'Open-ended ordeal' for Filipino Muslims
18 Sep 2009: DATU PIANG, Philippines — While millions of Muslims worldwide are preparing to welcome `Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, thousands of displaced Muslims in southern Philippines are still struggling to lead a decent life.Filipino MP Proposes Islamic University
14 Jul 2006: MANILA A Muslim legislator is championing a proposal for the creation of a state-run Islamic university in the largely Catholic Philippines. "It will bring about peace because it will bring about the consciousness of Islamic values. Remember, real IslamKilling season in the Philippines
02 Jun 2006: MANILA - Political activist Cathy Alcantara was gunned down by unidentified assailants last December 5, outside the resort where she had helped to organize a conference on farmers' rights. Two months later, the lifeless body of her activist friend,Filipino devotees nailed to the cross
14 Apr 2006: At least 11 Filipino devotees have been nailed to crosses in two Philippine villages during annual Good Friday re-enactments of Jesus Christ's final hours. The Lenten ritual is opposed by religious leaders in the Philippines - Southeast Asia's largestWhen Uncle Sam comes marching in
06 Mar 2006: SULU, Philippines - About 5,500 US soldiers are coming to the Philippines this month, the latest and reportedly the largest batch in the continuing and uninterrupted deployment of US troops to the country since the "global war on terror" was launchedRebels seek alliance for coup
25 Dec 2005: Communist guerrillas in the Philippines have said they are open to joining forces with disaffected military and police units to topple Gloria Arroyo, the country's president. The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), which rejected a ChristmasProtesters urge Philippine leader to quit
07 Sep 2005: Philippine opposition groups have rallied in the capital to seek President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's ouster, a day after her allies in Congress threw out an impeachment attempt. About 8000 protesters led by the opposition Solidarity Movement on WednesdaySupport for Philippine President Crumbles
08 Jul 2005: MANILA, Philippines -- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's presidency was in tatters Friday, her base of support eroding by the hour, as former backers abandoned the Philippine leader and added to calls for her resignation over an election scandal. But in a radio'Cheater' Arroyo faces people's wrath
03 Jul 2005: By Johanna Son MANILA - When rumors of a coup and a popular revolt rise in the Philippines, protest rallies begin, the currency stumbles and the distribution of political jokes through mobile phones reaches a peak, it can only mean one thing: a politicalStand-off over Philippine tapes
13 Jun 2005: Monday, 13 June, 2005 Troops have surrounded a seminary in Manila which is sheltering a former intelligence officer who claims to have evidence of presidential corruption. Samuel Ong says he has copies of tapes in which a woman he says is President GloriaFighting Rages in Mindanao, Civilians Take Brunt
10 Feb 2005: By REXCEL SORZA, IOL Correspondent ILOILO CITY, Philippines, February 10 (IslamOnline.net) Fierce fighting raged Thursday, February 10, between government soldiers and fighters of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in the Mindanao island of Sulu forFilipino Muslims celebrate Islamic New Year
09 Feb 2005: 2/8/2005 5:00:00 PM GMT Source: The Manila Bulletin Online Filipino Muslims celebrated the Islamic New Year, or Amon Jadid, on Tuesday. The New Year will start on Wednesday February, 2005, which coincides with Muharram 1, 1426 in the Islamic lunarPhilippine army to bomb Muslim rebel positions
09 Feb 2005: 2/9/2005 3:00:00 PM GMT Source: bloomberg.com The Philippine Daily Inquirer reported the Southern Command Chief Alberto Braganza has said the country's military will bomb Muslim rebel positions in the southern island of Jolo. The escalation by thePrayer room for Filipino Muslims now open in San Juan
01 Feb 2005: 2/1/2005 3:00:00 PM GMT Source: news.inq7.net An air-conditioned prayer room is now open for Muslims in the Philippines at the Greenhills Shopping Center in San Juan. The building of the prayer room is located in front of the OB Montessori School and thePhilippines protests U.S. maltreatment of Filipino sailors
30 Jan 2005: 1/31/2005 12:00:00 PM GMT The Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) protested on Monday the ill treatment of 13 Filipino sailors by the U.S. authorities. The DFA said that the thirteen sailors worked on the American MV Katerina ship. It addedslashnews
Major quake shakes eastern city of Van
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey yesterday, triggering the collapse of buildings and killing many people, according
to officials and experts. At least 50 people were taken to the single hospital in the city of Van, Anatolia news agency said,
The wretched scandal of Gaza
Past bombed suburbs and scrubland stands the house on the frontier of hell. Once, Abdullah Wahdem's home was a pleasant villa set
in the citrus groves of northern Gaza. Now its cream stucco frontage is pitted by the bullets and artillery salvos that
From Hate to Love -
Story of Adiy ibn Hatim
In the ninth year of the Hijrah, an 'Arab king made the first positive moves to Islam after years of feeling hatred for it. He
drew closer to faith (iman) after opposing arid combating it. And he finally pledged allegiance to the Prophet, peace be on him,
Microsoft Bing in search deal with China’s
Baidu
Microsoft has signed a deal with China’s top search engine, Baidu, to provide the site with censored web search services in
English. Baidu, which dominates 83 per cent of the local market and whose success is built on its Chinese language services, said
