In the experiment, aimed at testing the then-new drug penicillin, inmates were infected by prostitutes and later

(Reuters) - The United States apologized on Friday for an experiment conducted in the 1940s in which U.S. government researchers deliberately infected Guatemalan prison inmates, women and mental patients with syphilis.

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor…

يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَءَامِنُواْ بِرَسُولِهِۦ يُؤۡتِكُمۡ كِفۡلَيۡنِ مِن رَّحۡمَتِهِۦ وَيَجۡعَل لَّڪُمۡ نُورً۬ا تَمۡشُونَ بِهِۦ وَيَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡ‌ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ۬ رَّحِيمٌ۬ (٢٨)



(27) O ye who believe! Be mindful of your duty to Allah and put faith in His messenger. He will give you twofold of His mercy and will appoint for you a light wherein ye shall walk, and will forgive you. Allah is Forgiving,…

GENEVA - Fourteen international agencies Thursday took a historic united stance against the ill-

'Speak out in one voice for the protection of the human rights'

UN agencies criticise influence of xenophobic political campaigning on migrants in EU.…

This year, on the ninth anniversary of the 11 September attacks, many Americans were scared that

Visit: www.groundzerodialogue.org

Groups express need for interfaith cooperation, education about…

The Arabic word for olive is zaytun. Qur’anic and Biblical scriptures have deemed the olive an

www.zaytunacollege.org

'Zaytuna College' seeks to contribute to US sociological, political, and cultural…

Photos influential to the Eid prayer in one of the biggest capitals of the world

Witness the manifestations of the Eid prayer in one of the biggest capitals of the world, scene of a terrible to thousands of Muslims who flocked to the Eid prayer, as filled the mosque of people and Avcrashwa the roads and talk show…

The US dollar rate surged in Iran on Thursday as local banks halted the sale of foreign currency to private

Forex dealers say rise of greenback’s rate is due to latest sanctions on Iran as private individuals are first hit.

By Laurent Maillard - TEHRAN

individuals, with some dealers saying the rise was because of latest sanctions on Tehran.

The dollar was trading at 12,000…

Widowed by an American air-strike, Walaa Ahmed spent four years sharing a house with a hostile

A rise of widowed women after 2003 invasion

Encouraging men to take more than one wife draws…

A recent deadly attack against a police station has raised fears in already ethnically-divided Bosnia

Salafist or just a moderate Sunni Muslim?

Fears grow over spread of radical Muslim movement in already ethnically-divided…

ISNA Announces 2010 Election Results

A vague security offence of “contact with a foreign agent” is being used by Israel’s secret police, the

Ameer Makhoul

Shin Bet, to lock up Arab political activists in Israel without evidence that a crime has been committed, human rights…

We come from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, countries, we speak different languages and even with

By Marivel Guzman

all these dis similarities we are closer that ever.

But who are “WE”?, people around the globe, “People We Do Not…

Lisa Howard and Che....Hmmmmm

Lisa Howard ...Castro's willingness to open diplomatic ties...1960's

Che...We Did Not Forget You...

One key difference between Hamas and its rival, the Fatah movement in the West Bank, is that Hamas is

The Obama administration cannot be serious about a lasting peace while continuing to play the same nonsensical good guys/bad guys, carrot and stick political games that were also employed by Bush, writes Ramzy Baroud

accountable to a much more complex set of priorities and expectations. While Fatah is effortlessly co-opted,…

In September 1982,Israel invaded Lebanon to finish off the Palestine Liberation Organization which had…

The maximum number of lashes mentioned in Islamic texts is 100. It is a punishment for what is

Lashing a doctor for claimed wrong prescription that has led to addiction, or lashing a female teacher 100 times in public and in the presence of all her students and some parents for throwing a shoe at a student,…

GENEVA - A UN probe said Wednesday there was clear evidence to back prosecutions

'Summary execution'

UN: Israeli raid of aid flotilla 'grave violations of human rights law', 'unnecessary violence'.

against Israel for killing and torture when its troops stormed a Gaza-bound…