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The history of any country is replete with lessons that help it to shape a better future. But not Haiti’s. To use a cliché, its history is a history that repeats itself. Military coups are a common occurrence. Poverty is a perpetual enemy which is yet to be defeated. Social ills such as corruption, prostitution, armed gangsterism and narcotics have …

It has been reported that a prominent Christian leader, Pat Robertson, has said that Haiti has been “cursed” by a “pact with the devil.” Fortunately, this is not the mainstream Christian position and my friend, the Reverend Paul Raushenbush, has rejected Robertson’s “blaming the victims” theology. Religious leaders must take a stance against extremist voices in their community, and I …

Washington, DC/New York, New York – What do one billion Muslims really think? Despite widespread media coverage of global terrorism by various self-proclaimed “Islamic” groups from America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, little is known about what the majority of the world’s Muslims really think and feel. What do Muslims have to say about violence and terrorist attacks, democracy, …

The Sun Is Setting on the Two-State Solution Perhaps recent leaders of Israel might made better choices had they spent more time reading Sherlock Holmes. Of particular use to them might have been The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet in which Holmes says, “It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however …

Tanweer Academy organizes a 3-day Islamic Leadership Training and Career Guidance Camp for Sinhala Medium Muslim Students who sat for the O/L Examinations in 2009 December. Insha Allah, this program will be conducted from 04th – 07th February, 2010 at Tanweer Academy, Thihariya (Gampaha District). This is a full-time, residential program specially designed to provide a comprehensive knowledge, guidance and …

CAIRO – A French debate on defining the values constituting national identity is sparking controversy in the western European country, amid warnings that the discussions are particularly targeting the Muslim presence. “When they define the shared values that make France’s national identity, they always focus on secularism, and integrating immigrants,” Myriam Belmehdi, 19, told the Los Angeles Times on Monday, …