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August, 2010

  • 10 August

    Expansion of Sharia banking in Bangladesh , by Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

    Islamic politics will soon be banned in Bangladesh – third largest Muslim nation with 150 million populations. According to government sources, government is on the process of restoring secularist democracy in the country by scrapping several provisions in the Constitution of the country, which were incorporated mostly by former military regimes. As possible pre-action of this plan, government recently banned …

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  • 10 August

    AM I BEING WATCHED?

    Cruising down the national freeway, exceeding the speed limit, one almost instantaneously steps on his brakes and decelerates. Why? He catches sight of an Traffic Police official and is well aware that HE IS BEING WATCHED! A person in a supermarket, whose intention is to steal, stops dead in his tracks. Why? He catches sight of the Close Circuit television …

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  • 10 August

    Ahmadinejad: 9/11 Scenario Dubious, By Press TV

    Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Western media hyped the September 11, 2001 attacks to pave the way for the US-led invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. "What was the story behind September 11? In the space of five to six days, and with the aid of the media, they swayed public opinion to the point of considering an attack on Afghanistan …

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  • 9 August

    Trying to understand America, By Asiff Hussein

    An inquiring Journalist shares his thoughts after a nearly three-week sojourn in the United States, telling us what America is and what it is not, and that looking at it in black or white is certainly not the answer to our problems. Asiff Hussein, though a layman, was fortunate to be part of a group of Sri Lankan religious scholars …

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  • 9 August

    Stories of the Prophets in the Holy Qur’an

    Stories of the Prophets in the Holy Qur’an by Ruth Woodhall and Sharelle Abdul Haqq tells the stories of all the great 25 prophets of Islam from Adam to Muhammad (peace Be Upon Them). As the lives of all these great prophets are full of lessons for humanity and are role models for us to follow, it is thought that …

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  • 1 August

    Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights, Page 8

                  XIX Right to Found a Family and Related Matters.   a.       Every person is entitled to marry, to found a family and to bring up children in conformity with his religion, tradition and culture. Every spouse it entitled to such rights and privileges and carries such obligation as are stipulated by the law. b.      Each …

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  • 1 August

    The Real Aim of Israel’s Bomb Iran Campaign By Gareth Porter

    Reuel Marc Gerecht's screed justifying an Israeli bombing attack on Iran coincides with the opening of the new Israel lobby campaign marked by the introduction of House Resolution 1553 expressing full support for such an Israeli attack. What is important to understand about this campaign is that the aim of Gerecht and of the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu is …

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