by Marc H. Ellis on May 17, 2013 Joseph Massad is at it again. He never seems to go away. Good for him! Massad is a Jordanian-born, Palestinian and a professor at Columbia University. He gained notoriety in a tenure battle that featured a ferocious below the belt campaign against […]
Source: Spiegel In a SPIEGEL interview, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, 51, discusses the search for a political solution to the Syrian civil war, controversial German arms exports and how his family’s experiences in World War II inform his positions today. More:
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The Hanging Gardens of Babylon have long been regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, although not without […]
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says militants from 29 different countries are now fighting against the government in different parts of the country. Assad made the remarks in a lengthy interview […]
Tuesday 21 May 2013 ARABNEWS.COM BEIJING: A 28-year-old Chinese man who was kidnapped 23 years ago and sold to a family 1,500 km from his home, has met up with […]
Source:ET ISLAMABAD: Officially, little came out from Saturday’s meeting between the incoming premier, Nawaz Sharif, and army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. The Express Tribune, however, learnt on Sunday that the two sides agreed to ‘overhaul’ the country’s national security and foreign policies. During the meeting, which lasted three-and-half hours, at […]
The development set Excuse me, friends, I must catch my jet I’m off to join the Development Set; My bags are packed, and I’ve had all my shots I have traveller’s checks and pills for the trots! The Development Set is bright and noble Our thoughts are deep and our […]
Source: www.alislam.org/friday-sermon Text of the Sermon NOTE: Alislam Team takes full responsibility for any errors or miscommunication in this Synopsis of the Friday Sermon After tashhud, tawwuz and recitation of Sura […]
Source: Indian Muslim Observer By Ram Puniyani Communal violence is the sad reality of South Asian states. India in particular has been witnessing this violence more so after the coming […]
Source: TwoCircles.net Mansoor Ilahi and Abdullah, TwoCircles.net, Indore: “Secularism is the backbone of Indian society and there can’t be any other political philosophy better than secularism for our country. The Constitution of India has guaranteed full religious freedom to all the citizens living in the country,” said Dr. Shakeel Samdani, […]
President Bashar al-Assad’s troops in Syria are gaining ground. British Middle East reporter Robert Fisk met some of them when he visited the front lines earlier this month, and told […]
Source: amer786.hubpages.com Greetings! And may the peace and blessings of God Almighty be upon you. This is the third in a series of Hubs on what I offer to rebuke as […]
Source: www.greaterkashmir.com Prominent author and legal luminary A G Noorani dropped a bombshell recently by claiming that Muhammad Ali Jinnah refused to accept Lord Mountbatten’s proposal to hold plebiscite in three states – Kashmir, Junagarh and Hyderabad in 1947. Noorani, while speaking at a function in Srinagar to mark the Silver […]
STORY SUMMARY What began in Syria as a revolt against an oppressive regime has evolved into a sectarian civil war and, more recently, into a proxy conflict. Today, Syria represents Russia’s only remaining toehold in the Arab world, while all of Assad’s regional opponents are U.S. allies. Indeed, government forces […]
Reuters | May 18, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — The most feared and effective rebel group battling President Bashar Assad, the Islamist Nusra Front, is being eclipsed by a more radical jihadi force whose aims go far beyond overthrowing the Syrian leader. Al Qaeda’s Iraq-based wing, which nurtured Nusra […]
Times of London’ quotes Israeli officer as saying Israel prefers “the devil it knows.” by Jerusalem Post The scenario that Syrian President Bashar Assad would survive his country’s bloody conflict, […]
CANNES: ARAB NEWS Sunday 19 May 2013 Saudi filmmaker Haifaa Al-Mansour said yesterday that her country was becoming “more tolerant and more accepting.” Al-Mansour, the Kingdom’s first woman film director, […]
RIYADH: RODOLFO C. ESTIMO JR. ARABNEWS Sunday 19 May 2013 The ArRiyadh Development Authority has tapped the world’s leading Muslim architect Zaha Hadid to design its metro station at the […]
Source: BBC A Saudi woman has made history by reaching the summit of the world’s highest mountain. Raha Moharrak, 25, not only became the first Saudi woman to attempt the […]
Jerusalem is a city holy to the three largest monotheistic faiths – Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Because of its history that spans thousands of years, it goes by many names: Jerusalem, al-Quds, Yerushaláyim, Aelia, and more, all reflecting its diverse heritage. It is a city that numerous Muslim prophets called […]