Ancient murals reveal secrets of early Islamic art
by Taylor Luck, Jordan Times. AMMAN — Restoration work on 1,300-year-old murals in Qusayr Amra have shed new light on early Islamic art as conservationists continue work to save one […]
New gov’t ‘last chance’ for reform
by Taylor Luck, Jordan Times AMMAN — More than the country’s fourth government since the launch of the Arab Spring, observers say the Prime Ministry’s latest occupant may represent the […]
Why is Tony Blair lending credibility to Kazakhstan’s dictator?
The Telegraph. By Mike Harris If you want to know what price a great man will sell his legacy for – it’s $13 million. That’s how much it is costing President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, a spiteful autocrat, to employ former Prime Minister Tony Blair as his adviser. The man who […]
Sarkozy …..campaign’s rightward shift
Rfi France. Sarkozy has made no secret of chasing the more than six million voters who picked far-right. His speeches have concentrated on race, Islam and law and order, themes dear to her Front National (FN).candidate Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s first round of France’s presidential poll.On Thursday the Sarkozy camp asserted […]
Is It Safe for a Muslim Woman to Wear the Hijab in America?
Everybody has heard about the tragic Trayvon Martin murder. Far fewer, however, are aware of the brutal killing of Shaima Alawadi, an Iraqi-born American citizen and mother of five, in her home near San Diego. There are conflicting reports about the facts of the crime. In some accounts, a note was found […]
Britain’s far right to focus on anti-Islamic policy
the guardian The head of the English Defence League, Tommy Robinson, will be named deputy leader of the British Freedom party this week after proposing that the group adopt virulent anti-Islamic policies as its central strategy. Confirmation that Robinson is to be offered a political platform within the BFP is contained […]
Do Arabs Really ‘Hate’ Women? The Problem With Native Informants
Huff Post “Why Do They Hate Us?” asks the latest cover ofForeign Policy magazine. Beneath the title stands a cowering woman wearing nothing but black body paint resembling the niqab, or full Islamic face veil. Egyptian feminist Mona Eltahawy authored the article. Her central contention — that Arab Muslim culture “hates” […]
Lahore Fort may be removed from the list of endangered world heritage sites.
Courtesy: Maqsood Ahmad Malik, Deputy Director, Directorate General of Archeology Youth Affairs, Sports, Archeology and Tourism Department A monitoring mission from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)is […]
Women’s Rights and the lack thereof
By Zunaira Mubasher Satkohi, USA In Pakistan women can legally divorce their husbands. Through the woes of my colleagues, however, I learned about the social stigma associated with divorced women in Pakistan. In an Islamic studies class I learned of the prohibition of female infanticide towards the beginning of […]
Indian teenager annuls her child ‘marriage’
Source: BBC News A young woman has had her child “marriage” legally annulled in northern Rajasthan state, in what is thought to be the first case of its kind in India. Laxmi Sargara, 18, wed Rakesh when she was just one and he was three. She grew up with […]
UN chief Ban laments rich-poor divide on trip to India
Source: BBC News India has made impressive economic progress but there are “serious disparities between rich and poor”, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said. “There are many people who don’t have [access to basic services,” he told reporters in Delhi on the second day of a three-day visit to India. […]
Study Sheds Light on How Birds Navigate by Magnetic Field
Source: The New York Times Birds are famously good navigators. Some migrate thousands of miles, flying day and night, even when the stars are obscured. And for decades, scientists have known that one navigational skill they employ is an ability to detect variations in the earth’s magnetic field. How this […]
Missing British aid worker Khalil Dale found dead in Quetta, Pakistan
The body of missing British aid worker Khalil Dale has been found in Pakistan, four months after he was kidnapped by armed men, the International Committee of the Red Cross […]
Should religion help conscience of those who rule us? India: a case in point
Written by Muhammad Azimul Haque Gujarat’s encounter specialist and suspended super cop D.G, Vanzara who is in Ahmedabad jail alleged involved in many fake encounters of Muslims including Mumbai based […]
No reason to fear political Islam – Lavrov
Source: The Voice of Russia Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sees nothing wrong with Islamists coming to power in some Arab countries. “Political Islam is a normal phenomenon. This does […]
Former Danish Church minister: “Islam is a direct enemy of Christianity”
As Jihad Watch reported recently: “Copenhagen: Four new mosques. 16 churches to be closed.” Now priests and politicians are discussing what to do with those 16 closed-down churches. For many people, including the owner of the churches — the Church Foundation — it hurts to see how Christianity is getting […]
Sally Mauk: Islam promotes equality, American Muslim woman says
Source: Missoulian Aisha Rahman is a American-born Muslim raised in a small town in Tennessee, where her father was a doctor at a small hospital. Her family had emigrated earlier […]
Israel’s ex-spy master: Netanyahu, Barak unfit to tackle Iran
Reuters, ARABNEWS JERUSALEM: A former Israeli spymaster has branded the country’s leaders unfit to tackle the Iranian nuclear program because of what he called the “messianic feelings” behind their threats to launch a pre-emptive war on Iran. read more here: http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article620786.ece
Qadaffi agreed to fund Sarkozy in 2007: website
By AGENCIES ARABBEWS PARIS/TRIPOLI: Muammar Qaddafi’s regime agreed to fund French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 election campaign to the tune of 50 million euros, a news website reported yesterday, publishing […]
Obama signs waiver to lift Palestinian aid barrier
AFP / JORDAN TIMES WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed a waiver to remove curbs on funding to the Palestinian Authority, declaring the aid to be “important to the security interests of the United States”. A $192 million aid package was frozen by the US Congress after the Palestinians […]