In Syria’s Aleppo, children adapt to war life
AFP JORDAN TIMES ALEPPO, Syria — “Goal! Goal!” children scream, kicking a football around like children everywhere. But in war-ravaged Aleppo, their playground is a strip of no-man’s land near […]
First female Saudi lawyer trainee becomes a reality
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 10 April 2013 Arwa Al-Hijeili received the first definition of a trainee lawyer as a start to obtaining a license to practice law. A Justice Ministry […]
Mataf to be ready for Ramadan rush
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 10 April 2013 The first phase of the expansion of mataf (circumambulation area around the Kabaa) will be ready before Ramadan when millions of pilgrims come […]
Taif airport will ease pilgrim load at KAIA
TAIF: IRFAN MOHAMMED arabnews Wednesday 10 April 2013 Taif airport may soon become a key disembarkation point for pilgrims coming in from the neighboring states. The airport has seen a 250 percent jump in air traffic in 2012, according to Khalid Al-Khaibary, spokesperson and general manager of public relations at […]
Replace Your Password With Brainwaves? Yes, Really.
Cnbc: It sounds like something straight out of science fiction, but someday you may be able to access your computer just by thinking. (Read More: Goodbye Apple iPhone? Wearable Tech Is Coming ) Researchers at the UC Berkeley School of Information claim that computer brainwave-based authentication is an effective and secure substitution for […]
Jimmy Carter At Yeshiva University: Alumni Hope To Block Former President From Cardozo Peace Honor
By Paul Berger The Forward Enraged alumni have threatened to physically block Jimmy Carter from entering Yeshiva University’s Cardozo School of Law, where he is due to receive a peace award on April 10. Daniel Rubin, 62, said about a dozen former alumni are planning an act of civil disobedience […]
The myth of the ideology of Pakistan
ROVER’S DIARY: The myth of the ideology of Pakistan —Babar Ayaz Nowhere in history was Islamic ideology of Pakistan mentioned, it was always the political, social, economic rights of the Muslims Moments of rejoicing in this country are few and far between. While the democrats are rejoicing that for the first time […]
Egypt satirist faces new probe for ‘insulting Pakistan’
Express Tribune: CAIRO: Egyptian prosecutors are probing new complaints against popular satirist Bassem Youssef, this time for “insulting Pakistan” and “spreading atheism,” judicial sources told AFP on Tuesday. The wildly popular Youssef – whose weekly political satire programme al Bernameg (The Show) has spared few public figures of merciless critique – […]
We must never forget the massacre in Deir Yassin
by Dina Elmuti THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA Chicago Transcribing the vivid details of the account engraved into the fabric of her memory, I am transfixed by all that she’s held onto for 65 years. From paper to pulse, I write the story buried deep in her consciousness to affirm her truth. […]
East African Muslim women on female genital mutilation: ‘We were not meant to enjoy sex. We were supposed to be machines to have babies.’
by Musa Okwonga Tuesday, 9 April 2013 at 12:46 pm On the last day of my Easter holidays, Dr. Phoebe Abe (or, as I know her, my mother) sat down in her living room with me and several women from Somalia, Egypt and Sudan. My mother, a GP, had for […]
Envoy Alarmed Over Anti-Muslim Events in Sri Lanka
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press ABC NEWS COLOMBO, Sri Lanka April 9, 2013 (AP) The U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka expressed alarm at rising hate speech and attacks against Muslims in the island nation and warned that such sentiments should not be allowed to fester. Hate speeches, vilification and even […]
Teacher Knows if You’ve Done the E-Reading
SAN ANTONIO — Several Texas A&M professors know something that generations of teachers could only hope to guess: whether students are reading their textbooks. They know when students are skipping pages, failing to highlight significant passages, not bothering to take notes — or simply not opening the book at all. […]
Beautiful Islands of Maldives with a Dark Secret
Source: Wikipedia The 1997 Constitution of the Maldives designates Islam as the official state religion. The Government interprets this provision to impose a requirement that all citizens must be Muslims. Freedom of religion is restricted significantly. The law prohibits […]
Metal thieves delay 17,000 German trains
Source: The Local: Metal thieves targeting Germany’s railway Deutsche Bahn delayed 17,000 trains last year by stealing among other things copper cable worth around €17 million. More:
Short Video: Thatcher in Pakistan, “Mard-e-Momin” and CIA funded “Jihad”
Youtube: THATCHER/PAKISTAN: On her official visit to Pakistan, PM, Margaret Thatcher, visits the border with Afghanistan. ROSE,DAVID VID ENG/LB PAKISTAN Khyber GV Pass: MS Helicopter arrives Tents of refugees camp […]
Pope Benedict’s sudden retirement and St. Malachi’s prophecy
Source: Digital Journal By Eliott Elwas Pope Benedict XVI announced his retirement from the papacy in February 2013. The Pope’s sudden retirement reminds many biblical eschatologists of St. Malachi’s famous prophecies for the 112 Catholic popes. Pope Benedict XVI retired on Thursday, 28 February 2013. He is the first pope […]
Video: Sharia Law in the Eyes of Khalifatul Masih IV, Mirza Tahir Ahmad
MTA Video Documentary: The Life of Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (rh) A Man of God (Biography of Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad) MURDER in the NAME of ALLAH (Book) Shariah Relationship Between Religion and […]
Angels, demons are mistaken for aliens: Russian Orthodox clergy
Angels and demons do really exist, according to a senior Russian Orthodox Church clergy member, but are often mistaken for “so-called aliens” by those who encounter them. “They are real creatures, humans come into contact with them as they sometimes reveal themselves,” Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, who oversees the Russian Orthodox […]
PKK leader reiterates Kurdish confederation as ‘stateless solution’
The imprisoned leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, has reiterated his thesis on the creation of a “Kurdish Democratic Confederation” comprising the Kurds of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey in a message to the Kandil mountains in northern Iraq, where the main PKK base is located. […]
Picture of the Day-Monster Eye or…?
Its not an eye but a mind-boggling image of draining sink that looks like a monster eye.