Aspects of the Islamic Faith 115: Personal attitude to debt
By ADIL SALAHI ARABNEWS Debt is a normal practice in human life. People often have need for money that they do not have. If they expect to have money at a later time and their need is immediate, they try to borrow from a friend or a financial institution. In […]
Explosion at French nuclear site kills one
Source: Times of India MARSEILLE (FRANCE): A furnace exploded at the Marcoule nuclear waste treatment site in southern France on Monday, killing one person, but there was no leak of radioactive material outside the furnace, France’s ASN nuclear safety watchdog said. Four other people were injured, one seriously, in […]
Conflict between Sunni and Shi’ite Islam in the Middle East
Source Asia Times SPENGLER Without stretching the analogy, the conflict between Sunni and Shi’ite Islam in the Middle East today has something in common with the Thirty Years War that surrounded 17th-century Holland. Most Israelis seem to have adapted well to a long-term war regime amid a sea of unrelenting […]
What if the ‘Lion’ hadn’t been slain?
Source: Asia Times Al-Qaeda’s assassination on September 9, 2001, of the Taliban regime’s most powerful enemy – Ahmad Shah Massoud – was as pivotal an event for Afghanistan as the United States-led invasion of the country following the 9/11 attacks. Ten years on, the legend of the “The Lion of […]
The twin legacies of 9/11
Source: Asia Times on line. As the United States and its allies mourn the attacks of 10 years ago, it is worth placing those events and their consequences into a cohesive intellectual and geopolitical perspective. September 11, 2001, constituted the most audacious and deadly terrorist attacks in modern times. But […]
Just Try Topping This ‘When I Was Your Age’ Tale
Source/Credit: The New York Times CHITTENDEN, Vt. — Karen Prescott, the principal of Barstow Memorial, never expected that her 33 elementary and middle school students who live on the other side of the mountain would make it in that first day. Hurricane Irene had washed away large stretches of the […]
Raising a class
Source/Credit: The Economist The creation of new, independently run but non-selective and state-funded “free schools” is one of the government’s central policies. Michael Gove, the Conservative education secretary, spent long years in opposition devising ways in which parental choice and competition could be used to improve England’s lacklustre schools. He […]
This injustice is of concern to all civilised people
Source/Credit: Leicester Mercury By Ibrahim Bonsu Once again the Indonesian government have shown that members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Indonesia are not entitled to be accorded the same justice enjoyed by other citizens. On February 6, three members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pandeglang, Banten Province, were […]
Giving blood, saving lives- honoring the victims of 9/11
Source/Credit: Examiner.com By Shahina Bashir Ten years ago, on a bright and crisp Tuesday morning, 19 men who claimed to be Muslims did what no American had ever envisioned. These 19 men did not just attack the most prominent landmark of the Manhattan skyline, but they attacked the very core […]
Christians in China: Is the country in spiritual crisis?
Source: BBC News Many of China’s churches are overflowing, as the number of Christians in the country multiplies. In the past, repression drove people to convert – is the cause now rampant capitalism? It is impossible to say how many Christians there are in China today, but no-one denies the […]
India probes child HIV cases after blood transfusions
Source: BBC News An investigation has been launched into how 23 children who received regular blood transfusions have tested positive for HIV in the Indian state of Gujarat. The children suffer from thalassaemia and get their blood transfusions at a public hospital in Junagadh district. Hospital authorities have denied that […]
Indonesia: Majority says no to religious violence in Cikeusik attack
Bagus BT Saragih, The Jakarta Post, Most Indonesians insist on rejecting any form of religiously motivated violence and are worried that recent violent incidents against certain minority religious groups threaten Indonesia’s reputation as a tolerant nation, a survey concluded. Setara chairman Hendardi said that 47.9 percent of the survey respondents […]
Islam’s Stranglehold on Israel
Source / Courtesy: The National Interest By Benny Morris “Israel will exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it [a reference to the Medieval Crusader kingdoms],” states the 1988 Charter or constitution of the fundamentalist Muslim Hamas, the organization that rules the Gaza Strip and […]
Strong media can change stereotypes: MWL
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A senior official of the Makkah-based Muslim World League (MWL) has called for the establishment of strong media organizations by Muslims in order to challenge stereotypes of Islam and Muslims that link them to terrorism and extremism. “Our efforts in this respect […]
9/11 and Arab Spring: Changing face of Islam: From 9/11 to the Arab Spring
Source/credit: The-Sunday-Times, September 11, 2011 , C.Peregin The 9/11 terror attack and its aftermath made the world suspicious of Muslims, but the Arab Spring has provided a new perspective. Christian Peregin asks Maltese Muslims how the 9/11 decade has shaped their lives. Muslim convert Mario Farrugia Borg has spent […]
Indonesia Ahmadiyya sect fears more attacks
Indonesia sect fears more attacks Three members of the Ahmadiyah, a minority sect, were slain by Islamic hard-liners in February. Ahmadis fear the attackers’ light sentences signal tacit government acceptance of religious violence. Nurhayati, a member of the Ahmadiyah, a minority Islamic sect, and her child are among those seeking […]
RJ to resume flights to Libya soon
AMMAN (JORDAN TIMES) – Royal Jordanian (RJ) President and CEO Hussein Dabbas on Sunday said the airline will resume flights to Tripoli and Benghazi, in Libya, soon. The company suspended its operations to these two cities after turmoil erupted in Libya last February. Dabbas said the company will restart operations […]
Jordanian aircraft carrying relief aid leaves for Somalia
AMMAN (Petra) – A Royal Jordanian Air Force aircraft carrying a 10-tonne shipment of humanitarian assistance and medical equipment left for Somalia on Sunday upon the directives of His Majesty King Abdullah. On Saturday, the King instructed the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation (JHCO) to dispatch relief aid to the Somali […]
Kingdom to benefit from GCC economic plan
AMMAN (Jordan Times) – Jordan on Sunday presented its case of accession to the Gulf Cooperation Council at a meeting of GCC foreign ministers in Jeddah. The ministers issued a recommendation to their countries’ leaders calling for including Jordan and Morocco, another applicant, under a five-year development plan set by […]