Mobarak of Egypt under pressure of Gaza crisis

While Syria, Iran, Qatar, Turkey an Jordan clearly condemn Israel, and sometimes clearly support Hammas against Israel, yet the government of Egypt and Saudi Arabia have not clarified their position. Egypt with Mobarak is severely under pressure of public opinion in Egypt and Arab and Islam world.

People see him as a traitor to Arab Islam and Egypt. Even these days his life is in real danger and he seldom appears in public. Egypt has ten kilometers direct border to Gaza. Mobarak can lesson this pressure by transferring medical and philanthropic aids to Gaza strip. But he like Israel wants to put the highest pressure on Hammas to get submitted. A goal which does not seem to be achieved even in far future.

Filed under: Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Middle East, muslim, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Gaza

The Middle East’s Water Crisis

The River Jordan has flowed freely for thousands of years, its name immortalized in the Hebrew Bible and its lush upper reaches once known as the gates to the Garden of Eden. This summer, however, large sections of this storied river were reduced to a trickle, the water so low that grass fires spread freely across the Jordan Valley between Palestine and Jordan. Steadily drained over the past half century to quench the thirst and grow the crops of the people of Israel, Jordan, Syria, and the Palestinian territories, the Jordan River has been dealt a deathblow recently by a severe drought and by yet another tributary dam, this one on the Jordanian-Syrian border

Filed under: Arab, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Islamic countries, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, muslim, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkey, Yemen

Human rights & peace in the middle east – Arabism & radical Islam discrimination on the «other»

Human rights & peace in the middle east – Arabism & Islam discrimination on the «other»
[Analysis] Peace will prevail when economic, social and cultural rights are granted to all … The Middle East… conflicts…  For example:

* the Israel and [so called] «Occupied Territories» (Palestine) issue

* the conflict between Hamas and the Fatah; the Iraq conflict

* the conflict in Afghanistan

* conflicts within Saudi Arabia

* the security concerns, especially the nuclear threat, that Ahmadinajad’s Iran poses

Filed under: Afghanistan, Algeria, Arab, Egypt, Iraq, Islam, Islamic countries, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, Oman, pakistan, palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Human rights

NO Arab university among the top 400 in the world

The failure of Arab universities to make it to the Best 400 list is indeed a source of frustration for a region that pins big hopes on the potential contributions of higher education to national development. A glimmer of hope amid the university gloom

The publication of the THES-QS World University Rankings for 2008 brings unhappy news for aspiring institutions of higher education in many regions, including the Arab world. According to the rankings, not one Arab university is among the top 400 in the world. The THES-QS report comes on the heels of the Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Institute of Higher Education, which offers an equally dismal assessment of Arab universities against global benchmarks.

Filed under: Africa, Algeria, Arab, Bahrain, Egypt, indonesia, Iraq, Islam, Islamic countries, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, malaysia, Middle East, muslim, Oman, pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

UN wants world nuclear disarmament

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged nuclear powers to dismantle their atomic arsenals in line with the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
«Nuclear weapons produce horrific, indiscriminate effects. Even when not used, they pose great risks,» said Ban in a Friday conference at the East-West Institute. «Accidents could happen any time. The manufacture of nuclear weapons can harm public health and the environment,» he added. Nuclear-armed states, which include the United States, Russia, Britain, France and China, have yet to fulfill their NPT obligations and abolish their warhead arsenals.

Filed under: Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Islamic countries, Middle East, pakistan, political, nuclear disarmament, UN

Islamic banking

Islamic banking refers to a system of banking or banking activity that is consistent with Islamic law (Sharia) principles and guided by Islamic economics. Shariah is the Islamic legal framework covering all aspects of lives of Muslims – private and public – including trade, commerce and business. In particular, Islamic law prohibits usury (charging exorbitant rates of interest when lending money), the collection and payment of interest, also commonly called riba in Islamic discourse. In addition, Islamic law prohibits investing in businesses that are considered unlawful, or haraam (such as businesses that sell alcohol or pork, or businesses that produce media such as gossip columns or pornography, which are contrary to Islamic values)

Filed under: Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Islamic countries, Middle East, palestine, Islamic banking

Fatah and Hamas to accept Egypt plan for reconciliation

(Xinhua) — Nabil Shaath, chief of Fatah movement team to the inter-dialogue in Cairo, said on Tuesday his movement has positively accepted the Egyptian plan for inter-Palestinian dialogue and reconciliation. «The draft of the plan, presented to the factions, is very positive and will be a real outbreak for what Egypt has vowed to kickoff the dialogue and achieve a national unity,» Shaath told the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Filed under: Egypt, Islamic countries, palestine

Hamas agrees to Egypt draft plan for unity

Hamas tentatively agreed on Tuesday to an Egyptian proposal for reconciliation between the Islamist movement and the rival Fatah faction of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. «We will agree to the draft of the agreement and will not reject it, but there needs to be guarantees that what is agreed upon will be implemented,» Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhum told reporters. «Hamas will work towards the success of the Egyptian effort to reach a national reconciliation that protects our principles, preserves our blood and unites our people,» he said.

Filed under: Egypt, palestine, Hamas

Hassan Nasrallah, don’t go Egypt, please

Salam Press alarms:

With the experience of historical treacheries of Egypt dictator Hosni Mobarak and considering his close relationship with Israel, this is clear for every open eye that this is a dangerous invitation planning to endanger Hassan Nasrallah’s life.
The full news of invitation is here:
Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar says that Hassan Nasrallah will get an invitation to visit Egypt in the coming two months. The newspaper added that this is the new Egyptian policy to keep the same distance from all the parties in Lebanon
http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2008/10/21/egypt-invites-hassan-nasrallah/

Filed under: Egypt, Iran, Islamic countries, Lebanon, Middle East, palestine, political, Salam Press, Hassan Nasrallah, Hosni Mobarak

Egypt invites Hassan Nasrallah

Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar says that Hassan Nasrallah will get an invitation to visit Egypt in the coming two months. The newspaper added that this is the new Egyptian policy to keep the same distance from all the parties in Lebanon
http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2008/10/21/egypt-invites-hassan-nasrallah/

Filed under: Egypt, Islam, Islamic countries, Lebanon, Middle East, political