November, 2011

• 21 November

  The Right To Dream We Are Fighting For Justice By Arundhati Roy

  

  Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds… Pity the nation that needs to jail those who ask for justice while communal killers, mass murderers, corporate scamsters, looters, rapists and those who prey on the poorest of the poor, roam free.” – Arundhati Roy  The People’s University"  – Held at Judson Memorial Church 11/16/11 – …

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• 21 November

  Tens of thousands of Egyptians protest army ‘dictatorship’

  

  CAIRO (AP) – Tens of thousands of Islamists and young activists massed Friday in Tahrir Square, confronting Egypt's ruling military council with the largest crowd in months to protest the generals' attempt to give themselves special powers over a future elected government. While united against the army, however, conservatives and liberals were jockeying among themselves for votes in crucial parliamentary elections …

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• 18 November

  New video shows Israeli forces dragging Palestinian Freedom Riders from settler bus By Maureen Clare Murphy

    "Electronic Intifada" — “It’s just because I’m Palestinian” shouts a young woman toward the Israeli soldiers dragging her from a bus that serves Israel’s settler population and travels its segregated roads. As The Electronic Intifada reported Tuesday, several Palestinian activists were arrested after attempting to travel on segregated Israeli public bus number 148 without Israeli permits. Israel has imposed a movement restriction …

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• 17 November

  Death row Lankan maid in emotional meeting with parents By MD RASOOLDEEN | ARAB NEWS

  

    RIYADH: A Sri Lankan housemaid who has spent the last six years on death row in Saudi Arabia had an emotional meeting with her parents in Riyadh on Tuesday. The visit took place as frantic efforts continue to secure clemency for 23-year-old Rizana Nafeek from the parents of the infant who was killed in her care. Tuesday’s meeting was …

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• 17 November

  Karzai to U.S.: End night raids before Afghan deal Kabul— Reuters

  

  Afghanistan wants the United States and NATO to agree to stop carrying out night raids on Afghan homes as a pre-condition to Kabul signing a strategic partnership with Washington, President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday. Night raids, which foreign troops say are one of their most effective weapons in the fight against insurgents, are a major cause of friction between …

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• 17 November

  Gulf states oppose Arab summit on Syria By AFP

  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. …

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• 15 November

  Solutions for problems in Islamic scripture – GL

  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 …

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