Yearly Archives: 2010

September 10, end of Ramadan, a holiday, By GENALYN KABILING and LESLIE ANN AQUINO (Manila, Philippines)

President Aquino has declared September 10, Friday, a regular holiday in the country in observance of Eid’l Fitr, the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The holiday declaration on Eid’l Fitr was contained in Proclamation No. 26 signed by the President last Thursday. “To promote cultural understanding and integration, the entire Filipino nation should have the full opportunity to …

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Honor Killing: Is Violence Against Women a Universal Problem, Not an Islamic issue? , By John L. Esposito and Sheila B. Lalwani

  Washington — Women are murdered in so-called honor killings everyday, and the public has a right to know more about these crimes and their victims. Take India for example. On Saturday, the first-ever Indian Peoples' Tribunal on so-called 'Honour Killings" gathered prominent lawyers and activists from major Indian non-government organizations, including the Human Right Law Network, the Women's Legal …

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The secret of the Night of Power, By: Muhammad Zuhri

As creatures aware of our own existence, we human beings have a direct responsibility for our survival on earth. For this reason, each individual needs to know where to obtain whatever is necessary to ensure this survival. The name of the process of becoming acquainted with the environment containing the natural resources we need is reading, and in order to …

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Obama trapped by the system, Lobby, By Ameen Izzadeen

  In recent weeks and days, US President Barack Obama earned ten points, lost ten points and earned ten points again with his headline-hitting political moves. On August 14, he earned ten points for standing firm in support of a move to build an Islamic cultural centre and a mosque near Ground Zero where nine Septembers ago two towering structures …

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