France 24 France’s economy grew by 1.0 percent in the first quarter of 2011, according to figures released Thursday by French Minister for Economy Christine Lagarde (pictured). It was the strongest growth the country has seen since the second quarter of 2006.
by Laureline Duvillard, swissinfo.ch Although women in Switzerland are making progress as judges, there are still very few female court lawyers. Long hours, the lack of part-time work and expectations that women will take up family rather than business law help explain the gap and why women in general don’t […]
By YUSUF MAUHAMMAD | ARAB NEWS MADINAH: Minister of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance Saleh Al-Asheikh will endorse on Saturday the final list of winners of the 13th session of the Prince Salman Local Contests for Qur’an Memorization, which concluded on Thursday. Forty-three of the 99 participants attended the […]
By ARAB NEWs JEDDAH: Fifty percent of Saudis support NATO’s military intervention in Libya while 33 percent oppose it and 17 percent have no comment, according to an online poll. The findings, part of an international survey conducted by Ipsos last month, but just published, also shows remarkable support in […]
By MUNIR AHMED | AP ISLAMABAD: Members of Pakistan’s Parliament slammed the United States on Saturday for the raid that killed Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden on their soil, but also demanded that an independent commission probe the debacle instead of one led by the country’s powerful armed forces. The […]
Hundreds of families in Rio de Janeiro who say they are being forced from their homes because of construction related to the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics have filed lawsuits against the city. Residents of the neighbourhoods west of the city said municipal officials offered them insufficient money to […]
This article is part 5 of LoonWatch’s Understanding Jihad Series. Please read my “disclaimer”, which explains my intentions behind writing this article: The Understanding Jihad Series: Is Islam More Likely Than Other Religions to Encourage Violence? Anti-Muslim demagoguery relies on the demonization of the Prophet Muhammad, who is characterized as being especially violent […]
A Brazilian court has rejected a bid by academics, animal rights campaigners and environmentalists to have a chimpanzee who paints every day released from a zoo. Jimmy, nicknamed the Cezanne of the Simians, has lived for around 12 years on his own in a 61 square metre cage at Niteroi […]
BP has finally been given permission to start deepwater exploration off the coast of Brazil after having to wait more than a year for approval from the national regulator in the wake of the Macondo well tragedy The Brazilian National Petroleum Agency (ANP) finally sanctioned BP’s purchase of Devon Energy’s […]
A ?MAN is shot in the head, and joyous celebrations break out 7,000 miles away. Although Americans are in full agreement that the demise of Osama bin Laden is a […]
A team of researchers at the University of Arizona has brought a high-tech tool to bear on the study of a familiar and age-old emotion — guilt. What makes the investigation unique is the use of fMRI scans to target the regions of the brain associated with guilt. It also […]
Larry Smith’s desire to make sure he’s alive to watch his grandchildren grow up was his light bulb moment. “I was on the path to not living old and this […]
Marsa Zayed envisions a marina development with room for 300 yachts and a cruise ship terminal all surrounded by a mixture of hotel, resort and luxury apartment complexes. The entire project is slated for completion in several years time, when Jordan first signed the development deal with Al Mabaar, a […]
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has ordered troops not to fire on pro-democracy demonstrators, a rights campaigner said, ahead of Friday prayers that have become a rallying point for protesters in an eight-week uprising.Louay Hussein said Assad’s adviser Bouthaina Shaaban told him in a phone call on Thursday […]
Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Community, said: “Whenever any natural disaster occurs in the world, those who fear God are frightened lest any such future disaster puts them in difficulty. That any act of theirs may become a source of God’s displeasure. Such thinking is only of true […]
Terrorism in the media: More than just code of ethics Terrorists are also celebrities. The media popularizes them. Through TV we witness how the “hunted” and the “hunter” often sit side by side in talk shows. This fact reminds us of Erving Goffman’s book The Presentation of Self in Everyday […]
Train service was shut down nationwide yesterday when railroad workers called a wildcat strike after 10 of their colleagues, including the railway union’s top officials, were arrested during a demonstration Wednesday evening that turned violent. Service was halted at midnight and resumed only at 2 P.M. yesterday. The effects were […]
As part of efforts to halt the spread of radical Islam, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has promised to write guidelines for religious leaders to convert Muslims back to the true path, the Indonesian Islamic Propagation Council (DDII) says. “He [President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono] will write guidelines for preachers working to […]
About a quarter of a century ago, Canadians were divided over what to do about Ernst Zundel, a Holocaust denier and hate-monger. Many said ignore him and deny him the oxygen of publicity that he craves. Others argued for exposing his lies and challenging his hate speech. The latter camp […]
IT is said by some that democracy has no place in the political system of Islam. Islam is not only a religion, rather it is a complete code of life. All aspects of Muslim society, individually or collectively, are covered by the social structure of Islam. Hence a political system, […]