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 […]
Dead whale found in Australian ocean pool
Credit: TOI SYDNEY: A dead humpback whale washed up in a Sydney ocean pool on Wednesday, surprising morning swimmers and causing a major headache for authorities who must now remove it. The 11.6 metre (38 foot) young adult humpback, which appeared to have been dead for several days, washed up […]
No reason cited: Top ‘sevadar’ law officer shown the door
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Umer Farooq Published: August 2, 2012 PESHAWAR: The government has sacked a top law officer who swept floors, did the dishes […]
Bangladesh bans foreign charities helping Rohingya
Dawn: Bangladesh has ordered three international charities to stop providing aid to Rohingya refugees who cross the border to flee persecution and violence in Myanmar, an official said Thursday. France’s […]
Africa: Why Do African Presidents Keep Dying?
Credit: Allafrica.com Being an African president is a risky business. It can be fatal. We’re already three down this year alone, and critically-ill Meles Zenawi looks like he’ll make it four. Other continents, by and large, seem to do a better job of hanging on to their leaders. SIMON ALLISON […]
Zimbabwe: Poison Delivered for Water Treatment
Credit: Allafrica.com An alert truck driver sent to deliver 19 tonnes of poisonous sodium cyanide to Harare’s main waterworks averted disaster last Wednesday when he raised alarm just when he was about to offload the chemical. The driver told workers at Morton Jaffray Water Treatment Plant that he suspected he […]
Oil-rich rulers blind to the future
Credit: Asia Times. At the outset, let’s repeat the obvious. If an oil-rich country, such as Saudi Arabia, could and does pump out all its oil in one year (a wild assumption) and sells it at today’s going rate (another wild assumption), then the country would be rich as Croesus. […]
Why Abdus Salam, Pakistan’s great physicist, has been written out of history by his own country
Credit:The telegraph via Wasim Sroya Adbus Salam: written out of history by his own country Professor Abdus Salam was one of Pakistan’s finest minds. His work in the field of theoretical physics, on unifying the electromagnetic and weak forces, earned him the country’s first – and only – Nobel prize […]
10 things Pakistanis don’t want to hear
The Express Tribune: Omar Kamal bin Farooq One of the biggest disadvantages of living in a nation as homogeneous as ours is that it is very seldom that you get to hear alternative narratives on history, religion, culture and society in general. People who try and present narratives that are different from […]
FIJI NEWS – Fiji Deposed PM faces jail sentence & other news
FiFiji’s deposed PM Qarase faces jail term MICHAEL FIELD Last updated 16:11 01/08/2012 http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?action=like&channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D9%23cb%3Dfa1e1412%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.stuff.co.nz%252Ffe257387c%26domain%3Dwww.stuff.co.nz%26relation%3Dparent.parent&extended_social_context=false&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fworld%2Fsouth-pacific%2F7385890%2FFijis-deposed-PM-Qarase-faces-jail-term&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&node_type=link&ref=s%3DshowShareBarUI%3Ap%3Dfacebook-like&sdk=joey&show_faces=false&width=90 196 http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1340179658.html#_=1343869089521&count=horizontal&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fworld%2Fsouth-pacific%2F7385890%2FFijis-deposed-PM-Qarase-faces-jail-term&size=m&text=Fiji's%20deposed%20PM%20Qarase%20faces%20jail%20term&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fworld%2Fsouth-pacific%2F7385890%2FFijis-deposed-PM-Qarase-faces-jail-term https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?bsv=pr&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fworld%2Fsouth-pacific%2F7385890%2FFijis-deposed-PM-Qarase-faces-jail-term&size=medium&count=true&annotation=none&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz&hl=en&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3DqujEvt2eNBE.en_US.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!SQxz7F5VozeYIa9SGw%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTPmONG5EcGSvyPz8ty-9C7u8BR8PQ#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Conload&id=I0_1343869085516&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz Share TIM WIMBORNE/ Reuters GUILTY: A court has found former Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase guilty of corruption. South Pacific Fiji’s deposed PM Qarase faces jail termDeepening mystery around seized Vanuatu yachtThaw in […]
Oil in the Philippines: red tape bigger threat than Chinese navy
PhilippineNews: When the Philippine department of energy told reporters this week it had received four proposals to explore oil and gas blocks off Palawan, the country’s westernmost island facing disputed waters in the South China Sea, many of the journalists’ questions focused on how Manila’s tiny navy could protect research vessels […]
Muslims in Rochester, NY, Reaching out to their Neighbors
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Illiteracy, violence and corruption, Muslim economic malaise – Universal Muslim Economic Failure
Note by the editor: Not a pretty picture, readers are encouraged to comment If Romney accomplished nothing else during his Israeli visit, he did manage to offend every single Palestinian Arab terrorist group, all of whom, the Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the PFLP and the DFLP, issued press releases […]
French mayor retreats after suspending fasting Muslims
By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS | Wed Aug 1, 2012 7 Aug 1 (Reuters) – A French mayor has revoked the suspension of four Muslim camp counsellors following an uproar after he said they could not work properly because they might be weakened by their all-day fasting for Ramadan. […]
What a Breaking News! Where is Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia?
Credit: Asia Times By Pepe Escobar Was Prince Bandar “Bush”, 63, son of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz (perennial Saudi Defense Minister,1963-2001), semi-perennial ambassador to Washington (1983-2005), and secretive jihad financier, killed by a Syrian intelligence death squad? Thunderous silence prevails on Syrian, Iranian and Arab media (most of it controlled […]
In Britain, polygamy could be rewarding for immigrants
London, July 31 (IANS) Courtesy an unplugged loophole in the British government’s welfare shake-up, immigrants having multiple wives can claim higher benefit payments, it has emerged. Benefits potentially available to spouses in polygamous marriages include income support, jobseeker’s allowance, employment and support allowance, pension credit, housing benefit and council tax […]
FIJI NEWS – Australia and NZ restore diplomacy as Fiji gallops for elections
Australia, New Zealand restore diplomacy with Fiji Boston.com Australia and New Zealand say they will again station top diplomats known as high commissioners inFiji and will ease travel restrictions on Fijians associated with the regime. Fiji will reciprocate by placing top diplomats in New Zealand and Australia. See all stories on this topic » […]