Pakteahouse.net By Usman Ahmad: I first wrote this piece in 2010 after the terror attacks on two Ahmadi masjids in Lahore. Today the words seem to read as true as they […]
By LINDA HEARD, ARABNEWS People who believe Israel has the right to send its bombs and emissaries anywhere on the planet to carry out extrajudicial assassinations have a warped moral compass. However it’s dressed, murder is murder. It’s bad enough when an individual premeditates to take the life of another […]
ArabNews. BRUSSELS: A mosque near Brussels was the target Monday evening of an arson attack in which the imam died, Belgian authorities said late Monday. One man was arrested — a Muslim who said he was born in 1978 — in the attack on the mosque in Anderlecht, a suburb […]
By JEDDAH: GALAL FAKKAR, ARAB NEWS STAFF The 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will send humanitarian assistance to Syria after Damascus gave its consent to the move, the Jeddah-based organization announced yesterday. “The OIC secretariat received a written letter from the Syrian government allowing it to send humanitarian aid […]
Pravda.Ru A male resident of Kazakhstan decided to impress his wife with an apology for a family fight that the couple had had before. The man ordered a bouquet of one million red roses to apologize and surprise his wife. The man lives in the city of Kyzylorda in the south […]
Source: China Daily Weaponry developing in line with rising defense needs, say analysts China plans to put its first aircraft carrier into service later this year, a top navy official […]
Speakers: Hon. Simon Busuttil – Member of European Parliament Hon. Evarist Bartolo – Member of Maltese Parliament Ms. Angele Deguara – Malta Green Party Fr. Edgar Busuttil SJ – Representing […]
The DailyTimes: by Usman Ahmad: The day was in the words of Charles Dickens, “…one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold; when […]
By Marc. J. Randazza, Special to CNN updated 9:19 AM EDT, Mon March 12, 2012 Editor’s note: Marc J. Randazza is a Las Vegas based First Amendment attorney. He is […]
France 24. AFP – The Socialist tipped to become France’s next president took aim at the wealthy Tuesday with plans to slap a 75 percent tax rate on top earners. Francois Hollande said it was simply a case of “patriotism to accept to pay extra tax to get the country back […]
France 24. REUTERS – French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday he would fight with everything he has to win a second term but will bow out of politics if he loses an April-May election. Sarkozy, who is badly lagging Socialist challenger Francois Hollande in opinion polls six weeks before the […]
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Ask President Barack Obama about his religious affiliation, and he’s a Christian. Ask Mississippi or Alabama voters, and you might find a different answer. In the midst of tight GOP primaries in both states, Public Policy Polling (PPP) hasreleased information showing that a majority of likely GOP primary voters in the Deep South do […]
HuffingtonPost by Haris Zafar: Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani is currently on death row in Iran for the “crime” of converting to Christianity from Islam. The charges of his initial arrest in […]
Two British women are headed to court to argue for the right to wear Christian crosses at their workplaces, but a group of Christian ministers is reportedly set to back employers’ rights to ban the regalia. At the heart of the issue is whether or not the crosses are a […]
کاش کے ان سب چوروں کی ماں غلام اسحاق اگر زندہ ہوتے تو اس بات پر روشنی ڈالتے کہ آخر مادر وطن نے اپنے کچھ بچوں کے معاملے میں اتنی […]
Despite a new ministerial directive presented to the Knesset on Wednesday instructing burial societies and municipal rabbis that they may not prevent women from giving eulogies at funerals, concerns remain that the directive will not be enforced. Opposition leader Tzipi Livni, as well as religious rights groups, expressed disappointment that […]
Three major automakers plan to join an initiative to create online road traffic maps in preparation for future disasters, according to a nonprofit organization. In the Great East Japan Earthquake last year, widespread confusion resulted after road networks were seriously disrupted. ITS Japan, an NPO that promotes research and development […]
Source: Spiegel International The tiny village of Feldheim, some 60 kilometers southwest of Berlin, was catapulted by chance to the forefront of the renewable energy movement. Now visitors from around […]
Credit: Spiegel International-Germany. Nicolas Sarkozy is unpopular because he has behaved more like an upstart than a president. He’s trying to get re-elected,claiming to have changed, but it’s probably too late. The French people prefer his Socialist opponent François Hollande,who would bring change to France and upheaval to Europe. By Mathieu […]