A Retired Asst Professor of Pediatrics currently working in Canada.
An annual report by Tel Aviv University says the number of anti-Semitic incidents worldwide declined in 2010 but remains high overall. Researchers at the university say 2010 saw a 46 percent drop in the number of violent incidents targeting Jews relative to 2009 – from 1,129 to 614. But the […]
Damascus- Hundreds of the Syrian and foreign nationals on Sunday gathered near the American Embassy in Damascus calling upon the USA to abstain from meddling in Syria’s internal affairs. The demonstrators carried banners condemning the policy of double standards adopted by the USA towards Syria as it turns a blind […]
Holocaust Remembrance Day was honored Monday morning with a siren marking a moment of silence throughout Israel at 10 am. As on every year, flower wreaths were laid at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum. The Knesset held its annual ceremony of the reading out of victims’ names. President Shimon Peres and […]
Power Balance bracelets The claim: Power Balance makes a range of plastic bracelets and pendants decorated with holographic stickers, which they say will “optimize the body’s natural energy flow” to enhance strength, balance and flexibility. The bracelets have been widely adopted by celebrities and professional athletes, including Toronto Blue Jays […]
How Will Bin Laden’s Death Affect Terror Movements? The death of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden could temporarily dampen but not put an end to radicalism and terrorism activities, including in Indonesia, experts said on Monday. Osama was killed on Sunday in a firefight with U.S. forces in Pakistan […]
Archaeological activity in Jerusalem has been sucked into a whirlwind of conflicting political agendas, and the site commonly referred to as “the City of David” is in the eye of the storm. At issue is a place of seminal importance for the Jewish people and indeed for anyone who cherishes […]
The Chinese government invited The Jakarta Post’s Ridwan Max Sijabat to China from April 18 to April 27. The following is his report of the trip: Islam in China: Islamic boarding school students walk to a mosque after helping with renovation work at their school building in a Muslim housing […]
Moscow– The Russian Federation on Saturday described the UN Human Rights Council’s decision to adopt a draft resolution submitted by the United States against Syria as unacceptable. AFP quoted a Russian source as saying that it’s unacceptable to use the UN mechanisms for respecting human rights in the world to […]
The myth that Judaism, Israel, and Zionism are one and the same needs to be completely debunked. Judaism is and always has been respected as one of the major religions throughout the world. Israel could be, but is not, currently, a respected member of the world community. Ask anyone outside […]
Telecom company offers haredi clients kosher cellular phone with Hasidic folk music ringtones, menu in traditional German-derived language An Israeli telecom company is offering ultra-Orthodox Jewish clients a kosher smartphone with Hasidic folk music ringtones and a menu in Yiddish, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Wednesday. While other firms have tapped into […]
Some recent events illustrate the puzzling place of religion in Canadian life: A team of American academics declares that religion is on its way to extinction “up here” – just before 10 million people participate in Easter and Passover celebrations. Atheist signs make their latest appearance on buses in the […]
When the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front attacked demonstrators rallying in support of the embattled Ahmadiyah sect on June 1, 2008, many believed that fundamentalists would go to any length until they succeeded in ridding Indonesia of the minority Islamic group. Many more had predicted that the issuance of a joint […]
A group of prominent Muslim academics vowed on Thursday to fight the creeping radicalization of university students taking place on campuses across the country. Ismail Hasani, a researcher at the Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy and a lecturer at Jakarta’s Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN), said the academics […]
Arab world upheaval may soon determine whether Islam is a religion like all other creeds, or will continue to regard the rest of the world as inferior. One of the questions looming in the wake of the current upheavals in the Arab world is the status and role of the […]
DAMASCUS- Misinformation and distortion campaigns against Syria by many TV Satellite Channels have been unleashed in different ways and means. Such campaigns, however, are never to weaken the Syrians nor to shake their strong convictions or morale. Al-Jazeera Channel, for example, has been screening a photo for a man killed […]
Bank Indonesia (BI) has officially ordered 23 banks to suspend the acceptance of new clients to premium service programs for one month, starting Monday. The move follows revelations of alleged embezzlement by a former premium services provider at Citibank, senior relationship manager Melinda Dee, who allegedly siphoned billions of rupiah […]
Developing therapies from human embryonic stem cells is under threat in Europe, say scientists. In a letter to Nature, they express “profound concern” about moves at the European Court of Justice to ban patent protection for embryonic stem cell lines. A law officer argues it should be unlawful to allow […]
The Euro-American attack on Libya has nothing to do with protecting anyone; only the terminally naive believe such nonsense. It is the West’s response to popular uprisings in strategic, resource-rich regions of the world and the beginning of a war of attrition against the new imperial rival, China. President Barack […]
Indonesia attracted offers almost three times the value of the $2.5 billion dollar-denominated bonds it sold on Thursday, Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo said. “We got offers totaling $6.9 billion but we granted only $2.5 billion,” the finance minister said, pointing out that this reflected the confidence of foreign investors in […]
Beitar chairman Itzik Kornfein is making progress in his battle to eradicate racism in soccer. Beitar Jerusalem earned the reputation of being Israel’s most racist club long ago. Anybody who attended a Beitar match over recent decades could not have helped but hear the bigoted chants, which for some reason […]