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Oldham MEP Davies shocked by Gaza’s destruction

published by You on 23 February, 2009 - 19:10

Davies shocked by Gaza’s destruction

AN OLDHAM Euro-MP has spoken of his horror and anger after witnessing the destruction caused in Gaza.

Lib-Dem Chris Davies was the only British politician to gain access to Gaza during the bombing and is the first to have returned since its end.

Israel launched its 22-day operation in response to militants firing rockets at its towns. About 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis died during the conflict.

Mr Davies described the sight of schools that had been flattened, of tower blocks with entire sides missing, and of hundreds of tents erected on waste ground in a bid to shelter the homeless.

Norwegian government ditches police hijab plan

published by You on 23 February, 2009 - 13:54

Controversial "hijab proposal" withdrawn

Justice Minister Knut Storberget has decided to withdraw the proposal to permit Muslim women to wear hijab with the Norwegian police uniform. This follows increasing protests from the political opposition as well as from within the three government coalition parties and also the police.

Making the announcement at a press conference, Storberget said he had decided to stop the process, after his department had earlier announced that it had accepted a proposal from the Police Directorate to allow the hijab, in what they said was a move as part of a desire to secure broad recruitmet to the police.

Storberget refused to comment on his department's handling of the issue, but said he took the full responsibility for it.

Guantanamo man arrives back in UK

published by You on 23 February, 2009 - 13:51

Guantanamo man arrives back in UK

A British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years has arrived back in the UK.

Ethiopian-born Binyam Mohamed, 30, landed at RAF Northolt in London on Monday afternoon, accompanied by Metropolitan Police officers.

Mr Mohamed says he was tortured while in custody on suspicion of terrorism.

He said in a statement the worst moment of his captivity was when he realised his alleged torturers were receiving material from UK intelligence agents.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband said his release was the first step towards the goal of closing Guantanamo Bay.

Woman blinded by acid wants same fate for attacker

published by s.b.f on 22 February, 2009 - 22:59

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Ameneh Bahrami is certain that one day she'll meet someone, fall in love and get married. But when her wedding day comes, her husband won't see her eyes, and she won't see her husband. Bahrami is blind, the victim of an acid attack by a spurned suitor.

If she gets her way, her attacker will suffer the same fate. The 31-year-old Iranian is demanding the ancient punishment of "an eye for an eye," and, in accordance with Islamic law, she wants to blind Majid Movahedi, the man who blinded her.

"I don't want to blind him for revenge," Bahrami said in her parents' Tehran apartment. "I'm doing this to prevent it from happening to someone else."

Bahrami says she first crossed paths with Movahedi in 2002, when they attended the same university.

Pervez Musharraf was playing 'double game' with US

published by You on 22 February, 2009 - 22:55

Pervez Musharraf was playing 'double game' with US

Washington sent Special Forces into Pakistan last summer after intercepting a call by the Pakistani army chief referring to a notorious Taleban leader as a “strategic asset,” a new book has claimed.

The intercept was ordered to confirm suspicions that the Pakistani military were still actively supporting the Taleban whilst taking millions of dollars in US military aid to fight them, according to the “The Inheritance,” by the New York Times correspondent David Sanger.

India, Pakistan were close to secret deal on Kashmir: report

published by You on 22 February, 2009 - 22:51

India, Pakistan were close to secret deal on Kashmir: report

WASHINGTON (AFP) — India and Pakistan came close to devising a framework for settling their long conflict over Kashmir in secret negotiations, but it was put on hold by the fall of President Pervez Musharraf, the New Yorker magazine reported Sunday.

Referred to as "the back channel," the talks were held over several years by special envoys in hotel rooms in Bangkok, Dubai and London, according to the account in the magazine by Steve Coll.

The two principal envoys -- Tariq Aziz for Pakistan, and Satinder Lambah for India -- developed a text on Kashmir called a "non paper" because it contained no names or signatures but could serve as a detailed basis for a deal.

Event: Blessings of Good Company & Harms of Bad Influence @ Shahjalal Mosque [27/02/09] Molana Khalid Ul Haq

published by Shuhel on 20 February, 2009 - 18:55

[b]Assalaamualaykum[/b]

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[color=Red][b]EVENT:[/b][/color][b]The blessings of Good Company and the harms of Bad Influence[/b]

[color=Red][b]SPEAKER:[/b][/color] [b]Molana Khalid Ul Haq (Imam of Shahjalal Mosque, Manor Park)[/b]

[color=Red][b]DATE AND TIME:[/b][/color] [b]Friday 27th February 2009 @ 7.30pm After Isha Salah[/b]

[color=Red][b]VENUE:[/b][/color] [b]Shahjalal Mosque, 722-724 Romford Road, Manor Park, London E12 6BT[/b]

[b]Free Admission
All Are Welcome

Brothers Entrance: Romford Road
Sisters Entrance: Third Avenue

For More Info call: Brothers 07939 866 110 | Sisters 07960 676 844
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Seven Jewish Children

published by You on 20 February, 2009 - 14:47

Seven Jewish Children

Caryl Churchill's 10-minute play was written in response to the recent tragic events in Gaza. It not only confirms theatre's ability to react more rapidly than any other art form to global politics, but also makes a fascinating counterpoise to Marius von Mayenburg's The Stone, which precedes it at the Royal Court. Whereas The Stone shows how German children are often the victims of lies about family history, Churchill's play suggests Israeli children are subject to a barrage of contradictory information about past and present.

Muslim Tory peer tells government to get tough on polygamy in UK

published by You on 20 February, 2009 - 14:42

Muslim Tory peer tells government to get tough on polygamy in UK

Politicians have avoided dealing with issue because of cultural sensitivity, Lady Warsi says

Politicians have avoided dealing with the issue of polygamy in the UK because of "cultural sensitivity", a leading Muslim peer said today.

Lady Warsi, the shadow minister for community cohesion, said there had been a "failure" to take polygamy seriously.

She urged the government to consider the mandatory registration of all religious marriages to stop men in Britain from marrying more than one woman.

"There has been a failure on the part of policymakers to respond to this situation," Warsi told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

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