UN leader ‘appalled’ by Religious Mansehra sectarian killing
Express Tribune: UNITED NATIONS: UN leader Ban Ki-moon was “appalled” by the sectarian killing of 20 Shias who were dragged off a bus in Pakistan on Thursday, his spokesman said. “The […]
RUSSIA – Islamic underground sect brought to light by raid.
Raid In Russia Brings Underground Sect To Light by COREY FLINTOFF Listen to the Story EnlargeNikolay Alexandrov/APGumar Ganiyev opens the gates of the compound where members of the Islamic sect he belongs to have lived in seclusion since the early 2000s outside Kazan, capital of the Russian province of Tatarstan, earlier […]
ARAB NEWS – Islamic Solidarity Summit
Final Communiqué of Extraordinary Islamic Solidarity Summit Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah speaks during the OIC summit in Mecca. | | A A http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1345016233.html#_=1345175140851&count=horizontal&counturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F421129&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F421129&size=m&text=Final%20Communiqu%C3%A9%20of%20Extraordinary%20Islamic%20Solidarity%20Summit%20%7C%20ArabNews%3A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F421129%23.UC2-YlM1NC8.twitter https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?bsv=pr&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F421129&size=medium&count=true&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com&hl=en-US&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3DI5V0PLgEMWQ.en_US.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!YLz4zcRjznaA2Lb5GQ%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTOZFeBWoUW9R3WD-JeCrvEkHSfOUQ#id=I1_1345175140157&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com&rpctoken=970645997&_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F421129&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=100&action=like&font=arial&layout=button_count ARAB NEWS Friday 17 August 2012 Islamic solidarity Summit’s complete Final Communiqué The Summit was briefed on the reports and recommendations submitted to it […]
Children Who Spend Three-Quarters of Their Time in Sedentary Behavior-Nine Times Poorer Motor Coordination
ScienceDaily (Aug. 13, 2012) — Children who spend more than three-quarters of their time engaging in sedentary behaviour, such as watching TV and sitting at computers, have up to nine times poorer motor coordination than their more active peers, reveals a study published in the American Journal of Human Biology. The study, […]
FIJI NEWS – PM warns the academics on Constitution
FBainimarama criticizes constitution appointee Posted Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:37pm AEST PHOTO: Fiji’s military commander, and prime Prime minister, Frank Bainimarama. (ABC) MAP: Fiji Fiji’s Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, has warned the academic charged with drafting the Pacific nation’s new constitution to concentrate on his job and not get involved in politics. Commodore Bainimarama, who […]
Elderly Super-Agers Have Brains That Look and Act Decades Younger Than Their Age
ScienceDaily (Aug. 16, 2012) — Researchers have long chronicled what goes wrong in the brains of older people with dementia. But Northwestern Medicine researcher Emily Rogalski wondered what goes right in the brains of the elderly who still have terrific memories. And, do those people — call them cognitive SuperAgers — […]
Hate crime legislation
Express Tribune: Farahnaz Ispahani. Pakistan has become a brutal place to live, especially if you are a member of a religious minority. Most observers agree that the country is being swept by a rising tide of hate encouraged by unbridled hate speech. Hate speech is defined as any spoken or physical […]
Several Umrahs on the same journey
Author: Edited by Adil Salahi, Arab News Staff Monday 27 August 2001 Q. How many Umrahs can one offer on the same journey? Is it possible to offer the Umrah on behalf of deceased parents and relatives? If so, where does one start his ihraam? If one’s parents are alive […]
Families of Iran’s murdered nuclear scientists sue Israel, US and Britain
Judiciary asked to pursue complaint through international bodies in attempt to bring killers of five scientists to justice The families of murdered Iranian nuclear scientists have filed a lawsuit against […]
First Shiite Muslim to be convicted of blasphemy in Indonesia.
Unite Shiites and Sunnis in Indonesia The Jakarta Globe: One day in December last year, Shiite preacher Tajul Muluk had to be rescued by the police after a mob torched his house, his Islamic boarding school and mosque in a violent rampage in Sampang, East Java. He was not hurt. […]
Israel and Islam: What impact do they have in America?
Authors, legal experts and ministers will come together on Sept. 11 in Tulsa to discuss in detail the impact that the nation of Israel and the Islamic movement will have on the future of America. It’s all a part of the Israel & Islam conference on Sept. 11 at Oaks […]
Thailand holds ‘peace talks’ with Muslim militants
Thailand said Thursday it was holding peace talks with some Muslim insurgent groups in its violence-wracked south, in a policy reversal which follows a recent surge in militant attacks. Informal talks are under way between the government agency in charge of the region — the Southern Border Provinces Administration Center […]
Final Communiqué of Extraordinary Islamic Solidarity Summit
ARAB NEWS Friday 17 August 2012 Islamic solidarity Summit’s complete Final Communiqué The Summit was briefed on the reports and recommendations submitted to it by the foreign ministers in their […]
Jury says Muslim hotel owner discriminated
The Associated Press The Sacramento Bee SANTA MONICA, Calif. — A Muslim hotel owner discriminated against a Jewish group during a Southern California poolside charity event by ordering removal of […]
Syria’s OIC suspension ‘unfair’: Iran
TEHRAN – Iran on Thursday slammed a decision by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to suspend Syria’s membership, calling the step against its key ally “unfair and unjust.” “Syria should have been invited to the summit to defend itself,” Iran’s foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi told the official IRNA news […]
Rising tensions explode into grisly violence at South African mine
Credit: CNN Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) — Rising tensions at a South African platinum mine exploded Thursday in grisly violence as police fired on striking miners. Blood-stained bodies lay strewn about a field in a police response reminiscent of the days of apartheid. Police have not released a death toll, […]
Mohammed retakes top spot in English baby names
Source: CNN By Richard Allen Greene, CNN Mohammed reclaimed its place as the most popular name for baby boys born in England and Wales in 2011 – convincingly ahead of […]
Is every human life sacred and When are drone killings illegal?
Editor’s note: I have modified the title of CNN news a little and chosen the picture above. Let us remember our Old Testament: Thou shall not kill! To examine the […]
Jobless claims trend shows job market slowly healing
(Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits edged higher last week although a trend reading fell close to a four-year low, pointing to healing in the still-struggling labor market. Other data on Thursday showed groundbreaking on new homes fell in July in a reminder of […]
Is Paul Ryan the right pick – history does’t bode well
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/history-doesnt-bode-well-for-the-gops-latest-pick/article4479412/ Peculiar. The Republicans spent their primary campaigns pushing aside Tea Party types such as Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann in favour of Mitt Romney, someone who would have more appeal to moderate America. Now moderate Mitt redefines himself by choosing bare-knuckled conservative Paul Ryan as his running mate. More […]