By EL-HAJJ MAURI SAALAKHAN AAFIA Siddiqui – a daughter, a sister, a mother of three, committed Muslim, social scientist, hafiz of Qur’an – needed to be heard. For years she had suffered in virtual silence…aching to be heard, to be understood, to have certain malicious untruths corrected and exposed for the lies they were. That [...]
Rising Kashmir News Srinagar, Jan 31: A book on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was released in the cold desert region of Ladakh. As part of its routine activities for promotion and development of culture, the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages organised a book release function at conference hall, Leh. Chering Dorje, Chief [...]
OTTAWA —Islamic financing, including Shariah-compliant mortgages, would pose no legal hurdles if widely offered in Canada, concludes CMHC report released recently. The 88-page Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. study notes that Islamic funding instruments are widely available throughout the world. The report, by the law firm Gowling, Lafleur Henderson LLP, found no legal impediment to [...]
By JOHN PILGER THE theft of Haiti has been swift and crude. On 22 January, the United States secured “formal approval” from the United Nations to take over all air and sea ports in Haiti, and to “secure” roads. No Haitian signed the agreement, which has no basis in law. Power rules in an American [...]
Video Report By Al Jazeera In 2008, in the midst of the global food crisis, we travelled to Haiti to look at the politics of rice - how such a fertile country became dependent on food aid. In the wake of this current disaster, that dependence is - initially - going to deepen. But as [...]
Video Report By Al Jazeera In 2008, in the midst of the global food crisis, we travelled to Haiti to look at the politics of rice - how such a fertile country became dependent on food aid. In the wake of this current disaster, that dependence is - initially - going to deepen. But as [...]
By IBRAHIM SAJID MALICK Thursday had marked a turning point in the trial of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, who decided to take the witness stand in her own defense. JURY in Dr. Aafia Siddiqui trial is likely to begin deliberations Monday afternoon after prosecution and defense attorneys make closing statements. In a taped video deposition presented [...]
THE Supreme Court of Canada agreed Canadian officials violated Khadr's human rights and that he continues to be threatened by the effect of those violations. The Court unequivocally condemned Canada's participation in Khadr's interrogations at Guantanamo as violations of Khadr's human rights, Canada's constitution, and "basic Canadian standards about the treatment of detained youth." The [...]
A CANADIAN Muslim held in custody in Chicago on charges of plotting to attack the Danish newspaper that published blasphemous cartoons of Prophet Muhammad has been denied bail, according to media reports. Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, pleaded not guilty to a plot to kill a Danish newspaper cartoonist. He also pleads not guilty in Mumbai [...]
