The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is now accepting applications for IRENA scholarship programme for 2013-2015 academic years. The scholarship is open for the international students to pursue any one of the eight MSc courses at MASDAR Institute of Science and Technology, UAE. MSc scholars will also work on a research project relevant to renewable energies in order to complete …
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All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) says that it will remove the Halal logo from local products and will issue the Halal certificates free of charge only for exporters. Addressing a press conference in Colombo with the participation of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and a group of Buddhist monks led by Ven. Bellanwila Wimalasara Thero, the ACJU said that although …
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A former member of the far-right PVV has converted to Islam, if a statement released via Twitter is to be believed. Arnoud van Doorn was a member of Geert Wilders' anti-Islam party until the end of 2011 and, according to the Doğan News Agency, a personal friend of Wilders himself. The surprising announcement came via Van Doorn's Twitter account, …
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U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice speaks to journalists following the Mar. 7 adoption of a Security Council resolution condemning the Feb.12 nuclear test by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and imposing new sanctions on that country. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON, Mar 8 2013 (IPS) – North Korea, which has survived three rounds of diplomatic and economic sanctions …
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Bodu Bala Sena protest (File Photo) The above was the anguished and rather alarming cry that emanated a few weeks ago from Cabinet Minister and Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader Rauff Hakeem. That a minister, of justice at that and leader of the preeminent Muslim political party had to make a plea for an end to ethno-religious hate mongering in …
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The road to renewal THE sleep has been long and deep. In 2005 Harvard University produced more scientific papers than 17 Arabic-speaking countries combined. The world’s 1.6 billion Muslims have produced only two Nobel laureates in chemistry and physics. Both moved to the West: the only living one, the chemist Ahmed Hassan Zewail, is at the California Institute of Technology. …
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