by Khaled Diab, Journalist A recent poll on Al Jazeera Arabic’s website asked who was responsible for turning the Syrian revolution into a sectarian conflict: the Sunnis or the Shi’a? Around 95% of those who voted blamed the deterioration on the Shi’a. Although this result is shocking in its own […]
“(Fasting) For A Fixed Number Of Days; But If Any Of You Is Ill, Or On A Journey, The Prescribed Number (Should Be Made Up) From Days Later. For Those Who Can Do It (With Hardship), Is A Ransom, The Feeding Of One That Is Indigent. But He That Will […]
by Michel Chossudovsky who is an award-winning author, professor of economics, founder and director of the Centre for Research on Globalization, Montreal and editor of the globalresearch.ca website. The overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi by the Egyptian Armed forces was not carried out against US interests, it was instigated to […]
Nathan J. Brown Op-Ed July 3, 2013 New Republic The final, desperate hours of Mohamed Morsi, the Egyptian president ousted by the military on Wednesday, were in one sense merciful, but also pathetic. After a brief feint that called to mind the image of Salvadore Allende picking up a gun […]
Source: deccanchronicle.com Hyderabad: With Hyderabad’s two most important religious events — Ramzan and Bonalu — coming at the same time after a gap of 33 years, the city’s peace and harmony […]
David Cronin The Electronic Intifada 1 July 2013 Why Israel? It is a question that every Palestine solidarity campaigner has probably been asked. Usually, the question is posed as a […]
Epigraph: And who will turn away from the religion of Abraham but he who is foolish of mind? Him did We choose in this world, and in the next he […]
The Telegraph: More than 1,500 delegates, including government and business leaders, as well as scholars, will descend on London for the three-day event, which sets out to boost trade partnerships […]
Smithsonian.com: To keep their bodies running at peak performance, people often hit the gym, pounding away at the treadmill to strengthen muscles and build endurance. This dedication has enormous benefits—being in shape now means warding off a host of diseases when you get older. But does the brain work in the same […]
Business Insider: by Alexander Dziadosz. CAIRO (Reuters) – Some 200,000 people died in a decade of civil war in Algeria after uniformed officers rejected a popular vote for Islamists, an example some in Cairo darkly cite after the army ousted Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood president on Wednesday. While Algeria’s Islamists were […]
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Source: CNN By Fareed Zakaria Egypt’s top military leader has announced that President Mohamed Morsy has been removed from power. The move followed massive anti-government protests as demonstrators massed in […]
Source: TOI “The government is completely confused over the terrorism problem,” said Zahid Hussain, whose books plot the rise of militancy in Pakistan. “The government’s indecisiveness and dithering has emboldened the militants.” At least 160 people were killed in suspected militant attacks in June, according to an Associated Press count. It was the second […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Not to be confused with Servatius (disambiguation). Michael Servetus Born Unknown, possibly 29 September 1509 or 1511 Villanueva de Sijena, Kingdom of Aragon in Spain Died October 27, 1553 Geneva, Swiss Confederacy Occupation Theologian, Physician, Cartographer, Translator Influenced by Johann Winter von Andernach,Jacques Dubois Theological work Era Renaissance Main interests Theology, Medicine […]
Source: ET The Arab Spring unleashed in 2011 seems to be continuing. The removal of Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi through a military intervention marks a new phase of public mobilisation in Egypt and is a step in the wrong direction. Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on state television announced that the […]
Source: ET I was to give you “far sadder stuff” from my trip to Quetta with the HRCP, in continuation of my piece of last week, wasn’t I? Well, a most sad event, yet another killing of yet more innocent Hazaras took place mid-week just as I was marshalling my thoughts […]
Story Summary Syria’s food situation will worsen in 2014: U.N. report Four million Syrians, or a fifth of the population, are unable to produce or buy enough food for their […]
July 5, 2013 – 09:20 By Alexander Dziadosz SWISSINFO.CH CAIRO (Reuters) – Some 200,000 people died in a decade of civil war in Algeria after uniformed officers rejected a popular vote for Islamists, an example some in Cairo darkly cite after the army ousted Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood president on Wednesday. […]
MAKKAH: AHMAD WAHAJ SIDDIQUI ARABNEWS Friday 5 July 2013 Sermons, the distribution of Holy Qur’ans, more cleaning staff and strict security are some of the services available at the two […]
A Washington man caught a record-breaking fish that could be centuries old. By Geetika Rudra | ABC News Blogs Henry Liebman, a real estate developer from Seattle, caught the shortracker […]