Ozzies head back down under as UK economy struggles
Thousands of Australian and New Zealand expats are fleeing Britain to take up jobs in their home countries as the British economy flounders. The so-called ‘boomerang effect’ comes as the […]
Bangladesh to assert more power over Grameen Bank
Source: CBS/AP DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh has decided to expand the power of the government-appointed chairman at pioneering micro lender Grameen Bank. Government spokesman Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan says amending the law will allow the chairman to appoint the managing director of the bank. That authority is now held by the […]
Bangladesh’s army hero charged over $400 million Ponzi scam
Source/Credit: Business Recorder Bangladesh’s anti-graft agency has charged a former army chief and war hero with stealing $400 million from nearly two million investors through alleged Ponzi schemes, police said on Wednesday. The agency accuses retired Lieutenant General Harunur Rashid, the president of Destiny Group, and 21 other senior officials […]
Human Rights In Bangladesh
Source/Credit: Voice of America Bangladesh is of strategic importance to the United States as a successful, tolerant, secular, alternative to violent extremism. Bangladesh has worked tirelessly to lift millions out of poverty and provide an important voice for regional stability. But for all its progress, Bangladesh still has serious human […]
Hell and al-Qaeda descend on Syria
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/07/31/hell-and-al-qaida-descend-on-syria Tarek Fatah, Toronto Sun Who would have thought a Canadian mother of two would leave her children behind and join the international jihad unfolding in Syria? Meet Thwaiba Kanafani. She left the comforts of her apartment in downtown Toronto, soon to appear in a YouTube video dressed in camouflaged […]
Islam in Brazil
By Diana Rojas. In the year 2000, Islam had about 27, 239 followers in Brazil, according to the census by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). In the census, the IBGE did not allocate a specific category to Islam, but instead included it in the category of “other […]
This time at German Military Headquarters his Holiness spoke about “Islam’s teachings in relation to love and loyalty to one’s nation”
Credit: Dr Mohammad Daud Majoka, National Secretary External Affairs, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany. (The mil itary ambition should thus be to establish peace, rather than to fulfill any vested interests. […]
William Lane Craig
I am reproducing it here to freeze this page in time for different considerations. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search William Lane Craig Born August 23, 1949 (age 62)[1] East Peoria, Illinois[citation needed] Era 21st-century philosophy Region Western philosophy School Analytic philosophy Main interests Philosophy of religion Natural theology […]
In France, socialist Hollande sets out to soak the rich
Credit:Washington Post: French President Francois Hollande has made good on a campaign pledge to make the wealthiest in France pay up to a whopping 75 percent income tax. The U.S. Congress, meanwhile, is debating an Obama proposal to allow the top tax rates to rise from 35 percent to nearly […]
Converting a Leading Christian Apologist to Islam
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In one of his debates, Prof. William Lane Craig says: “God is a metaphysically necessary, beginningless, eternal, uncaused, […]
Team Pakistan sweeps debating competition in Mexico
Credit: ET. KARACHI: For the three 15-year-old students selected to represent Pakistan in one of the largest high school tournaments in the world, The Karl Popper Debating Championship (KPDC), the first-time visit to Mexico became their time to shine. Not only did the Pakistani team win the final against the […]
Obama’s secret order allows broad support for Syria militants
US President Barack Obama has reportedly signed a secret order, authorizing more support for rebels fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government. The decree broadly permits the CIA and other US agencies to aid militants in Syria against the country’s army, Reuters quoted informed sources as saying on Wednesday. The […]
Egypt could pardon ‘ill and elderly’
A report, published in Egypt’s state-run al-Gomhouria newspaper, reveals that the ‘ill and elderly’ prisoners, over the age of 60, might possibly be pardoned earlier. According to several media reports, some of the Egyptian prisoners with chronic diseases might be pardoned on grounds of their health conditions. Many activists worry […]
The Specter of Syrian Chemical Weapons
Source: Stratfor: By Scott Stewart The unraveling of the al Assad regime in Syria will produce many geopolitical consequences. One potential consequence has garnered a great deal of media attention in recent days: the possibility of the regime losing control of its chemical weapons stockpile. In an interview aired July […]
Interpol refuses to issue red warrant against Musharraf
The Interpol has rejected Pakistan’s request to issue a red warrant against former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in regard to the Benazir Bhutto assassination case, Press TV reports. The Interpol […]
Saudi aid to be delivered through Jordan
RIYADH: BADR AL-QAHTANI ARABNEWS Thursday 2 August 2012 Around 40 aid trucks have been prepared to drive from three cities in Saudi Arabia to Mufraq camp located in the north of Jordan, carrying around 20 tons of household items and food supplies under Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King […]
Umrah performers with health issues need to take care
TAIF: MOHAMMAD MURAD ARABNEWS Thursday 2 August 2012 Umrah performers and visitors to the holy sites need some health tips to perform the Islamic rituals safely and stay healthy. Considering the enormous number of worshippers who come to the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah, it is no surprise that […]
Zakat system ‘can eradicate poverty’
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Thursday 2 August 2012 Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal yesterday launched “Khair Makkah” project of the Disabled Children’s Association (DCA) in the presence of DCA Chairman Prince […]
Three million Syrians need food – UN
AFP: Three million Syrians need food, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday. Crop and livestock assistance is also needed, the agency said, citing a survey by […]
‘The Impression Maternity Leave Is Not Important’ German Family Minister Slams Yahoo! CEO Mayer
Credit: Spiegel Germany. Both are high-profile women in their mid-30s for whom childbirth has come as their careers soar to new heights. But with those pregnancies comes the perpetual debate over how much maternity leave is appropriate for women in leadership positions. One, German Family Minister Kristina Schröder, who turns […]