Credit. Gilbert by Wasim Sroya On another stage, a blindfolded professional trick roper cracked an expert whip around a pretty cowgirl who barely winced. Such were the sights and sounds of Gilbert Global Village Festival Saturday. Last year’s fest was rained out, but the eighth annual festival was blessed with […]
Credit: My telegraph by Wasim Saroya. By shermeen Much is being written about right wing politics these days in the British media. This morning someone told me about an article in The Independent . I read the piece and very casually went on to say to the person that I […]
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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]