A leading U.S international intelligence agency recently publishes a significant report define the United States-Singapore military cooperation. It highlights Singapore as one of the United States’ prime regional strategic alliances and recipient of military assistance. It also highlight the objective of this cooperation. Singapore owns the most modern arm forces in this region. With U.S…
It is estimated that there are at least 50,000 nuclear bombs in existence in the world today. There are at least one million bombs as strong as the two dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Those atomic bombs killed about 120,000 people, many thousands were wounded or suffered the effects of atomic radiation. It…
In light of the present political and economic scenarios, a step forward towards fostering a better relationship between Europe and Asia through the bridging of differences between the two continents needs to be initiated. By virtue that Asia is becoming an emerging market of the world, a better understanding of its cultures is vital for a…
There is a hadith which states “Part of someone’s being a good Muslim is his leaving alone that which does not concern him”. It is beneficial to avoid meddling into things or affairs that are of no concern to us. It is impossible for a person to entertain all things at once. Prioritizing matters according…
It has been narrated by many scholars of Islam that if parents have any inheritance, there is no greater inheritance than Adab. Al-Walid ibn Numayr said that he heard his father say ‘righteousness is (a gift) from Allah, but Adab (right conduct) is from parents”. Adab plays an important role in society. The actions of…
“The U.S currency is like gold. Everybody wants it. Either you have it for me or you don’t have the thing you want”. This was the reply I received from a vendor when I refused to pay him in U.S dollars. It really disturbed me and made my life difficult. The U.S dollar is so…
“I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbour-the neighbour who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others” (Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933). When Franklin D. Roosevelt commanded the US administration in 1933, he brought a new approach to United States foreign policy. This policy was called…
When Copernicus first introduced the heliocentric theory, that the earth revolves around the sun, it shook the very foundation of religious belief and become an issue in the courts of inquisition. People believed that it threatened the idea that an almighty God created nature, that it threatened their firm conviction that the glories of the…
Every year, on the 21st of September, the world celebrates peace day. This day was initiated by the United Nations General Assembly in 1981 in which a resolution declaring an international day of peace was adopted. The resolution declared that the International Day of Peace shall henceforth be observed as a day of global ceasefire…
The term ‘Jihad’ has become well-known in English nomenclature because of the contemporary political situation and the focus of media on violence. Many people on the street are mislead by the international abuse of its meaning. In the west, the term ‘Jihad’ must be carefully employed. I still remember a friend of mine, an Arab-American…
