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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jun 8, 2009

  Ridiculous response to a defeat

REFLECTIONS OF FIDEL (Taken from CubaDebate) YESTERDAY afternoon, while thoroughly analyzing the speech delivered by Obama at the Islamic University of Cairo, certain cables from the news agencies arrived with the strange information that two retirees aged over 70 had been...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 7, 2009

  Political Islam, secular elite and democracy in the Middle East (1)

By A. KADİR YILDIRIM* What is a bigger threat to democratization in the Middle East, reigning secular-elite parties and regimes or popular Islamic parties? Discourse against Islamic parties in the region appears to be the norm, usually in favor of authoritarian but secular regimes....... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 2, 2009

  If Hamas Did Not Exist

By JENNIFER LOEWENSTEIN: Israel Has No Intention of Granting a Palestinian State Let us get one thing perfectly straight. If the wholesale mutilation and degradation of the Gaza Strip is going to continue; if Israel’s will is at one with that of the United States; if the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 1, 2009

  The moral recession in democracies

By MUQTEDAR KHAN* I have, for years, been a strong advocate of democracy, primarily inspired by my experience with American freedoms. As a Muslim who speaks his mind and asks critical questions, I am routinely threatened and maligned by those who, unable to cope with my reason and critique,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Dec 26, 2008

  Sodomy Laws Are Rooted in British Colonialism

By Nergui Manalsuren, IPS News: Although 66 countries signed a statement at the United Nations on Dec. 19 affirming that human rights protections extend to sexual orientation and gender identity, activists note that dozens of nations still criminalize homosexuality and seven impose the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Dec 21, 2008

  From Bush’s idealism to Obama’s realism?

By ÖMER TAŞPINAR: When President George W. Bush entered office, he promised to follow a "realist's" foreign policy. His secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, was a student of Brent Scowcroft, who, together with Henry Kissinger, is an icon of American realpolitik. Cheney, his vice...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 30, 2008

  Piracy in the 21st century: oddity or regularity?

MOSCOW. (Mikhail Voitenko for RIA Novosti) - Sea piracy has been hot news almost as much as soccer or Eurovision recently, and many are surprised that it still exists. But why isn't anyone surprised that the 21st century still has common criminals and muggers? In fact, piracy is nothing but a...... [view]

Posted By:  nursheikha
Posted On:  Aug 14, 2008

  Anyone ready for Ramadan?!?

Ramadan Start-Up Kit… Originally uploaded by nascity According to this website http://www.moonsighting.com/ , scientifically we’ll probably be observing Ramadan on the 31st of August be it when we’re in Egypt or flying over to Australia, but knowing...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034
Posted On:  Mar 2, 2008

  Inviting Al-Qaeda

My friend Aufdius and MissingSandwich relates a story about how a group of Sinhalese nationalist types in Dehiwela have put up posters and dumped garbage to offend the Muslims in the area for attempting to build a mosque. More from Aufidius : In Ramazan this year, some Muslims started a...... [view]

Posted By:  shobuz
Posted On:  Oct 10, 2007

  The Islamic Calendar

The Islamic Calendar, is as old as Islam (Submission). It dates back to the oldest known civilization. God in the Quran tells us that, our religion, Islam (Submission in English), is the oldest and same religion known to mankind. All God's prophets and messengers came with the same message of...... [view]

Posted By:  shorty667
Posted On:  Sep 23, 2007

  The Prophet as a Man: At the Moment of His Death..

It is well known that Islam allows polygamy, limiting it to a maximum of four wives at one time. However, it requires the husband to maintain absolute equality in his treatment of his wives, favoring no one with any special treatment. Yet Islam recognizes that a man may love one of his...... [view]

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