BY REZA MAARASHI, ALJAZEERA ENGLISH International sanctions have exacerbated the pain of the middle class struggling with high levels of unemployment. Iranians’ displeasure with their government is palpable and transcends demographics. Before the contested 2009 presidential election, few were satisfied with the government’s performance. Since then, this displeasure has only […]
Source: Aljazeera English A new report details how a small group of donors and ‘intellectuals’ have pushed Islamophobia into the mainstream. It has been just about a decade since Islamophobia exploded in this country. That was of moment that the World Trade Center and Pentagon were hit by al Qaeda […]
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Indonesian Muslim youths keep faith amid reform According to a recent survey by Germany’s Goethe-Institute, the bulk of youths in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country share remarkably traditional values about faith and family, despite a decade of social and political change since the fall of the Suharto dictatorship. More than […]
Tens of thousands gather across Israel for social justice marches; Noam Schalit: We are fighting for Gilad’s right to live. Tens of thousands of Israelis took part in several protests on Saturday night, as the social issues movement resumed in force. Rallies were held in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Rishon Lezion, […]
Source: Qantara Ten years after the attacks of 11 September 2001, international media need an East–West consensus – and not just with regard to the usage of key terms. Common standards and ethical norms are indispensable for reporting in crisis situations. A commentary by Loay Mudhoon How can international […]
The term “Swiss Guard” is used to refer to a historical organization of elite Swiss mercenaries which were hired out to various European powers. The original Swiss Guard had a number of units, some of which went on to become quite famous, playing critical roles in European history. Today, only […]
Source: Swissinfo.ch Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga is determined to speed up the asylum procedure “massively”, despite criticism from the political left. In an interview with the Tages-Anzeiger and Bund newspapers on Saturday, Sommaruga, herself a member of the centre-left Social Democratic Party, spoke of reforms lasting many years. “Our asylum […]
by MOHAMMED MAR’I, ARAB NEWS RAMALLAH: A Palestinian human rights organization on Thursday said Israel has begun using new methods of physical and psychological torture against Palestinian and Arab prisoners. The Mandela Institute for Political Prisoners said in a press statement that the Israeli internal intelligence agency Shin Bet has […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A former Makkah mayor has proposed the construction of seven vast mosques in prime locations within the Haram area in order to avoid the overcrowding of pilgrims and worshippers at the Grand Mosque. Speaking to Al-Madinah Arabic daily, Fouad Muhammad Tawfik said […]
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: Over 2 million pilgrims and visitors will watch the Khatm Al-Qur’an (conclusion of the recitation of the Holy Qur’an) Sunday night at the two holy mosques in Makkah and Madinah. The Holy Qur’an, which is recited during taraweeh prayer, is usually read […]
By Khetam Malkawi, Jordan Times AMMAN – Hotels in Aqaba and at the Dead Sea are packed for the Eid Al Fitr vacation, with Jordanians and Arab Israelis topping the list of customers. Hotels in both areas reported 100 per cent occupancy rate for the August 30-September 2 holiday marking […]
Source: Jordan Times His Majesty King Abdullah’s meeting with heads of the Orthodox churches in the Middle East is a reminder to the international community and the Arab countries that Muslims and Christians in the region, and indeed elsewhere in the world, of the need for peaceful religious accommodation and […]
Source/Credit: TheTimesOfMalta: Friday, August 26, 2011 , by Christian Peregin Malta sent more than €500,000 worth of aid to embattled Tripoli yesterday. Four hundred tonnes of food and 250 tonnes of medicine were loaded onto the ship Al Ensitisar, which left for Tripoli in the afternoon, according to a spokesman for […]
Source: Asiatimes on Line. Startling and detailed revelations by Majid Jamali Fashi, the confessed killer of a top Iranian scientist, heighten suspicions of at least a dozen Israeli-trained lone operatives active inside Tehran. This brings into question the weaknesses in Iranian protective security measures, which in turn increases the pressure […]
source.TOI on line PESHAWAR: At least 36 Pakistani security personnel were killed and dozens of others injured when hundreds of Taliban insurgents from Afghanistan attacked border checkpoints in Pakistan’s north western Chitral district on Saturday. More:
Source:dawn.com In many fundamentalist religious movements – be it in the US, Europe or on anywhere else—it always boils down to owning the women or changing their status equivalent to a piece of chattel. Polygamist Warren Jeffs (C) is flanked by Las Vegas Metro Police SWAT officers during an extradition hearing […]
Source: The Local Poet, playwright and scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe has been voted the greatest German of all time in a new poll, beating runners-up chancellor Konrad Adenauer and […]
The U.S. population grew 9.7% to 308.7 million during the last decade. Use this map to track where people moved and how racial and ethnic populations changed. Click the map’s iReport icon to see how people live in different places. Latinos now account for 9% of Oklahoma’s 3.8 million residents, […]