President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the heads of seven key state institutions agreed to “strengthen” the state ideology Pancasila amid fears of rising radicalism among the nation’s youth. “All state institutions are committed to actively strengthening Pancasila as the nation’s ideology according to each institution’s role, position and authority,” Constitutional […]
This newspaper roundly condemned the province of Quebec’s religious studies curriculum in an editorial published May 24, “Moral relativism in the classroom.” The program, known as Ethics and Religious Culture, dares teach children that all religions are worthy of respect. The editors wrote: “Normative pluralism is moral relativism, the notion […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — I am a Muslim physician. For the past decade, I have taught a simple principle to my medical students: Never jab your patients where they hurt. Not because you don’t have the freedom to do so. But exercising your freedom recklessly would not foster trust between you […]
All talk about the “emergence” of India and China has stopped with the continuance of the ceaseless bombarding of Libyan cities by NATO. This alliance seems able to go into action only in situations where it faces very weak opposition. Against such weaklings, its soldiers, sailors and aircrew fight eagerly, […]
Senators want condolence letters for families of suicide victims By LEO SHANE III Published: May 25, 2011 Stars and Stripes’ coverage of suicide in the military WASHINGTON – A group of 11 senators is again asking the White House to send letters of condolence to families of servicemembers who commit […]
Everyone in this room a 100 years ago would have been a racist: Richard Dawkins Prof. Richard Dawkins is one of the foremost apologists for not only atheism and science but also for the Western civilization. Here is a very interesting confession about the Western civilization by Prof. […]
ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday told Pakistan that the country needed to understand that anti-Americanism and conspiracy theories will not end its problems. “Pakistan should understand that anti-Americanism and conspiracy theories will not make the problem disappear,” Clinton told a news conference following talks with […]
Not much in Netanyahu’s speech to Congress came as a surprise, but many were shocked by the thunderous applause. Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu must have felt more at home speaking to the US Congress than when he addressed the Israeli parliament: Had he made the same speech at the […]
Orna Barbivay will become the Israel Defense Forces’ first female major general, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz decided yesterday. She will head the General Staff’s Personnel Directorate. Barak and Gantz also announced two other new appointments yesterday, as part of the first round of […]
The Internet makes us stupid. It robs us of our souls, leads to a flattening of our personalities and reduces our attention spans. This nonsense is now being spouted from an unexpected source: Bill Keller, the executive editor of the Internet-savvy New York Times. The demonization of tools, not despite […]
By Sami Aboudi, Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) – Mohammed Fathi worked his brush gently over an icon of Virgin Mary and baby Jesus, removing soot from its surface inside a church gutted in an attack by Islamist militants this month. “It takes a lot of careful work to do that,” Fathi […]
Ramallah – PNN – While it seems that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu succeeded in winning the hearts of US Congress members in his speech earlier this week, the Palestinian leadership came back to throw the ball into the Israeli and US courts by announcing yesterday that US President Barack Obama’s remarks […]
Switzerland is the 16th most peaceful country in the world, according to the annual report from the Institute for Economics and Peace, a global non-profit research organisation. Iceland is apparently the most peaceful nation, followed by New Zealand, Japan, Denmark and the Czech Republic. The least peaceful nations are Somalia, […]
By ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: People in the Grand Mosque will have a rare celestial treat on Saturday when they see the sun straight above them. It is a rare phenomenon that helps worshippers worldwide to set the exact direction of the holy city. The phenomenon is the first this year […]
By ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Outraged over the maltreatment of one of its female representatives by members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia), the German Tourism Commission abruptly bowed out Wednesday of the Riyadh International Exhibition for Travel. Regional director for sales and marketing […]
SANAA (AFP) – Security forces in the Yemeni capital battled heavily armed supporters of the country’s most powerful tribal leader on Thursday as President Ali Abdullah Saleh ordered the tribesman’s arrest. The leader, Sheikh Sadiq Al Ahmar, in turn accused Saleh of dragging Yemen into civil war, speaking after hours […]
By Omar Obeidat AMMAN – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and former finance ministers on Thursday warned that the government should not continue with its subsidy regimes, stressing the need to direct support to the most vulnerable groups of the society. Following a lecture delivered by Paul Cashin, adviser at […]
AMMAN (Petra) ––– Participants at the International Conference on Investment in Islamic States held recently in Amman have called for establishing a fund to help displaced Libyans and provide them with the necessary humanitarian assistance. The conference, organised by the Jordan Chamber of Commerce and the Islamic Chamber of Commerce […]
Introducing the author of Eulogy first: Bharat Ratna Maulana Abul Kalam Muhiyuddin Ahmed (Urdu: ?????? ????????? ??? ????? ???? ????) was an Indian Muslim scholar and a senior political leader of the Indian independence movement, who lived from 11 November 1888 – 22 February 1958. He was one of the most prominent Muslim leaders […]
By Khalid al-Ansary and Suadad al-Salhy, Reuters BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Anti-U.S. Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr brought thousands of Shi’ite supporters onto Baghdad streets Thursday in a show of force against any extension of the U.S. military presence in Iraq past a year-end deadline. Sadr’s threats to revive his Shi’ite militia […]