Council of Europe’s Resolution And Its Implications
Just as countries in Europe are rushing one after the other to ban the wearing of full-face veils in public, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has unanimously passed a resolution warning that governments that do so would be denying women “who genuinely and freely desire to do [...]
Shaikh Adel Al Kalbani’s U-Turn On Singing And Music
After years of preaching and teaching that singing and music are not permissible in Islam, Shaikh Adel Al Kalbani recently shocked the Muslim world with his new fatwa that says the opposite. Coming from an authority no less than Shaikh Adel Al Kalbani, the former Imam of the Grand [...]
The German’s Secret Weapon – And It’s Not Thomas Mueller
So what do you make out of England’s decisive defeat by Germany at the Round of 16 clash in the 2010 FIFA Word Cup competition in South Africa? Victory of youth over experience? Victim of black magic? Wrong strategies? There are probably many theories on why England lost [...]
Uncharted Territory
With boyfriend Nazril Irham aka Ariel from the pop band Peterpan (now renamed Peterporn in cyberspace) still under police detention, Luna Maya was left alone to face 2 groups of demonstrators as she went to National Police headquarters for another round of interview. These 2 groups of demonstrators, however, were not united, and they were [...]
England vs Algeria – A Bird, A Spell And A Draw
When it comes to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, nothing seems more bizarre than the rumor on how Algeria had managed to hold England to a 0-0 draw on June 18, 2010.
Apparently, the Algerians had a secret weapon – a bird. They had [...]
Iranian Fatwa Says Dogs Should Not Be Kept As Pets
In a move to discourage Iranians from adopting Western-style pet ownership of dogs, Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has issued a fatwa proclaiming dogs as “unclean”. And Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi added a second reason to ban dogs as pets – preserving the family.
Dogs Are ”Unclean” Animals
Islamic tradition says [...]
What Goes Around Comes Around
The 2010 edition of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa has produced many twists and surprises thus far. One can’t help but think about “what goes around comes around” when considering the exit of France from the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. On 1 November 2009, France played Ireland in [...]
The Ultimatium – Let Us Drive Or We Breastfeed Our Male Foreign Drivers
Saudi women have long been disadvantaged in that they need male guardians to do certain things, cannot comingle with members of the opposite sex unless they are related by blood ties, and they can’t drive cars. Now a group of Saudi women had enough [...]
Colonel Muammar Gadaffi’s £2 Billion Offer
In what is being presented as a goodwill gesture, Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gadaffi is offering victims of Irish Republican Army (IRA) bombs £2 billion for Libya’s role in supplying shiploads of explosives to the IRA. Semtex supplied by Colonel Muammar Gadaffi’s regime was used by the IRA in at least 10 [...]
Police Sure It Was Cut Tari But Says Ariel And Luna Maya Refused To Play Ball
Police conducting scientific crime identification tests have hit a roadblock. Ariel and Luna Maya are said to have resisted being photographed for forensic purposes. Cut Tari meanwhile has been cooperative, and had undergone scientific crime identification tests, and police are now [...]
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