By Jim Hoagland, Washington Post Saturday, December 29, 3:01 AM Jim Hoagland is a contributing editor to The Post. His e-mail address is jimhoagland@washpost.com. Syria’s Alawite regime collapses from within and without. High-level defections march in step with rebel gains through the Sunni heartland. The Obama administration’s signature regional strategy […]
MSN news: A young Indian woman who was gang-raped and severely beaten on a bus in New Delhi died early Saturday at a hospital in Singapore, the hospital said. The […]
Amman News Agency: JERUSALEM (Ma’an) – Extremists in Jerusalem have invented a bizarre new method to insult Palestinians and the Muslim religion. “For Sale” signs placed on used cars around […]
According to Wikipedia, Lesley Hazleton is an award-winning British-American writer whose work focuses on the intersection of politics, religion, and history, especially in the Middle East. She reported from Israel for Time, and has written on the Middle East for numerous publications including The New York Times, The New York […]
Traditional pesantren, NU’s contribution to Islamic world Jakarta, NU Online The presence of traditional Islamic boarding schools (pesantren salaf) in Indonesia is part of the contribution of NU, the country’s […]
Author: Muhammad Ali Source: Dawn Today, we live in a globalised and multicultural society. This society demands a paradigm of thinking which leads to appreciation of multiple perspectives. In this context, we can learn from the formative period in order to develop a culture of tolerance and acceptance of the […]
By REUTERS Moscow says Assad’s exit cannot be precondition for talks; Brahimi in Moscow Saturday to discuss peace proposals; Russia has invited head of opposition Syrian National Coalition. ALEPPO PROVINCE, Syria/MOSCOW – Russia invited the leader of Syria’s opposition on Friday to visit for the first time, but the opposition […]
Russia’s halting attempts to build a next generation spacecraft have received a boost after a leading constructor announced that it has completed the design of a new prototype. But seasoned […]
By Earl Jose Shugerman The most difficult and challenging thing that I have ever done in my life was to immigrate to Haifa Israel at the tender age of fifty nine. I can think of no nation or place anywhere that has more spiritual significance than “The Land of Canaan” […]
The Brookings Institute: Conclusions by Stephen P. Cohen At the most abstract level of analysis, the interplay between the contested ideas of Pakistan and the integrity of the Pakistani state will be determinative. When a state is unable to protect its citizens and to collect the taxes required for the […]
Looting, feuds and divided loyalties threaten to destroy unity of fighters as war enters new phase Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Aleppo The Guardian, Thursday 27 December 2012 t wasn’t the government […]
From the fulminations of Swat’s polio-hobbled Maulana Fazlullah to Shakeel Afridi’s vaccination ruse to the latest attacks on health workers, Pakistan’s anti-polio campaign faces tough challenges. But all may not […]
Source: Asia Times. THE ROVING EYE The rape of Syria is disaster capitalism in action, the terrain already prepared for profitable “reconstruction” once a pliable, pro-Western government is installed. With NATOGCC on one side and Iran-Russia on the other side, ordinary Syrians opposed to the ethnic-religious cleansing promoted by the […]
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has warned that he will disband his Palestinian Authority if there was no Israeli movement toward renewing peace talks after Israel’s elections on January 22. Abbas, […]
AHMAD WAHAJ SIDDIQUI ARABNEWS Friday 28 December 2012 Scientists know this that the celestial bodies are floating. That includes Earth which is floating with its double rotation – axial and […]
AMMAN — Since its launch in October, the “Bread for everyone” initiative has so far secured the participation of at least 36 bakeries, organisers said this week. The brainchild of […]
by Hana Namrouqa JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Demand for water has increased this year by 6 per cent, according to officials, surging to one billion cubic metres, while the Kingdom’s […]
The Pakistani teenage activist who was shot in the head by the Taliban and is currently recuperating at a Birmingham hospital has been named Teenager of the Year by The […]
Source: Two Circles In August of this year, two Muslim youth died and about a hundred injured when a program in Mumbai organized to protest anti-Muslim violence in Assam and Myanmar turned violent. This has brought into question the logic of protest. Why do we protest? What issues bring Indian […]
Daily Times: Government has announced a prospective amendment to provide for the death penalty in the ‘rarest of rare’ cases of rape and a committee has been set up to recommend changes to the law. Pakistan was the number three most dangerous country for women last year while India was […]