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1. Human trafficking in Bangladesh and beyond
Asian News, Monday 6 October 2008Dhaka - Sold to a dance bar owner and forced to work in the “flesh trade”, Zarina (whose name has been changed to protect her identity), a 16-year-old girl and daughter of a day labourer from Krishnapur in southeast Bangladesh, was a recent victim of human trafficking. This illegal trade has assumed dangerous proportions in recent years.
2. Translating Libya: Stories of love and hardship
Asian News, Monday 6 October 2008Ethan Chorin’s book Translating Libya: The Modern Libyan Short Story defies being pigeon-holed within a particular genre. At its heart are 16 Libyan short stories newly translated by Chorin (in three cases, jointly with Basem Tulti). But the book is at the same time a delightful mixture of travelogue, scholarly study and a record of personal encounters.
3. Can Islamic banks help?
Asian News, Friday 26 September 2008With the whole international banking system seemingly in crisis, I wonder if Islam's Shariah banking could offer a practical alternative?
4. Eid - a joyous occasion for everyone
Asian News, Monday 29 September 2008I am delighted to send my best wishes to all your readers who are celebrating Eid al-Fitr.
5. Thanks for being generous
Asian News, Tuesday 30 September 2008ON the joyful day of Eid ul Fitr, which celebrates the end of the holy month of Ramadhan, the Ramadhan Foundation wants to offer congratulations and best wishes to all across the world.
6. Service, reflection and worship in Ramadan
Asian News, Wednesday 1 October 2008Chicago: I remember my first attempt at fasting during Ramadan when I was ten years old. I hadn’t eaten all day and decided to sit at the dinner table watching the food being cooked, as if somehow gazing at my mother preparing family delicacies would magically make the time fly by.
7. Islamabad bombing condemned
Asian News, Monday 22 September 2008COMMUNITY organisations in the north west have condemned the recent terrorist attack at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad.
8. Comments publication on this website
Asian News, Monday 22 September 2008HERE at M.E.N Weekly Newspapers we encourage debate on almost all the articles of the day. We're often asked how the moderation system works or why some comments aren't published and so have produced these guidelines to help users get their voice heard.
9. India’s most famous world peace leader on UK tour
Asian News, Tuesday 23 September 2008INDIA'S most famous world peace leader, His Holiness Sri Vasanth Gurudevji has arrived in the UK for the forthcoming Millennium Development Goal and World Peace Festival 2008.
10. Let the Qur'an define itself
Asian News, Wednesday 24 September 2008IN the Arab world, it is held as an unadulterated truth that the Qur’an is best read in its original classical Arabic. But is keeping it closed off to further translation supporting God’s will or suppressing it?