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February 21, 2010

As the largest non-familial shareholder of News Corp, the parent company of Fox News, Saudi Arabian Prince, Alwaleed bin Talal has been exhorting News Corp media mogul Rupert Murdoch -who owns the fifth largest media conglomeration that also includes Century Fox, TV Guide and the New York Post- to pass on the corporate news dynasty to his son, James Murdoch.

February 21, 2010

DUBAI–Israeli media ridiculed the state’s intelligence service Mossad and its president who was believed to have ordered the recent assassination of a top Hamas military commander in Dubai. In late February, the newspapers published a series of cartoons mocking the way the murder of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was carried out on Jan. 20, although the Mossad has long being a symbol of national pride in Israel for its accomplishments in clearing dozens of people deemed enemies of the Jewish state.

February 21, 2010

On February 13 during a video conference with the 7th US Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar, US President Obama annouced his choice for Deputy Associate Council. President Obama said, “I’m proud to announce today that I am appointing my Special Envoy to the OIC—Rashad Hussain.

February 21, 2010

Ma’an News reports 18 rights groups have sent a letter, collectively, to the UN General Assembly expressing “concerns about the effectiveness of the endeavors undertaken,” in order to ensure the allegations brought up in the Goldstone report are justly considered.

February 11, 2010

A few nights ago Layla Laville, loving mother of five, noticed that something was really wrong with her 16 year- old son, Muhayyaddin. For the last 3 months he had been experiencing symptoms of a crushing sensation, hearing odd sounds and seeing a silhouette of a figure that had been causing him extreme fear and agitation –so much so that he had often stayed up at night avoiding sleep and playing audio recitation of the Holy Quran.

International

To the President of the United States, Syed Barack Hussein Obama: I, El Sheikh Syed Mubarik Ali Shah Gilani, El Hashmi El Hassani wal Hussaini and my Qadri followers hereby come forward to proffer our assistance  to act as much needed intermediaries  to play an integral role in sorting out and bridging the gaps amongst warring parties in the massive conflict in Afghanistan. We can, and must, collectively bring an end to the senseless loss of human lives and the growing number of victims.

National

“The concept of taxation appears to be particularly troublesome to them. While naming themselves after a colonial tax revolt, they appear not to have any appreciation that the taxation by King George was followed closely by levies for support of our brand new nation. The income tax, as we know it, was placed into effect by the Sixteenth Amendment in 1913.”
- Stephen Harrington, Huffington Post

Health & Science

In the first part of this series we introduced a query regarding Jani Schofield, a seven year-old girl afflicted with schizophrenia. In part two, we began to explain the true etiology of Jani’s primary symptom, hallucinations, beginning with the current scientific perspective of these occurrences.

Religion & Society

Large numbers of Muslims commemorate the birth anniversary of the Holy Last Messenger, Muhammad (peace be upon him), which falls on 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal of the Islamic lunar calendar. This date is important to Muslims because the birth of the Holy Last Messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him) is regarded as a great blessing for the whole of humanity.


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Editiorials & Opinions

(IQOU PRESS RELEASE) There is no denial; all have witnessed, beyond a doubt, the wrath of The Almighty Creator and the devastation unleashed upon Haiti, the magnitude of which is so great that the loss of life and property, pain and suffering produced by the powerful earthquake will possibly never be truly known.

Honorable Minister Rehman Malik, the International Qur’anic Open University (IQOU) has applied for visas to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan that have once again been disregarded. As the Chairman of IQOU, I take this time to address your office regarding the appalling manner in which the visa requests for members of our staff have been treated.

“Dissent is no longer the duty of the engaged citizen but is becoming an act of terrorism “ - Chris Hedges

“Redress” -- It’s ironic. It’s hypocritical. It’s a fraud. The “war on terrorism” branded by America is a propaganda cover for the worst terrorists in the world.