By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star A noteworthy but troubling recent development across the Middle East and North Africa has been the quiet resurgence of Al-Qaeda affiliates and Salafist militants confronting established regimes. This has occurred alongside the emergence of nonviolent Salafist movements taking the opposite route of engaging […]
ARAB NEWS Wednesday 1 August 2012 BEIRUT: The humanitarian crisis in Syria has grown to such dimensions that at least $500 million in aid is required to meet the needs of the Syrian people, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said in an appeal to donors. “We are calling for […]
ARAB NEWS Wednesday 1 August 2012 JEDDAH: About 4.8 million foreign pilgrims, from a total of six million, have performed Umrah this year, according to Haj Minister Bandar Hajar. He made this statement after inspecting services being extended to pilgrims by various government agencies in Makkah. Since the beginning of […]
Family says woman is now in Sweden after leaving Turkey Habib Toumi Bureau chief GULF NEWS Manama: A Saudi woman who has made headlines for fleeing her country after allegedly converting to Christianity has not actually given up her religion, a local daily said. “She did not convert, but simply […]
Egypt official: leader’s letter to Israel is fake By DANIEL ESTRIN | ASSOCIATED PRESS | Jul 31, 2012 4:15 PM CDT in A letter to Israel from Egypt’s new president hoping for regional peace kicked up a stir Tuesday when the Egyptian leader’s Islamist movement denied he sent it. Israel […]
Pakistan remains silent about its only Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam and his contribution to the recent discovery of the ‘God particle’ because the late scientist belonged to the ‘heretic’ Ahmadiyya […]
AFP | Aug 01, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — For many Arab Israelis, the fact that a young Muslim woman could willingly accept to perform national service at a hospital in the northern city of Haifa is nothing less than a betrayal. But for 19-year-old “Nadine”, taking part […]
By Associated Press, THE WASHINGTON POST SITTWE, Myanmar — Government forces stood by and watched as sectarian violence erupted last month in western Myanmar and then opened fire on Muslim Rohingyas as they tried to save their burning homes, Human Rights Watch claimed Wednesday. In a 56-page report, the New […]
Daily Telegraph: Social media is a genuinely revolutionary form of communication that allows people to get close to public figures in a way that was previously unimaginable. When I was […]
Isn’t it? (re-posted)
RT: More than ten percent of the world’s population has found itself without electricity, after three of India’s power grids failed. Blackouts have now plagued India for two consecutive days, leaving half the country without power. The string of power shortages began on Monday, when India’s northern and eastern power […]
Source: BBC Mitt Romney has been accused of racism for suggesting to Jewish donors that “culture” might explain Palestinians’ income inferiority to Israel. A senior Palestinian aide said the Republican […]
PhilippinesNews MANILA, Philippines — A typhoon dumped torrents of rain as it swept past the Philippines, killing at least seven people and displacing more than 20,000 others by Tuesday. Another storm lashed the capital and neighboring provinces, leaving several parts of Manila without power and under water. The wild weather […]
Source: The New York Times An Indian court on Monday sentenced 21 Hindus to life imprisonment in the deaths of 11 members of a Muslim family during some of the country’s worst sectarian violence 10 years ago. The killings took place in 2002 in Visnagar, a town in Gujarat State. […]
The past 18 months have been particularly trying for Egypt’s Christians, who have clashed with Muslims and lost a religious leader. Now they wonder what life will be like under an Islamist president. By Kristen Chick, Correspondent / Christian Science Monitor ABU QURQAS, EGYPT Afaf Ibrahim Fanous walks through her […]
The Industry Ministry is hoping to turn Indonesia into an Islamic fashion capital by 2020, and is looking to Europe as its main export market in the future. Euis Saedah, […]
NICOLA BERKOVIC From: The Australian A SYDNEY man who agreed under an Islamic marriage contract to pay his wife a $50,000 “deferred dowry” if he ever left her has been forced by the NSW Supreme Court to honour their agreement. In a decision believed to be an Australian first, the […]
Romney angers Palestinians with pro-Israel comment, suggests inferiority to Israelis Associated Press: JERUSALEM — Mitt Romney’s campaign stop in Israel left behind furious Palestinians charging that the Republican presidential candidate […]
MUI May Issue Halal Certifications for Indonesian Television Shows television shows will be stamped with the Indonesian Council of Ulema’s (MUI) Halal seal under a plan currently being discussed by […]