Predicting the end of the world

Thousands of Americans, Europeans and others from various parts of the world strongly believe that the end of the world is near and everything will be ruined in 2012. They are spending millions of dollars…

Muslims and the Nobel Prize Awards

The trend of Muslims not winning Nobel prizes may be changing. Among Muslims, the name that stands out first is of course that of Abdus-Salam. He was a Pakistani Muslim, who won the Nobel Prize…

Fallouts of Obama’s visit to India

U.S President Barack Obama’s recent visit to India increased expectations of more strategic partnership between U.S and India. The visit was seen to be very useful for both countries, as well as Pakistan – a…

Hillary Clinton to meet China

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton added a last-minute stop in Hainan province, China to her 13-day Asia-Pacific tour, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Wednesday, after the US State Department announced the news earlier. She…

Muslim Veil: the truth underneath

Britain has been in turmoil over veils in recent days, after a school in Yorkshire suspended a Muslim teacher’s assistant for wearing “niqab”—a form of the traditional veil that leaves only a slit for the…

Health disaster underway in Haiti

By Iram Zahra BEIJING—(October 25, 2010—M4relay) — An outbreak of severe diarrhea has killed at least 135 people in rural central Haiti and sickened more than 1000 others who seek treatment at crowded hospitals. Health…