WHAT is the right balance between public expressions of religious faith and legally enshrined national values? France, with its 6m Muslims and secular constitution, faces that question in acute form. In 2004 it banned the Muslim headscarf in state schools and other public buildings. Now the wearing of the burqa has been ruled “incompatible” with French values—and nationality. for more click here
Zeynep tugs the knitted cotton hat down over her headscarf. “Secular!” she says. Then she pulls off the hat, leaving just the orange fabric around her pale, earnest face. “Now, not secular!” I’m relieved that she is laughing, sees the funny side of having to look like a Smurf to complete her MA in history. The headscarf war in Turkey is so grave and bitterly entrenched that it has brought angry millions onto the streets. It is why the country’s constitutional court this month decides whether the democratically elected AKP Government should be removed from office. A square of coloured silk may yet cause a military coup. for more click here
A U.S. District Court in Washington ruled Thursday that the first war crimes trial in connection with the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks can go ahead as planned next week at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Yemeni national Salim Ahmed Hamdan, who has admitted being Osama bin Laden’s driver at one time, faces charges of providing material support to terrorism and his trial under the controversial military commissions process is scheduled to start Monday. for more click here
THE US plans to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 28 years as part of a remarkable turnaround in policy by the President, George Bush. for more click here
Israel’s Foreign Ministry released a video to the Arab world, in Arabic, blasting Samir Kuntar, Hizbullah, and the Arab listeners who continue to support terrorism.
The video, which can be viewed on YouTube, is part of an international media campaign targeting the Arabic-speaking world. The video explains who “the real Samir Kuntar” and his supporters are: “Hizbullah is a terrorist organization that sees a cold-blooded child murderer as hero,” reveals the narrator of the video, which aims to establish an Israeli moral victory over Hizbullah. for more click here
Two coffins, which according to Hizbullah are the remains of the missing IDF troops, have arrived on Israeli soil. Identification process underway. for more click here
Monday’s request by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for an arrest warrant charging President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan with crimes against humanity and genocide is generating enormous debate and controversy. Diplomats express increasing concern that the arrest warrant will endanger the work of humanitarian organizations and peacekeepers in Sudan. for more click here
A network of criminality in one of the UK’s largest illegal immigrant communities has been exposed by an undercover BBC News investigation.
Widespread unlawful job practices, squalid housing, and a thriving trade in fake documents were uncovered. for more click here
WE HAVE TO SEND THIS TO EVERYONE WE KNOW, FOR THE WORLD TO OPEN THEIR EYES !!!!!
Imagine who would have such taste and live in such opulence?
An American Billionaire?
A Saudi Prince?
Louis XIV of France?
Savour the pictures then scroll to the bottom of the page to see who owns this Work of Art.
This Mansion is in Harare and belongs to:
The President of Zimbabwe - Robert Mugabe -
while his people starve, and die because of no medical help….and we are asked to help his people over and over again…he and his family live like this…….his GREED kills his people…..
send this to everyone you know, they can send it to everyone they know, soon the world will know what this man is doing to his people.
Dr Rowan Williams also spoke critically of the violent past of both religions and Christianity’s abandonment of its peaceful origins.
His comments came in a published letter to Islamic leaders, intended to promote closer dialogue and understanding between the two faiths. for more click here
