May, 2010

• 11 May

  Local Muslim group hopes to form a united front, By HELEN T. GRAY

    The Kansas City Star W henever there has been a crisis in the world, from 9/11 to events in the Middle East, no one group in the metro area has been able to speak for the local Muslim community. The newly formed Midland Islamic Council wants to change that. And it also has other ambitious goals, such as unifying …

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• 11 May

  Facebook to Share Your Info for Money & Six Things You Need to Know About Facebook Connections

  

  Facebook is now sharing your personal profile information with third parties. For now, it's just a few web sites, like the music site Pandora, and the consumer review site, Yelp. Facebook is automatically sharing that information, without your consent. If you don't want to share, you have to opt out. University of Minnesota law professor and privacy expert Bill McGevern …

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• 9 May

  Emerging Muslim Leaders Create Network Of Support, By Kim Daniels

  

  Shahid Buttar defines civic engagement and political activism as his life's purpose. He was in law school at Stanford and on his way to becoming an anti-trust lawyer until September 11 when the trajectory of his life changed dramatically. Now the executive director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Buttar sees his role as a leader in the Muslim …

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• 8 May

  Nuclear talks: One more chance to save the world, By Ameen Izzadeen

  Organised hypocrisy is relatively a new concept that is being studied by sociologists and political scientists. Nowhere is organised hypocrisy more visible than in international relations where states blatantly violate the very norms that they claim to be following in conformity with civilized behaviour. Sociologists and political scientists are never short of examples to prove that organised hypocrisy exists and …

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• 7 May

  Hollywood Superstar Angelina Jolie!, A better human than most Muslim millionaires?, By Latheef Farook

  Moved by the miserable plight of Afghan girls Hollywood super star Angelina Jolie has set up a separate school, at a cost of US dollar 75,000,to accommodate as many as 800 students. The question which put to shame the worldwide 1.6 billion Muslims is where are the so-called Muslim millionaires and billionaires and what have they done to alleviate the …

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• 7 May

  The Financial Terrorists Who Destroyed Our Economy Will Pay Zero in Taxes and Get $33 Billion in Refunds, By David DeGraw

  The first thing people need to understand is that the economic crash wasn’t a crash for the people who caused it. In fact, these financial terrorists are now doing better than ever. In a recent report, titled “Social Inequality in America: Widening Income Disparities,” more evidence of the unprecedented transfer of wealth was revealed: “As of late 2009, the number …

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• 6 May

  SAARC: SILVER JUBILEE SHAM, Ameen Izzadeen

  

  We are setting this ship afloat today. There may be mutiny on board, I hope not. The sea may be stormy but the ship must sail on and enter the ports of poverty, hunger, unemployment, malnutrition, disease and seek to bring comfort to those who need it J.R. Jayewardene at first SAARC Summit December 8, 1985. The South Asian Association …

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