Malta: Muslim community welcomes end of an era, Imam speaks about the victory
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ICRC Libya: visits to 6,000 detainees in and around Tripoli
In recent weeks, the ICRC has visited thousands of newly arrested people. It has evacuated almost 50 wounded patients from Sirte and delivered medical supplies to Bani Walid. ICRC experts are now providing the transitional authorities with advice on managing mass graves and human remains. “Since late August, we have […]
Hilary Clinton: ‘Militants have operated too long from Pakistan’
Source / Courtesy: Yahoo News ISLAMABAD (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that extremists have been able to operate from Pakistani soil for too long, increasing pressure on Islamabad to crack down on Islamist militants destabilizing Afghanistan who are allegedly supported by the government. Clinton is in […]
MIT to host first forum on business in China
By Zhao Yanrong (China Daily) BOSTON – A Chinese student organization recently announced it will launch the first forum to focus on entrepreneurship in China at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology next month. The forum aims to provide a platform for Chinese students in the United States and venture capitalists from […]
States aim to crack down on gambling halls
Source:The Local The German states are hoping to strongly regulate the country’s numerous gambling halls, which they say are a haven for addicts and crime. According to a report in Friday’s Süddeutsche Zeitung, state premiers meeting next week will discuss standardising restrictions nationwide, which would include a limit of 12 […]
Expensive Autonomy – Europe’s Overpriced Navi System Heads for Space
Source: Spiegel International It is years behind schedule. But on Friday, two satellites belonging to the European navigation system Galileo are heading into orbit. The system promises to be more precise than anything currently available. But Europe has paid dearly for its autonomy. There are some, of course, who might […]
Which method of pilgrimage?
By ADIL SALAHI ARABNEWS When people embark on the journey of pilgrimage, they often ask which method is better. Since both the Umrah and the pilgrimage are duties, people should do both duties on the same journey. There are three methods to complete this: The two duties are joined together, […]
Moroccan Hammam: A traditional steam bath in the Middle East
By RIMA AL-MUKHTAR, RIMA.ALMUKHTAR@ARABNEWS.COM Hammam means “spreader of warmth” or “bathroom.” However, in particular, it refers to a traditional bathhouse where one can have a steam treatment and full body exfoliation from the authentic traditions of Morocco. Hammam is a traditional public bath, separated for men and women. Traditionally, Moroccans […]
Saudi Arabia: 3m expats to be sent out gradually
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS Published: Oct 20, 2011 22:51 Updated: Oct 20, 2011 22:51 JEDDAH: Nearly three million expatriate workers will have to leave the Kingdom in the next few years as the Labor Ministry has put a 20 percent ceiling on the country’s guest workers. The […]
Freed under swap deal, Palestinian couple ready to marry
By Hossam Ezzedine Agence France-Presse JORDAN TIMES NABI SALEH, Palestinian Territories – Nizar Tamimi has only seen his fiancée Ahlam once, when she visited him in prison shortly before she was sentenced to life in jail for assisting a suicide bombing in Jerusalem. Their families feared they would never start […]
Breaking Point? Yemen’s Southern Question
Source: International Crises Group Ten months of popular protest spiked by periodic outbursts of violence have done little to clarify Yemen’s political future. Persistent street protests so far have failed to oust President Ali Abdullah Saleh or bring about genuine institutional reform. The country is more deeply divided between pro- […]
Is `ijtihad` a closed deal?
Source: Dawn Author: Ali Asghar Engineer Is `ijtihad` a closed deal? AFTER the recent fatwa from Dar-ul-Uloom, Deoband, (some deny that a fatwa was issued) saying that a Muslim woman cannot work with strange men and if she did her earnings would be haram (prohibited), a debate is raging on […]
Lille: student prostitution.
Metro France: The case of Carlton has put the spotlight on prostitution rings installed on the other side of the border. A few kilometers from Lille, several hundred brothels host of young northerners, including many students who need money again in this academic year. Julie, 25 years, law degree, attended the “hostess bars” for several months: “I really need money to pay for my studies and if I wanted to succeed, I could not allow me to work every evening, she says. with these amounts bars, I could earn […]
Small investors struggle while Afghanistan hopes for big deals
Source: The Globe and Mail Author: Zhou Xin Afghanistan is in desperate need of investment to invigorate its tiny, fragile economy, but on top of the grave physical dangers of the decade-old war, businesses are put off by corruption, pitiful infrastructure, and a slothful bureaucracy. Even after the billions of […]
US shuts north Iraq division ahead of pullout
Source: AFP BAGHDAD — The US military closed its north Iraq division on Thursday, leaving 18 bases in the country ahead of a year-end pullout, with Baghdad and Washington still at an impasse over a future troop deal. The closure of US Division-North was the latest in an operation to […]
Iraq okays executions of 53, including five foreigners
Source: AFP BAGHDAD — Iraq’s presidency approved on Thursday the executions of 53 people, including five foreigners, according to the head of the presidency council office. “There are 53 people who have been approved for execution — among them are five foreigners,” Nassir al-Ani told AFP. He provided no further […]
New group to help Russian women bond as a community
Dubai: Russian women in the UAE have launched a social group aimed at extending support to female expatriates facing difficulities. Rossiyanke, which held its first gathering at the Mina Al Salam hotel in Dubai on Wednesday night, is the first social group for Russian women in the UAE. Read […]
Death of Ghaddafi – what has not been reported. (a view from Benghazi)
One question which I did not hear being asked in today’s full television coverage which: why was Ghaddafi being taken to Misrata? (and not Tripoli or Benghazi). Well, Misrata is a very special town in Libya. It has a very independant population. One freedom fighter from Benghazi for instance told […]
Ahmadiyya banned because it was allegedly heretic and blasphemous
Hans David Tampubolon, The Jakarta Post, The Bekasi municipality has officially banned the religious practice of the Ahmadiyah sect on Thursday, a move pluralists deemed as the legitimation of a violation of the spirit of the Constitution. The head of the Bekasi Agency for State Unity, Politics and Community Protection, Agus Dharma, said that the issuance […]
42 Indonesian migrants are on death row in Saudi Arabia
Saudi tight-lipped over death penalty for RI workers The Jakarta Post, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa says the government of Saudi Arabia had remained silent on the fate of two Indonesian migrant workers facing the death penalty there. Earlier, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono sent a letter to Saudi authorities, requesting an […]