source. spiegel international Hate has become a part of the everyday culture of American politics. This week, the United States nearly allowed itself to succumb to economic disaster. Increasingly, the divided country has more in common with a failed state than a democracy. In the face of America’s apparent political […]
source/credit: Spiegel International A child in a Hamburg residential complex: A new report has found that parents in 7 percent of German households can’t afford to finance hobbies for their children. Despite substantial subsidies aimed at increasing the birthrate, the number of children in Germany continues to shrink. A new report by the […]
Credit; dailytimes.com The father mortgages everything he owns and even sells Jewel’s special horse to buy a new team of mules. When the family rests for the night at a farm, Darl burns the barn down in an attempt to cremate his mother, wondering why anyone would go through all […]
source.dailytimes.com “Once you decide to strike, it is better to kill too many than not enough…” — Anders Behring Breivik. Hate is like a heat-seeking missile acquiring a target. Once the target is identified, hatred finds meaningful expression that effectively decouples conscience from action. We need to begin to reduce […]
source:times of india LONDON: Infuriated with motorists parking their luxury cars illegally around the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, Mayor Arturas Zuokas took the drastic step of driving an armoured vehicle over a Mercedes S-class, which was parked in a cycle lane. The flamboyant politician decided to take the novel approach […]
Source: The Times of Malta: By Laiq Ahmed Atif: From Archives: When we study the history of religions we find plenty of commonalities among different religions of the world. One commonality is fasting for the sake of the Almighty God, the Creator and Lord of the entire universe. Remembrance of […]
Courtesy / Source: The Express Tribune By Dr Asad Zaman Throughout history, men have been honoured for wisdom, courage, honesty, generosity and nobility, but not for mere possession of money. Early in the 20th century, some sought to construct a brave new world by reversing these traditional values. One group argued that […]
Source/Credit: The Malta Independent 05 August, 2011: Consider “the long war,” a bold concept embraced a few years ago to describe the continuing struggle against terrorism, the grudging progress that could realistically be achieved, and the enormous financial burden that it would impose for years to come. It was also […]
This short article is no longer available on the Guardian UK website, so I am reproducing it here for the benefit of the posterity. After the Pope made some irresponsible remarks about Islam, Karen Armstrong wrote a short article for the British newspaper, the Guardian, on 18th September 2006 titled, […]
Source: BBC News An Indian militant group may be linked to last month’s deadly blasts in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay), the country’s home minister has said. Palaniappan Chidambaram said ongoing investigations pointed to the involvement of an “Indian module”. Twenty-six people were killed in the three blasts that […]
Source: New York Times Despite years of great progress in treating AIDS, the number of new infections with the virus that causes it has remained stubbornly around 50,000 a year in the United States for a decade, according to new figures released on Wednesday by federal officials. The American epidemic is […]
Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate and perennial third-party presidential candidate, announced last month that he would work to find a Democrat to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012. Nader now says that a primary challenge is a near certainty. “What [Obama] did this week is just going to energize that […]
Israeli police forces have deployed en masse to limit Palestinian access to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the holy month of Ramadan. Israel deployed over 2,000 of its police forces and border guards around the compound in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), Press TV reported. Palestinians were heading toward the mosque to […]
Israeli teachers and students have joined anti-regime demonstrators that have once again taken to the streets across Israel to protest the soaring costs of living and education. “Hopefully, what we are saying here, we make the government some sort of a change of mind, that eventually, will make improve the […]
Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa on Friday defended the country’s judicial system after a court sentenced Muslim radicals to a few months in jail for killing members of a minority sect. The sentences handed down last month to 12 defendants over a deadly lynch mob attack on members of the Ahmadiyah […]
Source: Jakarta Globe In the latest wave of international condemnation over the ‘lenient sentences’ handed out to a extremist mob, British MPs are calling for Indonesia to uphold human rights and squash religious intolerance. British MP Siobhain Mcdonagh, who is also chair of the UK All Party Parliamentary Group for […]
By ABDUL HALEEM NALAMKANDY | ARAB NEWS The date fruit and tree were dear to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and the word “date” is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an more than 20 times. While the date palm tree is called “nakhl,” the fruit is called “tamr” in Arabic. […]
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: The regional bean dish, ful, and tamiz, the wonderful Afghan flatbread, are generally known as the “poor man’s breakfast.” But in the holy fasting month of Ramadan, they are major ingredients of iftar (breaking of the fast) meals. For most residents of […]
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS DAMMAM: The visiting head of one of Pakistan’s prominent religious and political parties has blamed the United States’ stinging defeat in Afghanistan for the current chaos in his country. “What we are witnessing today in Pakistan is a direct result of America’s defeat in […]
By Milia Fisher and Sara Birkenthal, Jordan Times. AMMAN – US students, university administrators and study-abroad programme providers say they are increasingly choosing the Kingdom as an Arabic-language study destination because of its reputation as a secure and hospitable destination. In recent years, many study-abroad providers and universities have established […]