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By Zia H Shah on September 11, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Muslim leaders welcome Pope Benedict’s visit (in Lebanon)

By Jana El Hassan, Wassim Mroueh The Daily Star BEIRUT: Many Shiite and Sunni clerics, including Salafist leaders, are welcoming Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming visit to Lebanon, and expressing hope […]

By Zia H Shah on September 11, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan says Islam, democracy compatible

Speaking to an overflow crowd at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, noted Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan criticized extreme Islamists known as Salafis, saying that the Arab world needs to develop political systems that reject both theocracies and dictatorships. But he added that Arab countries should develop their societies […]

By A Q Farhat on September 10, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Study: Jewish Population Shrinking Outside Israel

The Times of Israel:Global Jewish population grows by 88,000 over past year One of 514 people on Earth is Jewish; at 0.65%, population growth rate is well below world average The global Jewish population grew by more than 88,000 people over the past year and reached 13.75 million, according to […]

By A Q Farhat on September 10, 2012 • ( 2 Comments )

US groups helped fund Dutch anti-Islam politician

Daniel Pipes’ Middle East Forum, David Horowitz’s FrontPage Magazine helped fund Geert Wilders. Source: Reuters.com AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK – Anti-Islam groups in America have provided financial support to Dutch politician Geert Wilders, […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

‘US had planned air raid to target Osama hideout’

Credit: TOI NEW YORK: The US was initially planning a massive air strike using B-2 Spirit bombers to level the Abbottabad hideout of Osama bin Laden but chose an assault by its elite commandos who killed the world’s most wanted terrorist a year ago. In his tell-all account, Matt Bissonnette, […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

First web index: Digital Bangladesh way to go

Source: The daily Star Bangladesh has been ranked 55th in the web index prepared by world-wide-web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee that measures the web’s political, social and economic impact on people and nations of 61 countries. Bangladesh’s position in the bottom-ten of the index released on September 5 indicates that […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( 1 Comment )

Fighting for Bangladesh Labor, and Ending Up in Pauper’s Grave

Source: NY Times. ASHULIA, Bangladesh — His tiny office was lost among the hulking garment factories that churn out cargo pants or polo shirts for brands like Gap or Tommy Hilfiger, yet workers managed to find Aminul Islam. They came with problems. Unpaid wages. Abusive bosses. Mr. Islam, a labor […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

German Paralympians bag 66 medals in London

Credit: The Local With 18 gold, 26 silver and 22 bronze medals in this year’s Paralympic summer games, Germany was not one of the runaway success stories leaving London. But the squad bagged three last-minute gold medals on Sunday, one of which for a record-breaking long-jump by Markus Rehm. Climbing […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( 3 Comments )

Disillusioned by Obama, Muslim Voters Face Tough Choice

At a time when U.S. Muslims and mosques are increasingly under attack, some Muslim Americans say Obama has not taken a strong enough stance against Islamophobia. The Democrats’ inclusion last week of support for marriage equality and Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in their official party platform may have […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( 6 Comments )

Anti-Semitism in the new Egypt: even the president refuses to say the word ‘Israel’

Source: Telegraph. He just can’t bring himself to say it News that Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s Islamist president, has promised to uphold his country’s long-standing peace treaty with Israel has been widely welcomed. Revealingly, however, Mr Morsi refused to refer to the Jewish state by name, sticking instead to a generalised […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Jews, Muslims protest for right to circumcise

Source: The Local The ‘yes’ to circumcision must be guaranteed in law,” demanded Lala Süßkind, former chairwoman of the Berlin Jewish community organization at the protest, which police said was attended by around 300 people. Several Muslims and Christians joined the mainly Jewish demo, which took place under the motto […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

City struggles to fire teacher for ‘racial abuse’

Source: The Local A 16-year-old girl at the Friedrich-Bayer Upper School in Berlin contacted the police last week after she said he called her a nigger. The teacher, named in German media only as Karl-Heinz Sch., had been talking to his class, telling them, “niggers are people like you and […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

John Davenport of World Muslim Leader’s Concluding Address at UK Convention, 2012

Millions watched Khalifatul Masih V, the Head of Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, on Muslim Television Ahmadiyya (MTA) and live streaming through internet, on the third and […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( 1 Comment )

Casino growth leaves a bitter aftertaste

by Daniele Mariani, swissinfo.ch Switzerland has one of the world’s highest densities of casinos. Soon two more will be added to the 19 others that already exist, bringing in even […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( 2 Comments )

Jihadists join Aleppo fight, eye Islamic state, surgeon says

PARIS — Foreign Islamists intent on turning Syria into an autocratic theocracy have swollen the ranks of rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Al Assad and think they are waging a “holy war”, a French surgeon who treated fighters in Aleppo has said. Jacques Beres, co-founder of medical charity Medecins […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Saudi Arabia: Visa violators face punitive action

ARAB NEWS Monday 10 September 2012 JEDDAH: The Shoura Council yesterday passed a law banning expatriates from working for companies and individuals other than their employers or sponsors. Punitive action would be taken against Saudi sponsors and companies who allow foreigners to work for other employers, the new law said. […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Egypt vows structural reforms, meets US executives

BY AYA BATRAWY Associated Press The Kansas City Star CAIRO — Egypt’s Islamist leader vowed to carry out tough structural reforms to overhaul his country’s ailing economy and create a […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

16 moderate Muslim preachers killed in Mali

Sixteen Muslim preachers from a moderate sect were shot dead in central Mali as they traveled by road to a religious conference, the Malian and Mauritanian governments said Sunday. Early reports indicate that the men’s long beards aroused the suspicion of Mali’s military, which confused them for the extremists who […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

David Ignatius: Religion booming around the world

God had a good convention: The Almighty’s name was mentioned (albeit at the last minute) in the Democratic platform. And he was invoked no less than 12 times in the Republican platform, in case he is keeping score. But the real news is that God is having a strong millennium, […]

By Zia H Shah on September 10, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

The Yiddish Quran – Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Publishes Holy Book for Very Few Readers

By Philologos The Jewish Daily F0RWARD Published September 09, 2012, issue of September 14, 2012 There was an unusual event in Haifa the other day. Muhammad Sharif Odeh, the leader […]

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