Occupation by any other name Al Maliki’s legacy and US occupation have done much more to foment violence than all other factors combined By Ramzy Baroud | Special to Gulf News Published: 20:00 February 11, 2014 Al Maliki’s legacy and US occupation have done much more to foment violence than […]
Draft law in Kuwait imposes heavy jail terms, fines for raising funds, promoting fighting in foreign lands By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief GULF NEWS Published: 14:12 February 9, 2014 Manama: A Kuwaiti lawmaker is calling for enacting an anti-terror law that imposes prison terms of up to 20 years and […]
Huff Post — The Shroud of Turin has long been a source of reverence and intrigue. Considered one of the most important Christian relics, many believe it to be theburial […]
Lincoln’s Birthday Abraham Lincoln Official name Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln Also called Lincoln’s Birthday Observed by Illinois and various U.S. states Type Local Significance Honors 16th President of the United States Date […]
Source: Muslim Sunrise, 2013 winter volume By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Constitution for each country is a fairly precise document, but still requires constant interpretation […]
The Israeli regime has rejected a proposal by the Palestinian Authority to place a NATO force in the Jordan Valley. The Washington Post on Saturday quoted U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as saying that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “has made it clear that he doesn’t want NATO” troops […]
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(Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani dismissed on Tuesday a Western assertion that military force could yet solve a decade-old nuclear dispute if negotiations proved fruitless, pledging that Iran would pursue peaceful atomic research “forever”. In a speech marking the 35th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, Rouhani also attacked economic […]
Source: Stratfor: By George Friedman The struggle for some of the most strategic territory in the world took an interesting twist this week. Last week we discussed what appeared to be a significant shift in German national strategy in which Berlin seemed to declare a new doctrine of increased assertiveness in the world — a […]
Epigraph: And as for those who strive in Our path — We will surely guide them in Our ways. And Indeed, Allah is with those who are of service to others. (Al Quran 29:70) Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and […]
[30:51] Look, therefore, at the marks of Allah’s mercy: how He quickens the earth after its death. Verily, the same God will quicken the dead; for He has power over all things. Explanation: After […]
Source: BBC Click here to see the video They are nature’s most opportunistic scavengers, soaring effortlessly in the air on the lookout for their next meal. Mankind has often treated […]
Aljazeera: At least 10 people have been killed and 20 others wounded in an explosion targeting a cinema in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, Al Jazeera’s correspondents have said. Tuesday’s blast hit Shama cinema, known to show adult rated movies, and is owned by the Bilour family, one of the […]
A Commentary by David Nauer SPIEGEL.DE REUTERS A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain. Switzerland’s economic success is enviable, yet its people fear decline. On Sunday, voters approved a plan to reintroduce immigration quotas. The […]
theguardian: by Ramona Aly — As Ukip’s spokesman for immigration, Gerard Batten MEP, a former candidate for mayor of London, has decried the “explosion of mosques”across Europe and claimed he would “refuse applications for new mosques until there’s a non-Muslim place of worship in Mecca and Medina”. Batten, who represents London […]
Guardian: How much of what jihadis do is religiously motivated? At one extreme are those who claim their beliefs are entirely explained by oppression and reaction to social circumstances; at […]
When a work of fiction or nonfiction captures the attention—and wallets—of American readers, it speaks volumes about the nation’s cultural climate. Best-selling books have played a critical role in influencing the tastes and purchasing habits of American readers for more than 100 years. Weekly best-seller lists appear in various national […]
Source: ET SYDNEY: A Muslim cleric was Tuesday charged in Australia with conducting an illegal marriage between a 26-year-old man and a 12-year-old girl.It follows the arrest of a Lebanese national – the “husband” – last week on child sex offences.Police said the imam, reportedly Pakistan-born, was arrested in Sydney on […]
Source:BusinessWeek.com via Wasim Sr The Pakistani Taliban has as many as 500 female suicide bombers ready to act, a representative of the group involved in peace negotiations said, underscoring the risk of further violence if talks fail. The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan — known as the Pakistani Taliban, or TTP — sees […]