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Continue reading ‘House Republican leader Adam Hasner opposes Muslim lobbying effort’
Archive for February, 2009
Laws banning teachers from wearing hijab in Germany discriminate against Muslim women who feel being targeted by laws that violate the very essence of their rights, a leading international human rights group said on Thursday, February 26.
China Railway Co wins 1.8 billion dollar deal to construct monorail to carry pilgrims around Holy City.
RIYADH – A Chinese company has won a contract to build a 1.8 billion dollar monorail to carry pilgrims around the Islamic holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia announced during a visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao.
Amnesty International, the human rights group, has called for a global arms embargo on Israel over its conduct during the war on Gaza.“Israeli forces used white phosphorus and other weapons supplied by the USA to carry out serious violations of international humanitarian law, including war crimes,” Donatella Rovera, who led the Amnesty’s investigation in Gaza, said.
February 23, 2009
Tomorrow, President Obama is expected to address a joint session of Congress and deliver a “blueprint” for his FY2010 budget.
According to the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the United States and Israel in 2007 and made public by the US Campaign, the President is expected to request $2.775 billion in military aid to Israel in FY2010.
Continue reading ‘Take Action: President Obama to Sanction Israel?’
By Muhammed Qasim, IOL Correspondent
WASHINGTON — Arts from across the Arab region, rarely showcased in the US, will be the focus of a three-week festival in Washington to celebrate the music, theater, film and culture of 22 nations from the region deemed as the cradle of civilization. Continue reading ‘US Festival Celebrates Arab Arts’
Sofian Zakkout, left, director of the American Muslim Association of North America, and Jack Lieberman, a co-chairman of the South Florida Jewish Arab Dialogue Association, at a meeting on Jan. 6 denouncing the recent violence in Gaza and the disrespect displayed at some local rallies. (Oscar Durand/NYT INSTITUTE)
Continue reading ‘With Tensions High in Gaza, Muslims and Jews in South Florida Strive for Unity’
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To launch Al Jazeera’s new weekly show, Focus On Gaza, correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin visited the village of Khuza’a where residents and human rights experts believe a possible war crime took place during Israel’s offensive on the Gaza Strip.
American lawmakers were shocked by the scale of Israeli destruction they saw on Thursday, February 19, during a rare visit to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. Continue reading ‘Gaza Destruction Shocks US Congressmen’
In a major policy shift, several European countries are holding direct contacts with the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip. Continue reading ‘Europeans in Direct Hamas Talks’
IslamOnline.net & News Agencies
Seeking a better understanding of Islam and more Muslim integration, primary schools in two German states are including a book about the Muslim faith in their curricula.
Palestinian women and girls are the most disadvantaged sector of the Israeli population [EPA]
By Ahmed El Amraoui
The rising mistrust of Israelis towards the Palestinian citizens of Israel raises the question of what will happen to the indigenous inhabitants of Palestine, who already suffer discrimination.
By Hany Salah, IOL Correspondent
OSLO — The Norwegian government’s decision to rethink its earlier approval to amend the police uniform law to accommodate hijab is upsetting the Muslim minority in the Scandinavian country.
Continue reading ‘Norway Reviews Police Hijab, Muslims Upset’
By IslamOnline.net & Newspapers
Famed Scottish painter Peter Howson has drawn many sufferings, from the aftermath of Kosovo war to the bloodshed of Bosnia’s massacres. But nothing was like his latest collection on war-ravaged Gaza.
“I have spoken to people who have been in Gaza since the ceasefire,” Howson told The Times on Wednesday, February 11.
