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At a time when Human Rights is being abused and expressed vociferously throughout the World and on the other hand Muslims suffer humiliation through this abuse, are being accused by Western media of violating them; it becomes an opportune moment to illustrate to the world at large, that Islam champions the cause of Human Rights both in the Holy Quran …
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Pakistanis who refused airport screening in D.C. are hailed at home, By Jane Perlez
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A tour of the United States arranged by the State Department to improve ties to Pakistani legislators ended in a public relations fiasco when the members of the group refused to submit to extra airport screening in Washington, and they are now being hailed as heroes on their return home. “People should be thankful, you made them …
Read More »House rejects pullout from Afghanistan, By Reuters /Ahmad Masood
Two helicopters escorting U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates take off after a visit to Camp Black Horse where the Afghan National Army (ANA) receive training in Kabul March 10, 2010. The House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a measure calling for President Barack Obama to pull U.S. forces from Afghanistan, in an election-year test of his decision to …
Read More »Defence University invites vibrant youth, By Sandasen Marasinghe
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) Vice Chancellor invited university qualified sporty and healthy youth to join the KDU and intelligent, highly capable and motivated graduates to be officers of the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka. Vice Chancellor Major General Milinda Peiris at a press briefing at the Media Centre for National Security said the University Grants Commission approved …
Read More »Survey finds world’s top 10 intellectuals are Muslims
US international affairs journal Foreign Policy says Turkey’s Fethullah Gülen voted top of its list of world intellectuals. WASHINGTON – The bimonthly US international affairs journal Foreign Policy has just published a survey of the world’s top 20 public intellectuals and the first 10 are all Muslims. Fethullah Gülen, who heads a network of schools and media that is probably …
Read More »Muslims turning to home schooling in increasing numbers, By Tara Bahrampour
On a chilly afternoon in western Loudoun County, a group of children used tweezers to extract rodent bones from a regurgitated owl pellet. A boy built a Lego launcher. A girl practiced her penmanship. On the wall, placards read, “I fast in Ramadan,” “I pay zakat” and “I will go on hajj.” Welcome to Priscilla Martinez’s home — and her …
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