How the Arab world lost southern Sudan
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 […]
MB Slams UNESCO Decision Declaring Jerusalem As Israeli Capital
Source: Ikhwan Web The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) condemns UNESCO’s recent decision to introduce Occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on its website, in a grave violation of UN Security Council Resolutions which consider East Jerusalem Occupied TheMuslim Brotherhood (MB) condemns UNESCO’s recent decision to introduce Occupied Jerusalem as the […]
Indonesia arrests school principal after explosion
Source: Khaleej Times Indonesia on Friday arrested a principal of an Islamic boarding school suspected of being a bomb factory, following an explosion inside the campus that killed a man earlier this week, police said. Identified only as Abrori, the teacher was detained at his parents’ house in Bolo sub-district […]
Human dignity and honour of women
Source/Credit: The Times of Malta: Friday, July 15, 2011 , by Laiq Ahmed Atif Human beings have explored more civilisations with the passage of time and we are now in the 21st century. But, in some countries and societies that is merely a technicality and nothing more. The archaic […]
Burqa ban
Credit/Source: The Times of Malta: July 15, 2011 (www.timesofmalta.com) Belgium will enforce a burqa ban from July 23 with a fine and possible jail time for women who wear it, joining France as the second EU nation to forbid full veils, Belgian media said yesterday. The new law was […]
Istanbul summit likely to up pressure on Qaddafi
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS Published: Jul 14, 2011 21:11 Updated: Jul 14, 2011 21:11 ISTANBUL: Senior officials from more than 40 countries, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, are on their way to the historic Turkish city of Istanbul to take part in Friday’s talks on Libya. Besides […]
Protect sanctity of Makkah graveyards: NSHR
By ARAB NEWS Published: Jul 14, 2011 21:18 Updated: Jul 14, 2011 21:40 MAKKAH: The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has urged municipal authorities in Makkah to take urgent steps to protect the sanctity of some graveyards that it says are being slowly ruined in the holy city, Al-Madinah […]
‘Implementation to begin after study results finalised, evaluated’
By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – Evaluation of the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Programme’s economic feasibility study and the environmental and social impact assessment will conclude later this year, a senior government official said on Thursday. The implementation of the Red-Dead project will commence when results of the studies are […]
Brotherhood leader fatwa draws fire from scholars
AMMAN (JT) – A fatwa (religious edict) issued by a key cleric and veteran Muslim Brotherhood member has drawn fire from leading Muslim scholars, who questioned its authenticity, timing and the intentions behind it. Sharia professor Mohammad Abu Fares was quoted Wednesday as telling a news website that “whoever dies […]
Palestinians get Arab League boost for UN drive
RAMALLAH/DOHA (Agencies) – The Arab League on Thursday endorsed a Palestinian plan to seek full membership at the United Nations this fall, setting up a likely confrontation with the United States in the UN Security Council, the Associated Press reported. The Arab Peace Initiative Committee “has decided to submit a […]
Electrical processes provide the initial spark for eyesight
Researchers in the US claim to have overturned our understanding of the way in which the visual process is initiated by light entering the eye. They suggest that the initial trigger is provided by electrical processes rather than structural changes in the retina, as has been believed for the past 50 years. The work was carried out […]
How to make a superlens from a few cans of cola
“Acoustic metamaterial” may sound exotic, but researchers in France have managed to assemble one from a few multipacks of cola cans. Arranged in a grid, the drinks cans act as a superlens for sound, focusing acoustic waves into much smaller regions than their metre-long wavelengths typically allow. The cans act […]
Picture of The Day – Elephants, Kenya
the snows of Kilimanjaro, a blue sky and a herd of elephants in front of it all. KENYA Source: National Geographic
Uprising in Belarus – Internet Generation Takes on Europe’s Last Dictator
The end of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko’s era appears to be approaching, as thousands take to the streets in Minsk to protest against the country’s economic crisis. The Internet-savvy demonstrators are finding ever-more-creative ways to voice dissent, but Lukashenko is responding with violence. Read More…
Arms deals raise human rights questions
Arms deals with Saudi Arabia and Angola have sparked widespread outrage in Germany and highlighted the country’s emergence as the world’s third-largest weapons exporter. But is Berlin guilty of hypocrisy or just poor political judgement? Read More…
Destructive words
Karachi, which had shown some signs of calming down as theskirmish legislation between the PPP and MQM on local government faded somewhat into the distance, has been set aflame once more following the unwise diatribe by Senior Minister of the Sindh government Dr Zulfiqar Mirza against MQM chief Altaf Hussain. The PPP, including the president […]
Europe still struggling with headscarf
For several years now, the Muslim headscarf has been the subject of heated debate between Dutch political parties. However, other European countries also host widely diverging opinions on the Islamic veil. When she was conducting research for her doctoral thesis, Doutje Lettinga found that there is considerable variety in the […]
The Flag of Bilal (5): Origins of the Modern State
The common idea that western civilization originates in Greece was born twice. Its last birth took place in the eighteenth century, before the social science had been created and before the richness of our Mesopotamian heritage had been discovered. The time has come to investigate the roots of western civilization […]