US army hands over Bagram prison to Afghanistan
The US has handed over to Afghanistan the only prison still under American control, resolving an issue that has strained ties between the countries. BBC News A transfer ceremony took […]
Ford India apologises for Berlusconi advert
The Indian unit of Ford Motor Company has apologised for an advertisement showing former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with a group of bound women in the boot of a […]
Muslims most religious community in France: Study
Press TV: According to the survey conducted by the French Sociovision Institute and released on March 8, 68 percent of the French Muslims attach more importance to their religious values […]
Bangladesh honours 13 Pakistanis for 1971 support
Bangladesh honours 13 Pakistanis for 1971 support Courtesy: Zee News Dhaka: Bangladesh on Sunday honoured 13 “Pakistani friends” for their outstanding moral support during its nine-month long liberation war, 42 years after they defied risks of persecution by the then military junta. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handed them over the […]
UK: David Cameron ‘to toughen’ European migrants’ benefits rules
Europeans will have to prove they are “genuinely seeking employment” to claim UK jobless benefits for more than six months, David Cameron has said. BBC News The prime minister said […]
Jerusalem speech through lens of Arab media: Israeli analysis
Ynetnews: ‘Obama the sycophant’ Arab world has slightly different take on US president’s Jerusalem speech, claiming he fawns over Israel and seeks to please Israeli leaders, public ……… Arab media […]
NGOs call for recognition of Islamophobia as form of racism
New Europe: BY STANISLAVA GAYDAZHIEVA | MARCH 20, 2013 – 3:15PM Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March, the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) called the European Union (EU) institutions […]
Love Is Revolution
Huff Post: by Eiton Press. My heart feels torn because I don’t want that which I love, which I am a part of, to experience suffering, to be destroyed, whether it be due to humankind’s unconscious behavior or otherwise. I want to live in a world that is free, that […]
France: Court Says Head Scarf Is No Grounds for Firing
New York Times: France’s highest court ruled Tuesday that a French Muslim woman was unjustly fired in 2008 for wearing a head scarf at work in a private child-care center in […]
E.U. Officials Agree to a Deal Rescuing Cyprus
BRUSSELS — Struggling into the early-morning hours to avoid a collapse of Cyprus’s banking system, European Union leaders on Monday agreed on a bailout package intended to keep Cyprus in the euro zone and rebuild its devastated economy. The deal, struck after hours of meetings here, was approved by the […]
New Casualty in Wave of Self-Immolations-Bulgharia
Source: Spiegel A 40-year-old Bulgarian set himself on fire to protest poverty and corruption in his country on Friday, becoming the sixth self-immolation in the EU country in less than a month. More:
Woman slept next to dead mum for months
Source: The Local A Munich woman who could not afford to bury her mother spent eight months sleeping next to her decomposing corpse, which she kept on a sofa bed in her bedroom, a newspaper reported on Saturday. More:
New Chinese Leader Offers Africa Assurance and Aid
Source: NY Times. HONG KONG — China’s new president, Xi Jinping, sought to assure African countries on Monday that his government will heed complaints that relentlessly competitive Chinese companies are suffocating African efforts to nurture industry and jobs, and promised aid, scholarships and technology transfers in a bid to counter […]
Buddhists target Sri Lanka’s Muslims
Source: BBC Cannot play media. You do not have the correct version of the flash player. Download the correct version 25 March 2013 Last updated at 06:09 GMT Help Muslims in Sri Lanka have voiced concerns about a growing number of anti-Muslim protests and attacks, carried out by hardline Buddhist […]
The dangerous drift towards world war in Asia
Telegraph: At ground zero in Hiroshima the inscription for victims of the world’s first Atomic bomb is a pledge. We will never again repeat the evil of war. The six-storey “A-Dome”, the old Industrial Promotion Hall, was directly below the blast, 600 meters above, and for that reason survived as […]
Security for ex-PMs: Police officers refuse to lead squads
Source: Dawn.Com RAWALPINDI: Police officers selected to head special squads for the security of former prime ministers Yousuf Raza Gilani and Raja Pervez Ashraf have reportedly refused to join the duty terming the move unlawful. Some of them have gone on medical leaves, it has been learnt. Just one day […]
Video: Second Coming of the Messiah – True Concept about Promised Messiah
Alislam.org: A programme briefly exploring the true concept of the Promised Messiah (as). It also takes a look at whether Jesus (as) is still alive in heaven or whether he […]
Obama resets Middle East compass
Source: A times: By M K Bhadrakumar The spin given to United States President Barack Obama’s visit to Israel last week was that it could be a kiss-and-make-up trip aimed at improving Obama’s personal chemistry with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. If so, the mission succeeded. The surprise element came […]
The real fundamentalist: a true liberal
Daily Times: VIEW : The real fundamentalist: a true liberal — Mohammad Ahmad The real fundamentalist would know that there is neither any compulsion in religion nor does the religion bar anyone from accepting, rejecting or leaving it In a society strangled by fear, the reasonable are mostly afraid. The situation […]