UK:Tories urge Cameron to push for growth
Conservative MPs are stepping up pressure on David Cameron to use this week’s Queen’s Speech to unveil a radical pro-growth agenda. Even Conservative members who back the Prime Minister’s current […]
Off with King Sarko’s head
Credit: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar He posed in spectacular grandeur as the neo-imperial Liberator of Libya – only a few years after Colonel Muammar Gaddafi helped finance his 2007 election campaign with a cool US$65 million. Profiting from a mysterious alliance between the Holy Ghost and an African chambermaid […]
Hats off to Hindu parents of the Muslim girl
Source: Indian express It’s an amazing story. The eight-year-old girl, Naseema, was sold in her childhood but a Brahmin couple gave shelter to her, brought her up like their own […]
Besieged & Branded: The Burden Of Being A Muslim in India
Source: Anindianmuslim.com By Mahtab Alam “Serial Bomb Blasts in Delhi. Where are you, Are you safe?” read a text message on my Mobile, by Sonali Garg, a friend of mine […]
Islamic banking on the rise amid the credit crunch
Global Post: BERLIN, Germany — If the recent global economic crisis taught a lesson about debt, it might be to think twice about investing in it. Wary of buying bonds […]
Rare Good News: Pakistani cotton scientist declared the world’s best in 2012
Dawn: A Pakistan-based scientist has been honoured by the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), the body said in a statement released this week. Dr Yusuf Zafar, who is the director […]
Sashes to sashes: the death of Miss Switzerland?
by Thomas Stephens, swissinfo.ch Until recently, beauty contests – largely derided as out-dated sexism in the rest of Europe – have been big business in Switzerland. Now, however, the winds of change are blowing away the clouds of hairspray. Ever since Switzerland’s Stefanie Job won the inaugural Miss Europe in […]
Daughter paints to help save her mother’s life
By RIYADH: RODOLFO ESTIMO JR. ARAB NEWS STAFF There can be no act more touching than doing something to save a loved one. This was exactly what 15-year-old student Serene […]
OIC chief: Global action to fight Islamophobia needed
By JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARAB NEWS STAFF The secretary-general of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation has urged the international community to take effective action to prevent growing Islamophobia or enmity toward Islam and Muslims all over the world. “Islamophobia is on the rise. In fact, it has entered […]
Indonesians celebrate Buddha Day
Independent: Mist hung low over the jungle surrounding the Borobudur temple in Indonesia as thousands of the country’s Buddhists celebrated the annual Vesak festival. Known to some as the “Buddha’s […]
Americans renounced their citizenship in record numbers in 2011
Russian TV: If you think residing in America is taxing, just talk to one of the many expatriates who is contributing to a shocking statistic recently discovered: across the globe, […]
Muslim exhibit at EPL
The Emporia Gazette The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community group, “Muslims who believe in the Messiah,” will host an exhibit of the Quran from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May 5 at the Emporia Public Library. The exhibition will showcase what the Quran says regarding contemporary issues, women’s rights, prophecies and other […]
Jealousy and Envy at Work Are Different in Men and Women
ScienceDaily (May 3, 2012) — A study carried out by researchers from Spain, the Netherlands and Argentina suggests that in a work environment, sexual competition affects women more than men. However, a rival’s social skills provoke jealousy and professional envy equally in both sexes. A group of researchers from the universities […]
The girl who must eat every 15 minutes to stay alive
The Telegraph In fact, the 21-year-old from Austin, Texas, must eat every 15 minutes to stay healthy. Lizzie Velasquez has a rare and undiagnosed syndrome that prevents her from putting on weight Miss Velasquez has a rare condition which prevents her from gaining weight even though she eats up to […]
Caliph Umar Farooq versus Emperor Heraclius: Who gave us our Religious Freedoms?
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has surely […]
Namibia: Religion is Superstition
AllAfrica Katutura — WE respect Armas Shikongo for usually taking a public stand on important issues. His principled stance on the Palestinian question for instance comes to mind here. However, we would like to engage in that public debate about religion called for by Shikongo in his article ‘A Faith-based […]
Is Demeaning or Beating a Child Ever Funny?
Huff Post Sean Harris, pastor of Berean Baptist Church in Fayetteville, N.C., has now “apologized” for a delivering a sermon in which he told parents to “punch” their “limp-wristed” sons and force their “butch” daughters to “dress up” and “smell nice” from time to time. However, he claims that his words were […]
Ancient map gives clue to fate of ‘Lost Colony’
A new look at a 425-year-old map has yielded a tantalising clue about the fate of the Lost Colony, the settlers who disappeared from Britain’s Roanoke Island in the late […]
We Are All Nuns
According to Nick Kristof, nuns rock! I couldn’t agree with him more. When Pope Benedict XIV made his ill-advised remarks against Islam a few years ago, I received an email from my friend, Sister Rosemary, apologizing for his rude comments. In my opinion, nuns are a testament to the statement […]