Muslim Issues

  The enterprising Arab traders had long contacts with the North of Sri Lanka where they settled down later. They were present in the north of the island long before the advent of Islam more than fourteen centuries ago.   According to some schools of thought, the early Arabs who came to the island settled down first in the north …

Around early 1980s there were speculations that the then United States Secretary of state Alexander Haig was planning to contest the presidential elections. Israel’s terrorist turned   Nobel Laureate Prime Minister Menachem Begin said that” the road to White House is through Israel’s capital Tel Aviv”. Almost three decades later today   Israel’s Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger wants   Barack Obama to …

  Secret legal advice states pre-emptive strike could be in breach of international law as Iran not yet 'clear and present threat' October 26, 2012 "The Guardian" – –  Britain has rebuffed US pleas to use military bases in the UK to support the build-up of forces in the Gulf, citing secret legal advice which states that any pre-emptive strike on Iran could be in …

Some news stories break your heart. On October 9, in Pakistan, 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai was shot twice in the head by Taliban gunmen. She is being treated in a hospital in Birmingham, England, where she was moved for specialized care and personal safety. Doctors say they expect a “good recovery.” Malala was targeted for assassination because of her prominent role in …

Six children were attacked in Afghanistan and Pakistan this past week. Three of them, teenaged girls on a school bus in Peshawar, in the tribal region of western Pakistan, were shot and gravely wounded by two Taliban gunmen who were after Malala Yousufzai, a 14-year-old girl who has been bravely demanding the right of girls to an education. After taking …

Thirty-nine years ago, on Oct. 6, 1973, the third major war between the Arabs and Israel broke out. The war lasted only 20 days. The two sides were engaged in two other major wars, in 1948 and 1967.  The 1967 War lasted only six days. But, these three wars were not the only Arab-Israel confrontations. From the period of 1948 …