The United States probably knew by 2008 about Osama bin Laden's lair in Abbottabad, according to the anti-secrecy website Wikileaks on Monday, quoting from a leaked US cable, dpa reported. The document contained notes on the interrogation of a Libyan, Abu al-Libi, who was in detention at Guantanamo on Cuba and said he had been appointed as a bin Laden messenger in 2003 to be …

If today were April 1 and not May 2, we could dismiss as an April fool’s joke this morning’s headline that Osama bin Laden was killed in a firefight in Pakistan and quickly buried at sea. As it is, we must take it as more evidence that the US government has unlimited belief in the gullibility of Americans.  Think about …

  Vacancies for Economic and Geography  Lecturers – Jamiah Naleemiah   Jamiah Naleemiah Needs Muslim Male Economic / Geography Lecturers for A/L, GAQ, B.A Students.   Interview will held on 10th of May 2011 at 10.00AM in Administration Building, Jamiah Naleemiah.   Participation Notes: Degree in Arts including relevant Subjects. Degree wit h Special in Economic / Geography is Preferable.   …

Covered head-to-toe in a black abaya embroidered with red and yellow flowers, Amal Abbas waits for her turn to place a deposit at Cairo's Al Baraka Egypt Bank, one of Egypt's two fully-fledged Islamic banks. Although Egypt is considered the birthplace of Islamic finance, which adheres to Islamic principles banning interest and speculative trading, its growth has lagged due to …

Journey of the Midnight Sun Mosque from Nilufer Rahman on Vimeo.   In Islam, much depends on the sun. The devout offer a prayer at sunrise and another at sunset. Simple enough in most of the Muslim world. But a little tricky in Yellowknife, land of the midnight sun, noontime dim and North America's northernmost mosque. At this time of …