While church leaders pledge their support for the Assad regime, Christians in Syria are backing the protest movement for democratic change. The endorsement of the regime’s propaganda slogans by the representatives of the churches puts them in an increasingly precarious position, as Claudia Mende reports. Source: http://en.qantara.de/ In their official […]
The Local’s series Made in Germany presents the best the country has to offer, including high-end lighting designer Ingo Maurer. Source: TheLocal.de From luxury cars to precision machinery, “Made in Germany” still means quality craftsmanship around the world. But the Teutonic attention to detail goes far beyond engineering. This series features a […]
by Abdelhafidh Abdeleli, swissinfo.ch If Spanish and Italian immigrants have their own old age care homes, why should elderly Muslims not have similar institutions? The relevant parties appear to be in agreement on the urgent need for special health and social services, but views differ on how to achieve them. […]
by Yair Altman Ynetnews Israeli, Palestinian activists march along line that divided Jerusalem in 1967, call for establishment of Palestinian state. Organizers say they will not resort to violence Some 2,000 people are taking part in a march for the independence of Palestine in east Jerusalem. The organizers of the […]
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/ New cancer statistics show that four in 10 Britons will get the disease in their lifetime, as incidence of cancers rise, says charity The number of Britons who have […]
Source/Credit. Asia Times on Line. Kandahar provincial council chief Ahmad Wali Karzai, assassinated on Tuesday, had his fingers in every conceivable pie in the southern regions of Afghanistan, and was no stranger to double-dealing and the darker side of the law. Only one thing mattered to the Taliban – Wali […]
Source/Credit: Reuters. FaithWorld Religion, faith and ethics (Mustafa Akyol at the Council on Foreign Relations ‘Religion and the Open Society’ Symposium In New York March 25, 2008 in this publicity photo released to Reuters July 13, 2011/Council on Foreign Relations) Eight year-old Mustafa Akyol was looking at a book in […]
Tapping the Knowledge of Germany’s Water Sommelier By Barbara Supp Gregor Schlaeger Water sommelier Jerk Martin Riese samples different waters in Hamburg’s Redroom cocktail bar. Should you drink Tasmanian rainwater with your Riesling? Or would Norwegian spring water be the perfect thing to cleanse your palate between courses? Germany’s water […]
Source:Spiegel Magazine’ Grasping for a solution: Obama is making little progress on the debt-ceiling dispute. With no solution to the US debt crisis in sight, the rest of the world is starting to get nervous. German commentators urge congressional leaders to get their act together. A US default would have […]
Since the publication of legal scholar John Makdisi’s ‘The Islamic Origins of the Common Law’ in the North Carolina Law Review, there has been controversy over whether English common law […]
The below text examines the suitability of Judaism as an ideological basis for a New World Order. It does not mean to reflect the actual religious practice of all Jewish people. As the fourth Ahmadiyya Caliph has said, in his book ‘The Gulf Crisis and the New World Order’ on page […]
Source/Credit: Reuters By Myra MacDonald RABWAH, Pakistan | Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:04am EDT RABWAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – At the office of what claims to be one of Pakistan’s oldest newspapers, workers scan copy for words it is not allowed to use — words like Muslim and Islam. “The government is […]
http://af.reuters.com/article/ghanaNews/idAFEUCOC120110715?sp=true Europe cash cocoa: Market down on Ghana sale AMSTERDAM, July 15 (Reuters) – Price differentials in Europe’s cash cocoa market eased this week as the world’s second-largest producer Ghana stepped up sales, traders said. Ghana differentials were at about 115 pounds ($185.8) over London nearby cocoa futures contracts LCCc1, […]
http://af.reuters.com/article/southAfricaNews/idAFWEB008220110715 S.Africa petroleum group says union delays talks JOHANNESBURG, July 15 (Reuters) – The South African Petroleum Industry Association said on Friday the largest of the unions in a strike that has caused fuel shortages in Africa’s largest economy was delaying talks to Monday. “CEPPWAWU (Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood […]
http://af.reuters.com/article/moroccoNews/idAFLDE76D1FI20110714?sp=true Morocco says protests over phosphate jobs are over RABAT, July 14 (Reuters) – Protesters have ended their blockade of a railway line used to transport phosphates in Morocco, after promises they would be reconsidered for jobs at the state-run phosphate monopoly (OCP), official media said on Thursday. Over the […]
http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLDE76E0C720110715?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true WRAPUP 5-United States recognises Libya rebels By Tulay Karadeniz ISTANBUL, JulY 15 (Reuters) – Rebel leaders won recognition as the legitimate government of Libya from the United States and other world powers on Friday in a major boost to the rebels’ faltering campaign to oust Muammar Gaddafi. Western nations […]
http://af.reuters.com/article/somaliaNews/idAFLDE76D0Y820110714 Mauritius gets 3 mln euros for pirate trials PORT LOUIS July 14 (Reuters) – Mauritius has secured 3 million euros ($4.25 million) from the European Union for the trial and detention of suspected Somali pirates, the Indian ocean island nation said on Thursday. Rampant piracy off the coast of […]
Death Penalty For Apostates ! By Non-Ahmadiyya Mullah Dr. Israr Ahmad. According to the most of the Muslim clerics and zealots apostate should be punished with death penalty. They believe that no one has the right to change his faith, once he declares himself a Muslim. They preach this distorted […]
Source/Credit: Aljazeera Both pan-Arabist and Islamist governments have failed to embrace diversity and pluralism – to their own detriment. The division of Sudan into two states is a dangerous precedent. The Arab world has to draw the right lessons from if it wants to avoid the break-up of other Arab […]