September, 2012

• 17 September

  Muslim pilgrims to ride first Makkah metro – Mecca Train –

  

  Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims will ride a new railway metro transport system for the first time when they converge on the Saudi holy city of Makkah next month, according to the local media. The Gulf Kingdom, where millions of Muslims from around the world gather every year for their annual hajj (pilgrimage) season, has just completed the first …

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• 17 September

  American diplomats paid the price with their lives By Latheef Farook

  

  for Israeli Jewish film producer’s crime The United States Ambassador in Libya J Christopher Stevens, together with three other US citizens, all employees of US consulate in the Libyan city Benghazi, had paid the price for a crime committed by an American- Israeli Jewish film maker Sam Bacile.  Stevens, a career diplomat who assumed office as U.S. ambassador to Libya …

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• 14 September

  Nat Geo Museum celebrates Scientific Achievements of Muslim Civilization

  

  The award-winning interactive exhibition, 1001 Inventions, arrived in the US capital on August 3 introducing brand new audiences to the Golden Age of Muslim Civilization. From left National Geographic VP Kathryn Kean receives the “Scribe Clock” from CSC VPs Dr. Diane Perlov and William Harris The ground-breaking scientific and cultural achievements of this era, from the 7th to the 17th …

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• 14 September

  Al Rabeeah a role model for all doctors by Asian Tribune – S.H.Moulana – Riyadh

  The exclusive interview with the health minister, Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah ‘It’s patients first, health minister spells out policy’ is really outstanding. It shows what a dedicated person he is.   I was in fact heartened to read his reason why he chose the job of a pediatric surgeon as his profession. He has said that it is purely out of …

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• 14 September

  Israeli Filmmaker in Hiding After Deadly Protests By Associated Press

  

  An Israeli filmmaker based in California went into hiding Tuesday after his movie attacking Islam's Prophet Muhammad sparked angry assaults by ultra-conservative Muslims on U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya, where a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed. Speaking by phone from an undisclosed location, writer and director Sam Bacile remained defiant, saying Islam is a cancer and …

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• 14 September

  Caliph Umar’s Peaceful Entry to Jerusalem By Latheef Farook

  

  Great lesson for today's warmongers During the period of the Second Caliph Umar Ibn al-Khattab, the Muslim forces, under the command of Abu Ubaydah, lay siege to Jerusalem  . The Patriarch of the city, Sophronius, stated that he would negotiate only with Caliph Umar and that nobody enters Jerusalem before Caliph Umar. On hearing this Caliph Umar informed that he was on …

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• 13 September

  Sleeping With the Devil: How U.S. and Saudi Backing of Al Qaeda Led to 9/11. by WashingtonsBlog

  Front row, from left: Major Gen. Hamid Gul, director general of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI),Director of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Willian Webster; Deputy Director for Operations Clair George; an ISI colonel; and senior CIA official, Milt Bearden at a Mujahideen training camp in North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan in 1987. (source RAWA)   Ronald Reagan meets Afghan Mujahideen Commanders at …

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