Source: forbes.com When Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammad Yunus took the stage at the second annual Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy in New York Wednesday night, he described feeling “overwhelmed” by […]
The Jakarta Post: In reference to the news report “Ministries reaffirm curbs on Ahmadiyah” published in The Jakarta Post on May 31, the report is in connection with an event […]
By Joseph BAMAT France’s former prime minister François Fillon said Thursday that there were too many immigrants in the country. “France is currently unable to welcome, in decent conditions, all those who want to come and live here,” Fillon said. “We must therefore reduce the number of immigrants.” Asked if there […]
RT: Teenagers jailed in the United States are frequently, and often repeatedly, raped in juvenile detention centers throughout the country, according to a US Department of Justice survey obtained by […]
By FRANZ MAGNIS-SUSENO Do you not know that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during his up to now 8 1/2 years in office has not a single time said something to […]
By Tony Cross In the aftermath of the death of anti-fascist activist Clément Méri, French Interior Minister Manuel Valls says that some far-right groups will “without doubt” be banned. So who are the French far right? A look at some of the many groups accused of following in the footsteps of […]
Source: CNN February 6, 1952: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on board the destroyer Crusader, bound for Victoria and the first leg of their Commonwealth tour. On the same […]
At the Herrbrugg School in the Canton of St. Gall wearing of headscarves is not allowed. Now two Somali girls were sent home because they did not adhere to the […]
thenation.com: Western media are characterizing the demonstrations as a clash between Islamism and secularism—but it’s government abuse of power that Turks are protesting. Jay Cassano June 5, 2013 Turks gathered […]
Published on Jun 6, 2013 Part 4 in a series of discussions on state sponsored persecution of Ahmadi Muslims and other minorities in Pakistan. This programme highlights the educational persecution against Ahmadis. For more information please visit http://www.persecutionofahmadis.org Category People & Blogs License Standard YouTube License Watch:
PNN G4S’ involvement in the detention of Palestinian children in Israeli jails dominated the company’s Annual General Meeting On Thursday 6th June, overshadowing all other business, including last year’s Olympic […]
June 7, 2013 – 00:22 By Crispian Balmer BEIRUT (Reuters) – Austria said on Thursday it would pull out of a U.N. force on the Golan Heights after battles between […]
Karen Armstrong talked about her book Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time, published by HarperCollins in the Eminent Lives series. She described Muhammad, the prophet and founder of Islam, as a […]
Israel is not only one of the world’s most negatively viewed countries, but its reputation is deteriorating, according to the BBC World Service’s latest global survey. The US is now the only Western country that holds favorable views of Israel and in some European countries, including Germany, positive views of […]
How would you like to be an Israeli strategist today? Now even Turkey is in turmoil as its people push back on their increasingly autocratic leader. I mean, there goes the neighborhood. The good news for Israel is that in the near term its near neighbors are too internally consumed […]
BY DREW DESILVER 1.6billion There are about 1.6 billion Muslims, or 23% of the world’s population, making Islam the second-largest religion. An estimated 1.6 billion Muslims around the world are […]
Source: The Conservative papers. If al Qaeda fighters want to murder Hezbollah fighters and Hezbollah fighters want to return the favor, who in their right mind would want to stand in the way? . . . If one branch of Islam wants to be at war with another branch for […]
Source: TOI Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) and his wife Lyudmila (R) walk after an inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, on May 7, 2012.(File Photo) MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila announced their divorce on Thursday after nearly 30 years of marriage. The Putins […]
Source: Asia Times: There’s absolutely no way Qusayr can be spun in the West as yet another “tactical withdrawal” by the FSA. The rebels insist they “withdrew”. Nonsense. It was a rout. This, in a nutshell, is how it happened. Qusayr had been under control of the Homs-based al-Farouk brigade, […]
Source: LUBP One more time, Pakistan seems to have come under the full control of the ruling Saudi elite. As an arm of the U.S defense establishment, the brutal and repressive Saudi elites have been a major cause of instability in Pakistan, particularly during the past three decades. Saudi Arabia is an […]