By Mohammed Ayoob The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY Europe and the United States, which were initially uneasy with Turkey’s growing intimacy with its Muslim neighbors, have more recently hailed Ankara’s role as the spearhead of the international effort to bring down the pro-Iranian Syrian regime. Antagonistic relations between Ankara and […]
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 […]
DUBAI | Wed Dec 26, 2012 (Reuters) – Iran’s parliament has banned on airplanes from flying in the country during the Azan call to Islamic prayer, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Wednesday. “According to the new directive, airplanes are banned from flying during Azan, especially during the call […]
The first comprehensive system for selective dissemination of Islamic data has been launched by the Development Bureau of Qom Seminary. IBNA: Manager of the Information System Administration of the Bureau, Mehdi Khatami Kashani, said introduction of the latest publications of the bureau is one of the missions of the new […]
Source: Fars News Agency TEHRAN (FNA)- Nanotechnology achievements of Iranian experts were put on display in an exhibition on the sidelines of the International Forum of the Islamic World University Lecturers and the Islamic Awakening in Tehran on December 11-12, 2012. Among the most commonly-used devices in the field of […]
Source: LUBP Saudi Arabia is key sponsor of Takfiri terrorism in Pakistan and other countries According to diplomatic sources, Saudi Arabia is currently pushing Islamabad to abandon its plan for importing natural gas from Iran. Riyadh is also believed to be concerned over a recent move by Tehran offering crude […]
By Michael Kelley December 18, 2012 “Information Clearing House” – — Business Insider” — December 13, 2012 — In March President Barack Obama reportedly offered Israel bunker-buster bombs and other […]
Growing influence of Islam upsetting US-led Western powers The revelation was simply that presently Islam holds an undisputable place among the many forces influencing and running the globe’s affairs. The supposed event had ironically set new reality that made the plots for a new world order whereby Islam is marginalized […]
STORY SUMMARY Iran has detailed a plan to put an end to the crisis in its ally Syria, calling for an immediate ceasefire and the start of national dialogue between Damascus and rebels, media reported on Monday. Iran has long advocated a political solution and dialogue between the government and […]
Source: http://presstv.com/detail/2012/12/13/277880/iran-holds-muslim-women-scholar-confab/ Iran has held the International Conference on Muslim Women Scholars, hosting researchers from different countries in the capital city of Tehran, Press TV reports. Scholars from Europe, Africa and Asia have participated in the event to discuss the role of women in science and technology, management and employment, […]
Source: Asia Times: By Farideh Farhi HAWAII – As the Iranian leadership prepares to engage in negotiations with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) over the fate of its nuclear program, the conversation inside Iran has moved beyond the nuclear issue, and now includes […]
Ahmadinejad: Islamic Awakening Belongs to All Human Beings TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday that since the religion of Islam is a divine gift to all human beings, the Islamic Awakening movement, which sparked democracy movements in the middle-East and North Africa last week, also belongs to […]
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran says it has launched a video-sharing website in the latest move to create government-sanctioned alternatives to Internet powerhouses such as YouTube. The Web page of Iranian state TV says the new site – Mehr, or affection in Farsi – seeks to promote Iranian and Islamic culture […]
TEHRAN: Iran’s border patrol police said it seized more than 11 tonnes of drugs, killing one smuggler, in the “biggest” bust since the 1979 Islamic revolution, media reported on Sunday. […]
Source: Dawn.com MYRIAD problems afflicting Muslims today are of our own making. The combined GDP of a billion plus Muslims living in some 56 sovereign Muslim states is less than that of Japan. Barring a few countries like Malaysia and Turkey, most Muslim states are underdeveloped. Pakistan has seven million […]
Source: Asia Times: By Kaveh L Afrasiabi NEW YORK – If there is anyone in Damascus contemplating the use of chemical weapons as a means of political survival he is utterly mistaken. Saddam Hussein tried that with the Kurds and look where he ended up – in the dustbin of […]
Tehran has claimed it captured a US spy drone in the Persian Gulf after the unmanned aircraft entered Iranian airspace, Iran’s Press TV reported. The drone was identified as a […]
Source: The Local: The German Foreign Ministry has called for banks to allow transfers to Iranian accounts for humanitarian purposes, which are not banned by EU sanctions, it was reported on Sunday. More:
REUTERS ARABNEWS Saturday 1 December 2012 DUBAI: The head of Tehran’s cyber police unit has been dismissed over the death in custody of an Iranian blogger, police said yesterday. Sattar Beheshti, a little-known 35-year-old blogger who was critical of the government, was arrested on Oct. 30 after receiving death threats, […]
Source: Asia Times: By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI – Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has vowed to complete the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project by 2014 despite United States opposition. Ahmadinejad, who attended the summit of the Developing-8 (D-8) countries held in Islamabad last week, told a press conference in Islamabad that […]