Who ‘lost’ Turkey?
BERLIN: Turkey’s “no” last month (a vote cast together with Brazil) to the new sanctions against Iran approved in the United Nations Security Council dramatically reveals the full extent of…
How to reverse British Muslims’ disengagement
LONDON: At a 2008 conference for Britain’s National Union of Teachers, a resolution was passed declaring that state schools should have the flexibility and adaptability to accommodate the faith-based needs…
The unaccountable G-8
NEW YORK: In hosting the 2010 G-8 summit of major economies (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States), Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper called…
Working toward a democratic culture in Pakistan
KARACHI: The incidents in Pakistan that have unfolded in the past couple of weeks have been real eye-openers. Whether it was the issue of Facebook censorship or the Ahmadi killings…
Religious intolerance is the new racism, says NGO
LONDON: Religious intolerance is "the new racism" and one of the main causes of persecution of minorities across the world, according to the annual Minority Rights Group International report published…
Ministry of Social Solidarity starts distributing new ration cards
CAIRO: The Ministry of Social Solidarity started Thursday distributing the new electronic ration cards to families with an income less than LE 1,000 and those with a pension less than…
Egyptian ‘veil martyr’ commemorated in Germany
DRESDEN: A plaque commemorating a pregnant headscarved Egyptian woman whose murder in a German court shocked the Muslim world was unveiled Thursday in Dresden, in the east of the country.…
Lawyer to seek again to overturn death sentence in double homicide
CAIRO: “I will seek again to overturn the death sentence against Mahmoud Sayed Essawy,” charged with the murder of two university students back in 2008, lawyer Ahmed Gomaa told Daily…
2 officers remanded in custody in Khaled Saeid’s death
By Ingy Hassieb and Sarah Carr CAIRO: Two policemen were remanded for four days in custody on Wednesday in connection with the death of Khaled Saeid. According to the Nadeem Center…
Apple sells more than 1.7M iPhones in 3 days
NEW YORK: Apple Inc. said Monday that it sold more than 1.7 million units of its new iPhone model in the first three days, making it the most successful product…
