For most of us, a train journey means a sleepy-eyed commute to work. For trainiacs, they’re another entry in the little black book. But for a lucky few, a rail journey is an expedition through cultures and across lands, providing an experience that’s equaled by no other means of transport. […]
Noam Chomsky is one of the major intellectuals of our time. The eighty-two-year-old American linguist, philosopher and activist is a severe critic of US foreign and economic policy. Ceyda Nurtsch talked to him about the Arabic spring in its global context Mr. Chomsky, many people claim that the Arab world […]
TO the present-day Muslim masses, the West mainly signifies indecency, materialism and an insatiable hunger for global political dominance. This perception is largely based on prejudices caused by a lack of adequate and credible information regarding different western societies. It is true that certain western moral norms are unlike ours; […]
Syrian President Bashar Assad is driving away his own people, say refugees who have fled into Turkey. Eyewitnesses describe executions, random violence and bodies in the streets. But despite the exiles’ suffering, many Turks are suspicious of their motives for crossing the border. More Here…
Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy were speaking after Greece’s Prime Minister George Papandreou announced a cabinet reshuffle. The changes include a new finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos. Mr Papandreou wants to impose political stability as Greece awaits approval for the next tranche of bail-out money. More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13809433
Guardian.uk. A court this week heard the first case against women for wearing the niqab – or Islamic face veil – since a ban came into force in April. One of the defendants was banned from entering the courthouse because she was still wearing the niqab. The two women on […]
Lithuania seems to be incapable of seizing the “Soviet witch-hunt.” The local Seimas adopted another series of amendments to the legislation designed to punish the “Soviet occupiers”. Not only that – the Soviet Union is now considered guilty of today’s corruption in Lithuania. On June 9, deputies of the Seimas […]
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-768956312207897325&hl=nl&fs=true Direct link | larger screen option Use this special contents page to navigate through 100 minutes of fascinating history. The Islamic roots of Modern civilisation and the construction of European identity In this BBC documentary, English historian Bettany Hughes examines the Muslim contribution to the formation of modern Europe. She also […]
Editor’s note: Rep. Michael Honda, D-California, is senior Democratic whip and a member of House Budget and Appropriations Committees. (CNN) — Who would have thought that my early childhood experience in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II would offer such useful insight, 65 years later, in determining the […]
Islam teaches: Do not look with longing eyes at that which belongs to other people, even for the purpose of taking care of it on their behalf grieve not over the condition of other people, but employ yourselves in the betterment of your own. (15:89) The whole of the modern […]
Wall Street plans to get smaller this summer. Faced with weak markets and uncertainty over regulations, many of the biggest firms are preparing for deep cuts in jobs and other costs. The cutback plans are emerging even as Wall Street firms have mostly recovered from the financial crisis and are […]
Khashoggi, one of the outspoken intellectuals of Saudi Arabia openly says, “The Saudi absolute monarchy is obsolete,” “Democracy is the only solution.” Others in Saudi Arabia would be interrogated and locked up for such words. But he has the cheeks and guts to say so as he is linked […]
By Bunmi Ajiboye June 17, 2011 The Republic of Mali is one of the countries in West Africa which offers sublime tourist destinations. This once French-colonised country is bordered by Algeria, Niger, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mauritania. The capital city is Bamako and the country gained independence […]
Click to Enlarge Explanation: On June 15, the totally eclipsed Moon was very dark, with the Moon itself positioned on the sky toward the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. This simple panorama captures totality from northern Iran in 8 consecutive exposures each 40 seconds long. In the evocative […]
According to media Reports Pakistan President Zardari has consented to use his name as the father’s name in official documentation for many children of unknown parentage. The move is an attempt to legalise the status of a large number of children who were born legally but whose parentage is unknown, […]
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1010425–black-hole-eats-star-causes-mysterious-flash?bn=1 Astronomers think they have solved the mystery of an extraordinary flash spied in a faraway galaxy, saying it came from a massive black hole that devoured a star after it wandered too close. The awesome energy released by the feeding frenzy was first detected by NASA’s Swift satellite on […]
by Dale Bechtel, swissinfo.ch The authorities have placed strict conditions on an agreement governing the independent monitoring of forced deportations of rejected asylum seekers. Monitors deployed by the Federation of Protestant Churches in a six-month trial period starting in July will not be allowed to go public with their reports. […]