MAKKAH/MADINAH: Over three million Muslims attended special prayers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah on Sunday, the 27th night of Ramadan, seeking the blessings of Lailat Al-Qadr (the Night of Power).
DOHA: Any attack on Iran would lead to the destruction of Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during a visit to the Gulf Arab state of Qatar on Sunday.
DAKAR: Senegalese security forces have arrested seven Qur'anic teachers for forcing children to panhandle, a police official said on Friday, days after the West African state announced a crack down on public begging.
A grand opening it was but that’s about all it was. To those who thought bringing Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas into the same room was a marvel in itself, but please wait for the serious business that is about to begin. From now on, and for the next year, every two weeks the two leaders will meet, and with every fortnight, a set trio of questions by the parties concerned will be asked: How much progress was made, how much was not and will this be their last meeting?
People often wind up believing their own cover story. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, for example, is trapped forever in the rationalizations he used in 2003 to explain why he was going along with George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq. He was at it again last week, telling the BBC that “radical Islam” is the greatest threat facing the world today.
