“Israel had both a right and an obligation to take military action against Hamas in Gaza to stop Hamas’s almost incessant rocket and mortar attacks,” the report published by the foreign ministry said.
Archive for July, 2009
Ramzy Kiliç was unable to persuade Terry Jones to take the sign down.
By Megan Rolland
Staff Writer
Continue reading ‘Islamic advocate holds a meeting with Dove Outreach pastor over sign’
Britain’s lawmakers reiterated calls for their government to engage with the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, warning that the Hamas isolation is part of Western policies which has failed to bring signs of success in achieving peace in the Middle East.
Updated Fri. Jul. 24 2009 8:37 AM ET
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s popularity has boosted America’s image abroad even though deep suspicions about the U.S. persist in the Muslim world, according to a poll released Thursday.
Continue reading ‘U.S. popularity is up, but Muslim distrust remains’
Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid said Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg should reconsider his opposition to the school holidays. “It’s an election year,” he said.
Continue reading ‘Council Votes for Two Muslim School Holidays’
It never crossed Khadijah Ouararhni-Grech’s mind that covering her face would make her fell prey to racism in Australia.
IslamOnline.net & News Agencies
BRUSSELS — Samar Abed Rabbu, a four-year-old girl paralyzed by two Israeli bullets in her back, is a living testimony of the human tragedy caused by Israel’s recent war on the Gaza Strip.
In a bid to contain the spread of swine flu, Arab health ministers agreed Wednesday, July 22, to ban the elderly and young children from going on `Umrah and hajj in Saudi Arabia this year.
“Hajj and `Umrah will continue with some conditions,” said Ibrahim al-Kerdani, World Health Organization (WHO) spokesman in Egypt, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Continue reading ‘Arab Countries Ban Elderly, Young From Hajj’
Malcolm Smart, the head of Amnesty’s Middle East and North Africa programme, said: “These unjust anti-terrorism measures have made an already dire human rights situation worse.”
A UN war crimes court has sentenced two Bosnian Serb cousins to life and 30 years in jail respectively for burning scores of Muslims to death during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.Milan Lukic was sentenced to life at the court in the Netherlands for killing at least 119 Bosnian Muslims in the two separate incidents which took place in June 1992.
Imams and rabbis from across Europe are touring interfaith centers in the US to learn from the track record of success of their American counterparts in fostering inter-religious dialogue and Muslim-Jewish relations.
A first of a kind lexicon in Australia is going to guide politicians, police and public servants on how to speak about Islam and terrorism without implicating the peaceful religion, in a bid to defuse growing anti-Muslim sentiments in the country.
Continue reading ‘Islam, Terror Lexicon for Aussie Officials’
July 17, 2009
Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. made a well-publicized visit to Los Angeles this week to announce stimulus grants to help fight drug trafficking and to help the victims of domestic violence. But in a quieter event not announced to the news media or public, Holder stopped at a mosque to meet with Muslim American youths.
Continue reading ‘Eric Holder makes quiet visit to mosque to meet with Muslim Americans’
