New Turkish Pres. Abdullah Gul Approves Pro-EU, Reform Cabinet
ANKARA–New Turkish President Abdullah Gul approved a pro-EU reformist cabinet on Wednesday which reflected Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s aim to push ahead with stalled political and economic reforms needed to join the bloc.
[Read more...]Interview with Yvonne Ridley
“It is a terrible day in history and I think it affected everyone and continues to do so today. But I don’t think Muslims should feel — or more importantly, be made to feel — guilty or responsible in anyway, about what happened that day. It is like demanding every Jewish person feels guilt for the continuing injustices against Palestinians, or holding every man to account for every single rape against a woman.”
[Read more...]Held Accountable
So it came as no surprise to me when I learned about the arrest and beating of a local blogger on another Kuwaiti blog (www.q8sws.blogspot.com) long before the local newspaper even had a chance to report it. The Emir’s granddaughter Bibi Nasser Al-Sabah in fact runs the blog.
[Read more...]Re: Christian Hospitality
I wanted to express this profound gratitude to the Christian community of this great country through your paper.
[Read more...]Re: A Farewell to Arms (V9-I35)
Ms. Fatima Bhutto in her article “A Farewell to Arms” published in The Muslim Observer, Aug. 24-30, 2007, makes an excellent case against providing billions of dollars of military aid to several Middle Eastern countries, including Israel.
[Read more...]Decoupling
Many of you may have noticed that, while our domestic stock markets have been getting hammered after widespread discovery of the deplorable state of our housing and mortgage market, international and emerging markets stocks have fared even worse. I may be one of the few who sees this parallel as a short-term trend.
[Read more...]Life for Relief and Development: Why Investigated?
A review of the publicly available Forms 990 filed by Life indicates that the not-for-profit may have attracted attention in part by virtue of its own success.
[Read more...]LIFE to Get Files Back
In the wake of the Mabarrat and GCO raids earlier this month, it would be easy to forget about another Islamic charity that went through an investigation very similar to that of Mabarrat–almost exactly one year ago.
[Read more...]Muslims Attend Political Convention in Boston
The Green Rainbow Party of Massachusetts, which is affiliated with the national Green Party, held its annual State Convention at the Community Church of Boston on August 25, 2007. Area Muslims were invited to the GRP convention to learn how an American grassroots political party is organized.
[Read more...]Houstonian Corner (V9-I36) AFMI Houston Gala
The American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin (AFMI) organized their 17th Annual USA Convention at Marriott West-Chase Hotel.
[Read more...]Christian Zionism
The American non-Jewish Zionists are mainly Evangelicals, but, although they claim they are the entire Evangelical branch of the Protestant Church, they only represent a small minority of those – 20%…
[Read more...]A False Peace in Fallujah
Fallujah – Fallujah is quiet these days. After all the fighting and destruction of 2004, U.S. and Iraqi forces call this success. Many residents are not so sure.
[Read more...]Vietnam: Bush’s False Excuse to Justify the Continued Occupation of Iraq
“The initial neo-con reasoning of bringing ‘freedom and democracy’ to the Muslim world was no more than a supremacist argument for forcibly changing people’s values. Now, remaining in Iraq – under pretext of the ‘war on terror’ – is simply about salvaging age-old colonial interests and resources.”
[Read more...]An Important Marker Has Been Passed
“Those calling for a boycott of Israel were once distant voices. Now the discussion has gone global. It is growing inexorably and will not be silenced.”
[Read more...]Beautiful Qasida
Beautiful Qasida
[Read more...]FCNA Announces ‘Eid Dates
The Fiqh Council of North America in its meeting in Herndon, Virginia on July 31-August 1, 2007 noted with satisfaction the recent Fatwa of its counterpart in Europe “the European Council for Fatwa and Research” related to the permissibility of the use of calculation method for determining the beginning of Lunar months including the months of Ramadan and Shawwal.
[Read more...]Quake Rattles Kuwait
Kuwait City–This past Saturday, at approximately 1:46am, a mild earthquake shook Kuwait and some of its’ residents to their very core. Measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale the earthquake was measured by the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) at a depth of 7.3km and its’ epicenter was determined to be in the south of the country in Manageesh, which is just 50km away from the capital ‘Kuwait City’.
[Read more...]First Muslim American Ever to Run for President
Khalil Bendib (The Muslim Observer’s Cartoonist) is running as an independent candidate–not affiliated with any political party, but available for parties.
[Read more...]TMO Interview with Author Michael Hamilton Morgan
Very interesting interview by TMO’s Houstonian Editor, Ilyas Choudry.
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