By Russia Today Washington's denying it ignored numerous cases of Iraqi torture and killing over the past six years. The allegations stem from 400,000 secret U.S. files on the war in Iraq, leaked by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks. The documents detail U.S. forces handing prisoners over to Iraqi interrogators, despite overwhelming evidence of inhumane treatment. Many detainees were said to …
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Amnesty fights for Rizana
Amnesty International today urged the Saudi Arabian King to halt the execution of a young Sri Lankan woman who has lost her appeal against a death sentence for a murder committed when she says she was 17 years old. Rizana Nafeek, who was arrested in May 2005 on charges of killing an infant in her care, had her death sentence …
Read More »First AGM – ZACOBA -Zahira College Colombo, Old Boys Association of Canada
The first Annual General Meeting of the Old Zahirians in Canada was held on 24th October and the following office bearers were elected. POSITION NAME TELEPHONE # EMAIL 1 President Ackiel Ousmand 416-898-9495 [email protected] 2 Vice President Mohamed Faizal 647-968-4162 3 Secretary Fareed Kuhafa 416-705-1342 [email protected] 4 Asst. Secretary Arshath Cassim 416-878-4395 …
Read More »Rizana’s death sentence confirmed
The Supreme Court in Riyadh has endorsed the death sentence given to a Sri Lankan maid who murdered a Saudi infant in 2005, sources from Sri Lanka’s External Affairs Ministry told Arab News. A three-member panel of judges from the Dawadami High Court headed by Chief Justice Abdullah Al-Rosaimi found Rizana Nafeek guilty of murdering the four-month-old son of Naif …
Read More »Tony Blair’s sister-in-law Lauren Booth converts to Islam after a ‘holy experience’ in Iran ,By MAIL ON SUNDAY REPORTER
Tony Blair’s sister-in-law has converted to Islam after having a ‘holy experience’ in Iran. Broadcaster and journalist Lauren Booth, 43 – Cherie Blair’s half-sister – said she now wears a hijab head covering whenever she leaves her home, prays five times a day and visits her local mosque ‘when I can’. She decided to become a Muslim six weeks ago …
Read More »Fox Host Says He ‘Misspoke’ About Muslims, By BRIAN STELTER
A Fox News Channel host apologized on Monday for saying last week that “not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslim.” Brian Kilmeade, a co-host of “Fox & Friends,” said he “misspoke.” “I don’t believe all terrorists are Muslims. I’m sorry about that if I offended or hurt anybody’s feelings,” he said on the program Monday …
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