[Islah-Net] TV: 4 kids killed in missile attack in Pakistan's tribal area

TV: 4 kids killed in missile attack in Pakistan's tribal area www.chinaview.cn 2008-09-05 16:05:17 ISLAMABAD, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Four children were killed in a missile attack in Pakistan's tribal area on Friday, private TV channel Geo reported. American drone fired three missiles and

[Islah-Net] Turkey's Governing Party Avoids Ban

Turkey's Governing Party Avoids Ban By SEBNEM ARSU New York Times Published: July 31, 2008 ISTANBUL - Turkey's highest court on Wednesday ruled against closing Turkey's ruling party but cut its state funding by half in response to charges that it threatened the country's secular regime during

[Islah-Net] Hamas explodes a giant hole in Egypt's political cover

Hamas explodes a giant hole in Egypt's political cover Joel Brinkley Sunday, February 3, 2008 You'd almost think the leaders of Hamas had hired a brilliant political consultant before they blew down the Egyptian-border fence 10 days ago. Hamas didn't just bulldoze the border wall. The

[Islah-Net] Palestinian Affairs: 'Over our dead bodies'

Jan 31, 2008 21:16 | Updated Feb 1, 2008 23:59 Palestinian Affairs: 'Over our dead bodies' By KHALED ABU TOAMEH Jerusalem Post Hamas leaders had every reason to laugh all the way to Cairo this week. Exactly one week after they and their supporters succeeded in tearing down the metal barrier

[Islah-Net] Azzam Tamimi: Blessing in disguise for Hamas

Blessing in disguise for Hamas Israel's campaign against Hamas has not broken its resolve or turned the people of Gaza against it Azzam Tamimi January 30, 2008 8:00 AM Comment is Free Guardian The opening of the Palestinian National Conference in Damascus could not have come at a better time.

[Islah-Net] Rafah Crossing opening could lead to economic boon for Egypt and Gaza

Rafah Crossing opening could lead to economic boon for Egypt and Gaza by Anisa Abd el Fattah (Wednesday, January 30, 2008) http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/49285 Rather than the international media

[Islah-Net] Our model dictator

Our model dictator The death of Suharto is a reminder of the west's ignoble role in propping up a murderous regime John Pilger Monday January 28, 2008 The Guardian In my film Death of a Nation, there is a sequence filmed on board an Australian aircraft flying over the island of Timor. A

[Islah-Net] The Blockade of Gaza: Worse Than a Crime

The Blockade of Gaza: Worse Than a Crime By Uri Avnery Counterpunch 26/27 January 2008 http://www.counterpunch.org/avnery01272008.html IT LOOKED like the fall of the Berlin wall. And not only did it look like it. For a moment, the Rafah crossing was the Brandenburg Gate. It is impossible not

[Islah-Net] Gaza's falling wall changes Middle East map for ever

Gaza's falling wall changes Middle East map for ever The tide of humans pouring over the frontier from Gaza into Egypt for days has now become a vast convoy of carts, cars and lorries. Peter Beaumont joined the jubilant throng who watched as the borders of a conflict that has lasted for

[Islah-Net] Study: Bush led U.S. to war on 'false pretenses'

Study: Bush led U.S. to war on 'false pretenses' Hundreds of false statements on WMDs, al-Qaida used to justify Iraq war President Bush, seen at the White House on Tuesday, and officials in his administration made 935 false statements on Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist

[Islah-Net] ANALYSIS - Hamas exposes Israeli weakness in Gaza

ANALYSIS - Hamas exposes Israeli weakness in Gaza Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:47pm EST By Adam Entous JERUSALEM, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Hamas has exposed Israel's inability to rein in the Gaza Strip, proving it holds the power to blow open the border and turn a crippling Israeli blockade into a public

[Islah-Net] HARD TALK - PALESTINE

Assalamu 'alaykum wr wb! Israel is tightening the noose around the neck of Gaza, cutting off electricity, plunging much of the strip into darkness. Dr. Azzam Tamimi is a Palestinian born academic a supporter of Hamas. Can he see a way forward out of the current gloom ? Watch HARD TALK on BBC

[Islah-Net] Palestine: Dream begins to fade under state of siege

Dream begins to fade under state of siege January 19, 2008 Palestinians see Israel's continued settlement building as proof of its bad faith in negotiations for a viable Palestinian state, writes Ed O'Loughlin. Other related coverage a.. Israel hiding settlement facts to protect image b..

[Islah-Net] Collective punishment for Gaza is wrong - U.N.

Collective punishment for Gaza is wrong - U.N. Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:30pm EST Reuters By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Israel has a right to respond to security threats but should not collectively punish the Gaza population for rocket attacks from the Palestinian territory,

[Islah-Net] Resending: Palestine: Dream begins to fade under state of siege

Dream begins to fade under state of siege Sydney Morning Herald January 19, 2008 Palestinians see Israel's continued settlement building as proof of its bad faith in negotiations for a viable Palestinian state, writes Ed O'Loughlin. Visiting the Holy Land last week the US President, George

[Islah-Net] This Week In Palestine

This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for January 12th through to January 18th, 2008. Palestinian and Israeli negotiation teams met in the occupied city of Jerusalem and this week Israeli army attacks on the Palestinians leave 37 killed

[Islah-Net] Fw: KU TEMUI JALAN PULANG (10) – DAH JADI OPAH!

- Original Message - From: Rosmawati Zainal To: wanitajim Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 12:30 AM Subject: KU TEMUI JALAN PULANG (10) – DAH JADI OPAH! “Wahh Ros… dapat cucu lagi ya?” Gitu lah nampaknya tiap kali berangkut pelatih-pelatih RS dari hospital. Setiap kali ada kelahiran

[Islah-Net] Hamas Police Force Recruits Women in Gaza

Hamas Police Force Recruits Women in Gaza By TAGHREED EL-KHODARY The New York Times Published: January 18, 2008 GAZA CITY - The policemen of Hamas now have company: since the Islamic group took over here last June it has been recruiting policewomen as well. Since mid-August, 60 women have

[Islah-Net] The World Without Islam

A WORLD WITHOUT ISLAM FOREIGN POLICY Jan-Feb 2008 http://www.foreignpolicy.com/users/login.php?story_id=4094URL=http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4094 What if Islam had never existed? To some, it's a comforting thought: No clash of civilizations, no holy wars, no terrorists.

[Islah-Net] Malaysia dalam liputan berita dunia

Malaysia dapat liputan dunia...! Berita berikut tersebar oleh Reuters Canada. Malaysian minister says in sex video Tue Jan 1, 2008 6:06am EST KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian minister admitted on Tuesday he

[Islah-Net] U.S. Diplomat and Driver Are Shot Dead in Sudan

I wonder what would be the repercussions of this incident... American forces directly intervening in Sudan? Also... one which strikes my mind... in a region where basic needs are scarce, why is it that radios become top priority in foreign aid? AAL

[Islah-Net] Fw: Terkini DERU JIM Pahang daripada YDP (VIII)

- Original Message - From: samsudin abdullah Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 12:43 PM Subject: Terkini DERU JIM Pahang daripada YDP (VIII) Assalamua'alaikumw.w. Alhamdulillah dengan izin Allah, semalam aktiviti DERU JIM Pahang berjalan lancar. Aktiviti menjadi meriah dengan kehadiran

[Islah-Net] Indonesian landslides: Mother and baby among dead pulled from mud

Mother and baby among dead pulled from mud of Indonesian landslides The Associated Press Published: December 28, 2007 LEDOKSARI, Indonesia: Rescuers pulled the lifeless bodies of a mother clutching her baby from an Indonesian village devastated by landslides, causing exhausted onlookers to

[Islah-Net] Fw: Islam Democracy Forum in Manila

Islam and democracy in Southeast Asia Manila Times Sunday, December 16. 2007 From Dec. 10 to 12, 44 sisters and brothers from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia gathered at the historic Manila Hotel for the First South East Asian Forum on Islam and Democracy. This regional conference

[Islah-Net] THE BHUTTO ASSASSINATION: NOT WHAT SHE SEEMED TO BE

THE BHUTTO ASSASSINATION: NOT WHAT SHE SEEMED TO BE By RALPH PETERS New York Times December 28, 2007 -- FOR the next several days, you're going to read and hear a great deal of pious nonsense in the wake of the assassination of Pakistan's former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto. Her country's

[Islah-Net] Sending from Streamyx...

Assalamu 'alaykum wr wb! Sorry... testing sending from my Streamyx account. Please delete. It seems that I cannot send any mail from my Streamyx account ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to Yahoogroups... it just won't deliver! I'm not sure if it's only to some Yahoogroup, or to all Yahoogroups, so I'm

[Islah-Net] Fw: Apex Court dismisses wife's appeal in husband's conversion case

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Malaysian Bar Webmaster Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 12:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Malaysian Bar:1219] News Alert: Apex Court dismisses wife's appeal http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/content/view/13113/2/ Apex Court dismisses wife's appeal

[Islah-Net] Anti-Islam Campaign that is Poisonous and dangerous

Poisonous and dangerous Seumas Milne Guardian - Comment is Free December 15, 2007 11:00 AM http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/seumas_milne/2007/12/poisonous_and_dangerous.html This week's forensic exposure by the BBC programme Newsnight of the apparent fabrication of evidence underpinning an

[Islah-Net] Newsnight rips apart mosque extremism report

Rolled-up Trousers Newsnight rips apart mosque extremism report Osama Saeed http://www.osamasaeed.org/osama/2007/12/newsnight-rips.html Tonight's Newsnight investigation into Policy Exchange's recent report on extremism in British mosques found major irregularities with the receipts that the

[Islah-Net] Evidence of extremism in UK mosques 'fabricated'

Evidence of extremism in mosques 'fabricated' Martin Hodgson Thursday December 13, 2007 The Guardian A rightwing thinktank which claimed to have uncovered extremist literature on sale at dozens of British mosques was last night accused of basing a report on fabricated evidence. The report

[Islah-Net] Celebrating anniversary, Hamas warns of Intifada

Celebrating anniversary, Hamas warns of Intifada Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:30am EST By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Hamas threatened to launch a new uprising against Israel on Saturday when hundreds of thousands of Islamist supporters rallied in Gaza City to mark the group's 20th

[Islah-Net] Palestinian Affairs: Under pressure

Dec 13, 2007 19:52 | Updated Dec 14, 2007 21:43 Palestinian Affairs: Under pressure By KHALED ABU TOAMEH Jerusalem Post Pressure on the Palestinian Authority to boycott Wednesday's peace talks with Israel continued almost to the last minute. Hamas and Islamic Jihad were the first to call on

[Islah-Net] Muslim Professionals Forum (MPF) Statement on HINDRAF issue

December 9, 2007 MUSLIM PROFESSIONALS FORUM STATEMENT Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana (1863-1952) The Muslim Professionals Forum (MPF) view with much concern the events that have unfolded the past few weeks which only testifies to the wisdom of

[Islah-Net] Afghanistan 'falling into hands of Taliban'

Afghanistan 'falling into hands of Taliban' · Frontline getting closer to Kabul, says thinktank · Aid not going to those who need it most, warns Oxfam Richard Norton-Taylor Thursday November 22, 2007 The Guardian The Taliban has a permanent presence in 54% of Afghanistan and the country is in

[Islah-Net] Fw: An Islamic Car?

Assalamu 'alaykum wr wb! I do not know why my original mail did not come through fully. Please find here the original complete mail as intended. AAL - Original Message - From: Nusantara To: JIMJ Net ; Islah-Net ; Serpents Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 11:25 AM Subject: An Islamic

[Islah-Net] An Islamic Car?

This article came out in the International Herald Tribune. What makes a car Islamic? Report: Malaysia's Proton plans to make 'Islamic cars' with Iran, Turkey The Associated Press Saturday, November 10, 2007

[Islah-Net] Syrian-born Muslim may be kingmaker in Danish poll

Syrian-born Muslim may be kingmaker in Danish poll Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:34am EST By John Acher COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The popularity of a Syrian-born Muslim set to play kingmaker in next week's election may herald a shift in anti-foreigner sentiment in Denmark, which has some of Europe's toughest

[Islah-Net] Malaysia police use water cannon at Anwar rally

Malaysia police use water cannon at Anwar rally Sat Nov 10, 2007 6:43 AM EST By Jalil Hamid KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Police in the Malaysian capital used water cannon and fired tear gas on Saturday to disperse protesters in one of the nation's biggest anti-government rallies in nearly a

[Islah-Net] Israeli Reservists: Hamas fights like an army

Reservists: Hamas fights like an army By Amos Harel Ha'aretz 9 November 2007 Reserve-duty paratroopers who completed a month of duty in the Gaza Strip last week say that facing militant groups such as Hamas was like taking part in a mini-war. During the patrol company's operations deep in

[Islah-Net] No end to US's war budget woes

No end to US's war budget woes By David Isenberg AsiaTimes Online Oct 30, 2007 WASHINGTON - To paraphrase an old US Army song (The Caissons Go Rolling Along), the costs of the overall US global war on terror, including, but not limited to the Iraq war, just keep rolling along and piling up.

[Islah-Net] Erdogan Rules over Turkey's Deepest Divide

Erdogan Rules over Turkey's Deepest Divide by Corey Flintoff Enlarge Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. Getty Images NPR.org, November 2, 2007 · Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is known as one of

[Islah-Net] Déjà vu all over again

Déjà vu all over again The US is smearing IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei for not finding evidence of Iranian nuclear weapons. Sound familiar? Ian Williams Comment is Free Guardian November 3, 2007 2:00 PM When it comes to Iran's nuclear capabilities, whose word would you rather take: that of a

[Islah-Net] Rescued children are not orphans, not from Darfur and actually kidnapped by aid agency

Children in Chad charity case are not orphans, UN says DAKAR, Senegal: Virtually all of the children a French aid group tried to fly out of Chad had been living with family members in villages and were not orphans of the Darfur conflict, as the group claimed, the United Nations said Thursday.

[Islah-Net] South Korean Christian missionaries spread a political message in the North

South Korean Christian missionaries spread a political message in the North By Choe Sang-Hun Published: November 1, 2007 International Herald Tribune SEOUL: For years, under the leadership of Choi Kwang, a hard-driving missionary from South Korea, North Koreans seeking refuge in China were

[Islah-Net] A parallel PLO

A parallel PLO Khaled Amayreh, Al-Ahram Weekly Palestinian factions plan an alternative to the Annapolis conference and it will convene in Damascus, reports Khaled Amayreh from Ramallah November 1, 2007 The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) has been making frantic

[Islah-Net] Breaking News: Ex-ISA detainee Malek Hussin won awarded RM2.5 million against government

Ex-ISA detainee Abdul Malek Hussin today won his legal suit against the government over his arrest and torture in 1998, and was awarded RM2.5 million in damages. Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that Abdul Malek's arrest at the height of the reformasi demonstrations was unlawful and that he

[Islah-Net] Somali troops kidnap UN official to stop distribution of aid via mosques!

Komen AAL: Berita ini (secara tidak sengaja) langsung menghilangkan apajua keraguan mengenai sifat sebenar regim pemerintah Somalia kini. Nyata ia sememangnya anti-Islam, sehinggakan begitu membenci dan mencurigai masjid dan menganggap sesiapa sahaja yang berkait dengan masjid sebagai

[Islah-Net] Congressmen extend first U.S. apology to Arar - but Bush administration refuses to admit error

Congressmen extend first U.S. apology to Arar In September 2002, Maher Arar was wrongfully detained in the U.S. on his way home to Canada after a vacation in Tunisia. He was deported to Syria, his country of birth, where he was imprisoned in a grave-like cell and tortured for 12 months. Mr.

[Islah-Net] Fw: The Law of the Garbage Truck...

THE LAW OF THE GARBAGE TRUCK... Beware of Garbage Trucks by David J. Pollay How often do you let other people's nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss, or an insensitive employee ruin your day? Unless you're the Terminator, for an instant you're probably set

[Islah-Net] Myanmar monks' message to Muslim extremists

COMMENT Myanmar monks' message to Muslim extremists By Mark LeVine Asia Times Online Oct 11, 2007 I still remember that sunny June morning when I sat transfixed in front of a television in the lobby of my hotel in Denver, Colorado. It was my cousin's wedding, but I could not get very excited

[Islah-Net] How China Got Religion

Op-Ed Contributor How China Got Religion By SLAVOJ ZIZEK Published: October 11, 2007 New York Times London THE Western liberal media had a laugh in August when China's State Administration of Religious Affairs announced Order No. 5, a law covering the management measures for the reincarnation

[Islah-Net] From ally to adversary? Saddam Defense Minister who was a spy!

From ally to adversary? Posted: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 5:48 PM Categories: Baghdad, Iraq By Richard Engel, Middle East bureau chief To survive under Saddam Hussein, you had to feign loyalty and turn on your friends. To survive after Saddam, you had to cooperate with Saddam's enemies.

[Islah-Net] Update Tabung Bantuan Kemanusiaan DERU-JIM :: Rayuan Bantuan Gempabumi Sumatra

. Semoga ALlah memberkati usaha kita bersama. Wassalam. Ainullotfi bin Abdul Latif Yand Dipertua JIM Negeri Johor - Original Message - From: Nusantara To: JIMJ Net Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 10:24 PM Subject: [JIMJ-net] Tabung Bantuan Kemanusiaan DERU-JIM :: Rayuan Bantuan

[Islah-Net] Iraqi Inquiry Says Blackwater Shooting Was Unprovoked

Iraqi Inquiry Says Blackwater Shooting Was Unprovoked By PAUL von ZIELBAUER Published: October 7, 2007 New York Times BAGHDAD, Oct. 7 - A completed Iraqi government inquiry found that employees of the American security company Blackwater USA shot unprovoked at Iraqi civilians at a downtown

[Islah-Net] Fw: Budak Tahfiz

Emel ini forward atas forward, tetapi cukup menyentuh dan boleh memberi pengajaran kepada umat Islam. - Original Message - From: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 9:01 AM Subject: Budak Tahfiz Assalamualaikum wbr, Semalam, 21 Ramadhan, sewaktu saya

[Islah-Net] The Bush administration's ties to Blackwater

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/02/blackwater_bush/print.html The Bush administration's ties to Blackwater Blamed in the deaths of Iraqi civilians, the private security firm has long ties to the White

[Islah-Net] Update Tabung Bantuan Kemanusiaan DERU-JIM :: Rayuan Bantuan Gempabumi Sumatra

: Nusantara To: JIMJ Net Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 10:24 PM Subject: [JIMJ-net] Tabung Bantuan Kemanusiaan DERU-JIM :: Rayuan Bantuan Gempabumi Sumatra Assalamu 'alaykum wr wb! Sehingga kini sepatutnya semua telahpun maklum mengenai gempa bumi yang berlaku di barat Sumatra. Sebenarnya

[Islah-Net] Anti-Iran hawks win partial victory

Anti-Iran hawks win partial victory By Jim Lobe 28 Sept 2007 Asia Times Online WASHINGTON - Amid growing speculation about prospects for US military action against Iran, neo-conservatives and other hawks won a significant - if somewhat incomplete - victory in rallying the Democratic-led

[Islah-Net] The land of Zion

The land of Zion Sep 27th 2007 | JERUSALEM From The Economist print edition How the Jewish National Fund may have to change WHEN the Jewish National Fund (JNF) was set up a century ago, its mission was to buy land in Palestine for settling Jews there, with the coins that diaspora Jews the

[Islah-Net] Ahmadinejad's image problem - the NY visit from another perspective

Ahmadinejad's image problem Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's unpolished US appearances demonstrate just how bad at modern diplomacy the regime in Tehran is. Khaled Diab September 26, 2007 6:00 PM Comment is Free, Guardian I am no fan of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hardline politics which are playing straight

[Islah-Net] Somalia, Myanmar, Iraq top corruption blacklist

Somalia, Myanmar, Iraq top corruption blacklist 2 hours ago LONDON (AFP) - Sleaze is hobbling the recovery of war-ravaged countries like Iraq and Somalia, which joined Myanmar among states perceived as the world's most corrupt, an anti-graft watchdog reported Wednesday. Berlin-based

[Islah-Net] Malaysia's judiciary on Candid Camera

Malaysia's judiciary on Candid Camera By Anil Netto Asia Times Online PENANG, Malaysia - On May 27, 1988, then-prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, his party faced with a legal challenge from rivals that threatened his leadership, summoned Malaysia's top judge, Salleh Abas, and gave him an

[Islah-Net] Israel's leading writers demand talks with Hamas on a ceasefire

Israel's leading writers demand talks with Hamas on a ceasefire By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem Published: 26 September 2007 Independent A group of Israel's most influential writers - including David Grossman, Amos Oz and A B Yehoshua - have called on the government to open talks with Hamas on

[Islah-Net] [JIMJ-net] Tabung Bantuan Kemanusiaan DERU-JIM :: Rayuan Bantuan Gempabumi Sumatra

Johor - Original Message - From: Nusantara To: JIMJ Net Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 10:24 PM Subject: [JIMJ-net] Tabung Bantuan Kemanusiaan DERU-JIM :: Rayuan Bantuan Gempabumi Sumatra Assalamu 'alaykum wr wb! Sehingga kini sepatutnya semua telahpun maklum mengenai gempa bumi

[Islah-Net] Israeli Opinion: The clear loser from Ahmadinejad's visit is Israel

ANALYSIS: The clear loser from Ahmadinejad's visit is Israel By Shmuel Rosner Haaretz Last update - 00:58 25/09/2007 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Columbia University in New York on Monday resulted in one clear loser: Israel. In his speech, Ahmadinejad took aim at Israel.

[Islah-Net] There are no pockets in a shroud.

The secret billionaire giveaway Quotable quote: There are no pockets in a shroud. Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:27am EDT By Paul Gallagher LONDON (Reuters) - He wears a $15 watch, flies economy class and does not own a house or car. For years few guessed that Chuck Feeney was one of the world's biggest

[Islah-Net] West Bank: Victory is part of Failure

How many were arrested last night? By Danny Rubinstein Haaretz Mon Sept 24, 2007 Last Thursday I joined a group of senior Palestinian Authority officials who traveled from Ramallah to Jericho for the dedication of the new Palestinian Security Academy training ground. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas

[Islah-Net] Hamas clears way for return of Fatah men

Hamas clears way for return of Fatah men Khaled Abu Toameh , THE JERUSALEM POST Sep. 23, 2007 Several Fatah officials who

[Islah-Net] Al Jazeera Guantanamo detainee 'passively suicidal'

Al Jazeera detainee 'passively suicidal' Sami Al Haj, a Sudanese cameraman for the Al Jazeera network. By Barbara Bibbo', Correspondent Published: September 24, 2007, 00:25 Gulfnews Doha: The wife of Guantanamo detainee Sami Al Haj, a Sudanese cameraman for the Al Jazeera network held since

[Islah-Net] Israeli Rabbis to Shun Christian Event

Israeli Rabbis to Shun Christian Event Monday September 24, 2007 3:16 AM By AMY TEIBEL Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli rabbinic authorities have abruptly called on Jews to shun a major Christian tourism event, baffling and upsetting evangelical groups that traditionally have

[Islah-Net] Israeli settlers stab a Palestinian boy, attack an ambulance crew

Israeli settlers stab a Palestinian boy, attack an ambulance crew Sunday September 23, 2007 12:11 by Rami Almeghari - 1 of International Middle East Media Center - IMEMC Editorial Group rami at imemc dot org A number of Israeli settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron, stabbed a

[Islah-Net] Americans should be more worried about the nuclear weapons at home, instead of the non-existent ones in Iran

'Chain of errors' led to 36-hour nuclear blunder By Stephen Foley in New York Published: 24 September 2007 Nuclear warheads capable of unleashing the equivalent of 10 Hiroshima bombs were mistakenly flown across the United States by a bomber crew who thought they were dummies, and the

[Islah-Net] Israel sends jets toward Syria again... for migrating birds!

Israel sends jets toward Syria again Agencies Published: September 23, 2007, 11:35 Gulfnews Occupied Jerusalem: Israel dispatched several fighter jets toward Syria after a Syrian aircraft disappeared from Israeli air force radar screens, Israeli military officials said Sunday. In the incident

[Islah-Net] In Mumbai, one man's meat is indeed another man's poison

In Mumbai, one man's meat is indeed another man's poison By Amelia Gentleman Friday, September 21, 2007 International Herald Tribune MUMBAI: Cooking chicken has become a high-security, covert operation for Shailaja Hazare, an undercover meat eater who has spent the last decade pretending to

[Islah-Net] Welcome to Planet Gaza

THE ROVING EYE Welcome to Planet Gaza By Pepe Escobar Asia Times Online 22 September 2007 It is one of the most scandalous instances of collective punishment anywhere in the world in recent times. And what is the response of the high-minded international community? It's the standard three

[Islah-Net] MIDEAST: Hamas Flag Goes Up in Lebanon Camps

MIDEAST: Hamas Flag Goes Up in Lebanon Camps By Anand Gopal BADDAWI CAMP, Lebanon, Sep 5 (IPS) - There is a new look to the entrance of the Palestinian refugee camp Baddawi in northern Lebanon. Hanging above the armed man who guards the entrance are posters of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the slain

[Islah-Net] Sabra And Shatila - On Massacres, Atrocities And Holocausts

http://www.rense.com/general78/atroc.htm Sabra And Shatila - On Massacres, Atrocities And Holocausts By Sonja Karkar WOMEN FOR PALESTINE MELBOURNE - AUSTRALIA 9-15-2007 The Massacre It happened twenty-five years ago ­ 16 September 1982. A massacre so awful that people who know about it

[Islah-Net] His mentor turns on bin Laden

His mentor turns on bin Laden By Fawaz A. Gerges Friday, September 21, 2007 NEW YORK: After Osama bin Laden reappeared on the world's television screens on the sixth anniversary of 9-11, commentaries focused on his newly blackened beard and his changed message. But more important was the

[Islah-Net] Wage row hits Fatah

Wage row hits Fatah RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accepted the resignations of Fatah leaders he appointed to reorganise his party in the Gaza Strip after June's Hamas takeover, an Abbas aide said yesterday. But the aide played down suggestions the resignations showed divisions

[Islah-Net] Shots in the dark over Syria's skies

Shots in the dark over Syria's skies By Sami Moubayed Asia Times Online 22 September 2007 DAMASCUS - Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu, while becoming the first official of that country to admit that it did conduct an air raid into Syria on September 6, sheds no further light on the

[Islah-Net] Guards' Shots Not Provoked, Iraq Concludes

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[Islah-Net] Rupanya ramai anak-anak kecil yang hilang!

Nurin Jazlin among 17 children still on police list of missing persons Star Wednesday September 19, 2007 PETALING JAYA: As the anguish continues for Nurin Jazlin's parents Jazimin Abdul Jalil and Norazian Bistaman, there are at least 16 other parents out there anxiously awaiting news of their

[Islah-Net] Iran shows off new fighter jet

Iran shows off new fighter jet An Iranian Saegheh (Thunder) fighter jet, 2006. Iran unveiled a new home-grown fighter jet amid growing tensions with the United States, saying the plane could blind the eyes of its enemies. 14 hours ago TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran unveiled on Thursday a new home-grown

[Islah-Net] Turkey: Not without my Headscarf

TURKEY'S CONSITUTIONAL DEBATE Not without my Headscarf By Annette Grossbongardt in Istanbul The Turkish government is currently considering adopting a new constitution that would lift a legal ban that prevents women who wear the headscarf from attending college. But the country's staunch

[Islah-Net] The real story of Baghdad's Bloody Sunday (Massacre of civilians by American mercenaries)

The real story of Baghdad's Bloody Sunday Six days ago, at least 28 civilians died in a shooting incident involving the US security company Blackwater. But what actually happened? Kim Sengupta reports from the scene of the massacre Published: 21 September 2007 Independent The eruption of

[Islah-Net] A problem for Israel's farmers: The seven-year hitch

A problem for Israel's farmers: The seven-year hitch For decades, Israelis have exploited a theological loophole to continue farming in years when the Talmud forbids it. Now a rabbinical ruling is making agriculture very difficult indeed. By Donald Macintyre Published: 21 September 2007

[Islah-Net] Austria condemns France's 'martial rhetoric' on Iran

AFX News Limited Austria condemns France's 'martial rhetoric' on Iran 09.17.07, 10:04 AM ET VIENNA (Thomson Financial) - Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik on Monday condemned comments by her French counterpart Bernard Kouchner that the world should prepare for war over the Iranian

[Islah-Net] Iraq Expels American Security Firm After The Massacre of Iraqi Civilians

Iraq Expels American Security Firm Guardian Monday September 17, 2007 9:31 PM By ROBERT H. REID Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD (AP) - The Iraqi government Monday ordered Blackwater USA, the security firm that protects U.S. diplomats, to stop work and leave the country after the fatal

[Islah-Net] What happens to private contractors who kill Iraqis? Maybe nothing

Inilah yang berlaku apabila sesebuah negara hilang kedaulatannya dan diduduki oleh tentera asing, walaupun mungkin ia nampak macam merdeka dan mempunyai sebuah kerajaan yang dikatakan dipilih oleh rakyatnya, siap dengan Presiden, Perdana Menteri dan Parlimennya sendiri. Namun ia tidak boleh

[Islah-Net] Israel's next move

Israel's next move Why has Tel Aviv's response to the Qassam rocket attack on a military base Tuesday been so muted? Saleh Al-Naami seeks answers in Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was woken at exactly

[Islah-Net] Iraq tribes vow to avenge murder of Abu Risha

Iraq tribes vow to avenge murder al-Jazeera Friday 14 Sept 2007 Sunni Arab tribes in Anbar, the western Iraqi province, have vowed to avenge the killing of Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, their leader. He died in a roadside-bomb attack near his home in Ramadi, the provincial capital, on Thursday.

[Islah-Net] Drop your silly Atlantic solidarity and support us, Putin tells West

Drop your silly Atlantic solidarity and support us, Putin tells West Michael Binyon in Sochi From The Times September 15, 2007 - If the West wants to support the Orange movement, let them pay for it. Do you think we are idiots? - In 2012 I hope to find a place where I will be comfortable

[Islah-Net] Gempa bumi besar menggegar Indonesia lagi

Indonesia quake kills at least 9 JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- An 8.4-magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island Wednesday evening, killing nine people in Sumatra and shaking buildings hundreds of miles away. Residents and rescuers inspect a

[Islah-Net] Who's who in Thailand's Muslim insurgency

Who's who in Thailand's Muslim insurgency By Bertil Lintner Asia Times Online Sept 8, 2007 :: Barisan Revolusi Nasional Patani-Melayu-Koordinasi, or the Patani Malay National Revolutionary Front-Coordinate, usually referred to as BRN-Coordinate in English. The original BRN was established

[Islah-Net] Islamist Party Set Back in Morocco Vote

Islamist Party Set Back in Morocco Vote By ANGELA CHARLTON - 4 hours ago RABAT, Morocco (AP) - Voters in Morocco deprived an Islamist party of an expected parliamentary victory, handing it instead to a secular conservative party that is a member of the ruling coalition, according to

[Islah-Net] Turkey is vital to Europe's future - Miliband

Turkey is vital to Europe's future By David Miliband, British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Telegraph Last Updated: 12:01am BST 05/09/2007 In the 20th century, Britain's national security came under threat from hostile nations. Today, the threat is from terrorist

[Islah-Net] Analysis - Next flashpoint in Turkey: constitutional overhaul

Next flashpoint in Turkey: constitutional overhaul By Emma Ross-Thomas - Analysis Reuters Tue Sep 4, 2007 7:49AM EDT ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's secular elite, stung by the election of an ex-Islamist president, faces a historic battle over AK Party government plans to jettison a

[Islah-Net] They just won't let Islam rule!

Lotfi's comments: This article by Ed Koch, who's not a journalist but rather part of the Establishment, being the ex-Mayor of New York, reflects the hypocrisy of the West and their deep hatred towards Islam and Muslims who want Islam. They can talk about democracy etc but when it comes to the

[Islah-Net] Opportunism trumps in Palestine

Opportunism trumps in Palestine What do Israel and the US expect from Abbas? asks Ramzy Baroud* al-Ahram Weekly 23-29 August 2007 http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/859/op23.htm The rash and self-defeatist

[Islah-Net] Robert Fisk: Strange goings-on here in Lebanon ...

Robert Fisk: Strange goings-on here in Lebanon ... Published: 01 September 2007 Independent Stories that just don't seem to make it into print. Did you know that the Hizbollah Party of God has installed its own private communications network in the south of Lebanon, stretching from the village

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