Between its nuclear program and its general sabre rattling foreign policy, Iran’s position with the U.S., and the world, is easy to take for outright aggression. With that in mind, it’s interesting to look at the world as Iran sees it from inside its borders. This map from Democratic Underground puts a […]
Lowe’s may not be the only big company to cave under pressure from the Florida Family Association. The conservative Christian group claims that more than 60 companies that it emailed, from Amazon to McDonald’s, have also pulled adds from TLC’s All-American Muslim, according to the AP. So far Lowe’s is the only major company to […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry will launch an immediate investigation into claims that recycled cooking oil is being sold for human consumption at grocery stores and supermarkets across the country. Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said it is illegal for manufacturers to sell recycled oil for human consumption, and […]
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia and Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Tuesday to forge bilateral cooperation in the area of science and technology for a period of five years. The MoU was signed by Deputy Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Fadillah Yusof and Vice President of King Abdulaziz […]
Source: TOI on line axter Woods drives 18-wheeler trucks long distance in the US. That means he is on his own for hours on end. So, he installed amplifiers and a digital media player to soften the boredom. Then he discovered Hubert Dreyfus, leading philosophy professor at University of BCalifornia, […]
Source: TOI on line. WASHINGTON: Hezbollah has partially unraveled the CIA’s spy network in Lebanon, severely damaging the intelligence agency’s ability to gather vital information on the terrorist organization at a tense time in the region, former and current US officials said. Officials said several foreign spies working for the […]
Source: Asia Times. By M K Bhadrakumar I wrote yesterday that the ramifications of Iran’s “scoop” – downing the US drone (”Beast of Kandahar”) – are bound to spread. President Barack Obama has now broken silence, revealing, “We’ve asked for it back – we’ll see how the Iranians respond.” This […]
Source: Asia Times. By KK Ghouri Cassandras are having a field-day as far as the future of United States-Pakistan relations is concerned. They’re saying that epitaph on the tombstone of these relations has already been written; it was done last November 26. That was the day North Atlantic Treaty Organization […]
Source / Courtesy: Review of Religions and Alislam.org A compelling argument that Thomas Jefferson negated belief in the divinity of Jesus Christ and affirmed the unity of God. Was he […]
MOSCOW, (SANA) – Russia described the EU decision to impose sanctions against the Syrian newspaper al-Watan and Cham Press news website as “irrational” and that it came within the framework […]
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/12/12/new-niqab-rules-ban-citizenship-ceremonies_n_1143101.html?ref=canada OTTAWA — The Conservative government’s announcement Monday that it will prevent Muslim women from wearing face coverings during citizenship ceremonies is being met with applause from a group of moderate Muslims calling for a Canadian ban on niqabs and burqas and total rejection from another group saying it is […]
Jogging or running could be said as a favorite exercise for most people. Without requiring a lot of equipment and cost, jogging effectively improve health carequality. But, if you like jogging, you should notice the rhythm and duration. Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia, shows, excess rhythm and duration likemarathon running, actually increase […]
Here’s what you might not know: 1) Men can tell if women are fertile by the way they walk and psychopaths can tell who is a good victim by their stride. 2) You can learn to be more charismatic. 3) Hand position can signal power or submissiveness. 4) There are types of body language that are better when you’re […]
Medical or wellness tourism is a term involving people who travel to a different country to receive treatment for a particular health condition or in other cases pursue activities that maintain or enhance their personal health and well-being to enjoy much lower cost of care, higher quality of care if […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Children exposed to family violence show the same pattern of activity in their brains as soldiers exposed to combat, scientists said on Monday. In a study in the journal Current Biology, researchers used brain scans to explore the impact of physical abuse or domestic violence on children’s […]
On 26 November 2011, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat celebrated the Golden Anniversary of the Independence of Cameroon, Sierra Leone and Tanzania in an event organised by the Pan-African Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
courtesy: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images UPDATED: But a TLC rep says: “There is strong advertising support for the show.” NEW YORK – Retail giant Lowe’s has pulled advertising from Discovery Communications-owned TLC’s reality show All-American Muslim. all-american-muslim-sneak-peek The conservative Florida Family Association in a statement said it has sent […]
Prime minister: Segregating genders against democratic, Jewish values; president: If a man doesn’t want to get on a bus, then he shouldn’t get on. Talkbacks (2) Both Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres championed a woman’s right to sit or appear in public spaces freely during a human […]
Istanbul (CNN) — A high-ranking Turkish government minister is calling for the speedy punishment of several police officers who were caught on a police station camera, repeatedly slapping a detained woman in the face and pulling her hair even after she had been hand-cuffed. The video showed an incident that […]
KYOTO — A team of researchers from Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo has worked out a method using artificially created stem cells to produce a large volume of […]