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Time To Go Home?

In the aftermath of the recent devastating earthquake in Iran, news media reported “a miracle”: a man, extracted from the rubble and thought to be dead, stirred on the way to the mass grave. At least two other similar cases were reported. When I read it, my first thought was: In the rush to bury the victims in order to avoid an epidemic, how many people failed to stir in time and were buried alive — for the second time within hours or, at most, days? How many of those would have been alive today had Iran not rejected Israel's offer of help?


Blind Hypocrisy: Why Muslims Should Pray for Israel?

By Ali Sina
In an Israeli air strike in Qana 54 civilians including 30 children were killed. This brought Arab condemnation and according to BBC, a Human Rights Watch accused the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) of treating southern Lebanon as a "free-fire zone" calling this strike a "war crime". It said the failure to distinguish between civilians and combatants could be judged as a war crime. “The Israeli military seems to consider anyone left in the area a combatant who is fair game for attack," said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch.


Reformation in Islam: “Islam of Mecca” versus “Islam of Medina”

The relatively new Kuwaiti website, Tanweer (Enlightenment --- founded in 2002,) is a forum dedicated for dialog on Democracy, Human Rights, Status of Women, Religious Reformation, Civil Society and Window on Kuwait. In my previous contributions to FaithFreedom.org website, I commented on certain discussions going on among Arab intellectuals who are preoccupied with Tahdith (modernization), Tajdid (renewal), and Islah (reformation.)



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