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Jermaine Jackson Discusses Islam
There has been much speculation about Jermaine Jackson being Muslim, and also about Michael Jackson. This video is a good answer to much of the speculation, an eloquent description of Islam by Jermaine Jackson.
Remembering Sabra & Shatila
But what happened to the victims and those responsible for the massacre 25 years later is mind-boggling.
Pakistan Fires on US Choppers
Pakistan’s armed forces fired on US helicopters on Sunday, the latest incident in a growing standoff between Washington, frustrated with Pakistan’s counterterrorism efforts, and a newly minted Pakistani president who has resisted yielding to American pressure.
Nabeel Gareeb
MEMC CEO Nabeel Gareeb
The Practices of Ramadan
Spiritual masters have captured the human gravity for rituals and have molded it with the art and science of self-discipline in their respective religion.
Pakistanis Increasingly Seek Marriage as a Ticket Out
Growing numbers look for suitors living abroad as one way of escaping grim conditions at home
Operation Batla House: Genuine Or Fake?
NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding all the claims made by Delhi police of having caught several terrorists and killed two in a dramatic shootout in the capital city (September 19), who allegedly masterminded the multiple blasts here (September 13), questions have begun surfacing whether this encounter was genuine or a fake one.
The ‘Block’ That Wasn’t
The Internet is growing by leaps and bounds with unprecedented amounts of information, whether good or bad, at the tips of most everyone’s fingertips. The challenge for governments to filter that information grows increasingly hard…
Chronic Problems Dog Vaunted “Surge”
Different problems in Iraq
Ramadan Extravaganza
Feed homeless people, don’t just fast.
Darwin and Siegel
We still hear the trite sayings and tired old maxims about “investing for the long term,” that “stocks always go up over time” and that being fully invested is the best way to go. Yet, I am convinced that these maxims are responsible for more investor losses than gains…
Houstonian Corner (V10-I40)
Houston iftar / Masjids damaged by Ike / Ghazali Education Trust
Obama Ahead of McCain Amid Wall St. Turmoil: Poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 9-point lead over Republican John McCain in the U.S. presidential race amid turmoil in the financial system and growing pessimism about the economy, according to a Washington Post-ABC News national opinion poll released on Wednesday.
The Turkish AKP Party As a Model for Democracy Amongst its Maghreb Arab Neighbors
Today, I shall look westward from Asia Minor and the Nile towards North Africa’s Maghreb’s Democracies.
Pentagon: Drone Not Ours
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The Pakistani military said on Wednesday a pilotless aircraft that crashed in the northwestern region of South Waziristan had been recovered, but the Pentagon denied any U.S. drone had been lost in the area.
Claw
Claws, explained, for kids
