Muslim Issues

French president hit by new claims as confidential note suggests ex-Libyan leader helped finance his election campaign –    Colonel Gaddafi in Paris after a meeting with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy in December 2007. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images Damaging new claims have emerged about the funding of Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign and his links with former Libyan leaderMuammar Gaddafi emerged. The …

Anar Gul gestures to the body of her grandchild, who was allegedly killed by a US service member in Panjwai, a Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)  March 122, 2012 " The Nation" —  Iraq had its Haditha. Now, Afghanistan has its Panjwai. Burning babies—yes, it has come to this. Following routine bombings of wedding parties, …

It is time that our big brother India practises with its own minority of around 180 million Muslims especially Kashmiri Muslims, what it preaches to Sri Lanka on minority rights.   Time and again officials of the Indian government from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to other top officials have impressed upon the Sri Lankan government the need to find a …

The United States offered Israel advanced weaponry in return for it committing not to attack Iran's nuclear facilities this year, Israeli daily Maariv reported on Thursday. Citing unnamed Western diplomats and intelligence sources, the report said that during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington this week, the US administration offered to supply Israel with advanced bunker-busting bombs and long-range …

CAPE TOWN, (PIC)– The cultural week against the Israeli apartheid regime in occupied Palestine were launched in more than 13 South African cities in the context of global activities and events taking place in about 90 cities around the world. These events include university seminars, lectures, documentaries movies, photo galleries and many other activities on the apartheid system pursued by …

Two weeks ago American soldiers in Afghanistan burnt copies of Holy Quran and triggered off countrywide violent riots killing dozens of people.US President Barack Obama to apologize. In January this year American soldiers urinating on the dead bodies of Afghan civilians sparked worldwide outrage. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regretted. Just before that there were footages of American soldiers …