Charges dropped against 5 Guantanamo detainees U.S. defence secretary calls for swift closure of prison Last Updated: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 | 8:11 PM ET Comments20...
Officials' actions contributed to men's torture 21/10/2008 7:03:42 PM The actions of Canadian officials made an indirect contribution to the torture of Arab-Canadian men in Syria,...
Big mosque on the Prairie opens in Calgary Last Updated: Saturday, July 5, 2008 | 4:38 PM MT Comments243...
Moussaoui lashes out at defence lawyers Last Updated Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:06:31 EDT CBC News Confessed al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui verbally attacked his lawyers Thursday as he testified in his death-penalty trial for his role in planning the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks against the United States. INDEPTH: ...
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Fearful Christmas in Baghdad By Zaineb Salah Ahmed in Baghdad Sunday 25 December 2005, 9:23 Makka Time, 6:23 GMT Iraqi Christians light a bonfire on Christmas Eve Related: Church blasts fail to dent Iraqi unity Islamist groups deny role in church blasts Iraqi Muslims, Christians stress unity Several killed in attack on Iraqi churches Tools: Email Article Print Article Send...
Arar was tortured, inquiry fact-finder concludes Last Updated Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:21:24 EDT CBC News Ottawa engineer Maher Arar was tortured while in custody in Syria three years ago and he still suffers from the aftereffects of his treatment, a fact-finder appointed by the Arar inquiry concludes in a report released Thursday. * INDEPTH: Maher Arar 'Arar's psychological state was seriously damaged and he remains fragile... Economical...
Religious turbulence hits Indonesia by Marianne Kearney in Jakarta, Indonesia Sunday 09 October 2005 9:25 AM GMT The attacks have been a blot on Indonesia's religious tolerance A spate of recent church closures and attacks on the compound of a sect has highlighted a debate raging within the Indonesian Muslim community over religious freedom and tolerance. On 21 September, hundreds of young men attacked the compound of a small sect, the A...
West Bank barrier a violation of Israel's rights obligations: UN experts 10:21 AM EDT Aug 04 GENEVA (AP) - The barrier Israel is building to seal off the West Bank is a violation of Israel's human rights obligations, a group of UN experts said Thursday. The eight rights experts called on Israel "to stop construction of the wall" and to pay compensation to Palestinians for damage caused by work on the barrier - a series of fences, walls, watchtowers and trench...
Geneva Convention not for al-Qaeda, U.S. court says Last Updated Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:06:21 EDT CBC News An appeal court in Washington has ruled that the 1949 Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners does not apply to members of al-Qaeda. The decision clears the way for a military commission consisting of three U.S. colonels to judge Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a prisoner in Guantanamo Bay, who was Osama Bin Laden's driver in Afghanistan. Prisoner...
Israel accused of covering up murders by Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank Monday 27 June 2005 6:18 PM GMT Rights groups say Israeli soldiers are trigger-happy The Israeli human rights organisation, B'tselem, has accused the Israeli occupation army of whitewashing the murders of hundreds of innocent Palestinian civilians. The organisation, which monitors Israeli human rights violations in the occupied territories, described Monday's convic...
Israel signals renewed assassinations by Wednesday 22 June 2005 6:44 AM GMT Israel says it will resume its attack on Palestinian fighters Israel has resumed an assassination policy against resistance fighters from the Islamic Jihad group, confirming Palestinian reports of a failed Israeli missile strike in Gaza a day earlier. "There was an attempt in Gaza to intercept an [Islamic Jihad] activist yesterday. It was unsuccessful," Public Se...
Saudis debate ban on women drivers by Friday 10 June 2005 5:27 AM GMT Saudi Arabia is the only country that prohibits women drivers A Saudi man's call to lift a decades-old ban against women driving - the only prohibition of its kind in the world - has been met with death threats and opposition. Mohammed al-Zulfa's knew his proposal last month to Saudi Arabia's appointed advisory council, of which he is a member, would stir controversy....
Rumsfeld blames Aljazeera over Iraq by Lawrence Smallman Saturday 04 June 2005 6:48 AM GMT The US defence secretary said television could promote terrorism US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has alleged that Aljazeera is encouraging armed Islamist groups by broadcasting beheadings of foreign hostages in Iraq. Speaking at a security conference in Singapore on Saturday, Rumsfeld said that "if anyone lived in the Middle East and watched ...
This is such a confusing subject for both Muslims and non-Muslims but the Holy Qur'an makes it clear that Polygamy is permitted as an exception, not a rule under exceptional circumstances and the Qur'an declares it is not allowed except for the Prophet (PBUH) as it was for all prophets to ensure their lineage continued. As we can see below the Qu'an mentions the marriage of up to 4 orphans in the course of justice (in the Qur'an this was written during a time of war when many men were...
RPearce says: Yes, Mulims in China are free to build Mosques, in exactly the same way Christians are allowed to build Churches. And, just like with Priests, all Imans are approved by, and then appointed by, the Chinese state. You will find lots of sites complaining about the Chinese restrictions on the Christians. ======== In France, they have strict restrictions on Imam's, you need to have a Master's to be an Imam. In other Western countries they pla...
William Z says: The government of Canada has about as much influence over CBC editiorial policy as I have. And since they are only picking up stuff from the wire services and reprinting it anyway, what difference does it make? ========================================================= This is factually incorrect. The CBC is a Government controlled and owned Crown Corporation, unless you are trying to say CBC is privately run and funded? In f...
I am very saddened at the violence in Xinjiang, where fellow Chinese (Han and Uighur) have been fighting amongst each other. I hope that the people of Xinjiang will not fall into the trap and violence that was set by separtists. Regardless of your ethnic background, China has the policy that "everyone is Chinese" and that achieving peace and harmony can only be done through equal treatment of all citizens. I also do not think it is fair to villify Uighurs ...
We thought we'd cite a common example, that there are many things in common with those who hate Islam and Muslims and spread hate and propaganda.It is clear that many of these people are simply uneducated racists, while others may be a combination of racists, who are also motivated by extreme religious views to destroy Islam.Many are also on an apparent mission to amend the laws of whatever countries Muslims inhabit in order to fight Islam, unfortunately.It is...
How Disgusting I have rarely been so upset at the comments I have read and as a muslim I have to vent my frustration about the ignorance of this person and also the media for only showing stories like this. An excerpt from http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050712/w0712126.html where a man in the Netherlands convicted of killing an outspoken critic of Islam gave his closing statements at his trial. He said: "What moved me to do what I did was purely my faith . . . I...
The Christian Effect Areeb Yasir Christian organizations are everywhere, helping and giving to the poor. They are in South Africa, India, Afghanistan, Mexio and Iran. They are everywhere, trying to help everyone. But what they are doing in exchange is preaching Christianity, encouraging Muslims and other believers from different faiths to become Christian. Of course, the main thing is that they are helping. How many Muslim organizations out there are there i...
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