Huff Post: Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is celebrated in 2013 from sundown on Sept. 4 to nightfall on Sept. 6. The Hebrew date for Rosh Hashanah is 1 Tishrei 5774. Though Rosh Hashanah literally means “head of the year,” the holiday actually takes place on the first two days of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, which […]
Huff Post: One issue often discussed on news sites and blogs over the last several days is the many attacks on Egypt’s Christian communities. Several outlets have reported that violence […]
Huff Post: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) blasted Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade on Tuesday for questioning members of a Syrian opposition groups’ use of the phrase “Allahu Akbar” after what Kilmeade said “looks like a fighter jet being shot out of the sky.” “I have a problem helping those people screaming […]
Source: NY Times: Vladimir Putin is wrong. The Russian president’s welcome message to the participants of the G-20 summit that begins on Thursday in St. Petersburg asserts that the meeting “will confirm the G-20’s role as an efficient mechanism for coordinating the world’s leading economies’ approaches to global economy and […]
Source: Asia Times: By Amantha Perera COLOMBO – That it would be a visit fraught with diplomatic tension was undoubted. Navanetham ”Navi” Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, was into the third day of her week-long visit from August 25 to August 31 to Sri Lanka when […]
Source: Dawn.Com when our Prophet (PBUH) not only by words but by deeds treated the Jews and Christians handsomely after he conquered them. He showed to them outmost tolerance and regard and respect for their faith and beliefs. The whole history of Muslims where they ruled is replete with those […]
pakteahouse; Jinnah unequivocally wanted Pakistan to be a secular state August 13th, 2013 | 68 Comments By Yasser Latif Hamdani I am writing this article as a rebuttal to Khuldune Shahid’s article “Jinnah’s Pakistan a mirror of his contradictions.” It is necessary because if you do not counter a falsehood in […]
Time: In a remote Wales town, artist Judy Rodrigues sees a chance to complete a search for belonging traced through the ancient synagogues of London and Amsterdam. In Israel, retiree Sara […]
Telegraph; Known as Slaves’ Hill, the site is among thousands of copper mines scattered about the Timna Valley in the Aravah Desert, an area previously thought to have been mined by the ancient Egyptians in the 13th century BC. The discovery of an Egyptian temple at the heart of the […]
Summary Conventional wisdom says that a weakened Syria would undermine Iran’s regional influence, but a U.S. military intervention in the country could actually benefit Tehran. The government there has devised […]
jakarta Globe; The government has no plans to disband the Ahmadiyah congregation in Bekasi, despite a request from the municipality. “The government’s position is to uphold the constitution, which guarantees religious freedom and freedom to one’s own beliefs,” Coordinating Minister of Security, Political and Legal Affairs Djoko Suyanto told the […]
Global Post: ST PETERSBURG, Russia — Russia said on Wednesday that a military strike onSyria could have catastrophic effects if a missile hit a small reactor near Damascus that contains radioactive uranium. The […]
Wesley Messamore in World Washington doesn’t merely lack the legal authority for a military intervention in Syria. It lacks the moral authority. We’re talking about a government with a history […]
By Humeyra Pamuk and Jonathan Saul ONCUPINAR, Turkey/LONDON (Reuters) – With his truck fully laden with vegetable oil, driver Mustafa Demir makes his regular trip to the Syrian border from Turkey to sell to rebels desperate for provisions as war closes off normal trade channels. “There is so much demand […]
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Missiles maybe. But the bombardment of clichés is real enough – and low enough quality not to do anyone any harm except for the gentlemen who utter them. Really, who writes this stuff for Kerry? There was “armchair isolationism”. Why an armchair? And who was […]
US intelligence reports said senior Pakistani military and intelligence officials knew of and possibly ordered a broad campaign of extrajudicial killings of militants and other adversaries, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, adding that public disclosure of such information could have forced the Obama administration to sever aid to the […]
by Mohammad Ghazal | Sep 04, 2013 | 23:17 AMMAN — Muslims and Christians in the Arab world need to work together to combat extremism, terrorism and violence as it […]
After President Obama won approval on military action in Syria from Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Russia President Putin made harsh remark about Secretary of State Kerry before meeting of world […]
By Phelim Kine, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Phelim Kine is deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch and was formerly a foreign correspondent based in Indonesia. The views expressed […]
The U.S. government has now admitted its troops used white phosphorus as an incendiary weapon against Iraqis during the assault on Fallujah a year ago. Chemical weapons experts say such attacks are in violation of international law banning the use of chemical weapons. We speak with columnist George Monbiot and […]