Deck: The doctors’ advisory board of the Abdul Qadir Gilani Institute of Sufic Sciences deplore inhumane use of electroconvulsive therapy and psychotropic drugs, which have never cured mental illness Teaser: Presently, more than two million people worldwide are being…
Teaser: South America continues to attract large foreign mining conglomerates which have invested 30% of the world’s mining investments. Recently, Xstrata, the Anglo-Swiss mining giant confirmed that it will proceed with its $4.2 billion Las Bambas copper project in…
Teaser: Editor Preface: Human Rights in Islam: “Son preference” has been forbidden in Islam for more than 1400 years. The Holy Last Messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him) also espoused rights of inheritance and choice in marriage to women…
Teaser: The world tends to turn a blind eye to the continued distress of a people when the spotlight of the media and the bold headlines desist, but the International Qur’anic Open University has steadied the course, not only…
Teaser: (IP) –Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein highlighted the unscrupulous world of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation in a Newsweek article, “Murdoch’s Watergate?” Bernstein hammers the naive as such: “The hacking scandal currently shaking Rupert Murdoch’s empire will surprise only…
Teaser: Government representatives and delegates representing worker and employer organizations attending a United Nations conference recently called for more rights for domestic workers: clear information on terms and conditions of employment, reasonable hours of work and rest, and freedom…
Tens of thousands of protesters have descended on Tahrir to join and support hundreds of campers who have staged a sit-in in the square since the beginning of the month. For four hours angry crowds voiced dissatisfaction and resentment…
Teaser: UTICA – The United Muslim Christian Forum, a delegation of American Muslims, were invited as guests of the Utica, New York Community of Sufi Muslims which hosted a Milad Program at the Radisson Hotel recently. Although the Burmese…
NEW DELHI- A Muslim cleric from Uttar Pradesh has issued a fatwa against female foeticide. A sharp drop in the sex ratio according to latest census figures, which has fallen to 899 from 916 against every 1,000 males registered…
Teaser: Just a couple of short weeks ago very few Americans knew the name Hosni Mubarak. Indeed Mr. Mubarak could have walked the streets with anonymity in my hometown of St. Louis, caught a movie, and went out to…
Teaser: The people of the Caribbean region are deeply saddened by news that the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Caribbean Service will end its broadcasts in March. BBC reports that due to a reduction in its Grant-in-Aid funding from the UK's Foreign & Commonwealth…
Deck: With the change of regime, one Tunisian Muslim lady is planning to return to her homeland proudly wearing her hijab. Teaser: The hijab (muslim woman’s head dress) recently received new status in Argentina and Tunisia. In the South American country…
Teaser: Egyptian security forces recently arrested several people suspected of belonging to an Israeli spy network operating in Egypt, reportedly consisting of two fugitive Israeli officers and four Egyptian nationals. Tarek Abdel Razek Hassan, an Egyptian accused of…
Teaser: Sudan has been in one conflict after another, as one government after another strove for ownership of this oil-rich nation. This history has set the basis for what is now the Republic of Sudan. Under the valiant…
Teaser: awyers and media pundits in Nigeria are accusing the government of acting illegally by agreeing to settle criminal bribery charges against Dick Cheney out of court. Nigeria charged Cheney and applied for an Interpol arrest warrant earlier…
Teaser: Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Dr. Ahmed El-Tayyeb said in an interview with Al-Mosawwar magazine, “Muslims are demanded to defend all worship places, not only mosques but also churches.” Although the Egyptian government tightened security measures around all churches…
Teaser: The Tunisia Constitutional Council on January 15 officially announced that President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has permanently left the office of the president after his flight from the country in the face of mass protests. Tunisians had overtaken…
Deck: NATO leaders at a twoday summit in Lisbon have backed plans to begin transferring control to Afghan forces next year, with an eye to full Afghan control by 2014, while assuring Kabul that they will not abandon it. The…
The Islamic Post Teaser: The Tunisia Constitutional Council on January 15 officially announced that President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has permanently left the office of the president after his flight from the country in the face of mass protests….
Deck: Update: The carnage continued on October 25, when 12 devotees were martyred in eastern Pakistan, by the bombing of the mausoleum of Baba Farid, a 12th century saint. The Islamic Post Teaser: (IP) – Hundreds of local…
The Islamic Post Teaser: During the month of Ramadhaan, Pakistanis in flood-stricken areas were forced to fast, all day and all night, having no access to fulfill basic human needs, except what accommodating families and government assistance programs have been able to render – often only…
Deck: Lula prepares to take his place on the world political stage, in the role of newly empowered spokesman for the Caribbean and the South and Central Americas regions. The Islamic Post Teaser: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula de Silva…
The Islamic Post Teaser: In parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America, particularly Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru, peasants and indigenous farmers are losing tens of millions of hectares of their fertile farmland to foreign states and private sector…
BBC News Teaser: Mr Manning admitted defeat live on television, saying he took full responsibility for the result. He called the election last month, as his administration came under pressure over allegations of waste spending and corruption. Mr Manning admitted defeat…
The Islamic Post Teaser: In late March, the House of Representatives soundly rejected a call to withdraw American troops by the end of the year, in a strong bipartisan endorsement by President Obama’s administration policy in Afghanistan. According to NY…
Teaser: Over the past three years, the 14 Caribbean countries that signed the Petrocaribe agreement have received between 120,000 and 140,000 barrels of oil per day from Venezuela on preferential terms. One BBC report noted that Petrocaribe assistance to Caribbean…
Deck: Concluding there is Still Much Ground to Cover Teaser: Women all across Latin America and the Caribbean joined the recent global celebration of International Women’s Day in March for a day of reflection and commemoration, highlighting the huge strides…
The Islamic Post Teaser: The economic future of Bolivia, the world's poorest nation, is apparently looking brighter because of the revenue potential of a silverish-white elemental metal called lithium. If you use a digital camera, cell phone, laptop computer, and…
The Islamic Post Teaser: El Salvador, a small Central American country bordered on three sides by Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatamala, was recently in focus in Washington DC, as its president, Mauricio Funes, visited the US, hosted by President Barack Obama….