Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) today expressed grave concerns over increasing violations of religious freedom in Indonesia, and called on the Government of Indonesia to take action to protect religious minorities, curb radical Islamist activity, bring the perpetrators of religious hatred and violence to justice, and defend the country’s tradition of […]
A prosecutor is asking that Deden Sujana, a member of Jamaah Ahmadiyah Indonesia and one of the victims in a recent attack on Ahmadiyah followers in Cikeusik, Banten, be sentenced to six years in prison. The attorney made the request during a trial at the Serang District Court in Banten […]
MIRAMSHAH: Around 150 militants armed with rockets attacked a security checkpost in Pakistan’s Waziristan on Thursday, killing eight soldiers, intelligence officials said, as tensions rise in the border region. Twelve militants were killed in retaliatory firing by security forces. The attack came on the heels of stepped-up missile strikes by […]
By Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor (CNN) – In case you were wondering about all the balloons and cake: CNN’s Belief Blog has just marked its first birthday. After publishing 1,840 posts and sifting through 452,603 comments (OK, we may have missed one or two) the Belief Blog feels older than its 12 months would […]
By TOVAH LAZAROFF According to a study fromthe United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees, the number of jobless Palestinians is up to 25 percent. Palestinian unemployment went up in the second half of 2010, according to a study published Wednesday by the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees. The economic […]
By YOUSUF MUHAMMAD | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Islamic Affairs Minister Saleh Al-Asheikh rewarded Muhammad Al-Rashoud, a Saudi, for informing the ministry about an endowment property valued at SR1.74 million in Makkah. The minister thanked Al-Rashoud for his cooperation in uncovering the unknown endowment property, spread on an area of 858.42 […]
AMMAN – Lying in a hospital bed flanked by two compatriots who were injured during the ongoing violence in Libya, Hani Mustafa said he hopes his injury will improve after receiving treatment in Jordan. “I had shrapnel and bullets in my leg. I received primary treatment in Libya, but still […]
By Nicolas Cheviron Agence France-Presse ANTAKYA – The last thing Selim remembers from a security crackdown in his Syrian hometown are the two sniper shots that pierced his body. A day later, he woke up in a Turkish hospital across the border. The 28-year-old worker was among several dozen wounded […]
A new Senate report says billions of dollars in aid go to waste in Afghanistan, where the president is about to make a decision about troop levels. But as Andrew J. Bacevich argues, the question is a distraction from a far more fundamental choice. Once the capital of a nation […]
A bizarre event in Islamic history Between 833 and 848 AD, a bizarre event took place in Islamic history which was to change the face of scholarship and law for ever. It was the agressive inquisition by the ‘secular’ Caliph Al-Ma’mun (yes, the one who also established the Bait al-Hikma) […]
Pravda. Ru. A group of specialists from the Moscow State Automobile and Road Technical University have developed a project of a new type of transport – the air metro. According to them, cable ways are much faster, more comfortable and environment-friendly than conventional types of transportation, the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper […]
Pravda. Ru. The authorities of Sevastopol, Ukraine, claimed that the Russian Black Sea Navy owes the city. In addition to that, Russia and Ukraine are trying to solve another “eternal” issue in their relations – the gas problem. How long will the two countries be fighting on these two subjects? […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Republican lawmakers are “playing with fire” by contemplating even a brief debt default as a means to force deeper government spending cuts, an adviser to China’s central bank said on Wednesday. The idea of a technical default — essentially delaying interest payments for a few days — […]
By RFI The plaintiff’s lawyer the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case has appealed on French TV for other women to come forward if they complaints against the former International Monetary Fund chief. “If there is any woman out there, whether in France or in Africa, who have been sexually assaulted […]
By RFI The worst of the E coli outbreak is over, German Health Minister Daniel Bahr said on Wednesday ahead of a European meeting on the crisis. But one case has been confirmed in France and 12 other possible ones are reported. The number of new infections from the E […]
Last month Malta voted in a referendum to legalize divorce, and will become the last EU country to do so when parliament passes the new law this summer. The young lawyer behind the campaign says it’s high time the heavily Catholic nation joins the modern world. ….. Joining the Modern […]
US and its allies assist will be using neoliberal economic policies to make sure new Arab governments stay in line. For decades during the Cold War, the rhetoric of US and Western European imperial power was one of promoting democracy around the world. Indeed, as the Soviet model became attractive […]
From the Facebook of the Thai Lawyer, who was able to arrange the bail for the Ahmadis: I went to visit them today. They were resting after enduring long hardship. People were cheerful. Kids were happy to be free and talked about going to school. I met with some Local […]
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) led by former prime minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has succumbed to pressure by most of its legislators of the Punjab Provincial Assembly to not let a Christian cabinet minister present the provincial budget for 2011-12 just because of his faith. Kamran Michael, who holds the portfolio of Punjab […]
Tokyo (CNN) — The number of suicides in Japan hit a two-year high in the month of May, according to data released Wednesday by the nation’s authorities. For the first time in two years, the monthly suicide number topped 3,000 in the month of May, the National Police Agency said. […]