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Asia to become economic powerhouse by next decade

Islamabad: Pakistan Economy Watch has said that only regional cooperation can provide relief to 50 crore poor living in South Asia. Political differences, if set aside, will spur new era of growth and Pakistan will reap dividends as Asia will be world’s centre of economic activity by next decade.

Pakistan will be world’s leader in textile and banking
Pakistan needs to avail this chance and initiate preparation as we have missed many opportunities in past, Dr. Murtaza Mughal, President, Pakistan Economy Watch said. “No doubt that Pakistan will be world’s leader in textiles and banking,” he added. He said 500 million people are living below poverty line in South Asia and their plight will only end if region can grow at a rate of eight per cent which is only possible in presence of enhanced regional trade.

Why Israeli settlers are lashing out

When Yaron Ezrahi was a young political science professor in 1983, his star student was Emil Grunzweig, who had just completed his thesis on free speech. Two days later, Mr. Grunzweig was killed at a peace rally here, when a right-wing activist threw a hand grenade into a crowd of people demonstrating against Israel’s involvement in the war in Lebanon. Today, Dr. Ezrahi sees a resurgence of the same blend of violence and lawlessness that took the life of

Israel slams Arab move to isolate it at IAEA

Israel on Monday condemned a renewed Arab effort to isolate it at a U.N. atomic watchdog assembly. Arab League states with Iran’s backing prepared to table a resolution called “Israel’s nuclear capabilities” urging all Middle East states not to test or develop atom bombs and not to stand in the way of a regional nuclear-free zone.

Israel doesn’t need any Arab help isolating herself – as the only Middle Eastern country with nuclear weapons of mass destruction, Israel is clearly the odd country out…
http://vigilantjingoist.blogspot.com/2008/09/israel-slams-arab-move-to-isolate-it-at.html

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Islamic beliefs honor Women

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Have you ever walked through a mall and seen a woman with a veil covering her hair? What crossed your mind? Did you think she was one of the many wives of a rich Saudi Arabian oil sheik? Did you feel sympathy for her because some man forced her to dress that way? Or did you shrug your shoulders and decide it was just one of life’s mysteries? The veiled women are Muslims who have adopted the Islamic dress code for modesty. Islam is one of the world’s largest monotheistic (belief in one God) religions. Almost one billion people in 40 countries are Muslims, with Arabs less than 20 percent of the total.
Contrary to popular belief, women and men are regarded as equal in Islam, but with different responsibilities. This difference, however, doesn’t mean women can’t undertake similar tasks or responsibilities. A woman is recognized as an independent individual entitled to work, own a business, obtain an education, and participate in government .In fact…

Emirates wins ‘Best Middle East/African Airline’ award

DUBAI, U.A.E. – Dubai-based Emirates Airline has added another set of highly coveted accolades to its impressive trophy collection, winning the ‘Best Middle East/African Airline’ award at the 2008 Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Awards, Hong Kong, and the ‘Best First Class’ title at the Golden Wing Awards 2008, Shanghai.   Over 400 travel and hospitality professionals celebrated Emirates’ triumph as it notched up its eighth consecutive ‘Best Middle East/African Airline’ prize title at the Asia Pacific region’s most prestigious travel and tourism industry event, held in Hong Kong.   The airline’s ultra-luxurious

Ahmadinejad or McCain , Khatami or Obama

Presidential election will be held in both Iran and US in near future. The Conservatives support Mak Keen and Ahmadinejad. but the Democrats or reformists support Obama and Khatami.
It seems there is a direct relationship between the result of presidential election of these two countries.whenever a democrat like Bill Klinton is elected in US, a Reformist democrat president like Khatami will be elected in Iran. and Whenever the outcome in US is a Republican like Bush, the result of Iranian presidential election is a Conservative like Ahmadinejad. This is the trend in last 16 years. may the result of coming presidential election of US effect Iranian final choice in 11 Jun 2009.

Turkey is getting more secular, or religious

Mustafa AKYOL
Almost every survey about Turkish society reveals that religious observance is becoming more visible but also less dense. Let me tell you why…  Mainstream Turkish media loves to be alarmist about the “creeping Islamization of Turkey.” Especially since the conservative AKP (Justice and Development Party) came to power in 2002, fear mongering about the “shariah imposers” has become the main theme of the secularist press. Some fear that we will soon become another Iran. Others worry that we will turn into another Malaysia (which doesn’t sound too bad, actually). Even the non-delusional secularists, which make up a tiny minority, are deeply concerned about the rise of Islam.

Museum of Modern Arab Art by architect Rafael Vinoly

Designed by New York base Rafael Viñoly Architects, the Museum of Modern Arab Art within the Qatar Foundation’s Education City Campus in Doha, was projected to complete in 2011.

Russia to equip Iran with advanced air defense

Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport has disclosed that despite US opposition, Moscow intends to empower Iran by supplying the country additional air defense systems. Moscow has already delivered 29 Tor-M1 missile systems to Iran under a $700 million (£386 million) contract signed in 2005. Reports, however, began to surface as early as 2005 on the possibility of another deal – the delivery to Iran of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems that can complicate any aerial strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.

Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan part of one large family’-Amedinejad

UNITED NATIONS: President Mahmoud Amedinejad of Iran has warned that enhancing the US-led Nato troops and stepping up their activities in the neighbourhood could destablise the region.
Addressing a crowded news conference after delivering his address to the United Nations eneral Assembly (UNGA) he said, “Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan are part of one large family and they have historic ties and cultural links.”He said that such forces cannot achieve their objectives since the history of the region bears testimony to the fact that every invader met with a disgraceful end…

FIRST PREMIER HOTEL IN MIDDLE EAST TO BE BUILT IN MOROCCO

Two new holiday resorts will soon be built on Morocco property. Hivernage Resort & Spa Saïdia, which will be completed in 2010, and the Best Western Premier Le Jardin de Fleur, due to open its doors to the public in 2009, both of which will be located in Le Jardin de Fleur Saïdia and are being built by Property Logic, the foremost tourism developer of Mediterrania-Saïdia Morocco.

The Middle East’s Water Crisis: Will the Jordan River Run Dry?

The River Jordan has flowed freely for thousands of years, its name immortalized in the Hebrew Bible and its lush upper reaches once known as the gates to the Garden of Eden. This summer, however, large sections of this storied river were reduced to a trickle, the water so low that grass fires spread freely across the Jordan Valley between Palestine and Jordan. Steadily drained over the past half century to quench the thirst and grow the crops of the people of Israel, Jordan, Syria, and the Palestinian territories, the Jordan River has been dealt a deathblow recently by a severe drought and by yet another tributary dam, this one on the Jordanian-Syrian border.

Modernisation of Islam the only way to the victory for Muslims

MUSTAFA AKYOL, contributing author to http://www.WauBebas.org, is a Turkish columnist based in Istanbul.

Not long ago I ran into a quote from Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the Egyptian Muslim scholar and Al-Jazeera televangelist, in Turkey’s controversial Islamist daily . The 80-year-old cleric was saying, “Victory is only possible by returning to Islam.”