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Germany: BASEL: A worker uses an air blower to remove foliage during sunny autumn weather at the Wettsteinplatz square. reuters
Story of three inspiring Muslim entrepreneurs
http://www.thestar.com/business/smallbusiness/article/1073086–do-immigrants-make-better-entrepreneurs Toronto entrepreneur Haroon Mirza is a self-made millionaire at the age of just 29. Mirza and his two partners, who sold their software company to Intel last year, credit hard work and timely advice for their success. But Mirza also gives part of the credit to the fact he […]
Over 177,000 pilgrims arrive from non-Arab Africa
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: A total of 177,426 pilgrims from 46 non-Arab African countries have so far arrived in Saudi Arabia to perform Haj, the chairman of the board of directors of the Tawafa Establishment for Non-Arab African Pilgrims announced Tuesday. Abdul Wahid Seifuddin said 142,134 […]
Laughter is the Best Medicine: Sharif’s letter to Brother Abdullah of Saudi Arabia!
By Hakim Hazik ‘Verily, we are for God and to Him we must return.’ Your Majesty the Malik of the Holy Peninsula, the Servitor of the Holy Harems and the peerless conqueror of the Satanic Kingdom of Bahrain, please accept my heartfelt condolences at the sad passing away of the […]
Europe’s Debt Crisis
Why Europe Can’t Solve Its Debt Crisis http://ti.me/uKg4il
Prince Hassan calls for just distribution of resources
By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – HRH Prince Hassan on Tuesday called for the establishment of a regional social charter that acts as a “legal covenant for a just distribution of resources and human security”. In his address at the opening of the Sixth Jordanian International Mining Conference, he proposed that […]
Israel plans 2,000 settler housing units, freezes funds to PA over UNESCO move
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/GENEVA (Agencies) – Israel is to build some 2,000 new settler housing units in annexed East Jerusalem and the West Bank in response to a UNESCO decision to admit Palestine as a full member, a senior official said Tuesday. The decision was taken at a meeting of Prime Minister […]
ADB cites critical development bottlenecks
ADB cites critical dev’t bottlenecks – The Philippine Star » News » Business: http://www.google.com/gwt/x?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philstar.com%2FArticle.aspx%3FarticleId%3D743637%26publicationSubCategoryId%3D66
He was the only Muslim and Ahmadi Dental Surgeon to deliver the Lecture!
By Zubair Khalil Khan Select invitations, to be the speaker for the conference, by Indian National Society of Oral Implantologists, were only sent to those International Dental Surgeons, who through their expertise were deemed to be developing efficient and more caring praxis thus providing excellent health care services similar […]
Mind-reading The terrible truth Technology can now see what people are thinking. Be afraid
The judgement day is nearer than you think. The most profound implication, however, is that it would abolish the ability to lie. http://www.economist.com/node/21534780?frsc=dg%7Cb via @theeconomist
French court backs private nursery in Islamic headscarf sacking
Baby Loup lawyer Richard Malka (L) with director Natalia Baleato By RFI France – Article published the Thursday 27 October 2011 A French court has ruled that a private nursery had the right to fire an employee for wearing Islamic head-cover, leading its lawyer to hail an advance for […]
Islamabad’s impulsiveness distancing Afghans: Gulbudin Hekmatyar
By Fida Muhammad Adeel Published: November 2, 2011 Source/Courtesy:Xpress Tribune PESHAWAR: Afghans have lost faith in Pakistan due to the latter’s “impulsive” actions, veteran Afghan warlord Gulbudin Hekmatyar said on Tuesday even as Washington has enlisted Islamabad’s help in finding a negotiated settlement to the decade-old war in Afghanistan. “In its quest […]
French satirical paper firebombed after publishing Mohammed cartoon
By RFI The offices of French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo were hit by an apparent arson attack overnight just ahead of the publication of an edition carrying a front-page cartoon of the prophet Mohammed. Charlie Hebdo’s issue this week renamed itself Charia Hebdo and featured a cartoon of the prophet Mohammed threatening […]
Muslim group bridges gap between faiths
Source: The Star Phoenix A group of Ahmadiyya Muslims had an open house in Saskatoon Saturday to try to dispel myths about Islam. “There is a lot of misconception out there, especially with the jihad,” said organizer Rizwan Rabbani. He said that, though there are different forms of jihad, they […]
A Few Drinks a Week Raises Breast Cancer Risk
Source/Credit: The New York Times Some women who drink to their health may want to reconsider. A new study shows that women who routinely have even small amounts of alcohol, as few as three drinks a week, have an elevated risk of breast cancer. The research, which looked at the […]
U.S. Government Glossed Over Cancer Concerns As It Rolled Out Airport X-Ray Scanners
Source/Credit: Pro-publica On Sept. 23, 1998, a panel of radiation safety experts gathered at a Hilton hotel in Maryland to evaluate a new device that could detect hidden weapons and contraband. The machine, known as the Secure 1000, beamed X-rays at people to see underneath their clothing. One after another, […]
Man fines wife for giving birth to baby girl
Man fines wife for giving birth to baby girl Local authorities settle dispute as wife agrees to withdraw case By Lata Rani, Correspondent Published: 00:00 November 2, 2011 21 Patna: A man in Bihar Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs25,000 (Dh1,864) on his wife for giving birth to a […]
The Pentagon-Arab Spring love story
source:asiatimes on line Anyone who hoped the Arab Spring might eventually take over the Persian Gulf and those lands once known as Arabia Felix has enough reason to drown in sadness. The Arab counter-revolution is stronger than ever – led by the House of Saud and its monarchy minions at […]