The World Gold Council had some words of advice for central banks around the world: It may be time to diversify away from the U.S. dollar. While the dollar remains the world’s main reserve currency, the WGC said in a research report that its “optimal” strategy would involve, what else, […]
The civil war is hotting up on Syria’s southern front Mar 16th 2013 | RAMTHA |From the print edition THE ECONOMIST TWO long years ago, on March 18th, Syrians rose up in Deraa, a dusty town on the agricultural plain of Hauran that spreads south into Jordan. The revolt marked […]
• Amnesty International has documented an increase in war crimes and other human rights abuses committed by rebel groups including hostage taking, torture and summary killings. Its Middle East and North Africa deputy director Ann Harrison said: “While the vast majority of war crimes and other gross violations continue to […]
by Simon Bradley, in Geneva, swissinfo.ch Mar 14, 2013 – Switzerland has vowed to improve its human rights record and has accepted 100 suggestions by other states at the UN Human Rights Council. Activists commend the Swiss authorities’ inclusive approach but say they lack “political courage”. The final report of […]
Mar 14, 2013 – SWISSINFO DAMASCUS (Reuters) – When a government-linked Islamic body in Syria said this week it was a “sacred duty” to join the army and fight the […]
Source: George Town Journal of International Affairs By Amjad Mahmood Khan Imagine if members of the Mormon or Catholic communities were forced to declare that they were “non-Christian” in order to cast a ballot in the 2012 U.S. elections. In a few months, Pakistanis will take to the polls to […]
Source: PODIATRIC RESIDENTS IN THE NEWS Dr. Tahir Khan, a second year resident at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center has received the “President’s Call to Service Award” from President Barack Obama. This […]
Mohammad Basheeruddin | Zonal Sec Tahrik-e-Jadeed | Mumbai Zone We are pleased to inform you that, by the grace of Allah the Almighty that, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC) Mumbai zone […]
These headlines may deceive you into thinking that Islam is to blame for the voilence. In fact, it is the politics and the polical use of religion that has caused such unrest and this is exactly why Islam teaches Separation of Mosque and State Police clash in Bangladesh during […]
Source: Mother Jones A John Deere combine harvests corn. USDA/Wikimedia Commons Every year, nearly 30 percent of US farmland gets planted in corn, and our farmers produce close to 40 percent of the corn produced on Earth each year. So why do we grow so much of this one crop—and […]
Australian Journal of Asian Law, Vol. 13, No. 2, Article 3, 2013. Abstract: The Indonesian Law on Defamation of Religion of 1965 has created serious problems for non-mainstream religious groups, […]
Ynet News: The Tel Aviv District Prosecutor’s Office filed charges on Tuesday against Daniel Karai, 18, of Tiberias, and three other young men, for an attack on Hassan Usruf, a […]
The Jeruslem Post: The Palestine Scholars Association, a radical Islamic body in the Palestinian territories, issued a fatwa on Wednesday banning foreign Muslims from visiting the Temple Mount as long […]
by Rhiannon Williams JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Islamic Action Front (IAF) on Wednesday called on the government to take a “decisive” stance against Israeli attempts to change the legal status of Palestinian refugees through UN organisations. In a statement made on Wednesday, the IAF said that Israel is trying […]
Pope Benedict XVI in a Mosque in Turkey Source: The Star, Canada By: Haroon Siddiqui Columnist: He is the Star’s editorial page editor emeritus. His column appears on Thursday and Sunday. […]
Source: Business Insider New Pope Francis isn’t a Hitler Youth like the last guy, but he has his own troubled history. Francis I along with the whole Argentine Catholic Church have faced criticism […]
Daily Telegraph: CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, announced today that after extensive testing it was “looking more and more” like the particle which they discovered last year was the Higgs boson. Finding the Higgs plugs a gaping hole in the Standard Model of physics, the theory that describes […]
Express Tribune: LONDON: Britain’s Labour Party suspended Pakistan-born Lord Nazir Ahmed on Thursday over reports that he blamed a Jewish conspiracy for his imprisonment over a fatal car crash, a spokesman […]
The Real Foundation for Peace is Honesty which Emanates from the Heart: Khalifa of Islam The National Peace symposium, held at the largest mosque in Western Europe, is a key […]