The four big influences on our children

By Kristen and Mark Bishop, Special to Gulf News Published: 21:30 July 28, 2012 Teachers Children never forget. Great educators can prevent a child from being emotionally dependent and motivate that child to achieve and thrive. Once children reach school age, they start spending more time with their teachers than […]

No country is an island when it comes to migration

By Peter Sutherland, Cecilia Malmstrom The Daily Star Lebanon Europe faces an immigration predicament. Mainstream politicians, held hostage by xenophobic parties, adopt anti-immigrant rhetoric to win over fearful publics, while the foreign-born are increasingly marginalized in schools, cities and at the workplace. Yet, despite high unemployment across much of the […]

Live conversion on Pakistan TV stirs anger !!!

Source: AL ARABIA NEWS A Pakistani Hindu’s conversion to Islam live on television during a prime-time Ramadan chat show has sparked criticism on behalf of religious minorities in the overwhelmingly Muslim country. In just five minutes, the 20-year-old introduced as Sunil officially changed his religion under a cleric’s guidance. A […]

FIJISUN – ISLAM IS POLITICAL GOVT. ARGUES

ANDMARK CASE: GOVERNMENT ARGUES THAT ISLAM IS POLITICAL Robert Muise and David Yerushalmi of American Freedom Law Center and Pamela Geller What began as a clear first amendment issue has exploded into a landmark case regarding the status of Islam as a political entity. Today the Detroit Transit Authority (SMART), […]