HAMAS PASSES BILL ALLOWING LASHING, HAND CUTTING OFF, CRUCIFIXION

Hamas Members at the Palestinian Legislative Council have endorsed an "Islamic bill" allowing lashing, hand cutting off, crucifixion and execution.

STOPPAGE OF TORTURE BAD NEWS TO ARAB GOVERNMENTS!

One of the main changes expected to take place at the hands of Obama is the end of the Bush Administration's resorting to torture in order to extort information from detainees within the framework of the anti-terrorism war and under the code of the use of severe interrogation strategies

AMERICAN PLAN TO STRIKE IRAN ENTER ITS FINAL STAGE

a Western diplomatic source that the finishing touches of an American plan to hit Iran had been completed. According to the plan,

EUROPEAN PROPOSAL FOR SETTLING 50,000 PALESTINIAN REFUGEES IN LEBANON

European diplomatic sources said EU experts are preparing a new proposal for solving the problem of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon to submit it to the new US administration for discussion and approval.

EGYPT ACCUSES HAMAS, IKHWAN OF BEING BEHIND DEMONSTRATIONS BEFORE ITS EMBASSIES

An Egyptian official source said that Cairo has, over the last few days, noticed coordination between Hamas movement and Ikhwan movement, in Egypt and other countries

$879-MILLION US ARMS TO KUWAIT

Kuwait imported $878.7-million US arms in 2006/2007 to be the seventh biggest importer of US arms, a report by the Washington-based New America Foundation said.

SAUDI ARABIA SUBMITS ARAB PAPER TO OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATION

Al-Ahram alarabi weekly magazine learnt that the next period would witness Arab contacts to formulate a paper explaining the Arab initiative and its bases

IRAN PROPOSES ESTABLISHING REGIONAL CONSORTIUM TO BUILD NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS

In a press conference held yesterday in Tehran, Gholamreza Aghazadeh, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, proposed establishing a regional consortium to build and develop light-water nuclear power stations

LAUNCHING ISLAMIC CHANNEL NECESSARY: PRESIDENT OF JAPAN MUSLIM ASSOCIATION

Amin Tukumatsu, president of Japan Muslim Association, ascribed the spread of Islamophobia phenomenon in the west to three factors:

BOMBAY BLOODY WEDNESDAY!

Under this headline, Dr. Mohamed Al-Sayyed Selim, an expert specialized in Asian studies writes a comment on Mumbai incidents, some excerpts from which run to the following effect:

WHOSE CRISIS IS IT, HAMAS'S OR EGYPT'S?

The problem with the Egyptian presidency is that it does not realize the value of the country it rules. It wasted ample opportunities at the beginning of 2008 when over half of Gaza inhabitants swept Rafah crossing.

MB BRACE UP FOR MAKING THE BIGGEST WIN IN BAR ASSOCIATION ELECTIONS!

Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Egypt are currently bracing up for a new test of their popularity

51 protesters wounded in Thailand explosions

Attackers set off explosions at anti-government protest sites Sunday, wounding 51 people and raising fears of widening confrontations in Thailand's worst political crisis that has strangled its economy and shut down its main airports.

27 MB DEPUTIES CALL FOR DEBATING NATURAL GAS EXPORT TO ISRAEL

Twenty-seven Muslim Brotherhood (MB) deputies submitted a request to the People's Assembly Speaker Fathi Sorour, calling for putting the issue of natural gas exports to Israel on the Assembly's agenda.

EXPERTS CALL FOR MILITARY ACTION TO FACE PIRACY

Piracy on the Somali coasts cast a shadow over world and Arab capitals. Egypt held a tripartite meeting a few hours ago with Saudi Arabia and Yemen to reach a solution to this problem.

DIVERSE REACTIONS BY ISLAMISTS TO OBAMA’S WIN

There have been diverse reactions on the part of Islamists in Egypt to Barak Obama's ascension to power.

MB GENERAL GUIDE: REPORTS ABOUT OUR RECOGNITION OF ISRAEL NONSENSE

General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Group Mohamed Mahdi Akef and his deputy Mohamed Habib denied reports by Turkish Zaman newspaper that the Group would announce its recognition of Israel if the latter returned to the 1948 borders.

AL CHIEF WARNS AGAINST BLEAK FUTURE

Amr Moussa, secretary general of Arab League (AL), warned against a bleak future and sweeping changes the Arab region would witness over the coming period.

SEPARATING WALL CAUSES 28,000 ARABS TO EMIGRATE: PALESTINIAN SURVEY

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said the Separating Wall caused some 4,000 Palestinian families to emigrate; their members are estimated at 28,000 persons.

END OF BUSH'S TENURE JUST AROUND THE CORNER

During the past seven years there have been intensive campaigns of black propaganda launched by the pro-US administration media and neo-liberal writers in our countries to promote their pastor Bush's project and emphasize his victory all over the world.