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Qatar Rejects Appeals to Respect Human Rights
International Humanist and Ethical Union 15 February 2010
By Roy Brown
The appalling lack of human rights in even the most liberal of Islamic States was highlighted this week when Qatar rejected the following recommendations made by member states of the Human Rights Council. Those not entitled to the full enjoyment of their human rights in Qatar include women, the children of mixed marriages, and–of course–homosexuals. 
Human Rights Situation in Arab World Getting Worse
AllGov 16 December 2009
Efforts to improve the human rights situation in Arab countries have amounted to little more than broken promises since Sept. 11, according to the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies.
Al-Qaeda killing mostly Muslims: 85% of casualties non-Westerners, report says
National Post 15 December 2009
By Peter Goodspeed
Most victims of al-Qaeda terrorist attacks are Muslims living in Muslim countries, says a new report from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The study, by the academy's Combatting Terrorism
Arab countries fail on human rights—report
The INQUIRER 10 December 2009
By Samer al-Atrush
• Report Summary - EN
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Human rights deteriorated across the Arab world in 2009 with torture widely practiced in several countries, an Arab watchdog said in a report released on Tuesday
CAIRO - The report by the independent Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies surveyed 12 countries and said that most of them repressed human rights activists, press freedoms, and discriminated against religious minorities. The state of human rights in the 12 countries—Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen—"has worsened compared to 2008," the report said.
Subduing Women's Sexuality
FrontPage Magazine 30 November 2009
By Hege Storhaug
My first encounter with Pakistan in 1993 took my innocence. I discovered a culture pervaded with sexuality – sexuality in a very negative sense.
Absolutely everything, from the most trivial day-to-day matters to the most earth-shaking issues, had to do with sex – at least where girls and women were concerned. The same fixation on sex has found its way to the West through immigration.
Kuwait parents reject music classes as un-Islamic, 'Satanic'
Ha'aretz 16 November 2009
Parents have protested against government-funded music classes outside a Kuwait city school, calling the courses "Satanic," a regional daily newspaper reported Monday. "Music is not part of our
France seeks to woo Islamic finance
Expatica 28 September 2009
The French parliament this month has approved changes to legislation to allow Islamic "sukuk" bonds to be issued and the Qatar Islamic Bank has applied to be the first such bank to open in France.
Islamic Development Bank: $350mn aid for Somalia
Gulf Times 28 September 2009
Doha, Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will offer $350mn for the displaced people in Somalia.
The two sides launched a humanitarian appeal last month to collect
Is Al Jazeera part of the Muslim Brothers' program?
Jerusalem Post 26 June 2009
By ZVI MAZEL
Could Qatar and Al Jazeera's satellite channel located there be secretly manipulated by the Muslim Brotherhood?
This is a question frequently asked by Arab media trying to puzzle out the high profile adopted by the ruler of the tiny desert country and the nationalistic and radical Islamic content of the channel he owns.
Slavery, Rape & Abuse - Modern Day Realities for Middle East Maids
TheOPINIONATOR 14 May 2009
While browsing the web, yesterday, I viewed the Arab Times online site and came across several news articles about the rape and abuse of maids in Kuwait.
I was surprised at the cluster of cases so I searched the web for more information and was nearly knocked off my chair when I realized the enormous extent of the huge numbers of foreign maids suffering abuse at the hands of their Middle East "sponsors".
Al Jazeera and Qatar: The Muslim Brothers' Dark Empire?
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs 14 May 2009
By Zvi Mazel
* There has been a significant presence of the Muslim Brothers (also known as the Muslim Brotherhood) in Qatar since the second half of the twentieth century. The first wave came from Egypt in 1954 after
Subscribing to Vodafone IPO ‘does not violate Shariah'
Gulf Times 20 April 2009
Subscribing to the shares offered by the Vodafone telecom company will not contradict the Shariah, according to a fatwa jointly issued by Qatar’s prominent Islamic scholar Dr Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi and
al-Qaradawi "Arabs must obtain weapons of mass destruction - nuclear, chemical, biological"
Gather.com 27 March 2009
By Michael A.
Realize before you read this that although al-Qaradawi has long had one of the more prominent roles within the thought leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood
Swede’s Koran sticker shuts down popular Indian ski resort
The Local, Sweden 11 February 2009
A Swedish man on a ski holiday in India caused hundreds of angry demonstrators to take to the streets demanding he be punished for putting a sticker with a verse from the Koran on his skis.
Khaled Meshaal in Qatar for Gaza crisis summit
INSIDE THE GULF, France January 16 2009
The head of Hamas's Damascus-based leadership in exile, Khaled Meshaal, arrived in the Qatari capital Doha on Friday
Iran's Ahmadinejad joins Gaza crisis summit in Qatar
AFP January 16 2009
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left for Qatar on Friday to take part in a regional summit on the Gaza crisis
Qaradavi: God to not allow you (West, US) to support injustice
Worldbulletin.net, Turkey January 9 2009
A prominent Muslim cleric strongly criticised Israel over its "unjust" assault on Gaza and appealed to the United States to end its support for the Jewish state.
Qatar: Hardline cleric blames Jews for corruption
Adnkronos International Italia January 9 2009
Doha. Prominent Egyptian cleric Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi has blamed the Jews for bringing 'corruption to the world'.
Bahrain king urges Muslim word to turn to actions on Gaza
Worldbulletin.net, Turkey January 9 2009
The king of Bahrain proposed on Thursday a summit of Islamic countries to press for an end to Israeli attacks on Gaza after calls for a meeting of Arab leaders failed to bring them together.
Qaradawi calls for boycott of US products over Gaza attacks
Gulf Times, Qatar January 2 2009
Islamic scholar Yousuf al-Qaradawi yesterday urged Muslim countries to “reactivate the boycott of American, Israeli and Danish products as these countries are supporting the Israeli aggression against Palestinians in Gaza Strip.”
