Friday, July 30, 2010

“Pithy aphorisms” plus 3 more

“Pithy aphorisms” plus 3 more


Pithy aphorisms

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 12:50 AM PDT

Occasional flashes of bitter wit strike home in the twin novellas of Bahaa Abdel-Meguid: the first, and suggestively more sober, Saint Theresa followed by the no less abstemious so to speak, Sleeping with Strangers . Both tales are at once simultaneously weird and wonderful with the evocatively religious element curiously espied.

A reality show where Islam is the biggest star

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 09:15 PM PDT

By Liz Gooch KUALA LUMPUR: Bright studio spotlights illuminated the faces of four nervous young men, arms linked as they anxiously awaited their fate. Cameramen stood poised, ready to capture the climactic moment. Finally, the chief judge broke the suspense. Two had made it to the grand finals of the Imam Muda competition to be held tonight. Iman Muda or Young Leader a Malaysian venture ...

Jui Meng: Umno controls the minds of the Malays

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 09:03 PM PDT

By Fazy Sahir FMT EXCLUSIVE PETALING JAYA: Umno, being the largest political party in the country which has ruled over the last 50 years, has poisoned the minds of the Malays, feeding them lies that their position is under threat from the non-Malays, former health minister and MCA vice-president Chua Jui Meng said. "All these years Umno has brought about this propaganda that the Malays were ...

Grandson: Man Properly Buried At Mosque Site

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 02:49 PM PDT

A man says his grandfather is who's laid to rest at the proposed Islamic Center of Murfreesboro and that there's no need for a criminal investigation into the burial.

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