UK:Metropolitan police race row deepens as allegations mount
Scotland Yard confirms total of 10 members of staff have been referred to police watchdog over incidents of alleged racism. Scotland Yard is facing fresh questions over the conduct of […]
My Take: My hijab is my hoodie
Editor’s note: Linda Sarsour is national advocacy director of the National Network for Arab American Communities and director of the Arab American Association of New York. Follow her on Twitter. By […]
Malaysia hosts international halal products exhibition
The 9th Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) has kicked off at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, hosting 500 exhibitors from 29 countries, Press TV reports. Held under the theme of “Empowering The Global Halal Market”, the four-day event will display various products such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, health care, pet food, […]
The infernal U.S.-Iran-Israel triangle
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star, Lebanon Why does most of the world continue to lose respect for the United States and its conduct of foreign policy? Two developments in the past week shed some light on this, and – not surprisingly – they both relate to Washington’s relations […]
Controversial Poem about Israel – Günter Grass’s Lyrical First Strike
Source: Spiegel International A Commentary by Sebastian Hammelehle Never in the history of postwar Germany has a prominent intellectual attacked Israel in such a cliche-laden way as Günter Grass with his controversial new poem, “What Must Be Said.” The Nobel Prize laureate has delivered a lyrical first strike against Israel. […]
Picture of the Day: Tornado in Texas
Note the fury of nature with a trailer up in the air! Watch a video: Truck Trailers Tossed like Toys in Texas
Can everyone be made more spiritual by stimulating the VMAT 2 Gene?
OPERATION FUNVAX: The Alleged Governments Solution to Religion Control PROJECT FUN-VAX is allegedly a “live” US Government Operation that develops, plans and executes the release of a biological agent designed […]
Bank of England Holds Interest Rates Steady, Citing Inflation Concerns
LONDON — The Bank of Englandkept its main interest rate at a record low on Thursday because of concerns about higher energy prices and the continuing economic crisis on the European continent. Britain’s central bank left the interest rate unchanged at 0.5 percent. The Bank of England also kept its […]
Holy debate erupts about an Ad
Source: Toronto Sun TORONTO – A Muslim advertisement stating “There is no god but Allah” has started a vigorous debate amongst TTC riders and sparked a review from the Toronto Transit Commission […]
Women Excluded from Germany’s Opinion Pages
Credit: Spiegel Germany By Barbara Hans dapd “Die Tageszeitung,” the only German paper currently giving women a voice. German newspapers are full of clever commentaries, artful rhetoric and ideas. But an evaluation of national papers shows that editorials are almost always written by men. As the business gender quota debate rages […]
The Lady and the generals meet half-way
By Brian McCartan Myanmar’s highly anticipated by-elections, held on April 1 for some 45 parliamentary seats, has borne its first diplomatic fruit. The United States announced a relaxation of certain economic sanctions and movement on the resumption of full diplomatic relations with Naypyidaw in reward for the country’s recent democratic […]
US playing cat and mouse with Pakistan
Credit: Asia Time: The United States has placed a bounty of US$10 million on the head of Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, accused by Delhi of masterminding the militant mayhem in the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008. The action has surprised Pakistan, where Saeed lives openly, and casts a shadow over moves for […]
Enlightenment Through True Khilafat: Press Conference of World Ahmadiyya Leader
mta.tv: Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Fifth Divinely blessed and elected Successor of Promised Messiah and Mehdi talks to Urdu media in UK. He sheds light on many contemporary and important […]
Is Truth An Illusion?
Source: TOI: Experience it to know, says ACHARYA MAHAPRAJNA Truth is eternal. The one who sees truth does not create it; he only explains it. Mahavira was not the founder of truth; he expressed it, he elaborated on it. With long years of penance, he was able to […]
Too much happiness can make you unhappy, studies show
Washington Post: By Marta Zaraska, Published: The happier you are, the better, right? Not necessarily. Studies show that there is a darker side to feeling good and that the pursuit of happiness can […]
Predictions on Pakistan: Country break up? Confrontation with US: Grim Future
Pakistan continues to slide down on both domestic and international front. Domestically the fight between state institutions, the tensions between the predominant Punabi establishment and the smaller ethnically oriented provinces […]
Plans for Redrawing the Middle East: The Project for a “New Middle East”
Source: by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya – http://www.globalresearch.ca “Hegemony is as old as Mankind…” -Zbigniew Brzezinski, former U.S. National Security Advisor The term “New Middle East” was introduced to the world […]
Swiss treks across Japan to boot radiation fears
A Swiss man who walked from Hokkaido to Kagoshima Prefecture on foot in five months to dispel fears of radiation in the country among people overseas is receiving worldwide attention. Thomas Kohler, 44, worked at a travel agency in Zurich before the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power […]
Poll indicates Arabs believe women’s status will improve
Manama: Most Arabs believe women will be better off in post-revolutionary countries where political Islam is on the rise, an opinion poll indicates. According to the Doha Debates poll, 75 per cent of the respondents believed women’s prospects would be brighter as the quality of life would improve and women, […]
A heroic effort
Please permit me to reproduce here a letter to the editor of the Gulf News of 5th April 2012: A heroic effort I was driving back to Abu Dhabi from Dubai the other night on Shaikh Zayed Road when I saw a van losing control. It skidded across the lanes […]