The Old Testament versus the New Testament
“And the Jews say, ‘The Christians stand on nothing;’ and the Christians say, ‘The Jews stand on nothing;’ while they both read the same Book. Even thus said those who […]
Italy: Islam Not Recognized as a Religion — Denied Religious Tax Status
Original Post dated: August 2010 Italy has denied religious status to Islam. Politicians cited extremist (fundamentalist) imams, polygamy and failure to uphold women’s rights by Muslim immigrants as obstacles to […]
Afghanistan bombs kill 58 in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif
Source / Courtesy: BBC The BBC’s Quentin Sommerville: “It seems this was a co-ordinated attack; it certainly seems to have a sectarian element” Twin attacks apparently targeting Shia Muslims have killed at least 58 people in Afghanistan. In the deadliest incident, a suspected suicide bomb struck a shrine packed with […]
Greece Still Not Out of the Woods
http://s.wsj.net/media/swf/VideoPlayerMain.swf Any country, state or corporation, which indulges in significant amount of interest based loans will sooner or later find herself in woods or a thick jungle of financial chaos […]
Japan whaling fleet off to Antarctica
TOKYO — Japan’s whaling fleet left port Tuesday for the country’s annual hunt in Antarctica, press pictures showed, with security measures beefed up amid simmering international protests. Three ships, led by the 720-tonne Yushin Maru, set sail from Shimonoseki in western Japan on a mission officially said to be for […]
Women in Britain are fed up
Women in Britain today are fed up and that really isn’t good news for the government. The economy is declining, yet the cost of living is rising. And it’s women who are feeling the pinch become tighter and tighter in the rise in household bills, food prices, and increases for those […]
Laughter is the best medicine: “Alhamdulillah!”
An Imam was selling his horse in the market. An interested buyer came to him and requested if he could get a test drive. The Imam told the man that this horse is unique. In order to make it walk, you have to say Subhanallah. To make it run, you […]
Laughter is the best medicine: The good News and the bad News
Here is the story of an Imam who got up after Friday prayers and announced to the people: “I have good news and bad news. The good news is, we have enough money to pay for our new building program. The bad news is, it’s still out there in your […]
Kingdom seeks global backing for Palestinians
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia on Monday urged the international community to adopt a united and decisive stand to help the Palestinians get their legitimate rights including an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital on the basis of UN resolutions. The weekly meeting of […]
Post-Assad Syria would drop special Iran ties
BEIRUT: The collapse of the 40-year-old Assad regime in Syria would radically change the politics of the Middle East, reducing the influence of Iran and its Islamist proxy Hezbollah in […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia on Monday urged the international community to adopt a united and decisive stand to help the Palestinians get their legitimate rights including an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital on the basis of UN resolutions. The weekly meeting of […]
Most Jordanians see satellite channels as instigators of Arab revolts – poll
By Khetam Malkawi JORDAN TIMES AMMAN – Two-thirds of Jordanians believe that satellite TV channels had a role in driving recent protests and revolutions in the Arab world, a newly released survey showed. The poll, “How the public evaluates media coverage of the Arab revolutions” surveyed 1,933 participants from across […]
Jordan requests exclusion from Syria sanctions regime
By Omar Obeidat and Hani Hazaimeh JORDAN TIMES AMMAN – Jordan officially requested to be excluded from implementing Arab League sanctions on Syria to avoid possible damage to the Kingdom’s interests, a senior official at the foreign ministry said on Monday. “We asked the Arab League’s technical committee, during its […]
The Incredible 3D Street Paintings Of Kurt Wenner
Wenner’s specialty is the centuries-old practice of street painting. But what sets him apart from other artists who cover swaths of public space with their work is that Wenner’s work is 3D. It appears to drop deep beneath the ground into another world–one often filled with characters from Greek mythology […]
Statistics Show These High Heels Will Get You A Pay Raise
The usual reason shoe sellers want women to wear high heels is for the sexy, long-legged look. But Deichmann Graceland, a German shoe brand has come up with a new incentive: To make women tall enough to qualify for a promotion at work. The ads show a closeup of the heels, […]
Horrific global food crisis is looming
Michael Snyder. Pravda Ru. ….the world is on the verge of a horrific global food crisis. At some point, this crisis will affect you and your family. It may not be today, and it may not be tomorrow, but it is going to happen. Crazy weather and horrifying natural disasters […]
OIC demands world-wide bans on criticizing Islam.
The State Department vs. Free Speech Hillary Clinton chats up the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which demands world-wide bans on criticizing Islam. By NINA SHEA AND PAUL MARSHALL Last July […]
Future of Islamic Financing shaky after UM Financial insolvency
Reuters By Shaheen Pasha and Cameron French | Reuters – DUBAI/TORONTO (Reuters) – The insolvency of an Islamic mortgage lender in Canada may hinder the growth of sharia-compliant finance in North America, where the industry has struggled to gain traction in the absence of a supportive regulatory framework. UM Financial […]