US verdict sparks Pakistan protests
05 Feb 2010: Thousands of Pakistanis have staged rallies against the conviction of a Pakistani scientist found guilty of trying to kill American servicemen in Afghanistan. Protests were held on Thursday in several cities in Pakistan, where many believe that AafiaThe Phenomenon Of Ignoring The Qur’an
05 Feb 2010: وَقَالَ الرّسُولُ يَرَبّ إِنّ قَوْمِي اتّخَذُواْ هَـَذَا الْقُرْآنَ مَهْجُوراً “And the Messenger has said: “O my lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur’an as [a thing]The grand Zionist façade
02 Feb 2010: On 12 January, The New York Times carried an article by David Brooks on Jews and Israel. It so caught my eye that I decided to bring it to my class on the economic history of the Middle East. I sent my students the link to the article and asked them toIn the West Bank's stony hills, Palestine is slowly dying
30 Jan 2010: Area C doesn't sound very ominous. A land of stone-sprinkled grey hills and soft green valleys, it's part of the wreckage of the equally wrecked Oslo Agreement, accounting for 60 per cent of the Israeli-occupied West Bank that was eventually supposed toTony Blair fights for his legacy as he defends Iraq war at Chilcot inquiry
30 Jan 2010: That was Tony Blair's message Friday as he fought for his place in history against critics who contend it was folly to join the Americans in invading Iraq based on intelligence that was faulty and weapons of mass destruction that turned out not to exist.Hamas blames Israel for Dubai death
29 Jan 2010: Hamas has claimed that one of its commanders was assassinated by Israeli agents in Dubai. A statement by the Palestinian group, which controls the Gaza Strip, alleged on Friday that Israel had killed Mahmoud Abdul Raouf al-Mabhouh. "I cannot reveal theWikileaks temporarily offline due to lack of funds
29 Jan 2010: The whistleblowing website Wikileaks has temporarily shut down because of a lack of funds. The site, which has been a major irritant to governments and big businesses since it launched in 2007, says it cannot keep going without more public donations.Hamas says Israel retreating from Germany-brokered prisoner deals
27 Jan 2010: GAZA, Islamic Hamas movement accused Israel of retreating from a series of Germany-brokered agreements that would have paved the way for a prisoner exchange, a pro-Hamas website reported Wednesday. "The prisoners swap is going through a state of freezeFour Uighurs sentenced to die in Xinjiang
27 Jan 2010: A court in China has sentenced another four people, all apparently ethnic Uighurs, to death for their part in last year's ethnic riots in the western Xinjiang region, state media has reported. A fifth person was also given the death penalty, but isHormuud Telecom Extends Microwave Backbone Through
27 Jan 2010: Harris Stratex Networks, Inc. a leading provider of wireless solutions that enable the evolution of next-generation fixed and mobile broadband networks, today announced that Hormuud Telecom Somalia, Inc., placed an order for 100 of its high capacityslashnews
US verdict sparks Pakistan protests
Thousands of Pakistanis have staged rallies against the conviction of a Pakistani scientist found guilty of trying to kill American servicemen in Afghanistan. Protests were held on Thursday in several cities in Pakistan, where many believe that Aafia
Tony Blair fights for his legacy as he defends Iraq war at Chilcot inquiry
That was Tony Blair's message Friday as he fought for his place in history against critics who contend it was folly to join the Americans in invading Iraq based on intelligence that was faulty and weapons of mass destruction that turned out not to exist.
Kenyan authorities deport Abdullah El-Faisal to Gambia
Kenyan authorities have deported a controversial Jamaican Muslim religious leader to Gambia because he posed a serious threat to Kenya's security, officials said. Abdullah El-Faisal had not committed crimes in Kenya nor was he wanted in other countries,
MI5 'still using threats and blackmail to recruit Muslim spies'
MI5 faces accusations that its officers have blackmailed and harassed vulnerable immigrants living in Britain as part of a campaign to recruit spies to report on Muslim communities. In one case, a man who escaped persecution in Africa where members of his
