Southern California InFocus - World

March 07

Northern California

Word on the Street

March07-PDF

Syndicate

Australian Jews reject claims Muslim immigration dangerous

By AFP
SYDNEY, Australia -- Australia’s Jewish community has moved quickly to distance itself from comments made by a visiting Israeli academic that larger Muslim populations led to increased violence.
Read more...

Hamas’ Haniyeh a popular politician

By Associated Press
SHATI REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip -- He has a gaggle of bodyguards and a silver Mercedes, but to the people of this refugee camp, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas is still just "Abul Abed," the neighbor who shares electricity from his generator during power cuts and attends their weddings and funerals.
Read more...

Al-Jazeera cameraman still at Guantanamo

By Ben Fox and Alfred de Montesquiou for Associated Press
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- A TV cameraman is getting an inside view of life at Guantanamo Bay prison — only he is unable to get out and tell the story.
Read more...

International News Briefs

By Various Authors

Read more...

Basant brings joy, sorrow to Pakistanis

By Aamir Latif for IslamOnline.net
LAHORE, Pakistan -- While many citizens of Pakistan’s northern city of Lahore prepare to welcome the spring season by celebrating the Basant festival, hundreds others throng the city graveyards to mourn loved ones, especially kids, who lost their lives in past years to razor-sharp kite-flying strings and stray bullets.
Read more...

More...

Muslim lifeguards patrol Sydney beach

subscribe

Covering all publications related to Islam and Muslims

Polls

How long will it take President Obama to withdraw most U.S. combat troops from Iraq?

	Within 16 months, as he has outlined
	16 - 24 months
	24 - 36 months
	Will not withdraw troops in his first term

Subscribe to Newsletter
E-mail Subscribe Unsubscribe

© 2008 Southern California InFocus