March, 2010

• 9 March

  Muslims turning to home schooling in increasing numbers, By Tara Bahrampour

  On a chilly afternoon in western Loudoun County, a group of children used tweezers to extract rodent bones from a regurgitated owl pellet. A boy built a Lego launcher. A girl practiced her penmanship. On the wall, placards read, “I fast in Ramadan,” “I pay zakat” and “I will go on hajj.” Welcome to Priscilla Martinez’s home — and her …

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• 9 March

  Book on the Plight of Sri Lankan Muslims

  The defeat of the Tamil Tigers has finally provided a rare historic opportunity to set our war- battered country on the path to progress. The bitterness and suspicions between the communities  remain deep. However, the need to correct past wrongs backed by remedial and reconciliation measures are indispensable to bring communal harmony on the principles of pluralism, equality, mutual understanding …

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• 8 March

  Why They Should be Indicted The Case Against Bernanke and Greenspan, By MIKE WHITNEY

  Is there enough evidence to indict Ben Bernanke and Alan Greenspan on charges that they aided and abetted the banks and other financial institutions in the sale of fraudulent loans to investors? That depends on whether there is sufficient proof to show whether the two men KNEW that the nation’s lenders were engaged in large-scale predatory lending and chose to …

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• 8 March

  Paris closer to hosting Islamic bond issue

  PARIS: France is set to adjust its legal and fiscal framework to accommodate Islamic bonds this year, a leading Paris official said, as the French capital looks to attract business in this potentially fast-growing industry. “Work is well advanced on the matter of hosting sukuk (Islamic bond) emissions,” Paris Europlace managing director Arnaud de Bresson said in an interview. Paris …

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• 7 March

  “This Time We Went Too Far”, By Norman Finkelstein

  Truth and Consequences in the Gaza Invasion Public outrage at the Gaza invasion did not come out of the blue but rather marked the nadir of a curve plotting a steady decline in support for Israel. As polling data of Americans and Europeans, both Gentiles and Jews, suggest, the public has become increasingly critical of Israeli policy over the past …

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• 6 March

  Blackwater’s Youngest Victim, by JEREMY SCAHILL

  Every detail of September 16, 2007, is burned in Mohammed Kinani’s memory. Shortly after 9 am he was preparing to leave his house for work at his family’s auto parts business in Baghdad when he got a call from his sister, Jenan, who asked him to pick her and her children up across town and bring them back to his home …

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• 5 March

  DISABILITY IS NOT INABILITY, By AGA Barrie

  On the morning of Saturday, February 13th, Z.A.M. Refai and I decided to visit the Islamic Centre for the Physically Handicapped located in Doolmala, Thihariya.  Thihariya, predominantly a Muslim village in the Gampaha district and located about nine km’s from the Gampaha town, took a pleasant ninety minutes down the Kandy road to reach.  We were welcomed by the President …

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