Wednesday January 07, 2009

News Archive

Number of conversions decreases in 2007

30/12/2007
THE number of converts to Islam has decreased slightly this year from 2006, according to updated statistics recently...


Role of Da'wah stressed in today's borderless world

30/12/2007
A VISITING delegation from the National University of Malaysia (UKM) continued their internationalisation programme in...


Sunnis recall parting words before Saddam fled Baghdad

30/12/2007
EVEN as defeat stared him in the face, Saddam Hussein stood on a pick-up truck outside Baghdad's Abu Hanifa mosque and...


Konya Mevlana museum can be visited online

30/12/2007
MEVLANA (Jalal ud-Din Muhammed Rumi) Museum in central province of Konya, Turkey can be accessed through the internet...


Oxford friends remember 'fiery and fun' young Bhutto

30/12/2007
BENAZIR BHUTTO'S contemporaries at Britain's Oxford University remembered her Friday as a "fiery and fun"...


Chastened by death one year ago

30/12/2007
I AM an Iraqi, a professor of English literature. On December 30 last year I witnessed the execution of Saddam Hussein....


S India's Coimbatore a throwback to 1950s

30/12/2007
EVEN though I have visited Coimbatore a few times in the past, every time I visit, it brings me a sense of belonging. A...


Salzburg's hills are alive with music

30/12/2007
THE hills around Salzburg in Austria are alive with the sounds of music. Virtually every inch of the central part of...


Brunei's many tell-tale place names

30/12/2007
WHENEVER one goes for a drive around Brunei Darussalam, one sometimes wonders how some places got their names. What...


French rail offers hip personalised travel

30/12/2007
E-TICKETS, on-board DVD rentals, events, and even new encounters — French rail's new iDTGV trains are testing a...