Regulators in the United States and overseas are cracking down on computerized high-speed trading that crowds today’s stock exchanges, worried that as it spreads around the globe it is making market swings worse. The cost of these high-frequency traders, critics say, is the confidence of ordinary investors in the markets, […]
Militant Jewish settlers smash tombs and spray stones with graffiti on Yom Kippur and firebomb is thrown at synagogue Dozens of gravestones have been desecrated at Muslim and Christian cemeteries and a firebomb thrown at a synagogue in Jaffa, Israel, on Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. At least […]
When asked to explain why he does what he does, Zaim Saidi points to a song, “Kisah 8 Dirham” (“The Story of 8 Dirhams”) by Gita Gutawa. The tune tells of the Prophet Muhammad going to the market with eight dirhams, or silver coins. Along the way, he gives away […]
Press TV: Riyadh has been saying that it will allow women to take part in politics but at the same time these same women if they are candidates for municipal office for instance, they must present a written authorization from their husbands, women’s votes must be accompanied by their male […]
Riyadh: A Saudi woman broke down as she told members of the Shura Council how she had unsuccessfully searched for a job for the past 15 years. read more
Washington (CNN) – GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul secured yet another straw poll victory Saturday. The Texas congressman won 37% of the poll at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, sponsored by the Family Research Council, a social conservative group. However, not all of those who voted for Paul in […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Plans are under way to establish 12 cable car systems, linking the parking areas in Kudai, Rusaifa and Taneem with the Grand Mosque in Makkah as part of the government’s efforts to facilitate transportation of pilgrims and reduce traffic congestion. Adnan Gutub, director of the Center […]
By MUHAMMAD AL-SULAMI | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, who is honorary president of the Charitable Society for Memorization of the Holy Qur’an, has called for making use of modern technology to learn and disseminate the teachings of the holy book. The governor made this comment on […]
AMMAN (JT) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Saturday reiterated Jordan’s support for the Libyan people in achieving their aspirations in the reconstruction of a new Libya. The Monarch also voiced his support for the National Transitional Council (NTC) in its efforts to rebuild Libya and maintain its sovereignty, independence […]
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Source / Courtesy: The News Tribune By M. Imran Hayee: A professor and director of graduate studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth. On the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, what can Muslim-Americans do to help alleviate their fellow citizens’ growing fear of Islam? Jihad! No kidding. The true Islamic Jihad, in […]
American companies are adding jobs slowly and unevenly, just enough to plug the dike against a wave of fears that the economy could slip back into recession. But with a ballooning European debt crisis sending ripples across the Atlantic and anxiety continuing over the tortured political landscape here, there is […]
The Dalai Lama has criticised China via a live video link in South Africa, after he cancelled a trip to celebrate Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s birthday. The Tibetan spiritual leader’s office said the South African government had failed to grant him a visa on time. Read More…
Source: International Business Times By Cavan Sieczkowski A computer virus has hit the U.S. Military fleets of America’s Predator and Reaper drones. The computer virus is capable of logging pilot’s keystrokes while remotely flying the drones in conflict areas such as Afghanistan from the Creech Air Force Base in Clark […]
At least 56 people have been killed in a series of road collisions in China including 35 mainly young people travelling on a bus. Read More…
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, observed this year from sundown on Friday night, October 7th until nightfall on October 8th, and is the Most Awesome Day in the Jewish calendar. Concluding the “Ten Days of Repentance,” also known as the “Days of Awe,” Yom Kippur is a day where […]
Vatican City. Pope Benedict XVI urged Catholics in Indonesia on Friday to defend tolerance, peace and the rights of minorities, saying that the country’s constitution “guarantees” freedom of worship. Meeting with Indonesian Catholic bishops in Rome, Benedict encouraged them to “strengthen Indonesian society by promoting those values that your fellow […]
SOURCE: DAILY TIMES PAKISTAN NEW YORK: The American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA) announced the Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality (WISE) Conference to be held from October 14 to October 17 in Istanbul, Turkey. “Soon the world will witness how Muslim women activists, scholars, politicians jurists and poets have assumed […]
Alstom’s TGV holds record for high speed rail travel: 574,8 km/h By Rfi An agreement on the construction and operation of a 350 kilometre high-speed rail line linking Tangiers and Casablanca via the capital, Rabat, was signed during Sarkozy’s 2007 visit to Morocco. He vowed then that he would return to […]
By RFI Talks got underway in Paris on Saturday between International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The leaders planned to discuss the European debt crisis before Lagarde heads to Berlin on Sunday to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel for more talks on how […]