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The article offers information about peace talks between the Americans and Taliban, including witnessing attacks on innocent civilians in wartime, desire of opening a restaurant in remote Nuristan Province after finding the peace, and hope of peace in people of Taliban.

The article previews the exhibition "1001 Inventions" to be held at the Michigan Science Center in Detroit, which will explore the golden age of Islamic civilization, and will feature interactive displays and life-like replicas showcasing achievements of Arabs in scientific and medical fields.

The article reports on the caution made by Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders regarding the dangers posed by political Islam to the civilization in Canada and should ban Muslim immigration.

CAIRO A wise visitor from outer space who dropped in on Earth a millennium ago might have assumed that the Americas would eventually be colonized not by primitive Europeans but by the more advanced Arab civilization -- and that as a result we Americans would all be speaking Arabic today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the arguments of columnist Suleiman Takieddine on the formation of the state of Israel to protect the western interests in the Middle East. He comments on the remarks by former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar advocating formation of an international front to support Israel and the international backlash against Israel's attack on Freedom Flotilla. He also emphasizes that the country can only be saved when the oppressed Arab will regain their rights.

The author criticizes U.S. President Barack Obama for not speaking the truth to Islamic countries about the nature of the conflict between the West and Islam and about the nature of Islam itself. He contends that Obama in his gestures of dialogue with Islamic counties ignored the internal debates within Islam itself and in so doing did Islam no favor. He discusses how the Muslim leaders perceive the power of the values of Western civilization. He believes that the conflict in Islamic countries stems from Islam's contact with modernity and Western values.

The article reflects on the gap between the Western civilization and Muslims.

Highlights the statement made by Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf about the Islamic civilization.

The article focuses on the views of University of New Hampshire historian John O. Voll that the transition of the social order that occurred across the globe in the 18th century was experienced very differently in the Islamic world from the way it was in the West. Islamic civilization underwent gradual political integration and became a multicultural community in the 18th century. In such multicultural community trade and commerce were of lower priority than they were in the West.