Source: TOI on Line Having swept aside autocratic regimes in Egypt and Tunisia, broken Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s hold over Libya and increasingly heaped pressure on the incumbent regimes in Yemen and Syria, the pro-democracy revolution of the Arab Spring has marked a political watershed in the Arab world. No longer […]
BBC updates Indonesia Profile from 1940-2011 A chronology of key events: circa 1940: Dutch colonialists eating in Java Dutch colonialists were the masters of Indonesia until 1949 1670-1900 – Dutch colonists bring the whole of Indonesia under one government as the Dutch East Indies. 1928 – A youth conference pledges […]
If Israel’s parliament approves the proposal, 30,000 Bedouins could be removed from their homes in Negev within 60 days Six Arab-Israeli towns in Israel‘s southern Negev region have ground to a halt in protest at government plans to confiscate swathes of land from the Bedouin community. If the proposal passes […]
Source. Times of India LONDON: There is now a fresh name at the top, unseating long-time leader Harvard. California Institute of Technology (Caltech) knocked the famous Massachusetts institution from the summit of the Times Higher Education league table for the first time in eight years, with US schools claiming 75 […]
(JTA ) — Nearly 1,000 rabbis in Israel and America have signed a petition condemning the burning of a mosque in a Bedouin town in northern Israel. According to the New Israel Fund, which circulated the petition within 24 hours of the Oct. 2 arson, it was presented Thursday to […]
Source: Wasim Saroya, Ahmadiyya Community Missioanry in Bosnia and Selwenia Warning over Wahhabism, influence of internet and media focus on extremist groups at security and cohesion debate Politicians, think tanks, religious leaders and academics came together for a landmark conference at the European Parliament to highlight the threats posed by […]
Source: Nasim Malik of Sweeden FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-139-2011 October 7, 2011 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: The principals of the schools obey the instructions of Mullahs to rusticate the Ahmadi students The government has still not taken any action against the cases of rustication of […]
by Armando Mombelli, swissinfo.ch Swiss senator Dick Marty’s reports into secret CIA prisons and more recently into alleged organ trafficking in Kosovo have caused a stir internationally. In an interview with swissinfo.ch as he prepares to step down from his parliamentary and Council of Europe roles, Marty says that he […]
The UK could be facing “the most serious financial crisis” ever seen, the governor of the Bank of England has warned after unveiling a surprise move to pump £75 billion into the ailing economy. The UK could be facing “the most serious financial crisis” ever seen, the governor of the […]
Opposition leader Tzipi Livni was invited to the U.K. following an amendment to British law that prevents private citizens from seeking arrest warrants against Israeli officials in Great Britain. Britain’s chief prosecutor says he blocked an attempt to serve visiting Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni with an arrest warrant. Prosecutor […]
By AGENCIES ARABNEWS RAMALLAH, West Bank: A senior Palestinian official called Wednesday for the replacement of international Middle East envoy Tony Blair, saying the former British leader is biased in favor of Israel and is “of no use at all.” Mohammed Ishtayeh, a member of the Central Committee of the dominant […]
By GALAL FAKKAR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Most charitable societies in the Kingdom have shifted from traditional to electronic donation collection systems after finding out that donors prefer such methods to give money. Khaled Al-Serhttp://www.themuslimtimes.org/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=postaihy, director general of the International Research and Studies Center, said his organization had played a […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Mashair Railway will transport more than 500,000 pilgrims this Haj season when it operates at full capacity for the first time, a senior government official said. The service links the holy sites of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah. “The railway will charge […]
GENEVA/DAMASCUS/BEIRUT (AFP) – More than 2,900 people have been killed in Syria since the start of a crackdown on anti-regime protests, the UN said on Thursday a day before its human rights body was to discuss the situation. “According to the detailed list of names of individuals we’ve been keeping, […]
San Diego: A Muslim-American woman who was removed from a plane in San Diego last spring sued Southwest Airlines on Thursday, alleging she was discriminated against because she was wearing a head cover. Irum Abbasi, a psychology graduate student at San Jose State University who is a US citizen, filed the lawsuit in federal court […]
The devastating earthquake that struck Japan earlier this year was powerful enough to slightly alter the pull of gravity under the affected area, scientists have found. Anything that has mass has a gravity field that attracts objects toward it. The strength of this field depends on a body’s mass. Since […]
Source / Courtesy: BBC US defence secretary Leon Panetta has insisted that any US troops remaining in Iraq beyond the scheduled pull-out at the end of this year must remain immune from local prosecution. Talks are continuing for several thousand of the 43,000 US troops to remain to train Iraqi forces. […]
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday announced the verdict in the Karachi suo motu case. In his opening remarks, the chief justice said Islam is a religion of peace and it places great importance on the life of a human being. Justice Chaudhry said it was […]
By RFI The European Union is preparing coordinated action to prop up panic-stricken banks, as world financial chiefs meet in Berlin Thursday. Meanwhile, French and Belgian local authorities are locked in talks with governments and financial players over the crisis-hit Dexia bank. Details:http://www.english.rfi.fr/economy/20111006-finance-bosses-meet-berlin-bank-saving-plans-advance
By Clare Sharkey Paris has launched its first electric car-share scheme, Autolib. It’s modelled on the capital’s popular bicycle-sharing system, Reference: http://www.english.rfi.fr/france/20111003-borrowing-cars-paris