Toronto Condo fraud allegations shock family
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1056432–condo-fraud-allegations-shock-family?bn=1 Allegations of a multi-million-dollar fraud against a condo property manager have stunned members of his family who say they have no clue about his whereabouts. “When I saw his picture (in the newspaper) I was shocked — shocked,” Salman Khan said in his first interview since the scandal broke. […]
Suicide blast in Karachi targets SSP CID, 8 killed
KARACHI: At least eight people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack targeting a senior police official in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) area of Karachi on Monday. The blast occurred outside the house of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Crime Investigation Department (CID) Chaudhry Aslam. The house, nearby buildings and […]
The Way I See It: Burqa woman: A ‘make-believe’ refugee
I appear little more than a silhouette to most. Source/Credit: The Express Tribune | Blog By Jusra Mujib | September 20, 2011 “Excuse me … I’m almost afraid to ask this, but I have never seen anyone like you before. May I please take a picture?” Summer hat, sea blue shirt […]
Can Secularism Help Pakistan?
Secularism must be embraced and should not be perceived as a threat to religion. Source/Credit: The Express Tribune | Blog By Faraz Talat | September 13, 2011 The vox populi says “no”, and I understand that most readers would hold fast to this sentiment with earnest sagacity regardless of what I […]
Christians Must Choose Between Jizya, Conversion, or War says an Egyptian preacher
Source/Credit: Jihad-watch:Posted by Raymond on September 19, 2011 “[Samuel] Huntington said the truth even though he was a liar, for the coming struggle is the clash of civilizations, and Islam will be victorious and rule the world with an Islamic caliphate.” So says popular Muslim leader, Abu Shadi: “The Muslim Caliphate is Coming; […]
Muslim leaders to address new challenges at Makkah confab
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: More than 300 Muslim leaders, scholars and academics are expected to participate in the annual Islamic conference organized by the Muslim World League (MWL) in Makkah during the Haj season this year to discuss major Muslim issues. “We are holding this conference […]
Muslims in Europe: Promoting Integration and Countering Extremism
Source/Credit: European Union Reports: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 Many European countries have large and growing Muslim minorities. This is particularly true for the countries of Western Europe that have experienced influxes of Muslim immigrants over the last several decades from a variety of Middle Eastern, African, and Asian countries, as well as Turkey […]
Murder in the name of God: EU Policy Event on Extremism
Event on Extremism in the EU September marks 10 years after the horrific 911 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in America. It was a turning point in history both in terms of the reach and the sheer numbers slain by terrorists in a single incident. Sadly it was just […]
My personal appeal to all nations of Asia, Africa, Latin America: Get out of the United Nations!
These days we have the charade of Palestine trying to become a member of the United Nations and Israel and the United States (especially) trying frantically to keep them out. The United States can do it easily with its ‘Veto power’ at the UN Security Council. Personally I do not […]
Earthquake Rocks India and Nepal
Source: The New York Times GUWAHATI, India (AP) — A strong earthquake shook northeastern India and Nepal on Sunday evening, touching off landslides, wrecking buildings and sending people fleeing into the streets of Katmandu, the Nepalese capital, and other cities. Initial reports indicated that at least 16 people were […]
China and India Making Inroads in Biotech Drugs
Source: The New York Times Chinese and Indian drug makers have taken over much of the global trade in medicines and now manufacture more than 80 percent of the active ingredients in drugs sold worldwide. But they had never been able to copy the complex and expensive biotech medicines increasingly […]
Probe, prosecution of perpetrators of extremist attacks on minorities ‘rare’ in Pakistan: US report
Source/Credit: NewKeral.com: 14 September 2011 Washington, Sept 14 : Investigation and prosecution of perpetrators of extremist attacks on minorities are rare in Pakistan, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom has said in its new report. The ‘July-December, 2010 International Religious Freedom report’, released by the US State Department, noted […]
A Little Help
Source: Boston Review A Little Help David William Turner Mohammad Shafiq Rahman / Andrew Propp In a deep-blue button-down shirt and pressed slacks, Mohammad Shafiq Rahman waits at a busy bus stop in Portland, Maine with his $1.50 fare in hand—more than he has earned in the past year. On […]
How the Internet is Revolutionizing Education (in Graphic)
Source: onlineeducation.net Learning is a life-long endeavor and online education incarnates this age-old ideology quite flawlessly. Today nearly half of all online students are 26 years or older. But what about tomorrow? Read more
Libya conflict: Black African migrants caught in backlash
Libyan migrants claim abuse from NTC fighters Hundreds of African migrant workers in Libya have been imprisoned by fighters allied to the new interim authorities, accused of being mercenaries for Col Muammar Gaddafi, and there are claims that homes have been looted, and women and girls beaten and raped, as […]
Picture of the day: TUAREG men on camels during the “Cure Salee” festival
Tuareg men parade on camels during the “Cure Salee” (salt cure) festival on September 17, 2011. Tuareg, Peul and Wodaabe nomads congregate each year at the salt flats around the northern oasis town of Ingal for the Cure Salee, where their camels, cattle, sheep and goats drink the mineral-rich water […]
Moroccan maids may ‘spell’ trouble, warn some women
By WALAA HAWARI | ARAB NEWS Published: Sep 14, 2011 23:04 Updated: Sep 14, 2011 23:04 RIYADH: Saudi women have voiced reservations against recruiting domestic helpers from Morocco as suggested by the chairman of the Saudi recruitment committee. This is due to an old belief that Moroccan women use black […]
China solar panel factory shut after protests
A solar panel factory in eastern China has been shut down after protests by local residents over pollution fears. Some 500 villagers staged a three-day protest following the death of large numbers of fish in a local river. Read More…