Muslim Issues

The six Gulf Cooperation Council states said on Tuesday that they oppose a Syrian request for an emergency Arab summit on the bloody crisis in the country. The GCC "sees that the request to hold an Arab summit at this time is useless," knowing that Arab foreign ministers will meet in Rabat on Wednesday, GCC Secretary General Abdullatif al-Zayani said. …

External Affairs Minister Professor G. L. Peiris said yesterday there were solutions for all the problems facing the contemporary world, and Islamic scriptures were a wealth of knowledge which has singularly contributed practical solutions to all these problems. Prof. Peiris, who was the guest of honour at the inauguration of the third World Muslim Congress held on Sunday (13) at …

With Tunisian elections just completed, Egypt's parliamentary elections coming up and Libya veering into a dark new period, observers of the Arab Spring are wondering what will become of these revolutions once the euphoria subsides and the struggle over democracy grows apace. There is one corner of South Asia where these questions hit particularly close to home — the Maldives …

(October 21, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) In 2009 Libya was a friend to the US so much so that Libya allowed several US corporate giants to enter & approval was given for training of Libyan security personnel & civilians. These were the civilians that eventually became rebels given arms by the West to overthrow Gaddafi in a movement called liberating Libya …

Veteran admits: Bodies melted away before us. Shocking revelation RAI News 24. WARNING This video contains images that depict the reality and horror of war. It should only be viewed by a mature audience November 15, 2005 In case you missed it: US lied to Britain over use of napalm in Iraq war: Mr Ingram admitted to the Labour MP …

  The majority of those who have an antagonistic attitude and behaviour towards other religions have closed personalities. They are never open to those who are different. They are over-defensive and overprotective of their own superior beliefs. In the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, ‘diversity’ is defined as: “When many different types of things or people are included in something.” Diversity …