The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) expresses optimism about the positive effects of Islamic awakening in the Middle East on the fight against arrogant powers. The growing campaign against arrogant powers and dictatorship in the region is promising and would cause accomplishment among Muslims, said Saeed Jalili […]
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi denounced the military suppression of peaceful protestors in Bahrain, and stressed that the problem in Bahrain has no military solution. “There is no military solution to the Bahrain crisis, continued presence of foreign military forces in the country will further complicate the […]
SANAA, May 18 (Xinhua) — Yemeni Deputy Information Minister Abdul Janadi said in a statement on Wednesday that Yemen is close to sign the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) deal, which may take place within next few hours or days. “President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed earlier today to sign the deal, […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Sam Lessin sold his Web start-up to Facebook for millions last year, and Facebook promptly shut it down. All Facebook wanted was Mr. Lessin. That is what it has come to in bubbly Silicon Valley. Companies like Facebook, Google and Zynga are so hungry for the best […]
The United Nations has written to the Indonesian government expressing “concern” about the increasing number of reports about violence committed against religious minorities. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, however, says it is yet to receive a copy of the letter, dated April 26, 2011, from UN High Commissioner for Human […]
http://www.torontolife.com/daily/informer/immigration-whoas/2011/05/10/five-stupid-things-geert-wilders-said-during-his-stay-in-toronto/ Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders visited Toronto, where he spoke to both Sun TV’s Ezra Levant and the Canada Christian College. Wilders, for the uninitiated, is the leader of the third-largest political party in the Netherlands and the one-trickiest of one-trick ponies. His ideology can be summed up, essentially, as such: […]
Buddhists across Indonesia observed Waisak on Tuesday with a message that religion can be a vehicle to enlighten people and the world. Followers in Magelang, Central Java, joined the solemn procession at the yard of the world heritage site — Borobudur Temple. Sitting cross-legged, some 10,000 worshippers associated in the […]
In his annual report, State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss found many shortcomings in the supervision of works carried out by the Waqf Muslim religious trust at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, saying that as a result, important archaeological artifacts had been damaged. The majority of the State Comptrollers opinion is being […]
Rfi If you’ve ever wondered why we bother mentioning the political leanings of the French dailies . . . “centrist Le Monde, left-leaning Libération, right-wing Le Figaro, and so on” . . . you just have to look at how Le Monde and Le Figaro cover the same story this […]
Overlapping ownerships of financial and non-finance companies portend danger that worsens as the large organizations get stronger, and the small and medium ones grow weaker. To whom are Israel’s pension managers loyal? Their bosses, who own multitude companies, or to us? What can be said is that the tycoons’ overlapping […]
In a matter of days, Tennessee’s state legislature is expected to pass a bill ostensibly designed to combat radical Islamic terrorism in Tennessee known as the “Material Support” bill or HB 1353. While the bill has removed direct references to Islam or Muslims at the pressure of civil rights groups […]
The word Injil occurs several times in the Quran (3:4, 3:49, 3:66, 5:47, 5:67, 5:69, 5:111; 7:158; 9:111; 48:30; 57:28) and refers to the revelation to Isa (Jesus). Muslims believe that Injil was the Gospel given to Jesus, may peace be on him. We do not believe that the Injil in the Quran […]
People are divided on the proclamation by Gozo Bishop Mario Grech, who hinted that Catholics promoting divorce legislation are “wolves in sheep’s clothing”. Mgr Grech said those not in line with Church teachings should not expect to receive the Eucharist, a comment which some interpreted as a spiritual threat against […]
Gerald Celente predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Credit Cruch. He is now predicting a severe economic depression. In an interview with the Dutch “De Pers”, he predicts ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Europe as populist governments rise amidst the economic crisis.
Berlin has announced plans to drive up the number of electric cars in Germany to one million by 2020, touting financial incentives worth two billion euros by 2013. German commentators wonder whether the money is being spent in the right place — or whether it is simply filling the coffers of large […]
“Follow Helmut Kohl’s lead!” That motto, ex-US President Bill Clinton insisted at an award ceremony for the former German chancellor on Monday night, served him well when he was in the White House. Kohl himself hoped Chancellor Merkel was listening. More Here
It is becoming almost certain that the U.S. succeed in forcing Iraq to “invite” thousands of American troops to stay indefinitely in the latest imperial outpost of the United States in the Arab world. [New York Times, May 12] To recap: the Bush administration signed a pact with the Iraqi […]
ANEES AZEEZ The principles of universal brotherhood and equality as proclaimed by Prophet Muhammad, on whom be peace, represents his great contribution to the social uplift of humanity. God says in the Qur’an, “O Mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made […]
By GHADAH SALEH | ARAB NEWS ABHA: The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Monday caught an Egyptian academician with a female university student at a restaurant in Abha, Asir province, and turned them over to the authorities concerned on charges of khulwa (illegal seclusion), police […]
Saudi Arabia is leading a counter- revolution against the sweeping political changes in the Middle East by using money, force and God. As popular movements for democracy toppled leaders in Egypt and Tunisia and began threatening neighboring Bahrain and Yemen, Saudi Arabia’s Al Saud royal family strengthened control over the […]