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July 24, 2008 Check out the 28th issue of Islam in 60 seconds. Inside you'll find stories about whats going on throughout the world today! Here are some of the headlines from this issue: - Sunni political bloc ends boycott of Shiite government
- High Muslim birth rate in Russia keeps Islam growing
- UN asked to adopt World Conference resolutions
- Israeli soldier shoots Palestinian with rubber bullet, caught on tape
- Iraq's PM to meet with Pope
Sunni political bloc ends boycott of Shiite government
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July 19, 2008
After Iraqi Parliament approved the placement of six Sunni officials to the Cabinet the Accordance Front, Iraq's Sunni political party, ended their boycott of the Shiite-run government. The posts of deputy prime minister and ministers of communications, foreign affairs, women's affairs, higher education, and culture have been opened up to Sunnis. For more information, please click here.
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High Muslim birth rate in Russia keeps Islam growing
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July 21, 2008
Islam is the second largest religion in Russia, and the rate of Muslims in Russia has only been growing. Research reveals that in about a 40-year timeframe it is possible that Islam could become the predominant religion of Russia. For more information, please click here.
| UN asked to adopt World Conference resolutions
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July 21, 2008
Director general of Saudi's Foreign Ministry, Muhammad bin Ahmed Tayeb, has asked the United Nations to adopt resolutions created by the World Conference on Dialogue. The conference, which was extremely successful, was held in Madrid, and was called by King Abdullah to facilitate peaceful interfaith communication. For more information, please click here.
| Israeli soldier shoots Palestinian with rubber bullet, caught on tape
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July 21, 2008
In the fringes of a West Bank village called Naalin many skirmishes between Israeli military and Palestinian protestors have taken place. The latest attack, reported by Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, involved an Israeli soldier shooting a bound and blindfolded Palestinian man in the foot at close range with a rubber bullet. Footage of the incident was recorded by a Palestinian girl and is being investigated by the Israeli military. For more information, please click here. | Iraq's PM to meet with Pope
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July 20, 2008
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will be visiting Europe to meet with officials in Italy and Germany, and eventually hold talks with Catholic Pope Benedict. It is Maliki's wish "to enhance Iraq's legitimacy and use the improved security to kick start diplomatic and economic ties," said Baghdad University faculty member, Hashim Hassan. For more information, please click here.
| Moderate Scholars unite to diminish Terrorist Taliban
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July 18, 2008
A conference was held in Karachi, Pakistan in early July to discuss the recent violent attacks against Shiite Muslims in many towns including Parachinar. The conference members called upon the Pakistani government to eliminate the thread of the Taliban and end violence against Shiite Muslims. | Najaf's new airport gives hope for tourist surge
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July 20, 2008
The Shiite holy city of Najaf, Iraq has about 9 million visiting pilgrims arrive annually, and with the new airport planners hope there will be an increase by about 10 percent. Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi Prime Minister, made an inaugural flight to the new airport on Sunday. For more information, please click here.
| McCain fellow POW: Muslims 'going to kill us'
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July 20, 2008
Colonel Bud Day, one of John McCain's avid supporters and fellow prisoners of war recently said, " The Muslims have said either we kneel or they're going to kill us." A McCain campaign spokesperson said that Day meant to say "Islamic extremists" but he instead made the mistake of generalizing a population of 2.1 billion people as terrorists. The rhetoric of synonymizing Muslim or Islam with violent terrorism and extremist values has become pervasive worldwide, and is highly damaging to the reputation of what is meant to be a religion of peace. For more information, please click here. |
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