Dutch TV show exonerates Osama bin Laden ‘Devil’s Advocate’ jury finds no proof he was behind Sept. 11 By Scott Roxborough April 9, 2009, 12:37 PM ET Hollywoodreporter.com In the conclusion Wednesday night to the show “Devil’s Advocate” on Dutch public broadcaster Nederland 2, the jury of two men and three women, along with the studio audience, ruled that there …

The 21st Arab League summit held this week in Doha, Qatar ended up being little more than a summit of egos. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir – just indicted for war crimes in Darfur by the International Criminal Court (ICC) – arrived to a red-carpet and hero’s welcome; Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak boycotted the entire gathering; Libyan President Muammar Qaddafi walked …

Iraq after six years of US led invasion: Iraq, a land where many great ancient civilisations such as Mesopotamian, Sumer, Akkad, Babylonian and Assyria flourished between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers for more than 7,000 years, has been ruthlessly raped and ravaged by the European colonial powers followed by the United States to loot its oil wealth for more …

Fatwas by the Egyptian Office of the Mufti – 1900- 1989 1. Subject: Prohibition of bank interest. Question: Is the use of Bank money permissible (Halal) or prohibited (Haram) ? Is what is taken of it for trade considered Riba or not (i.e are business loans taken from a bank at a fixed rate of interest considered to be Riba)? …

The Vatican says Islamic finance system may help Western banks in crisis as alternative to capitalistm. The Vatican offered Islamic finance principles to Western banks as a solution for worldwide economic crisis. Daily Vatican newspaper, ‘L’Osservatore Romano, reported that Islamic banking system may help to overcome global crisis, Turkish media reported. The Vatican said banks should look at the ethical …

437 BC – King Pandukabhaya ascends the throne. Sets up a separate quarter for the residence of the Yonas, probably Arabs, in Anuradhapura 712 AC – The Arab invasion of Sind prompted by the capture of some Arab women, daughters of merchants who had died in Sri Lanka whom the Sri Lankan sovereign was sending to Iraq 1214 – Magha, …