of the island of Java in Indonesia, the governor, Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, has set an interesting precedent by refusing to ban the Ahmadiyah religious group. The group was founded by a 19th century Indian religious leader, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who claimed he was the promised Messiah foretold […]
The light shines on Jerusalem JERUSALEM — When night falls on the Old City of Jerusalem this week, the walled enclave sheds its role as one of the world’s most contested pieces of real estate to become a luminous carnival of art installations and performances. Jerusalem’s Festival of Lights, now […]
Migraine sufferers treated with a homeopathic preparation of ginger and the herb feverfew may find some pain relief, according to a preliminary study. Feverfew, which is derived from a flowering plant, has long been thought to be a remedy for headaches. It might offer an alternative to standard migraine medications, […]
JAKARTA — A $70-million haul of Ming Dynasty porcelain has been found in a 16th-century shipwreck off the Indonesian island of Java, a Portugal-based salvage company said Friday. Arqueonautas Worldwide (AWW) and its Indonesia-based partner RM Discovery Inc. said an “archaeological reconnaissance operation” had confirmed the discovery of the “biggest […]
The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore has taken a firm stand against claims made by the Obedient Wives Club, saying the group’s views are contrary to Islamic teachings and demean women and the concept of family. In its first statement following news of plans for a Singapore branch of the […]
Human Rights Watch has criticized Indonesian authorities for failing to uncover the people behind February’s brutal attack on the Ahmadiyah community in western Java. In a statement obtained by the Jakarta Globe, the New York-based nongovernmental organization calls on police to mount a “full investigation” into the deadly religious violence […]
By: Bernard Starr, Professor emeritus, CUNY Two unrelated Jews from different walks of life meet in an unlikely place and discover they are connected. You’ve heard that story before in Jewish folklore. Well, it happened to me recently. It was a few days before Passover. I had three hours to […]
It is likely the only common ground they will ever have, but terrorism analysts and supporters of militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir do agree on one thing — the 15-year jail term that he received on Thursday means he will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars. The conclusion […]
Older people who use olive oil in their cooking and on their salads may have a lower risk of suffering a stroke, researchers reported on Wednesday, June 15. In a study that followed older French adults for five years, researchers found that those who regularly used olive oil were 41 […]