http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/-t1.htm News topics, discussion. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:23:47 GMT 10 http://i60.servimg.com/u/f60/13/80/32/86/fed5a012.jpg http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/-t1.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/missed-lessons-of-9-11-t348.htm MaJor.A Missed Lessons of 9/11 The attacks on New York City, seen above, and the Pentagon killed 2,994 people [EPA] Political experts say that despite Washington's recent foreign policy changes, the Arab World and the US have yet to learn the most critical lessons of 9/11. In the eight years since the attacks on New York and Washington, relations between the US and the Muslim World were severely strained by the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, and by images of torture and abuse ... World News Topics Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:23:47 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/missed-lessons-of-9-11-t348.htm#1517 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/missed-lessons-of-9-11-t348.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/us-remembers-9-11-attacks-t347.htm MaJor.A US remembers 9/11 attacks 12 September 2009 Barack Obama, the US president, has laid a wreath at the Pentagon in memory of those who were killed in a series of attacks on the country on September 11 eight years ago. Obama on Friday attended a memorial service at the headquarters of the defence department in Washington, which was attacked along with the World Trade Centre in New York in 2001. "No turning of the season can diminish the pain and the loss of that day... No passage ... World News Topics Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:06:12 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/us-remembers-9-11-attacks-t347.htm#1516 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/us-remembers-9-11-attacks-t347.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/malaysia-allah-s-name-t332.htm Amatur Rahmaan "The Catholic church in Malaysia has failed in a bid to suspend a government ban on the use of the word, "ALLAH" in its weekly newsletter after the court rejected an application. The High Court ruling on Thursday effectively upheld the federal government's 2007 ban. The government directive bars non-Muslims from translating God as "Allah" in their literature, saying it would confuse Muslims. The government ha warned The Herald (the Catholic church's newsletter), that ... World News Topics Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:10:34 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/malaysia-allah-s-name-t332.htm#1391 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/malaysia-allah-s-name-t332.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/sweden-city-bans-halaal-meat-t254.htm Abdul-Haqq Sweden: City bans halal meat in schools Islam in Europe 11 June 2009 There will be no more halal meat served in the schools of Eskilstuna (Sweden). On Thursday the politicians in the children and education committee will adopt the regulations on this issue. The new guidelines for meals in preschools and schools the municipality requires that food and products will not be supplied based on ethical and religious grounds, such as halal meat. According to Sophia Ånhed, food ... World News Topics Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:38:40 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/sweden-city-bans-halaal-meat-t254.htm#886 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/sweden-city-bans-halaal-meat-t254.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/the-privatization-of-obama-s-war-t237.htm Taalibah The sudden reappearance of former Vice President Dick Cheney over the last few months - seeming to emerge from his famous undisclosed location more frequently now than he ever did when he was in office - does not mean six more weeks of winter. But it does bring to mind that classic country and western song, "How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away?" Or, maybe, "If You Won't Leave Me, I'll Find Someone Who Will." In his self-appointed role as voice of ... World News Topics Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:21:04 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/the-privatization-of-obama-s-war-t237.htm#803 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/the-privatization-of-obama-s-war-t237.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/obama-speaks-will-palestine-or-pakistan-decide-t236.htm Taalibah From his first "greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum," President Barack Hussein Obama showed how to use the bully pulpit. Some listeners might have found him pedantic or even preachy, but he was delivering his sermon to American and Israeli audiences as much as to the world's Muslims. "As the Holy Koran tells us," he set the tone, "be conscious of God and speak always the truth." Nowhere was his truth more nuanced, more ... World News Topics Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:12:48 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/obama-speaks-will-palestine-or-pakistan-decide-t236.htm#802 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/obama-speaks-will-palestine-or-pakistan-decide-t236.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/yemeni-guantanamo-yemeni-kills-himself-t234.htm Truth-Searcher BBC- Guantanamo Yemeni 'kills himself A Yemeni inmate at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp has died in an apparent suicide, US military officials say. The man, named as Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih, becomes the fifth person believed to have killed himself at the facility in Cuba. He had been held there without charge since 2002 and was thought to have been taking part in a hunger strike. US President Barack Obama wants to close the camp by January 2010, but is facing considerable ... World News Topics Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:01:41 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/yemeni-guantanamo-yemeni-kills-himself-t234.htm#797 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/yemeni-guantanamo-yemeni-kills-himself-t234.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/how-americans-think-about-torture-and-why-t202.htm Abdul-Haqq In recent weeks, new revelations about the harsh interrogation and torture of detainees during the Bush administration years have made headlines and stirred controversy. The positions of prominent advocates and opponents on each side are clear. But what do we know about how the American people in general have come to view the use of torture by the U.S. government? The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has been polling Americans on this key question for almost five years. ... World News Topics Wed, 13 May 2009 07:29:59 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/how-americans-think-about-torture-and-why-t202.htm#643 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/how-americans-think-about-torture-and-why-t202.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/will-pakistan-become-obama-s-vietnam-t201.htm Abdul-Haqq "Stop the Taliban now - or we will," cried a recent headline in London's Sunday Times. The "we" was the US military, and the discussion took place right after the Pakistani Taliban moved into the Swat Valley, according to a Pakistani official. "The implicit threat - if you don't do it, we may have to - was always there," he said. Was the threat only bluster to put pressure on the Pakistani military to fight the Taliban? Or do President Obama's national security ... World News Topics Wed, 13 May 2009 07:28:10 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/will-pakistan-become-obama-s-vietnam-t201.htm#642 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/will-pakistan-become-obama-s-vietnam-t201.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/flux-in-buner-despite-swat-talibans-exodus-t139.htm Taalibah Flux in Buner despite Swat Taliban’s exodus ‘They have gone, but left their germs here,’ Abdul Rasheed Khan, the district's top police officer, told Reuters. ‘Now we have about 200 local Taliban who can be seen on roadsides.’ On Friday, Mullah Fazlullah, ordered his men to pull back to the neighbouring Swat valley, and his spokesman said around 100 fighters were being withdrawn. Residents saw Taliban fighters abandoning their main base at Sultan Was village in the Buner ... World News Topics Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:12:05 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/flux-in-buner-despite-swat-talibans-exodus-t139.htm#463 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/flux-in-buner-despite-swat-talibans-exodus-t139.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/world-well-prepared-for-virus-t138.htm Taalibah World 'well prepared' for virus The international community is better prepared than ever to deal with the threatened spread of a new swine flu virus, a top UN health chief has said. Dr Keiji Fukuda said years of preparing for bird flu had led to improved stocks of anti-virals worldwide. The World Health Organization says the outbreak may become a pandemic. Canada has become the latest country to confirm cases of the virus in humans after 20 confirmed deaths in Mexico and ... World News Topics Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:05:00 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/world-well-prepared-for-virus-t138.htm#460 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/world-well-prepared-for-virus-t138.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/pakistan-finally-takes-action-against-taliban-t137.htm Taalibah Pakistan finally takes action against Taliban Pakistani security forces have launched a raid against Taliban insurgents in Lower Dir District which is in vicinity of the volatile Swat region. According to a statement released by the Pakistani army, a number of militants including a commander were killed in the offensive, which also took the life of a paramilitary trooper. Taliban spokesman Mullah Mansoor Dadullah, meanwhile, announced that the fighters were 'resisting the army ... World News Topics Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:56:33 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/pakistan-finally-takes-action-against-taliban-t137.htm#454 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/pakistan-finally-takes-action-against-taliban-t137.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/israel-blackmailing-palestinian-patients-t136.htm Taalibah 'Israel blackmailing Palestinian patients' Israel is extorting information about resistance groups in the Gaza Strip from Palestinian patients in exchange for medical treatment, Hamas claims. Hamas Health Minister Dr. Bassem Naim on Sunday claimed that Tel Aviv is providing medical treatment to Palestinian patients in exchange for intelligence about the resistance operatives and figures in Gaza, Ynet reported Sunday. Naim made the remarks in a meeting with a Scottish delegation ... World News Topics Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:54:41 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/israel-blackmailing-palestinian-patients-t136.htm#452 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/israel-blackmailing-palestinian-patients-t136.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/you-are-being-lied-to-about-pirates-t30.htm Abdul-Haqq By Johann Hari April 12, 2009 Who imagined that in 2009, the world's governments would be declaring a new War on Pirates? As you read this, the British Royal Navy - backed by the ships of more than two dozen nations, from the US to China - is sailing into Somalian waters to take on men we still picture as parrot-on-the-shoulder pantomime villains. They will soon be fighting Somalian ships and even chasing the pirates onto land, into one of the most broken countries on earth. But behind ... World News Topics Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:25:58 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/you-are-being-lied-to-about-pirates-t30.htm#41 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/you-are-being-lied-to-about-pirates-t30.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/the-dark-side-of-dubai-t45.htm Abdul-Haqq April 7, 2009 The dark side of Dubai Dubai was meant to be a Middle-Eastern Shangri-La, a glittering monument to Arab enterprise and western capitalism. But as hard times arrive in the city state that rose from the desert sands, an uglier story is emerging. Johann Hari reports The wide, smiling face of Sheikh Mohammed – the absolute ruler of Dubai – beams down on his creation. His image is displayed on every other building, sandwiched between the more familiar corporate ... World News Topics Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:34:16 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/the-dark-side-of-dubai-t45.htm#74 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/the-dark-side-of-dubai-t45.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/bangladesh-migrant-workers-suffer-t18.htm Taalibah Bangladesh is seeing the return of hundreds of migrant workers every day as the global recession hits an economy reliant on remittances. There are more than six million Bangladeshis working abroad, many in areas hit hard by the downturn. Last year they sent home $9bn, which is more than any other industry. Already they have been affected - last month Malaysia cancelled the visas of 50,000 Bangladeshi workers, saying jobs should be reserved for locals. Dreams shattered The ... World News Topics Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:27:55 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/bangladesh-migrant-workers-suffer-t18.htm#20 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/bangladesh-migrant-workers-suffer-t18.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/thai-army-moves-to-quell-protests-t17.htm Taalibah The Thai army has fought running battles with protesters in the capital Bangkok in a bid to end days of mass demonstrations and political chaos. A BBC correspondent saw soldiers fire hundreds of live rounds, some into the crowds of protesters, in a bid to clear them from a major road junction. The protesters reacted by hurling petrol bombs and driving buses they had commandeered at the lines of troops. The armed forces chief vowed to restore order using "all possible means". But ... World News Topics Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:24:48 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/thai-army-moves-to-quell-protests-t17.htm#19 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/thai-army-moves-to-quell-protests-t17.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/us-murderer-soldier-to-be-tried-t15.htm Taalibah Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:00:18 GMT US master sergeant John E. Hatley who is charged with murdering Iraqi prisoners in 'execution-style' will be tried in a court-martial. Hately, 40, is charged with premeditated murders and obstruction of justice, an army statement said, adding that he will be court-martialed on Monday. He is the most senior of three US non-commissioned officers who are charged with killing four detainees by blindfolding them and shooting in their head near southwest Baghdad ... World News Topics Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:06:49 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/us-murderer-soldier-to-be-tried-t15.htm#17 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/us-murderer-soldier-to-be-tried-t15.htm http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/egypt-joins-isreal-in-anti-hezbollah-camaign-t14.htm Taalibah Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:56:27 GMT Egypt is mulling over building a case against Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in line with an Israeli campaign launched against the movement. Egyptian lawmakers and legal experts have called for an arrest warrant for the Lebanese movement's leader, accusing him of "encouraging terror activities in an attempt to destabilize the [Egyptian] state," the Saudi-based Al Arabiya television network reported Sunday. The parliamentarians called to include ... World News Topics Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:00:35 GMT http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/egypt-joins-isreal-in-anti-hezbollah-camaign-t14.htm#16 http://thevoiceofislam.forumotion.net/world-news-topics-f13/egypt-joins-isreal-in-anti-hezbollah-camaign-t14.htm