Helping Ex-detainee Children Cope with Trauma
Palestine Chronicle: A year after his arrest and detention by the Israeli military in Bethlehem, Hamza, a 17-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank, is seeing a social worker to try […]
When Home Is No Refuge for Women
Source: The New York Times NEW DELHI — This month, two women’s stories, told courageously, helped to underline the reality of domestic violence in India. Nita Bhalla, a journalist, wrote for the BBC about being physically assaulted by her partner. Meena Kandasamy, a poet and writer on social issues, wrote […]
The Kerala king who embraced Islam
By ALI AKBAR ARABNEWS Published: Feb 9, 2012 For Arabs, Malabar was the most familiar place in the whole Indian subcontinent. The relationship between Arabs and Malabar has a history that dates back centuries. Arab merchants were trading spices such as ginger, pepper and cardamom as well as things like […]
Over 1,000 Syrians enter Jordan in ‘refugee exodus’
by Taylor Luck | Mar 28,2012 | JORDAN TIMES RAMTHA/AMMAN — Over 1,000 Syrians poured into Jordan on Wednesday, according to activists and security sources, in what marked the single largest influx of refugees from Syria since the beginning of the year-long crisis. Over 1,000 Syrians fleeing a spike in […]
Iraq tests regional muscle with Arab summit
Source: Reuters Author: Patrick Markey Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will seek to showcase his country’s diplomatic return to the region this week when leaders gather for the first Arab League summit in Baghdad in two decades, and the only one hosted by a Shi’ite Arab ruler. With violence from […]
The myth of sovereignty
Credit: Express Tribune: Two aspects stand out. One, the level of concern on such a convergence apprehends a growing pool of common sentiment; and two, the latent capacity that exists within such a group that might just challenge the existing status quo. Speaking plainly, the concern is the military-middle class-Imran […]
Hindu seer advocates inter-religious friendship
Source: Times Of India TOI spoke to Sri Sugunendra Thirtha Swamiji of Sri Puthige Mutt, Udupi, one of the key speakers at an event in Oxford, UK on March 23 to discuss interfaith issues. To elicit his views on the issues, Sugunendra Thirtha said inter-religious friendship means freedom to practise one’s faith without any […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in India celebrates 123th Foundation Day
Source: Jagran Qadian, Sat, 24 Mar 2012 Ahmadiyya muslim community organized jalsa on the eve of 123rd foundation day of the community in Al-Aqsa mosque. The Jalsa started with the recitation of The Holy Quran, which was followed by Islamic poems. Speakers at the event shed light on the preconditions […]
Lal Masjid cleric wants enforcement of Shariah
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Azam Khan Published: March 28, 2012 ISLAMABAD: And now he wants enforcement of Shariah law in the country. After already managing […]
Soldiers, Settlers, Break Into The Al-Aqsa Mosque
International Middle East Media Center: The al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage issued a press release on Wednesday morning stating that dozens of Israeli soldiers and fundamentalist settlers broke into […]
Israel gauges fallout from Iran strike
Credit: Asia Times: By Victor Kotsev Amid the ever-growing diplomatic noise and military buildup in the Persian Gulf, a key issue has received insufficient attention: the dual problem of possible radioactive contamination and civilian casualties resulting from an operation against Iran. Strikes on nuclear facilities carry enormous stigma; those directed […]
Using Internet Tools, Terrorist Group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Incites Violence against Shi’ite Muslims and Ahmdis
Using Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Other Internet Tools, Pakistani Terrorist Group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Incites Violence against Shi’ite Muslims and Engenders Antisemitism Introduction This paper examines the role of Pakistani terrorist group […]
‘Global March to Jerusalem’ departs for Pakistan to join Desmond Tutu and other VIPs
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA; At least 27 Indonesian delegates departed for Karachi in Pakistan on Friday to join “Global March to Jerusalem (GMJ)”. From Pakistan, the convoy will travel by land then […]
Pakistan: Lal Masjid cleric wants enforcement of Shariah: Chief Justice Upset
Express Tribune: And now he wants enforcement of Shariah law in the country. After already managing to get pricey land in Sector H-11 for rebuilding the madrassah (a girls’ seminary) that […]
Four Arab worlds will meet in Baghdad
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Lebanon I have been following the deliberations of Arab summit meetings for my entire adult life, and still remain dubious about the value of such gatherings. The summit taking place this week in Baghdad seems no different – but the Arab world itself […]
Annan says Syria accepts peace plan, fighting enters Lebanon
By REUTERS ARABNEWS BEIJING/BEIRUT: Syria has accepted a cease-fire and peace plan drawn up by UN and Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan, his spokesman said on Tuesday, even as Syrian troops thrust into Lebanon to battle rebels who had taken refuge there. Annan conceded he faced a “long and […]
Jordan PM to head delegation to Arab Summit
AMMAN/BAGHDAD — Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh will head the Jordanian delegation to the 23rd Arab Summit, which opened in Baghdad on Tuesday. The delegation includes ministers of industry and trade and foreign affairs Sami Gammoh and Nasser Judeh, respectively, Jordan’s Ambassador to Egypt and […]
Ex-Palawan Governor ordered arrested for muder
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—A judge on Tuesday ordered the arrest of former Palawan Governor Joel T. Reyes, his mayor-brother and a former provincial administrator in connection with last year’s killing of environmentalist-broadcaster Gerardo “Doc Gerry” Ortega here. Reyes was charged with murder, along with Mayor Mario Reyes of Coron town in […]
MQM day of mourning: 8 killed, over 35 vehicles torched in Karachi
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Saba Imtiaz / Zahid Gishkori / Faraz Khan Published: March 27, 2012 KARACHI / ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement observed a day of mourning in […]
Israel’s conscience
Ha’aretz: Ha’aretz has long had a reputation as Israel’s most distinguished newspaper, read by the economic, political, and intellectual elites. It’s language and the lack of a sensationalist front page are among the factors that make it the secular Hebrew language daily with the smallest circulation. It is also the […]