The establishment of a modern secular Turkey nearly a hundred years ago marked an important turning point in the history of Middle Eastern Islamic practices. The Turkish constitution made clear that no party which endeavored to establish religious doctrine as the basis of Turkish law was to be allowed to exist. Turkey’s Constitutional Court is […]

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President Nicolas Sarkozy has been actively selling the idea of a Mediterranean Union(MU) which would bring together nations which border on that waterway. Some critics charge the French president is merely trying to foster an end run against having Mediterranean nations like Turkey become members of the European Union. Amnesty International has raised an […]

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On the annual Gay Pride parade in Budapest, eight foot high metal fences cordoned off Andrassy ut, the central street in and out of Budapest. Neither pedestrians nor traffic could pass the street, and a constant stream of ambulances, army cars, and riot police patrolled up and down. Helicopters swarmed overhead, adding an ominous […]

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Paulina Almonacid Rivera came home with her homework but anxiously awaiting the next day which marked her tenth birthday. Her mother, Erna Rivera Care, was furious with the girl for not reading the children’s book, “La Porota,” and in an infuriated rage she beat the girl to death. Police uncovered evidence the girl had been […]

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China’s booming Internet population has defied attempts by its government to exert control and continues growing at the fastest rate of any nation in the world. There are currently 253,000,000 Chinese on the Internet compared to 223.1 million Americans. The Chinese figure represents a 56% increase from a year ago. This means approximately 19% of […]

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A recurrent theme of the Bush administration on how Iran has supported terrorism and is a hindrance in the fight to create a democratic Afghanistan. It has been well documented that during the American invasion of Afghanistan assistance was provided by Iranian intelligence sources since Iran has long detested the Taliban. Seyed Taqui Qaemi, head […]

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During the 1970s a brutal Argentine military regime controlled the nation and ruthlessly crushed opponents accusing them of being radicals or communists. Thousands disappeared into the labyrinth of the torture chambers which were used by the military to abuse and degrade those who opposed their rule of violence. Hundreds met their faith by being thrown […]

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Three officers who work with missiles at the 91st Space Wing at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, fell asleep while holding a classified “code component” — a hardware dev ice containing the codes needed to activate the control system for Minot’s intercontinental ballistic missiles. The device, kept in a locked case, installs […]

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Two major church bodies in Kenya ant religious education to made compulsory in the nation’s schools and students compelled to take examinations on what they learn about religion. The National Council of Churches of Kenya and the kenya Episcopal Conference said the education system and curriculum needed to be reviewed to include national values and […]

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Young activists from the Egyptian April 6 movement organized a protest over the arrest of 14 of their compatriots. The 14 youths were taken off the beach as they prepared to celebrate a national holiday and are being detained for at least 15 days by the police. Activist Waleed Rashed told the Daily News, “we […]

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