March 14, 2008

Graft and Corruption in Pakistan: Asif Zardari, Mr. 10 Percent, is back

Pakistani court has quashed the last remaining graft case against the husband of slain Benazir Bhutto, his lawyer has said.
Asif Ali Zardari was acquitted by the anti-corruption court in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, in the last of seven cases that had been hanging over him for more than a decade, lawyer Farooq [...]

March 14, 2008

Good Muslim, Bad Muslim – An African Perspective

Mahmood Mamdani, Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Anthropology, Columbia University
Ever since September 11, there has been a growing media interest in Islam. What is the link, many seem to ask, between Islam and terrorism? The Spectator, a British weekly, carried a lead article a few weeks ago that argued that the link was not [...]

March 14, 2008

Muslim Philanthropists Meet in Istanbul

Muslim Philanthropists to Meet in Istanbul 
Leading Muslim Philanthropists to mobilize human and financial resources to address poverty, literacy, social justice and economic development   
Oakbrook, Illinois, March 14, 2008 -    Eminent Philanthropists will gather from around the globe to attend the first assembly of the World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists (WCMP), to be held in [...]