From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Günter Wilhelm Grass (born 16 October 1927) is a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is widely regarded to be Germany’s most famous living writer.[1][2][3][4] Grass was born in the Free City of […]
Source: The Democrat and Chronicle Down the street from the Rochester International Airport, where individuals from all corners of the world cross paths , a diverse group gathered to discuss the crossing paths of different religions and the role of faith in society. A banner printed “Love for all, Hatred […]
The pygmy marmoset or dwarf monkey is a New World monkey native to the rainforest canopies of western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and northern Bolivia. It is one of the smallest primates, and the smallest true monkey, with its body length ranging from 14 to 16 centimetres […]
BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) — China on Monday confirmed the safety of Chinese citizens during attacks in Afghanistan on Sunday. Read More…
An influential Chinese journal has reprinted comments from China’s premier calling for tougher anti-corruption rules, as a political scandal deepens. Wen Jiabao said corruption was the greatest threat to the ruling party. Read More…
David Cameron is set to raise the death in China of Briton Neil Heywood when he meets a senior Chinese Communist Party official at Downing Street on Tuesday. The prime minister will discuss trade, cultural and education links with politburo member Li Changchun. Read More…
By Zubair Khan As a result of shortsighted and bit pre-mature reaction to the NATO areal attack on Salala military check post, on the pressure of Pakistan Army, the NATO supply route passing through Pakistan was blocked by the Pakistani Government. Attached to it the forced vacation of Shamsi Air […]
Source: Muzaffar Seikh of Daily Jang Urdu. Mr Muzaffar Sheikh has published a very nice Urdu translation of a poem by Günter Grass of Germany. Poem has already brought a thunder storm in Europe. However hats off to Günter who in spite of threats and extreme pressue refused to appologise or to take back his poem. […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at organised its 51st Jalsa Salana in February this year. Among the dignitaries who attended was The President of the Republic of Sierra Leone along with 11 Ministers of State, 3 Deputy Ministers, 13 MPs and 33 Paramount Chiefs. The Jalsa Salana was held from 3rd to 5th […]
Turkish President Abdullah Gül has called Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders an Islamophobe. In an interview with Dutch mass-circulation daily De Telegraaf, President Gül said Mr Wilders represents an extreme voice, […]
Such challenges are not new in the religious history. Similar challenges were issued to prophets of God, in the past, by non-believers of their time. Let me quote the Quranic […]
Source: The Local German politicians are urging security services to take stronger action against a fundamentalist Muslim group distributing free copies of the Koran, it was reported Sunday. The group […]
by Patricia Islas, swissinfo.ch Psychological ailments are set to become the biggest challenge for the Swiss health service in the next decade. Inadequate or non-existent therapy will only aggravate the situation, as psychologist Alain Malafosse tells swissinfo.ch in an interview. The specialist is not the first person to call for […]
By Julien Toyer SWISSINFO MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s King Juan Carlos I came under intense media fire on Sunday for hunting elephants in Botswana when his country was being sucked […]
By ASSOCIATED PRESS ARABNEWS KABUL, Afghanistan: The Taleban launched a series of coordinated attacks across the Afghan capital and at least three eastern provinces on Sunday, targeting NATO bases, parliament and foreign embassies in a complex assault that shows the insurgents can still penetrate Afghan security and hit Western and […]
Source: Jordan Times. AP | Apr 14,2012 | 23:03 DEIR ISTIYA, West Bank — Maha Surougi and Thaer Qasem have lived their entire lives in Syria’s largest Palestinian refugee camp […]
Source: Daily Times, Pakistan Secularisation and state secularism, however, are distinguishable. The former is an evolutionary process and the latter a constitutional expression of the state’s impartiality to all religious […]
Source: Democrat and Chronicle.com Down the street from the Rochester International Airport, where individuals from all corners of the world cross paths , a diverse group gathered to discuss the crossing paths of different religions and the role of faith in society. A banner printed “Love for all, Hatred for […]
(NaturalNews) According to a new study carried out at the National Institute on Aging in Baltimore, fasting for one or two days each week may help improve the condition of individuals suffering from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Researchers have found that stopping nearly all food intake for short periods of time […]
(NaturalNews) If you have ever seen the famous 1975 movieOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, you likely recall several disturbing scenes in which mental health patients are given frontal-lobe lobotomies, or the iconic scene where actor Jack Nicholson’s character undergoes electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Today, these horrific forms of so-called mental […]