Arab youths have just started to act
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star, Lebanon People often tell me that I sound very optimistic when I speak about the future of the Arab world. It is true […]
Area Muslims give back to the community through blood drive
Source/Credit: Examiner.com By Shahina Bashir A decade after 9/11, Americans still harbor negative feelings about Islam and Muslims. Some fear that Shariah is going to be the new rule of law, while others don’t want a mosque to be built in their neighborhood. Many still think that Islam is a […]
Weak durables orders cast shadow on U.S. recovery
(Reuters) – Demand for long-lasting manufactured goods was the weakest in three years in March and a gauge of business spending plans fell, suggesting the economy lost momentum as the first quarter drew to a close. Durable goods orders dropped 4.2 percent, the largest decline since January 2009, the Commerce […]
UK police say missing girl Madeleine McCann may still be alive
Source: CNN British girl Madeleine McCann, who vanished during a 2007 family vacation in Portugal, may still be alive, UK authorities said Wednesday. Madeleine was a few days shy of her fourth birthday when she disappeared from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz […]
Sarkozy and Hollande set out to woo far-right Front National Le Pen voters
By RFI As campaigning continues ahead of the 6 May run-off for French president both candidates set out on Monday to court the more than six million people who voted for the far-right Front National party of Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s first round. Incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy, who had already swung to […]
Reinventing the toilet, Bill Gates way
Source: Dawn Author: Murtaza Haider The abysmal state of sanitation stinks to high heaven in Pakistan. The economic losses resulting from poor water supply and sanitation in Pakistan equal $6 billion. Alarmed by the under spending on basic disease prevention in Pakistan, Rachid Benmessaoud of the World Bank noted that […]
France slammed by Amnesty International for discrimination against Muslims
By RFI France is one of the countries highlighted by rights group Amnesty International as discriminating against Muslims for demonstrating their faith, especially in the fields of education and employment. The report, ‘Choice and prejudice: discrimination against Muslims in Europe’, was particularly critical of countries that have brought in outright bans […]
US-Bangladesh security dialogue not aims at China
Source: China Daily DHAKA – US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena on Tuesday dismissed as untrue the notion that the ultimate objective of US-Bangladesh Security Dialogue is to forge a US-India-Bangladesh axis against China. “China is not the enemy of America. You never hear that from President Obama, Secretary […]
Diamond Jubilee ‘derailed’ by Queen’s love for Muslim
(The Sun): BRITAIN is set to go Diamond Jubilee crazy as the Queen marks 60 years on the throne. But just over a century ago the same celebration for her […]
Pakistan: Minority report
Dawn.com: by Irfan Hussain: A FEW months ago, somebody emailed me a chilling audio clip of a conversation between a journalist and a Pakistani Taliban. When the interviewer reminded the […]
UN warns of impending famine in Chad
Euronews.com: The United Nations is predicting a widespread famine across Sub-Saharan Africa if there’s no increase in humanitarian aid. Officials say drought, together with recent global food price hikes, are […]
Muslims in Switzerland “lack legal protection”
by Clare O’Dea, swissinfo.ch Muslims in Switzerland face discrimination, while the country allows legislative gaps on racism to remain open, an Amnesty International report has claimed. The report, entitled Choice […]
Hidden hands behind Sudan’s oil conflict
Once again Omar Bashir, the president of Sudan, waved his walking stick in the air. Once again he spoke of splendid victories over his enemies as thousands of jubilant supporters danced and cheered. But this time around the stakes are too high. An all-out war against newly independent South Sudan […]
Giving life to Peace: Muslims give back to the community through blood drive
Germantown Islam Examiner: by Shahina Bashir: A decade after 9/11, Americans still harbor negative feelings about Islam and Muslims. Some fear that Shariah is going to be the new rule of […]
Iran: US drone data decryption technological breakthrough: Lawmaker
Source: Press TV A senior Iranian lawmaker says decoding the data on the downed US Sentinel reconnaissance drone marks a turning point in the Islamic Republic’s technological breakthrough. “The Islamic […]
Global famine if India, Pakistan unleash nukes: study
CHICAGO: More than a billion people around the world would face starvation if India and Pakistan unleash nuclear weapons, even if that war is regionally limited, a study released Tuesday […]
Nobel laureates press for peace
Dawn.com: CHICAGO: Nobel peace laureates gathered for an annual summit said Monday the work that earned them their prizes is far from over and rallied support for their fight for […]
Can Business Save Your Soul?
Source: First Things There is a simple truth about business: individuals, not “the organization” or “the law,” make the moral decisions behind each and every action a business takes. In a piece just released by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, this vital point is highlighted: the unequivocal responsibility […]
First Gene Directly Linked to Plaque Psoriasis Identified
Rare mutations in the CARD14 gene can lead to plaque psoriasis when activated by an environmental trigger, according to the results of 2 studies (study 1, study 2) published online April 19 and in the May 4 print issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics. This is the first […]