Source: CNN Cairo (CNN) — Egypt’s high court is indefinitely suspending all its sessions, after supporters of President Mohamed Morsy surrounded the building and blocked judges from entering. Calling Sunday a “dismal, black day” in the history of the country’s judiciary, the court said in a statement that its judges […]
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Source: The Local: The German Foreign Ministry has called for banks to allow transfers to Iranian accounts for humanitarian purposes, which are not banned by EU sanctions, it was reported on Sunday. More:
Source: The Local: More importance should be placed on the duration of a marriage when calculating post-divorce maintenance payments, politicians said over the weekend, saying housewives or husbands are at financial risk if their marriage ends. More:
Source: Geo-News Pakistan: SOPHIA: Muhammad Asif has won the final of the World Snooker Championship here. Asif defeated Gary Wilson of Britain 10-8 in a thrilling final. With this victory, Asif becomes the second Pakistani to claim the title. Mohammad Yousuf had won the championship in 1994 while Saleh Mohamamd […]
As tensions flared between Israelis and Palestinians recently, Jewish and Muslim students on campus joined peacefully during a “Weekend of Twinning,” to promote community and tear down traditional stereotypes. From […]
The Jakarta Globe: …………………………….. Persecution of Ahmadis: Data from the Jakarta-based NGO Setara Institute calculated nearly 130 violations of religious freedom nationwide from January to June 2012. Most happened in […]
Vienna: Dialogue between religions is as necessary as ever in light of recent conflicts, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on Monday to mark the opening in Vienna of a new centre aimed at promoting such dialogue. Backed by Saudi Arabia, the King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz International Centre for Interreligious […]
Evening Standard: Bigots scent victory in fight to halt Newham ‘mega-mosque’ Thursday, November 29, 2012 Plans to build Britain’s biggest place of worship – a “monolithic, overly dominant and incongruous” mosque […]
Pakteahouse: by Yasir Latif Hamdani: “Professor emeritus” Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed is the sort who loves to take liberties with the facts. In his article today “Jinnah and secularism” he has resorted to two outright lies which need to be exposed so that people are not misguided. The article began well […]
Monaco has the highest life expectancy in the world at 89.68 years Chad has the lowest level of life expectancy at 48.69 years America ranks 51st in the table […]
STORY SUMMARY These three options for national change were used this week in the three Arab countries that arguably have had the most impact on the Middle East region in the last century – Syria, Egypt and Palestine. These different routes to change and stability capture the wider condition of […]
Israel and its few remaining supporters cannot claim that they were taken by surprise by the Palestinian Authority’s success at the UN, where the General Assembly voted 138 against 9, with 41 abstentions, to upgrade the status of the Palestinians to that of non-member observer state. This spectacular result was […]
AMMAN — A mass pro-reform rally ended peacefully on Friday after counter-protesters suspended a series of rival demonstrations. Under the slogan “Popular uprising for reform”, some 7,000 activists converged on […]
REUTERS ARABNEWS Saturday 1 December 2012 DUBAI: The head of Tehran’s cyber police unit has been dismissed over the death in custody of an Iranian blogger, police said yesterday. Sattar Beheshti, a little-known 35-year-old blogger who was critical of the government, was arrested on Oct. 30 after receiving death threats, […]
EDDAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 2 December 2012 The Ministry of Labor is exploring the possibility of Saudizing the vast retail sector, especially commercial centers and malls as part of its efforts to find more areas to employ Saudi youths including women. “The idea of Saudizing the retail sector is being […]
DR. ALI AKBAR ARABNEWS Friday 30 November 2012 Sheikh Zainuddin Makhdum II, author of Tuhfatul Mujahideen and Fathul Mueen, was a heroic personality in history as he had played a major role in achieving social and religious renaissance, especially in the south Indian state of Kerala. Unfortunately, his life and […]
Source: Milli Gazzette Mumbai (1 December 2012): Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) conducted an insightful and successful seminar on “Vision 2020 for Indian Muslims” in Mumbai today. Considering the plight of Indian Muslims, AMP organized an discussion and brainstorming to have a vision charted out for improving the state of affairs of […]
Source: Zee News New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said any further movement on India-Pakistan ties will depend on Islamabad acting against perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack. Replying to questions on a news channel, Khurshid said: “Our then home minister (P) Chidambaram had given a list to […]
Source: cbc.ca A Toronto group wants to spread understanding about the Prophet Muhammad using a stage production. http://www.cbc.ca/video/swf/UberPlayer.swf?state=sharevideo&clipId=2309710287&width=480&height=322 Click on the picture below to watch in CBC, Canada: