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ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine July 1, 2009

Minister in Fayyad gov’t tenders his resignation

Hatem Abdul Qader, the minister of Jerusalem affairs in the unconstitutional government of Salam Fayyad in Ramallah, tendered his resignation on Tuesday.
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine July 1, 2009

Palestine discussion forum blocked for two days in Gaza and West Bank

The Palestine discussion forum returned to operate normally in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on Tuesday evening after it was blocked for two days by the PA telecommunication
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine July 1, 2009

HRW: Israel used drone aircraft to kill unarmed civilians in Gaza

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) dispatched pilotless aircraft to kill at least 29 Palestinian civilians in the war on Gaza, Human Rights Watch said in a 39-page report.
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine July 1, 2009

Abu Zayd: Israeli siege takes Gaza back to the Middle Ages

Karen Abu Zayd, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) commissioner general, has warned that the 24-month-old Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip was bringing Gaza back to the
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestineTorture July 1, 2009

Report: PA security killed six Palestinians, abducted hundreds last month

A report on the PA-Israeli violations issued by Hamas Movement’s information office on Wednesday stated that the PA security apparatuses in the West Bank killed six Palestinian citizens and kidnapped
ActivitesPolitical Islam Studies July 1, 2009

74% Pakistanis say democracy is an important tenet of Islam: Survey

In contemporary times the focus has been on Islam and its teachings, social and political. Since the relationship between Islam and democracy is strongly debated among people with different views,
Activites July 1, 2009

“Journey into America”

A Muslim professor sets out to discover America with a team of young Americans. They visited over 70 cities and more than 100 mosques on an unprecedented project interviewing countless
ActivitesHuman RightsMB Around The World July 1, 2009

Poll about Muslim Brotherhood Popularity in Egypt

A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll finds Egyptians continue to view US foreign policy quite negatively and see President Obama as closely aligned with it. At the same time, Obama has much
ActivitesHuman RightsMB in International pressPrisoners of Conscience July 1, 2009

Egypt arrests Muslim Brotherhood leader

Egyptian security forces have arrested a leading member of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood and three others in pre-dawn raids on Sunday, the group said on its website.
ActivitesHuman Rights July 1, 2009

Yemen aims to halt next generation of terrorists

Seven years after Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh declared his country an ally in the US war on terror, two models of religious dialogue – one grass-roots and the other