Muslim Issues

  The Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Araby has urged the United States to support the declaration of an independent Palestinian state. The call comes after the reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah brokered last week by Egypt. Both Israel and the US have said they will not deal with Hamas, and have until now opposed a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood.  The …

Russia and Venezuela join Libyan regime in accusing Nato of attempting to assassinate Muammar Gaddafi The Libyan regime's claims that Nato is attempting to assassinate Muammar Gaddafi have intensified following the apparent death of one of the leader's sons and three of his grandchildren in an air strike on Tripoli. Gaddafi was at the one-storey house in a residential area of …

by Alex Kane It was a shocking event in a twenty-two day assault filled with them:  the Israeli military shelled a United Nations compound in Gaza City January 15, where humanitarian aid like fuel and water pumping stations were stationed as well as hundreds of Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment.  John Ging, the Gaza Director of Operations of the …

(Reuters) – A Utah church is giving away free copies of the Koran in an Easter season ecumenical riposte to the recent burning of the Islamic holy book by a controversial Florida pastor. The Wasatch Presbyterian Church has ordered 50 copies of the Koran to be distributed at a local bookstore starting on Monday. "We're not promoting Islam, we're not …

Arms traders (merchants of death), oil tycoons and all other businessmen are ready with their bags to reconstruct Libya? By Latheef Farook The NATO military strikes on Libya, claimed to free Libyans from Gaddafi’s 42 year long dictatorship, were supposed to be “humanitarian intervention”. However more than three weeks later, killing scores of civilians, Gaddafi’s forces continue to advance forcing …

Nearly 1,100 Palestinian children have been arrested by Israeli troops in 2010, a new report by the Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Detainees' Affairs shows. The ministry said on Wednesday that about 500 of the above-mentioned figure were detained in the city of al-Khalil (Hebron) in the occupied West Bank, Maan news agency reported.  PA Detainees' Affairs Minister Issa Qaraqe …