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Posts Tagged ‘Brazil’

How a Cuban Embraced Islam

By Ghazala Khan • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

“Are there many Muslims in Cuba?”
“Why would a Cuban want to become a Muslim?” These are the two questions I am most frequently asked when introducing myself, or in the case of old friends re-introduce, by my Muslim name, Assad Jibril Pino. The answer to the first query is a simple yes. Several […]



Musharraf : The Most Untrusted Leader

By Fatima Tassaduq • Jun 20th, 2008 • Category: Politics

A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of 20 nations around the world finds that Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan is the most untrusted leader.
WorldPublicOpinion.org, a collaborative research project involving research centers from around the world, is managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland.
WorldPublicOpinion.org conducted the poll of 19,751 respondents in nations […]



‘AMERICA’ IS SOMETHING MORE THAN USA

By The Pakistani Spectator • Apr 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

By Carlos Alfonso Rojas Valdiri:
From the point of view of the Latin American people, it has been (and it is) a very misleading and abusive habit of the political, journalistic and academic circles of the United States of America (USA) and -by their influence- others, to call (name) that country ‘America’, and ‘Americans’ its citizens, […]