MORGANZA, La. – Over the next few days, water spewing through a Mississippi River floodgate will crawl through the swamps of Louisiana’s Cajun country, chasing people and animals to higher ground while leaving much of the land under 10 to 20 feet of brown muck. The floodgate was opened Saturday for […]
Throughout the current economic and financial crisis one contrarian statistic has stood out. Financial assets offered by the Islamic Financial Services Industry (IFSI) and generally classified as “Shariah-compliant,” were less affected by the crisis. Economist Loretta Napoleoni during a lecture at the University of New Mexico proclaimed, “Islamic finance … […]
By BRADLEY WILKINSON, LIFE.STYLE@ARABNEWS.COM One man’s dream has the power to affect many. In this case, it was one Saudi man’s dream to relive the past, which brought together six men (three Saudis and three Americans) of different ages and backgrounds. For the Saudis, it was a chance to reconnect; […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will give a major speech, possibly as early as next week, laying out his new Middle East strategy after the killing of Osama bin Laden and amid upheaval in the Arab world, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. A key sticking point is whether Obama, […]
Source: Huffington Post By Engy Abdelkader, who is a new mother, attorney and member of the American Muslim community. In its current form, what we know as Mother’s Day, is a […]
TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. — As Memphis readied for the mighty Mississippi to bring its furor to town, some Kentucky residents upstream returned to their homes Saturday, optimistic the levees would hold and that they had seen the worst of the flooding. In the small town of Hickman, Ky., officials and volunteers […]
Torture apologists are reaching precisely the wrong conclusion from the back-story of the hunt for Osama bin Laden, say experienced interrogators and intelligence professionals. Defenders of the Bush administration’s interrogation policies have claimed vindication from reports that bin Laden was tracked down in small part due to information received from […]
(Reuters) – Two Muslim scholars headed to a conference on American fears of Islam were pulled from a morning flight on Friday, and were later told that the pilot had refused to fly with them aboard. Masudur Rahman, a professor of Arabic at the University of Memphis, and Mohamed Zaghloul, […]
In face of Osama bin Laden’s death and reacction to it in the Muslim world, and even by many open minded in USA and Europe, here is what Farid Zakaria wrote in CNN. Farid Zakaria hosts a political program on CNN every week. I share this as another perspective to think about, of those who […]
A key detail in the initial narrative of the historic operation that killed the world’s most wanted man – al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden – has proven to be inconsistent, raising concerns about what really happened at the lavish gated compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. US president Barack Obama and his officials announced […]
The account of the killing of the world’s most wanted man has changed dramatically over the course of just three days. From whether Osama bin Laden was armed when he was shot dead to whether he used his own wife as a human shield, the official narrative seems to change […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times With the election of a son of a Kenyan man to the highest office in USA we see gradual perfection of the vision expressed in the words, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” […]
It is interesting, that in the FBI’s ‘Ten most wanted’ there is no mention of Usama bin Laden being sought for the 9/11 attack. Could it be because they did not have sufficient evidence? (Just a thought…) USAMA BIN LADEN Murder of U.S. Nationals Outside the United States; Conspiracy to […]
No one is above the law and no one is below the law! The term ‘International Law,’ may be thrown around vaguely in the media for the foreseeable future regarding the Extra-judicial killing of Osama Bin Laden. But, what is ‘International Law?’ What best fits this term is the Universal […]
WASHINGTON – The United States is building cooperative bilateral ties with China on a broad list of economic fronts, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said here Tuesday. Related readings: China, US to hold strategic, economic dialogue Geithner praises Chinese economy ahead of talks China to be US largest trading […]
April 2011 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The death toll from severe storms that punished five Southern U.S. states jumped to a staggering 178 Thursday after Alabama canvassed its hard-hit counties for a new tally of lives lost. Alabama’s state emergency management agency said it had confirmed 128 deaths, up from at […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A contentious proposal that would authorize the governor and attorney general to decide whether an entity is a terrorist organization is advancing in the House. The measure passed the House Judiciary Committee 12-4 on Tuesday and now goes to the House Finance Committee. The companion bill was […]