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Monday, 18 February 2008 |
 On Saturday February 9, the Turkish Parliament approved two constitutional amendments easing the ban on women wearing Islamic headscarves in universities. Some 411 MPs out of a total of 550 voted in favor of a first amendment, which will insert a paragraph into Turkey’s constitution stating that everyone has the right to equal treatment from state institutions. The headscarves debate is a very emotional one in Turkey, often dividing “secularists” from traditional Muslims. Relaxation of the law banning Islamic headscarves in universities should be seen for what it is: a first modest step towards restoration of the basic rights of the majority of Turkish women who wish to observe the hijab. Be first to comment this article
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Monday, 18 February 2008 |
 Responding to today’s publication of the first draft of the Government’s Iraq weapons dossier, Liberal Democrat Shadow Foreign Secretary, Edward Davey said: "The Government cannot continue to deny the major role that spin doctors played in creating this dossier. The core analysis of the threat allegedly posed by Iraq is the same in both documents...The Government can no longer continue to resist the overwhelming case for a full inquiry into the war."Be first to comment this article |
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Monday, 18 February 2008 |
 Russia's foreign minister warns the West against using force to resolve Tehran's nuclear issue ahead of the new IAEA report's release. "I cannot imagine that anyone would like to resolve the problem over Iran's nuclear program by force. This is absolutely unacceptable," said Sergei Lavrov in an interview with Turkey's NTV news channel. He called on the international community to 'increase their efforts by three or four times to try to find a solution through negotiation.' “We can make fresh efforts to persuade Iran to sit at the table for discussions on the parameters of talks, if not for talks," he concluded.Be first to comment this article |
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Monday, 18 February 2008 |
 A growing number of countries are indicating their support for Kosovo by agreeing to formally recognise the newly proclaimed state. The United States has announced formal recognition, while France, Germany, Italy and Turkey have all committed to do the same. But others like Spain and Cyprus are worried about about their own separatists if other nations bypass the UN and recognise the new state. Meanwhile, two breakaway republics in Georgia are increasing their push for the same recognition as Kosovo.Be first to comment this article |
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Sunday, 17 February 2008 |
 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called on Muslim heads of state to join hands to break the siege of Gaza. “Muslim governments should break siege of Gaza and the Egyptian government and nation have a heavy duty in that concern. All Muslim nations should help the Egyptian government and nation fulfill the duty,“ said Ayatollah Khamenei in an address to the Islamic Republic Army Air Force personnel on Friday. The leader noted that the problem with Palestine, siege of Gaza and massacre of Gazans are the result of the wrong Middle East policies of the US and of the Annapolis Conference.Be first to comment this article |
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Sunday, 17 February 2008 |
 Thousands of Muslims held a demonstration in Dar Eas Salaam Friday and burned U.S. flags in protest against a visit of President George W. Bush.
The Muslims chanted slogans such as “Bush is an oil thief" and "evil is not a foreign policy". The demonstrators including men women and children who tried to march from the city's centre to the U.S. embassy on its northern outskirts but were diverted to open ground by a small force of police. They tore down U.S. flags erected for Bush's visit this weekend and burned them. The police did not intervene and there was no violence.Be first to comment this article |
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Saturday, 16 February 2008 |
 Israel assassinates Palestinian fighter, killing members of his family, wounding 50 in the neighbourhood. Eight Palestinians were killed and at least 50 wounded on Friday night when Israeli warplanes launched a raid on a building in the Gaza Strip, medics and witnesses said. The Israeli aircraft targeted the home of top Islamic Jihad fighter Ayman al-Fayed in the Bureij Palestinian refugee camp south of Gaza City, killing him
and two of his children, a boy and a girl, they said.The latest deaths brought to 6,140 the total number of people killed since the eruption of the Palestinian uprising in 2000, most of them Palestinians.Be first to comment this article |
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Saturday, 16 February 2008 |
 Over 30 Muslim organizations in Britain joined together Saturday in a vigil outside Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office to demand equal citizenship in the face of a new barrage of prejudice and contempt against Islam.
"Now is a time for solidarity; to affirm respect, equality and parity for all
Britons, irrespective of race and creed," the organizations said.Be first to comment this article |
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