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ALL IN THE NAME OF PRINCE OF PEACE. The military is denying it allows its soldiers to proselytize to Afghans, following the release of footage showing US soldiers in Afghanistan discussing how to distribute Bibles translated into Pashto and Dari. We speak to Air Force veteran and former Reagan administration counsel Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, …
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Mystery of Amiri, U.S. credibility and the political nuclear bomb, By Ameen Izzadeen
There's more to it than what meets the eye. Nowhere can the phrase be more apt than in politics where honesty is a rarity. The meaning of the phrase becomes more sinister in the intrigue-ridden international politics involving big powers. The appearance of an Iranian scientist at his country's interest section in Pakistan's Washington embassy on Monday not only …
Read More »President Carter’s Book on Palestine, By Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Book Review: Palestine Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter, Simon & Schuster, New York (2006) No American president has probably touched the lives of so many outside in a positive way than Jimmy Carter – the 39th president. For the past three decades, since leaving the White House, he has been a resolute voice for human rights and democracy. It …
Read More »Losing Kashmir, By Robert Grenier
As we await what many hope will be the start, on July 15, of a renewed India-Pakistan peace process, or "Composite Dialogue" – derailed since the Mumbai attacks of November 2008 – I am reminded of two past conversations. The first occurred in 1999. In a meeting with a senior Pakistani official, the topic came around, as it usually did, …
Read More »Presidential Award Winners – Scientific Researches
We would like to update the list of Presidential Award winners for Scientific Researchs for the years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Following two brothers also will be honored for their contribution towards scientific researches in addition to Dr. Nazrin Marikkar, Br. M.M. Bahir, Dr. M.M.M. Najim, Dr. M.I.M. Mowjood. Prof. M.A.M. Sitheeque – Maruthamunai Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, currently …
Read More »New Jersey’s Jewish town picks first Muslim mayor
Voters in Teaneck have chosen the first Muslim mayor in the thickly Jewish populated Bergen County in New Jersey. According to reports, Mohammed Hameeduddin, who won a council seat two years ago, earned five out of seven votes at the annual reorganization of township government. Teaneck has 14 synagogues and lots of stores catering to the town's large Jewish population. And …
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