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Forbidden toxic assets shield Islamic banks from crisis

The Islamic finance industry has been relatively, although not completely, immune to the effects of US subprime problems, the ensuing credit crisis and global economic downturn.

The Obama Haters’ Silent Enablers

WHEN a Fox News anchor, reacting to his own network’s surging e-mail traffic, warns urgently on-camera of a rise in hate-filled, “amped up” Americans who are “taking the extra step

Minefields in Obama’s Cairo Speech

It is hard to treat with indifference President Obama’s speech in Cairo on 4 June, 2009.The speech itself seemed to represent an ostensible departure from the virulent anti-Islam rhetoric which

Ban Ki Moon: the Gaza blockade is devastating the population

The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, said on Thursday "the Gaza blockade is devastating the population and achieving little in security and political terms," during his monthly press conference.

Abbas’s militia arrests university professor as campaign against Hamas in W.B.

The militia of former PA chief and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas have arrested Thursday scores of Palestinian citizens affiliated with Hamas Movement, including a university professor, municipal councilor, head of

Families of women imprisoned by Abbas’s militia appeal for help

Families of Palestinian women imprisoned by Abbas’s militia appealed to the Egyptian President, Husni Mubarak, and the Saudi Monarch, King Abdullah, to intervene to get their daughters released.

IOA municipality forces two Jerusalemites to flatten parts of their homes

The Israeli occupation authority controlled municipality of Jerusalem has forced two Palestinian families in occupied Jerusalem to flatten parts of their homes with their own hands.

Dayton’s Joy

I read Dayton’s congressional hearing of May 7, 2009, and I noticed the enthusiasm that filled his heart, and the joy and jubilance that appeared on his face. He talked

Hamdan: Hamas-Carter meet reflects West’s conviction that Hamas can’t be ignored

Hamas’s representative in Lebanon Osama Hamdan has confirmed Thursday that his Movement won’t recognize the Israeli occupation in exchange for talks with the West, describing talks about two –state solution

Hamas: Sawafta did not surrender to Abbas’s militia

Hamas issued a statement on Friday saying that news reports claiming that Faze’ Sawafta, a Hamas leader in the West Bank, surrendered himself to Abbas’s militia were false.