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There is no honour in ‘honour killing’,
Amman :: Jordan | about 13 hours ago
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Islam is more tolerant of male-female relationships than some would have us believe. The issue of ‘honour killing’ is not one of dishonour and immorality, but of disobedience and control. At the end of the day, one has to say what is right is right, and...
Tags: Islamic, honour killing, Jordanian, Muslims, Arab, muslims world, Middle East, Jordan, Amman, Homicide, Islam and women, Honor killing, Islam, Domestic violence, Violence against women, Human Interest
Dubai International Film Festival honors the legend of Hindi cinema, "Amitabh Bachchan"
Detection Dubai International Film Festival for his intention to give Hindi film star, "Amitabh Bachchan" Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of his contribution to enriching the world of cinema throughout his career. The organizing committee...
Tags: the star of Hindi cinema Amitabh Bachchan, Hindi cinema, Middle East, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Human Interest, Amitabh Bachchan, Hamid Juma, allnews, Anthony Luna, Yash Chopra, Adel Imam, Parliament, Bollywood, Morgan Freeman, Indian films, Lifetime, Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Black, Dubai International Film Festival, Entertainment Culture
Israel thaws 28 settlements in 10-month freeze
Mumbai :: India | 1 day ago
Credibility Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Thursday allowed the construction of 28 new public buildings in settlements, Ha'aretz revealed on Friday. "These public buildings and schools must be completed in time for the start of the new school year in September,"...
Tags: Israeli-Palestinian, Middle East, West Bank, Yuli Edelstein, Ehud Barak, India, Mumbai, Politics, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, War Conflict, Yuli-Yoel Edelstein, Israeli Jews, Zionism, Jerusalem, Palestinian nationalism, Palestinian terrorism, East Jerusalem, Israeli settlement, Taba Summit, Ajmal Kasab, Nablus, Levant, Islamic terrorism, Republics, Likud, Government of Israel, Politics of Israel, Ashkenazi Jews, Palestinian militant groups
GCC states move closer to common market plan
Jalīb aš-Šuyūẖ :: Kuwait | 1 day ago
Credibility Gulf oil producers have initially agreed on plans to allow local companies to operate in each member countries in a move that will clear a major obstacle for the enforcement of a landmark common market they approved in 2008. Ministers of trade and industry...
Tags: GCC Supreme Council, common market, trade agencies, customs union, restricting imported, Kuwait, Jalīb aš-Šuyūẖ, Economic integration, Persian Gulf states, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, International organizations, Single market, Middle East
Comment: Philanthropy needs more support
Doha :: Qatar | 2 days ago
Credibility Funds held by wealthy individuals in the Gulf Co-operation Council countries – those with investable assets of more than $1m – are expected to grow from $2,100bn in 2007 to $3,800bn by 2012, says Oliver Wyman, the management consultancy. This wealth creation...
Tags: Middle East, Qatar, Doha, Philanthropy, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Business Finance, Foundation
Rihanna: “Barf” is a compliment, it’s “10 out of 10″
Abu Dhabi :: United Arab Emirates | 2 days ago
Credibility These are photos from Rihanna’s performance on Good Morning America yesterday morning...In half of the pictures from her performance, she’s making a silly, funny face...I don’t think it’s even an act anymore, like it’s a trying-too-hard subversive fashion...
Tags: Abu Dhabi, emirates palace, palace hotel, Middle East, Rihanna, United Arab Emirates, Entertainment Culture, Abramowicz, David Bonderman, International Renewable Energy Agency, Roman Abramovich, Amy Winehouse, Jay-Z, Daria, Yukos, Philip Green
IT is not it may happen: Bush guaranteed a Sunni Shiite civil war throughout the entire Middle East!
I seem to have to beat a dead horse an awful lot lately. I guess it is appropriate that once again it is over a problem Bush created. As I watch the situation in Yemen devolve and the 2nd link to follow stating that...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Yemeni rebels, Iran, proxy war, Monarchy, Bush Chaney, Politics, Yemeni, God, allnews, Sanaa, George W. Bush, Pillar, Iran ￢ﾀﾓ Saudi Arabia relations, Mecca, War Conflict, Arabian Peninsula, Arab League member states, Western Asia, middle east Breakdown, Sunni, Shiite, Sunni Shiite civil war, Middle East, Iran&rsquo, BushBush, bush guaranteed, civil war, entire middle, Iraq, Persian Gulf states, James Joiner, Shiite Iran
Gulf's GDP will double in 10 years, says official
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | 2 days ago
Credibility November 2009 The combined gross domestic product (GDP) of Gulf oil producers will nearly double in the next 10 years to maintain its position as one of the largest economies in the world, a Gulf official said...Addressing a GCC industrial conference...
Tags: GCC, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatari, Oman, oil prices, gcc economies, Kuwait, Lulwa Al Misnad, Riyadh, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Persian Gulf states, Arabia, Western Asia, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Business Finance, Middle East, Arab League member states
New bank proposed
Jalīb aš-Šuyūẖ :: Kuwait | 3 days ago
Credibility Qatar will propose that Gulf states create a regional development bank, similar to that in Europe, at next month’s rulers summit in Kuwait, the head of the Gulf Coopera-tion Council told Al Arabiya television yesterday. Abdulrahman Al Attiyah, secretary-general...
Tags: Kuwait, Jalīb aš-Šuyūẖ, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf states, Arabia, Western Asia, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Middle East, Arab League member states
Is Norway really an anti-Semitic country?
Trondheim :: Norway | 3 days ago
Credibility Over the past few months, various Israeli media have reported on the situation of Jews in Norwegian society...It is outwardly organized into two communities with a traditional, Orthodox standpoint. The country also has an ever-so-small Jewish "novelty"...
Tags: Norway, jewish communities, University of Trondheim, Israeli, Norwegian Parliament, Muslim, Oslo University, Middle East, norwegians jews, governing body, Trondheim, Antisemitism in Norway, Religious persecution, Jewish history, Islam and antisemitism, Judaism, Jew, Religion Belief, Antisemitism
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