Some of the activities like Juma Qutbas, Opening Ceremony, Closing Ceremony etc., will be relayed live on PEACE TV Are you ready to witness the spectacular action – if not, get connected now!   N INTERVIEW DATE INTERVIEW LOCATION TIME INTERVIEW VENUE ADDRESS FROM TO 01. 15 & 16 December 2012 MUMBAI 08:30H 18:30H Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel 2&3B …

  The Halabja poison gas attack took place on Mar. 16, 1988, during the closing days of the Iran-Iraq War, when chemical weapons were used by the Iraqi government forces in the Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan. Credit: Sayeed Janbozorgi/GFDL license UNITED NATIONS, Dec 4 2012 (IPS) – The beleaguered government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of readying …

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 4 2012 (IPS) – Mahatma Gandhi said it with remarkable moral clarity – “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” That is indeed what happened in Gaza over eight days in November, with an estimated 160 Palestinians and six Israelis dead in the latest exchange of rockets and drones brought to an …

  Ruins of the Abu Khadra complex for civil adminstration following an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City. Credit: Mohammed Omer/IPS UNITED NATIONS, Nov 28 2012 (IPS) – A long outstanding international conference on a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East, scheduled to take place in Finland next month, has been postponed, giving rise to speculation on whether it will ever …

  U.N. General Assembly grants Palestine Non-member Observer State status. Credit: UN Photo/Rick Bajornas UNITED NATIONS, Nov 30 2012 (IPS) – Amidst thunderous applause – and the spontaneous unfurling of a Palestinian flag in the General Assembly hall – the U.N.’s highest policy-making body Thursday voted overwhelmingly to elevate Palestine from an “observer” to a “non-member state”. The final vote was …

  I remember the first time I went for Umrah was when I was about 16 or 17 years old. That was the time when my family was not really a 'practicing' Muslim family. Yeah sure, we prayed and fasted, but that was about the only thing I knew about Islaam…nothing much more than that.   Included in that was my ignorance …