PM may share some powers with ‘new ally’
Under a secret clause of an imminent power-sharing deal between the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani will have to forfeit […]
PML-Q delegation to meet President Zardari tonight
ISLAMABAD: The leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Q will meet with President Asif Ali Zardari later today, DawnNews reported on Sunday. According to PML-Q sources, PPP offered five seats of senate to PML-Q in the senate elections. As per details received to DawnNews, two seats from Balochistan and one each from […]
What Germany Must Learn from Chernobyl and Fukushima
Germany must speed up its transition to renewable energy in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident, writes Norbert Röttgen, the German environment minister, in an opinion piece. He says Germany can lead the way with a successful shift into green power that will boost its economy. Twenty-five years […]
CIA Part of Investigation of ‘Düsseldorf Cell’
Security officials in Germany arrested three suspects who may be linked to al-Qaida on Friday. The men could be the first group connected to the international terrorist group to be uncovered in the country since Mohammed Atta’s Hamburg-based 9/11 terror cell. One of the men is believed to have had […]
Slahi’s Guantanamo File Full of Dubious Information
The secret file on detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who lived in Germany for years, exemplifies the failure of the Guantanamo system. His confession to being a member of al-Qaida was obtained under torture, and other evidence in the file is also worthless. The 12-page document stems from March 2008. Anyone who […]
Vote is refrendum on Harper Government
Who says elections are a nuisance? Stephen Harper and the media. The latter also parroted his pronouncement that this campaign was “unnecessary,” being the fifth since 2000. It’s a waste of money. It’s boring, to boot. Canadians have proven them wrong, being fully engaged from the first week to the […]
Pope beatifies John Paul II before 1.5M faithful
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI beatified Pope John Paul II before 1.5 million faithful in St. Peter’s Square and surrounding streets Sunday, moving the beloved former pontiff one step closer to possible sainthood in one of the largest turnouts ever for a Vatican Mass. The crowd in Rome and […]
Resisting the French Resistance
The burka ban France implemented a few days ago signals that many European countries cling to the past and resist accepting the reality that they are multicultural societies Islam is a major presence across France and the European continent. Last year Belgium issued its own burka ban and other countries, […]
The City of David, Beyond the Politics and Propaganda
Archaeological activity in Jerusalem has been sucked into a whirlwind of conflicting political agendas, and the site commonly referred to as “the City of David” is in the eye of the storm. At issue is a place of seminal importance for the Jewish people and indeed for anyone who cherishes […]
Love and respect towards Mother
Why do we celebrate Mother’s Day? May be for many of us, the answer is very simple. We do it because we are expected to, and if we didn’t acknowledge […]
China’s ruling Communist Party has acknowledged the value of religious freedom
The Chinese government invited The Jakarta Post’s Ridwan Max Sijabat to China from April 18 to April 27. The following is his report of the trip: Islam in China: Islamic boarding school students walk to a mosque after helping with renovation work at their school building in a Muslim housing […]
Russia: UNHRC’s draft resolution against Syria unacceptable, shows double standards
Moscow– The Russian Federation on Saturday described the UN Human Rights Council’s decision to adopt a draft resolution submitted by the United States against Syria as unacceptable. AFP quoted a Russian source as saying that it’s unacceptable to use the UN mechanisms for respecting human rights in the world to […]
Hamas and “Peace”
Tal Aviv – PNN – In a first response to the Fatah-Hamas reconciliation deal in Cairo today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority must decide whether it wants peace or reconciliation with Hamas. “The Palestinian Authority must choose either peace with Israel or peace with […]
Unity in Palestine: Hamas and Fatah come together for statehood push
Watching “The Arab Spring” unfold has been a remarkable and awe-inspiring experience. Something that was once impossible to imagine suddenly became inevitable as Tunisia sparked a revolutionary fire that spread to Egypt, eventually inspiring the entire Middle East to rise up in varying degrees of revolt against even the most […]
The myth that Judaism, Israel, and Zionism are same
The myth that Judaism, Israel, and Zionism are one and the same needs to be completely debunked. Judaism is and always has been respected as one of the major religions throughout the world. Israel could be, but is not, currently, a respected member of the world community. Ask anyone outside […]
Kosher Smartphone
Telecom company offers haredi clients kosher cellular phone with Hasidic folk music ringtones, menu in traditional German-derived language An Israeli telecom company is offering ultra-Orthodox Jewish clients a kosher smartphone with Hasidic folk music ringtones and a menu in Yiddish, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Wednesday. While other firms have tapped into […]
A mirror of faith on the Canadian wall
Some recent events illustrate the puzzling place of religion in Canadian life: A team of American academics declares that religion is on its way to extinction “up here” – just before 10 million people participate in Easter and Passover celebrations. Atheist signs make their latest appearance on buses in the […]
Secret Report Reveals How State Intelligence Misread Threat to Ahmadiyah
When the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front attacked demonstrators rallying in support of the embattled Ahmadiyah sect on June 1, 2008, many believed that fundamentalists would go to any length until they succeeded in ridding Indonesia of the minority Islamic group. Many more had predicted that the issuance of a joint […]
A hunger for justice
OVER the years, I have often wondered how some judges arrived at the decisions they have around the world, and not just in Pakistan. Some have been so bizarre that I suspected that factors other than the purely legal must have been at work. Now, The Economist has supplied me […]
Breakup in marriage? Blame it on social networking sites
By RENAD GHANEM | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The famous social network website Facebook played a role in the fall of several regimes, such as in Tunisia and Egypt, or at least caused them troubles, as in Libya, Yemen and Syria. However, Facebook sometimes also contributes to the dissolutions of marriages. […]