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 […]
Egypt all-veiled TV aims to cover women’s needs
JORDAN TIMES CAIRO — A satellite channel run and hosted by fully-veiled presenters aims to break down the barriers for women in niqab who until the revolution that brought Islamists […]
Breakaway Alawite state may be Assad’s last resort – or will it? Rumours, theories and gossip around Syria.
AP | Jul 27, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — In the recent sectarian violence in Syria, some observers see a grim pattern: Alawite fighters from President Bashar Assad’s minority sect, they say, are trying to carve out a breakaway enclave for themselves by driving out local Sunnis, killing entire […]
Saudi Arabia and the scent of oud
JEDDAH: NADEEM AL-HAMID ARABNEWS Friday 27 July 2012 Oud incense and oil as well as eastern perfumes are on most Saudi families’ shopping lists. Burning oud, or agarwood, is an […]
Who’s Afraid of Muslim Women Exercising?
by Avi Spiegel, co-authered by Adina Bathzniki, HUFFINGTON POST Imagine this scenario: a group of women in southern California ask their local YMCA for an extra swim class. The YMCA would have to stay open a bit later than usual, but it happily obliges. It is summer, and the women, […]
Religion shaping the Olympics: From Ancient Greece To London
Source: Huff Post By Chris Lisee (RNS) A 600-foot footrace was the only athletic event at the first Olympics, a festival held in 776 B.C. and dedicated to Zeus, the […]
Envy: One of the Seven Deadly Sins
By Paul Kokoski Envy is at once a passion and one of the capital sins. As a passion it consists in a sort of deep sadness experienced in the sensitive part of our nature because of the good we see in others. This sensitive impression often produces a feeling of […]
Headscarf ruling may threaten Saudi participation
Metro News: LONDON – A competitor from Saudi Arabia, who is one of the country’s first female athletes ever selected for the Olympics, will not be allowed to wear a headscarf during competition, the International Judo Federation said. President Marius Vizer ruled that “according to the principles and spirit of […]
LCBO serves underage boy wearing burka, face veil
Toronto Sun: TORONTO – Three liquor stores in the GTA recently sold booze to a 14-year-old boy whose identity was hidden because he was wearing a full-length burka and face veil at the time. The teenager, clad in an Islamic female’s traditional garb of a burka, headscarf and facial covering, […]
London, the city of tolerance for worshipping, fasting Muslims
By Marwan Boltrosh Source: Kuwait News Agency LONDON, July 22 (KUNA) — Ramadan atmosphere for Arab and Muslims living throughout Europe is different, compared with the annual spiritual experience at home, with many sensing distress for performing annual religious services far from their loved ones. However, the city of London […]
Syria is heading toward normalcy and calmness, Iran’s Salehi says
Source: Teheran Times TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday that Syria is heading for tranquility as the army is gradually suppressing the armed insurgent groups. “Enemies imagined that they can create a vacuum in the management of the country by explosions in Damascus but the […]
Somalia Starves while Ramadan Surplus food is Wasted
Source: Albwaba Ramadan is Kareem (generous) for some, but Stingy for Somalia Inevitably during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, the Somali plight- the distress of a fellow […]
Judge overrules immigration authorities, orders Va. Muslim be naturalized
by Matthew Barakat, THE REPUBLIC, Columbus, Indiana ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A nearly five-year legal saga will conclude Thursday for Falls Church resident Jamal Abusamhadaneh when he takes the oath of citizenship at a federal courthouse, after a federal judge ruled that immigration authorities wrongly drew sinister conclusions about aspects of […]
Swiss legal experts divided over circumcision
by Sophie Douez, swissinfo.ch Moves by two Swiss hospitals to suspend the practice of circumcising boys in the wake of an adverse court ruling about the procedure in Germany have sparked heated debate amongst legal experts in Switzerland. The children’s hospitals of Zurich and St Gallen announced they had suspended […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission congratulates President Mahama
Accra, July 25, GNA – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission of Ghana on Wednesday congratulated President John Dramani Mahama for his elevation to the high office of the Presidency. President Dramani […]
FIJI NEWS – Charges dropped against former minister Mahendra Chaudhry
Fiji drops tax charges against Chaudhry The Australian A FIJI court has quashed money laundering charges against former prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry, but he will still stand trial for allegedly breaching foreign exchange laws, reports say. Chaudhry, who became Fiji’s first ethnic Indian prime minister in … See all stories on this topic » Chaudhry to […]