Islamic cleric in Norway convicted of Web threats AP / August 29, 2012 OSLO, Norway (AP) — An Iraqi-born Islamist cleric has been given a one-year prison sentence for making death threats against Norwegian politicians, influencing witnesses and inciting terror. The Oslo District Court convicted Najmaddin Faraj Ahmad, also known as Mullah […]
Huff Post: In a recent conversation for Super Soul Sunday, when Oprah described to me how so often in her conversations and interviews, people said to her how they just wanted to be happy, I found myself responding, “I think they want to be loved.” All of us want, or […]
RT: NASA’s Kepler space laboratory has discovered a pair of planets orbiting a pair of suns. The first-ever find could revolutionize knowledge of how planets are formed, and even identify alien worlds where life may flourish. The Kepler-47 star system, about 5,000 light years away from Earth, has a bright […]
Abu Dhabi MISSION exposes potential for investment in Fiji Share on facebookShare on bloggerShare on bloggyShare on emailMore Sharing Services1 FIJI’S expanding diplomatic ties is already generating a flurry of activity in terms of investment and trade.Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama will open Fiji’s newest embassy in Abu Dhabi later this week and […]
Union head quits Fiji Labour Party Updated 29 August 2012, 17:36 AEST The head of Fiji’s largest trade union body has quit the Labour Party. Union head quits Fiji Labour Party (Credit: ABC) Fiji Trades Union Congress secretary Felix Anthony has criticised the FLP for not being multiracial and for […]
The Jakarta Globe: Starting on Saturday of this week, the Jakarta local government will provide free WiFi along some of the city’s main streets — from Jalan Sudirman to Thamrin […]
Source: Two Cirles New Delhi: Himself Gandhian, Faisal Khan of Khudai Khidmatgar is sad that even Gandhians are not working to establish peace and communal harmony in Assam. Khan, who has just returned after five-day visit to violence-hit areas of the state, told TCN that communal harmony is the primary […]
Source: The News Jacobabad residents were stunned to see a Muslim serving the Hindu community at the Shivli Temple during the last week of the holy Muslim month of Ramazan. Khurshid Khan, a senior lawyer from Peshawar who till recently served as deputy attorney general of Pakistan, served the Hindu […]
Source: Gulf News A highly respected Islamic center should take the responsibility to issue a cool and rational statement after the next wilful or even accidental burning of the Quran I am not sure when the first incident of burning or desecrating the Quran occurred. I am even less sure […]
THE massacre town of Daraya in Syria is a place of ghosts and questions. It echoed with the roar of mortar explosions and the crackle of gunfire yesterday, its few returning citizens talking of death, assault, foreign “terrorists”, and its cemetery of slaughter haunted by snipers. The men and women […]
MOSCOW: Russia on Wednesday called for an impartial investigation into the latest “barbaric” violence near Syria’s capital Damascus, where hundreds of deaths have been reported since the weekend. “We insist on a meticulous and impartial investigation into the circumstances of the latest tragic events” using the resources of the United […]
By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s most senior Islamic cleric warned on Wednesday that civil war could break out in the southern region of Dagestan after a moderate Muslim cleric was killed in a suicide bombing that has heightened religious tensions. An ethnic Russian, who was both wife and […]
Viewers object to ‘racial sterotyping’ and ‘irreverent’ depiction of Islam THE BBC has received 185 complaints about the first episode of six-part sitcom Citizen Khan – and very few were […]
Credit: VOA Militants have attacked an army post in northwest Pakistan, killing eight soldiers. Security officials say 10 militants were killed in the ensuing fighting in the South Waziristan tribal agency near the Afghan border. At least six soldiers were wounded in the attack, which came after the military launched […]
Credit VOA via Wasim BANGKOK — A U.N. report on gender imbalances says the continuing preference for boy children, especially in India and China, is leading increasing numbers of families to use prenatal sex selection. Researchers warn that the phenomenon is gaining favor in more countries. The new United Nations […]
Credit: Spiegel Germany DPA Authorities detonated a World War II bomb in Munich on Tuesday night after efforts to defuse it were unsuccessful. Residents across the city heard the blast as windows shattered and several small fires started on area rooftops. It wasn’t the only bomb scare in Europe this […]
Credit: Spiegel Germany By Horand Knaup and Jan Puhl DPA South Africa’s legendary African National Congress, the party of Nelson Mandela, is destroying itself. Corruption, cronyism, internal divisions and, more recently, the mine massacre in Marikana are draining support from the party’s base — and destroying the country’s economy. More:
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Credit: Bloomberg Bussinesweek News via Wasim. PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors opened a murder inquiry into the death of Yasser Arafat on Tuesday, his widow’s lawyer said, after she and a TV investigation raised new questions about whether the Palestinian leader was poisoned. Many in the Arab world have long […]
Source: Voice of America Report: Indonesian disapprove the violence against Ahmadiyyah sect by a margin of 85%but the attacks on minorities are on rise