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Why Michelle Bachman Is Right to Question Muslim Brotherhood?
Why Michelle Bachman Is Right to Question Muslim Brotherhood By Tarek Fatah – The Huffington Post Posted: 07/27/2012 12:31 pm It started as a letter by five members of the U.S. Congress to various security agencies asking them to investigate whether there was undue influence exercised within the U.S. government […]
Two Journalists Freed by Syrian Rebels After Weeklong Ordeal
By ROD NORDLAND CAIRO — Two foreign journalists captured by Islamic extremists in Syria and held for a week were rescued by Syrian opposition fighters, one of them said on Friday. A Dutch freelance photographer, Jeroen Oerlemans, contacted by telephone in Turkey, described a harrowing ordeal during which he and […]
DPM: Malaysia invited to head food programme for Islamic nations
MUAR: Malaysia’s agricultural capability has received world recognition with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) inviting the country to spearhead a programme to increase food production among Islamic countries. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said this was voiced by the IDB fund manager chairman Dr Abdullah El-Kuwaiz when they […]
Christians join rally to support Rohingya Muslims
Source: Ucanews.com Christians on Tuesday joined Muslims in Lahore to protest what they say is genocide being committed in Myanmar against Rohingyas in western Rakhine state. Dozens of Christian joined the protest outside the Press Club in Lahore urging UN intervention to end alleged violence against the minority Muslim ethnic group. Christian leader Saleem Gabriel said […]
Myanmar ‘Pro-Democracy’ Exiles in Japan and Burmese dictator unite on Rohingya ethnic cleansing plan
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma Exiled Burmese democracy activists in Japan demonstrated on Wednesday in a rare show of support of President Thein Sein concerning his plan to expel the Rohingya minority group to third countries. During his meeting with United Nations’ High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres on 11 […]
Obama losing a majority … who think he’s a Christian
By James Rainey LOS ANGELES TIMES July 27, 2012, President Obama is struggling to get to 50% — not just of voters in November — but of Americans, at any time, who will recognize that he is a Christian. The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life released […]
Japan report finds Hong Kong women have overtaken Japanese as longest living
Japanese women are no longer the world’s longest living, their longevity pushed down in part by last year’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, according to a government report Thursday. The top of the global life expectancy rankings now belongs to Hong Kong women. Read more
Rules governing religious police to be amended
Dubai: Saudi Arabia will make amendments to rules governing religious police after the ‘horrific’ death of a Saudi man and injuries to his family members after their car was chased by religious police (mutawa) earlier this month, Saudi media reports said. “A set of procedures to govern the country’s Promotion […]
Extreme UAE weather tests nerves during Ramadan
Al Ain: The weather has not been kind to people fasting during Ramadan. The temperature in some desert areas shot up to 50 degrees Celsius in the first few days of the month. People are avoiding outdoor activities given the tough conditions. In towns such Al Ain, Suwaihan and […]
IF YOU ASK ME IN PUBLIC, MY ANSWER WOULD BE DIFFERENT……An Egyptian scholar from Jamia Al Azhar
Alhaj Janab Moulana Abdul Kareem Sahib of Karachi had embraced Ahmadiyyat in 1914 when he was a High School student. He joined British Indian Army. Once he was transferred during his service period and was posted for some time in Egypt. Let us listen to one of his many interesting […]
U.S. Economy Slowed to a Tepid 1.5% Rate of Growth
The United States economy grew by a tepid 1.5 percent annual rate in the second quarter, losing the momentum it had appeared to be gaining earlier this year, the government reported Friday. Growth was curbed as consumers limited new spending and as business investment slowed in the face of a […]
Olympic torch receives royal treatment on final day of epic journey
The 70-day torch relay ends tonight when the Olympic cauldron is lit during the London 2012 opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium. Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/olympics/906468-olympic-torch-receives-royal-treatment-on-final-day-of-epic-journey#ixzz21pxBX7ty
Blind South Korean archer smashes London Olympics’ first world record
South Korea claimed the first world records of London 2012 on Friday morning with a stunning display in the men’s archery ranking round at Lord’s. Im Dong-hyun, who is registered as blind, broke his own 72-arrow mark of 696 by three points and was also part of a record in […]
This is it: London 2012 gets under way
Guadian: 3m ago Taxi Taxi drivers in London have brought forward their protest over their exclusion from Olympic lanes after police imposed restrictions. It will now take place at 2pm instead of […]
Pakistani-Born Mayor Repairs, and Wins, Texans’ Hearts
PARIS, TEXAS — This charming, droopy city needed new fire trucks not long ago, but, like many American municipalities today, couldn’t necessarily afford them. The mayor, a small-government Republican, dithered: […]
Tori, Smoking Orangutan, Moved In Indonesian Zoo To Quit Cigarettes
M Zafar Iqbal JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian zookeepers have moved an orangutan out of visitors’ sight so she’ll no longer smoke lit cigarettes people regularly throw into her cage. […]
Burma talk: A dispassionate Analysis of Rohingya Issue: the Islamists
Express Tribune: by Ayesha Siddiqa: These days, the social media is abuzz with discussion on Myanmar. Interestingly, it is not even a constructive discussion but one which is meant for […]
Traditional burial practices lose ground (or: darling, you are and will be my diamond for ever)
by Ariane Gigon in Zurich, swissinfo.ch For many deceased, the cemetery is no longer their “final resting place”. Scattering ashes out in the open, burying the urn in a forest […]