Saturday 28 July 2012

World Muslim Women's Role in 2012 London Olympic Game


Saudi Arabia's contingent takes part in the athletes parade during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium July 27, 2012. Saudi Arabia's first female Olympic athletes made their appearance at the opening ceremony to the London Games on Friday, dressed in traditional hijabs, or Islamic headscarfs. Read more>>>

Wednesday 25 July 2012

Burma's monks call for Muslim community to be shunned

In a move that has shocked many observers, some monks' organisations have issued pamphlets telling people not to associate with the Rohingya community, and have blocked humanitarian assistance from reaching them. One leaflet described the Rohingya as "cruel by nature" and claimed it had "plans to exterminate" other ethnic groups. Read more>>>

Saturday 21 July 2012

Ethnic Conflict, LTTE And Future

It is now crystal clear that the Sinhala leaders will never put forward a just resolution to the Tamil national question. Therefore, we are not prepared to place our trust in the impossible and walk along the same old futile path…. We therefore ask the international community and the countries of the world that respect justice to recognize our freedom struggle.” This is the key sections of the annual Heroes’ Day statement delivered by the slain leader of the disabled Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), V. Pirapaharan. Read more>>>

Monday 16 July 2012

Corrupt capitalism approaching endemic levels

Barclays Bank submitted false and misleading figures about the banks’s financial standing in a bid to boost profits during the peak of the recession through 2007 and 2009. This was done to disguise the financial difficulty that Barclays was going through during the economic downturn and astonishingly but perhaps unsurprisingly may have had the blessing of the Bank of England – one of the main banking industry regulators. Read more>>>

Thursday 12 July 2012

Yemen: Enduring Conflicts, Threatened Transition

Yemen: Enduring Conflicts, Threatened Transition, a new report from the International Crisis Group, proposes ways for the government to win back society’s confidence, tackle political infighting and distance itself from the leadership and practices of the past. It warns that the democratic transition remains messy and incomplete and that any failure to address the challenges soon will weigh heavily on an already divided and increasingly impoverished society. Read more>>>