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, […]
SHABQADAR: The Tehrik-e-Taliban on Friday claimed their first major strike in revenge for Osama bin Laden’s death as more than 80 people were killed and at least 115 were wounded in a suicide and bomb attack on FC personnel. “This was the first revenge for Osama’s martyrdom. Wait for bigger […]
Since the targeted raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, a growing number of people in the US have been calling for a freeze on all financial aid for Pakistan. In this interview, Christian Wagner, an expert on South Asian affairs, speaks of the dangers of taking such a step There […]
Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga has rejected a request by the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) to take in refugees trapped on the Libyan-Tunisian border. At a meeting in Brussels focussing on the influx of North African asylum seekers, Sommaruga said Switzerland had no more “capacity” and that the government did […]
By BRADLEY WILKINSON, LIFE.STYLE@ARABNEWS.COM One man’s dream has the power to affect many. In this case, it was one Saudi man’s dream to relive the past, which brought together six men (three Saudis and three Americans) of different ages and backgrounds. For the Saudis, it was a chance to reconnect; […]
By REUTERS DUBAI: Qatar withdrew from a Gulf-sponsored initiative aimed at resolving a crisis in Yemen because of stalling in signing a deal and continued violence, the state news agency QNA said on Thursday. “Qatar was forced to take this action because of the stalling in signing the proposed agreement […]
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel’s law-and-order chief said some Muslims would be denied entry to Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Friday when Palestinians begin mourning the creation of Israel. Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch told public radio Thursday that security personnel would “thin out the number of worshippers at […]
BEIJING – China expects to promote the establishment of a new-type of military relations with the United States through a senior military official’s visit to the US from May 15 to 22. Qian Lihua, director of the Foreign Affairs Office with the National Defense Ministry, made the remarks during an exclusive interview […]
Source: Loonwatch.com CNN recently published an article entitled Study: Threat of Muslim-American terrorism in U.S. exaggerated; according to a study released by Duke University and the University of North Carolina […]
My hope that Dutch MP Geert Wilders’ visit to Canada would come and go quietly was wishful thinking. His speeches, including one in Ottawa Tuesday, have been widely covered, and the articles I’ve seen have been painful to read. Wilders appears to insult the intelligence of 1.6 billion Muslim people the world […]
About one third of all food produced for human consumption goes to waste, according to a study commissioned by the United Nations food agency. That amounts to more than one billion tonnes of waste around the world every year. The study recommends that developing countries should improve production and distribution, […]
Following the February ousting of Egypt’s longstanding president Hosni Mubarak, calls have been circulating in Egypt and throughout the region for a ‘Third Intifada’ to begin May 15. “Unlike the first two Palestinian uprisings, the proposed Third Intifada is meant to involve the entire Arab world,” said Egyptian journalist and […]
“Get in the car, don’t walk around,” came the order. “There are drive-by shootings here.” Under the cover of darkness, the Benghazi ‘protection squad’ gathered. Speaking in muted, tense tones, clutching loaded guns, the men began the hunt. Across Benghazi city, the capital of the Libyan opposition movement, armed squads […]
The rapid rise in prices for food, fuel and commodities has been disastrous for the world’s poor, including Indonesian market vendor Lia Romi. But it’s a bonanza for multinational trading firms such as Glencore. While Romi has trouble feeding her family, Glencore – the world’s largest diversified commodities trader – […]