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Goodbye 2009, Happy New Year 2010

The year 2009 has not been a good one for many people and nations.  So it is with some relief that we bid goodbye to 2009.  But what will 2010 bring?  Will it be a happy new year?  Or another year of belt tightening and job losses?

But for the moment everyone is thinking of the New [...]

Al Qaeda – If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try Try Again

So al Qaeda in Yemen (in the Arabian Peninsula)  has now claimed responsibility for sending Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab onboard a US bound jetliner on Christmas Day for the purpose of blowing it up.  An al Qaeda spokesman said: “The Mujahedeen brothers in the manufacturing section had succeeded in developing a very sophisticated explosive device. It had [...]

Terrorists Poor And Depressed? Think Again!

We typically think of terrorists as people who come from poor and depressed background, circumstances which made them particularly vunlerable to manipulation by terror groups.  If that’s your idea of a typical terrorist, then think again.

You may be surprised to know that 23-year old Ngerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who tried to blow up Delta (NorthWest) Flight [...]

Terrorism – How Safe Is Air Travel?

Eversince the September 11, 2001 terrorist hijackings of 4 commercial jetliners and sending 2 of them crashing like missiles into the World Trade Center, New York and 1 into the Pentagon at Arlington, Virginia (with the fourth missing its target and crashing into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania), air travel has never been the same again.  Despite new [...]

Remembering The 2004 Asian Tsunami

Trust the Japanese to come up with the name “tsunami”.  In Japanese, it means “harbor waves”.  And that’s quite appropriate description indeed. Tsunami waves are caused by undersea tremblors or landslide.  In the depths of the oceans, such tidal waves have relatively small wave heights. If you are sailing on the surface of the oceans you [...]

Kartika Caning – “Don’t Leave Me In Limbo”

It has been a long while since we last got any update on the caning case of Malaysia model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno.  As a reminder, Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno was caught drinking alcohol and a Syariah court in Malaysia subsequently ordered that she be sentenced to a fine (which she paid) and 6 strokes of [...]

A Tolerant Christmas With Allah But Without Christ?

Amidst all the controversies over whether the name “Allah” is exclusively used for the Muslim God, or whether it precedes Islam and is therefore used by other faiths before Islam used it, one public school in Indiana, USA, thought that it would be a good idea to have a tolerant Christmas this year, meaning that it [...]

Indonesia – Revisiting Polygamy Club

It’s almost 2 months since Jakarta’s newest club – the Global Ikhlwan polygamy club was set up.  Let’s revisit this polygamy club and see how they are doing.

First, the club is said to have its origin in Malaysia, and it has 1,000 members worldwide – including in places like Australia and the US.  Since the Jakarta [...]

UK – Father Kills Daughter In Muslim Honor Killing

We hear of honor killing among Muslims, but the horror of this practise became clearer as we read of the recent UK case where a father murdered her daughter in an act of honor killing.

The tragic part of this story is that 15-year old Tulay Goren had pratically begged police for protection but her pleas were ignored. [...]

UK – 10 Year Old Rapists And 8 Year Old Victim

What is happening to Britain nowadays?  Rapists are getting younger and younger, and yes, so are the victims.  Just the other day, two 10-year old boys were charged in a magistrate court in Uxbridge, west London for raping a 8-year old girl.

Do the rapists know the victim?  Yes they do.  The victim was a 8-year old schoolgirl.  [...]