The current economic crisis demands that we understand John McCain’s attitudes about economic oversight and corporate influence in federal regulation. Nothing illustrates the danger of his approach more clearly than his central role in the savings and loan scandal of the late ’80s and early ’90s. John McCain was accused of improperly aiding his political… [Read more…]
October 7, 2008
Daniel Varisco, Tabsir.net Statement of Concerned Scholars about Islamophobia in the 2008 U. S. Election Campaign Not since the election of John Kennedy in 1960 has the religious faith of a U.S. presidential candidate generated so much distortion as the false claims generated by extremist critics that Senator Barack Obama, the candidate of the Democratic… [Read more…]
October 6, 2008
By Larry Rohter, New York Times Speaking in Albuquerque on Monday, Senator John McCain attacked Senator Barack Obama on several fronts that by now have become familiar. But many of his charges relating to the economic meltdown, taxation and health care contained inaccuracies or exaggerations of his own position or Mr. Obama’s. For instance, Mr.… [Read more…]
September 26, 2008
What is ‘Obsession’? Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West is a 2005 anti-Muslim propaganda film put together by controversial anti-Muslim figures to further the perceived divide between Western and Muslim audiences. 28 million copies of the DVD were recently distributed by a mysteriously-funded entity by the name of the Clarion Fund with the help… [Read more…]
September 22, 2008
From CNN’s Josh Levs Did Obama vote to raise taxes more than 90 times? The statement: “He said he won’t raise taxes for most people, but he’s voted 94 times in his short Senate career for tax increases and against tax cuts.” -Sen. John McCain, at a campaign stop in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Friday… [Read more…]
September 18, 2008
Joe Klein, Time Magazine Politics has always been lousy with blather and chicanery. But there are rules and traditions too. In the early weeks of the general-election campaign, a consensus has grown in the political community — a consensus that ranges from practitioners like Karl Rove to commentators like, well, me — that John McCain… [Read more…]
September 7, 2008
The Post Asif Ali Zardari: the godfather as president By Tariq Ali Sunday September 07 2008 Asif Ali Zardari – singled out by fate to become Benazir Bhutto’s husband and who, subsequently, did everything he could to prevent himself from being returned to obscurity – is about to become the new President of Pakistan. Oily-mouthed… [Read more…]
September 5, 2008
Source “Media Matters”; by Jamison Foser A few weeks ago, for example, there was a frenzy of conservative whining that Barack Obama had gotten more media coverage than John McCain. Now, the amount of coverage each candidate has gotten, by itself, tells us virtually nothing. What was the content of the coverage? Was it positive?… [Read more…]
September 3, 2008
Note from Professor Rafik Beekun: Many Muslim publishers, software publishers, CD/DVD producers as well as quite a few individual Muslims violate copyright and intellectual property laws by copying books, CDs, DVDs, videos, logos, designs, computer programs, etc at will, thinking that there is not against Islam. Such violation of copyright and intellectual property laws is… [Read more…]
August 26, 2008
In September 2007 Anwar Ibrahim released the videotape recording of Malaysian lawyer VK Lingam engaged in a telephone conversation with Chief Justice Ahmed Fairuz about fixing judges and court cases (see the 3 video clips at the end of this post). The conspiracy depicted in the video implicates the highest levels of power in the… [Read more…]
August 8, 2008
Note from RI: There is some bad language in this video. In a report on Senator John McCain’s well documented “temper,” MSNBC offered this insightful, accurate and disturbing analysis of a man who might be the next President of the United States. Does putting his hand in control of the enormous power of the US… [Read more…]
July 28, 2008
Source: Penang & Malaysia Source of the post below: Freeanwar.org–reprinted here with permission. A new development took place on July 28, 2008 when the medical report on Saiful Bukhari Aslan was leaked out from the hospital where he had gone to complain about being sodomized. This report, if proven to be accurate, would clearly indicate… [Read more…]
July 25, 2008
Dear Friend, Earlier this week, CBS Evening News was criticized for splicing video of an interview with Sen. John McCain that resulted in the removal of a statement in which McCain falsely asserted that the 2007 U.S. troop surge “began the Anbar Awakening.” CBS replaced the false statement with an answer McCain gave to a… [Read more…]
July 25, 2008
ICR chairman Datuk Johan Raslan introduces four panelists, Khazanah Nasional Bhd managing director Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar, IJM Corporation managing director Datuk Krishnan Tan, Astro chief executive officer Rohana Rozhan and HSBC chief executive officer Irene Dorner at the StarBiz-ICRM forum on corporate responsibility. Part 1 Part 2 The panelists elaborate on the roles of… [Read more…]
July 16, 2008
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: July 16, 2008 Filed at 2:40 a.m. ET KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Police arrested Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday about an hour before a deadline for him to appear at police headquarters to answer allegations that he sodomized a male aide. The arrest was likely to exacerbate the… [Read more…]
July 14, 2008
In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful May Peace and Blessings be upon the Prophet Muhammad and his kin “ … [M]ake peace between them justly, and act equitably. Lo! Allah loveth the equitable. / The believers are naught else than brothers. Therefore make peace between your brethren and observe your duty to… [Read more…]
July 10, 2008
Please click here to go to the link, and then watch the slide show on the food protests and strikes against low wages. Casualties of Food Crisis in Egypt Food Crisis in Egypt
July 9, 2008
Arab News ABU DHABI: Around 3,000 Indian workers were detained at an undisclosed location on the outskirts of the UAE capital on charges of arson and rioting. The workers of a large ceramics manufacturing unit in the emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah were rounded up by security agencies after they went on a rampage at… [Read more…]
June 14, 2008
Thomas Frank, USA today BALTIMORE — Body-scanning machines that show images of people underneath their clothing are being installed in 10 of the nation’s busiest airports in one of the biggest public uses of security devices that reveal intimate body parts. Body Scanners are Invasive The Transportation Security Administration recently started using body scans on… [Read more…]
May 23, 2008
By Magdi Abdelhadi BBC News, Cairo A decision by the Saudi owner of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Cairo to ban the sale of alcohol and destroy millions of dollars worth of beverages has sparked a debate in Egypt. The international company which runs the hotel has urged Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Brahim – a relative of… [Read more…]
April 23, 2008
Al Jazeera examines the devastating events of Bhopal, India in 1984, when a cloud of poisonous gas released over the city killed thousands in the world’s worst industrial disaster. More than 2 decades later, a whole city still suffers. However, Dow Jones, the new owner of Union Carbide, has attempted to reject all liability for… [Read more…]
April 21, 2008
Note from Rafik Beekun: Islam emphasizes honest work in a halal job at all times over begging. The behavior of the “Islamic” school instructors who force children to beg for any reason, least of all to fill their own pockets, is absolutely against the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (s). Indeed, earning money through a… [Read more…]
April 16, 2008
McCain and Keating McCain Flip Flops on Ethics Reform McCain: Corruption in Politics
April 4, 2008
Geert Wilders Insults Dutch Prime Minister Geert Wilders insults the Dutch Prime Minister publicly, and blames the Dutch Parliament for defending Muslims in the Netherlands. Stephen Sackur of BBC World “Hard Talk” talks to Dutch Member of Parliament, Geert Wilders about his controversial views on Islam, Muslims, Arabs and immigration. Part 1 In the first video, Wilders would like… [Read more…]
March 25, 2008
First, it was Bill’s turn: Now, it is Hillary’s turn: Hillary has learned how to imitate her husband. Please click here to see how Hillary has mimicked her husband in the past. They are definitely using the same playbook. The Death of Vince Foster, personal attorney to Bill and Hillary Clinton Howard Phillips, host… [Read more…]
March 24, 2008
Since 2002, ABC Islamic Bank E.C, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arab Banking Corporation, has issued the first Islamic credit card. The card, considered the first Islamic credit card that conforms to Sharia principles, is expected to be well accepted by all customers who prefer to utilise a credit card based on Glorious Sharia principles. Prior… [Read more…]
March 21, 2008
CNN The McCain campaign suspended a staff member Thursday afternoon for distributing a YouTube video that questions Barack Obama’s patriotism and includes footage from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s controversial sermons. “We have been very clear on the type of campaign we intend to run and this staffer acted in violation of our policy. He has… [Read more…]
March 14, 2008
Pakistani court has quashed the last remaining graft case against the husband of slain Benazir Bhutto, his lawyer has said. Asif Ali Zardari was acquitted by the anti-corruption court in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, in the last of seven cases that had been hanging over him for more than a decade, lawyer… [Read more…]
February 27, 2008
By ANN SORKOWITZ and JULIE N. HAYS Feb. 26, 2008 The Sept. 11 attacks, the Iraq war and suicide bombings worldwide have changed not only the way we live but the way we look at those around us, especially Muslims. “Islamophobia” has entered the American vernacular, and the anti-Muslim attitudes and prejudice it describes remain… [Read more…]
February 20, 2008
July 07, 2006 Mr. Feuerstein was made famous by his amazing selfless act of keeping his employess on salary for two months even after the complete destruction of his Maldin Mills factory. The interviews of Mr. Feruestein come from 60 Minutes
February 20, 2008
U.K. businesses conducting engaging in ethical business are also finding them to be profitable. Please click here to watch a video clip from Reuters.
January 9, 2008
First, Bill cried Now, Hillary did it Bill Clinton: Tears won Hillary New Hampshire By Toby Harnden in Manchester, New Hampshire Last Updated: 5:53pm GMT 09/01/2008 Bill Clinton, the former US president, said that his wife Hillary won the New Hampshire primary because “people saw who she was” when she came close to tears after being… [Read more…]
January 2, 2008
Rafik Beekun Statistics on Poverty and Inequality from www.islamicrelief.org The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) reported in 1998 that the world’s 225 richest people now have a combined wealth of $1 trillion. That’s equal to the combined annual income of the world’s 2.5 billion poorests people. The wealth of the three most well-to-do individuals now… [Read more…]
December 17, 2007
Kudos to our Justice system in the U.S. Unlike in many “Muslim” countries, it does not matter in the United States if a person is a multi-millionaire or not when the law catches with the culprit. This is what a millionaire couple found out in New York today, and God Willing, they will spend a… [Read more…]
December 3, 2007
By Lina Sinjab BBC News, Damascus Many of the Iraqi dancers are in their early teens. With their bright neon signs and glitzy decor, dozens of nightclubs line the streets of the Maraba district in the Syrian capital Damascus. It’s here that men come from far and wide – car number plates are not just… [Read more…]
November 29, 2007
Source: http://www.marriagepartner.com An office romance, work romance, or corporate affair is a romance that occurs between two people who work together in the same office, work location, or business. It tends to breach nonfraternization policies and is a foreseeable business expense. In its 2003 nationwide survey, Vault found that 47 percent of workers have participated… [Read more…]
November 24, 2007
Please click here to take the Morality Quiz from Time Magazine, and to assess how moral you are. After you are done, please click here to read a very interesting article from Time Magazine on “What makes us moral.”
November 7, 2007
Please click here to listen to the latest CNN interview of Chief Justice Iftikar Chaudry.
October 31, 2007
Source: Human Rights Watch If you say you are a human rights activist to a security official, it is as if you are admitting you are a criminal. –Syrian human rights activist, November 20061 The government of Syria severely constrains the freedom of human rights activists to express their views and to associate as a… [Read more…]
October 30, 2007
Source: Al-Jazeera Four thousand Asian labourers in Dubai who staged strikes last weekend over poor salaries and working conditions are to be deported, a local newspaper says quoting a government official. Several thousand manual workers recently stopped work and reportedly occupied and vandalised a building before attacking police and vehicles with stones. Humaid bin Deemas,… [Read more…]
October 29, 2007
Christian Science Monitor, October 29, 2007 edition - By John K. Cooley Do you need a local driver’s license in, say, Lebanon, Egypt, or Cameroon? Well, weeks of paperwork and delays may be avoided if you resort to the Mideastern practice of slipping baksheesh – a traditional term for a bribe – to the… [Read more…]
October 7, 2007
Sunday Times, London, Oct 7, 2007 Daniel Foggo and Abul Taher SECTION: HOME NEWS; News; Pg. 1 SOME Muslim medical students are refusing to attend lectures or answer exam questions on alcohol-related or sexually transmitted diseases because they claim it offends their religious beliefs, write Daniel Foggo and Abul Taher. Some trainee doctors say learning… [Read more…]
September 18, 2007
Sheikh Salman al-Oadah, Islamtoday.com Sheikh Salman b. Fahd al-Oadah, the general supervisor of IslamToday.net, delivered the following address to Osama bin Laden live on NBC television on 14 September, 2007, which corresponds to the second say of Ramadan in Saudi Arabia: Brother Osama:How much blood has been spilled? How many innocent children, women, and old… [Read more…]
September 18, 2007
By Anayat Durrani, Contributing WriterSouthern California Infocus, September 2007 TORRANCE, Calif. – Every morning, Wasi Ahmed Yousaf, 37, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., puts on his sneakers and helmet and commutes to work on his bicycle. Yousaf ditched his car two months ago in favor of a more eco-friendly mode of transportation. Across the nation, Americans are… [Read more…]
September 10, 2007
Harvard University students are going to be studying Palos Heights this fall. A case study titled “A Mosque in Palos Heights,” based on real events in that city in 2000, has been developed by Harvard’s Pluralism Project, which studies America’s changing religious diversity to better understand its impact on society. In 2000, the Al Salam… [Read more…]
September 10, 2007
By SALAH NASRAWI, Associated Press Writer CAIRO, Egypt – Saudi Arabia has indefinitely banned the distribution of a leading Arab newspaper, days after the paper disclosed that a Saudi extremist had played a key role in a violent Iraqi al-Qaida front group. One of the kingdom’s most influential journalists immediately criticized the ban, calling it… [Read more…]
September 9, 2007
Human Rights Watch (www.hrw.org) Brutal Beatings and Killings Symptomatic of Wider Abuse (New York, August 17, 2007) – The killing of two Indonesian domestic workers by their employers in Saudi Arabia highlights the Saudi government’s ongoing failure to hold employers accountable for serious abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. The brutal beatings by these employers… [Read more…]
September 3, 2007
By GLEN OWEN and HOLLY MILLBANK The Mail on Sunday, UK Britain has become involved in a potentially damaging diplomatic imbroglio after a relative of Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi was prosecuted for assaulting two prostitutes at his London home. The case against Mohamed Al Sanussi, 26, collapsed after the two alleged victims withdrew their evidence.… [Read more…]
September 1, 2007
Mohammed Rasooldeen, Arab News RIYADH, 1 September 2007 — The Kingdom has sought more time from the Indonesian government to resolve the case of four Indonesian housemaids who were assaulted in Aflaj, a town 320 kilometers south of the Saudi capital Riyadh. Two of the maids died from the attack when a family member beat… [Read more…]
October 7, 2008
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