Another earthquake in Van, Turkey. This was a smaller 4.9.
A Bangladeshi man in Oman died of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). Apparently some animals in Oman carry the animal version. A Pakistani man died of similar symptoms several weeks ago. It is thought they both contracted CCHF from handling contaminated meat. It's not common, but it does happen. In 1995-1996 there were 4 cases.
A small passenger ship sank off the coast of Iran today. Rescue efforts are underway.
The Egyptian election is over. The Freedom and Justice Party (Muslim Brotherhood) won the most seats. Their speaker will be Saad al-Katatni.
Showing posts with label muslim brothers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label muslim brothers. Show all posts
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Women's News December 20, 2011
Slide show and article on women in the Muslim Brotherhood.
A cute article about Coaching Women's Basketball in Qatar.
Female drivers in Kabul, Afghanistan, and why we should listen to Afghan women.
A cute article about Coaching Women's Basketball in Qatar.
Female drivers in Kabul, Afghanistan, and why we should listen to Afghan women.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Quick News Roundup February 12, 2011
ArabNews (Saudi Arabia) reports that the subcontractors to the US Embassy are abusing their employees. They cite a report by the US Office of Inspector General, and provide a link to it. Abuse of South Asian employees is fairly common in the Gulf. I don't mean that as an excuse, just as a piece of information.
A senior rabbi in Israel is under arrest for supporting a book (Torat Hamelech) that says when it is okay to kill Gentiles. He refused to be questioned by police, because it is a religious issue. This whole thing originally came to a head in January of last year (see this article). I'm not sure what to think of it. It sounds as though some people want it to be thought of as a scholarly work, while others see it as inciting violence. The article I linked to makes some good points about the authors of the study (also rabbis) and that they may be inciting violence. I will say one thing though: if a Catholic priest wrote a book saying that the Bible says sometimes it's okay to kill Jews, there would be a huge uproar and calls of anti-Semitism. But almost no one would say it's a religious issue and the police should stay out of it.
There's more about that senior rabbi in this article, which compares the Muslim Brotherhood to the ultra-Orthodox religious right in Israel. They believe that Judaism trumps democracy, and want to take Israel even further down that road.
This was written before Mubarak left, but it's a quick look at how events in Egypt are affecting the Gulf. And this more recent article covers the current situation. Even Palestine is affected and should have elections in September.
A senior rabbi in Israel is under arrest for supporting a book (Torat Hamelech) that says when it is okay to kill Gentiles. He refused to be questioned by police, because it is a religious issue. This whole thing originally came to a head in January of last year (see this article). I'm not sure what to think of it. It sounds as though some people want it to be thought of as a scholarly work, while others see it as inciting violence. The article I linked to makes some good points about the authors of the study (also rabbis) and that they may be inciting violence. I will say one thing though: if a Catholic priest wrote a book saying that the Bible says sometimes it's okay to kill Jews, there would be a huge uproar and calls of anti-Semitism. But almost no one would say it's a religious issue and the police should stay out of it.
There's more about that senior rabbi in this article, which compares the Muslim Brotherhood to the ultra-Orthodox religious right in Israel. They believe that Judaism trumps democracy, and want to take Israel even further down that road.
This was written before Mubarak left, but it's a quick look at how events in Egypt are affecting the Gulf. And this more recent article covers the current situation. Even Palestine is affected and should have elections in September.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
More Muslim Brothers Arrested in Egypt
Egypt has been getting less and less democratic lately. Now they have arrested 75 members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Technically, the group is illegal, but they do have some members running for parliament. So much for free elections. But anybody paying attention to Egypt know that went out the window a long time ago.
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