Muslim leaders who attended a recent international conference in the Indonesian capital Jakarta have expressed their anguish over the wrong direction of the ongoing war on terror, which they say is in reality against Islam and Muslims. Nearly 700 prominent Islamic scholars and heads of Muslim organisations from around the globe assembled in Jakarta to attend the 11th conference of the Riyadh-based World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY). “The leaders were worried about ...

Syrian President Bashar Assad on October 11 accused Israel of working against peace between their countries, despite Western efforts to help negotiations resume. “There are ideas being put forward by some countries. They are preliminary and we do not know if they will push the process forward for not ... the atmosphere is not positive,” Assad told reporters after meeting Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in the Syrian capital. “The Arab side really wan...

IMW, Indian Muslim Welfare Association, has announced for organising its prestigious Qur’ān competition for the year 2010 on October 23 at Indian Public School, Salmiya in Kuwait from 8:30 morning to 1:00 pm noon. The programme will be held under the patronage of Awqaf & Islamic Affairs, and Administration of Grand Mosque-Kuwait. The participation in this programme is free and for school children from Grade 1 to Grade 12. The school children both Muslim boys and girls are el...

A renowned British actress has reverted to Islam. Myriam Francois-Cerrah became popular when she was a child for acting in the 90’s hit film ‘Sense and Sensibility’. Now she is gaining more popularity for being one of a growing number of educated middle class female reverts to Islam in Britain, reports said. Francois-Cerrah has referred to the September 11, 2001 events in the US as a motive behind her intellectual curiosity about Islam and as a result, her conversion. Also...

Saudi Arabia on October 11 emphasised the need to further strengthen the Arab League by promoting cooperation between Arab countries in order for the 23-member organisation to play an effective role at regional and international levels. The Council of Ministers, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, also called for strengthening the existing Arab League institutions. “Every Arab country should comply with reforms and agreed upon resolutions and s...

The chairman and six of the 11 members of a Turkish state board in charge of appointing senior judges and prosecutors on October 11 said they had resigned to protest at government-backed reforms to overhaul the judiciary. Turkish voters approved in a referendum in September constitutional reforms proposed by the ruling AK Party to revamp Turkey’s top courts, a move critics say will strip the judiciary of its role of overseeing the executive. Among the most contentious...