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Crescent International Vol. 27, No. 6

Book Review

Coherent framework for understanding Kosova beyond Serbian myths

Iqbal Siddiqui

The first point any informed reader will note about this book is that Malcolm uses the Serbian form ‘Kosovo’ throughout in preference to the Albanian form ‘Kosova’, used by Kosovars themselves. As in the Bosnian case, the use of terminology in discussing Kosova is politically sensitive.

Occupied Arab World

Arab secularists detect trap in new Arab anti-terrorism accord

M.A. Shaikh

When the Arab interior and justice ministers’ meeting in Cairo in late April finally signed an accord on the only thing they normally agree on - the need to fight Islamic activism, euphemistically referred to as terrorism - Arab secular commentators and politicians hailed it as a secure bulwark against the dark forces of anarchy and backwardness.

Occupied Arab World

Western media blitz over ‘Israel at 50’

Abul Fadl

‘I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms.

Occupied Arab World

Lebanon’s three presidents and a godfather keep it on the confessional track

Zafar Bangash

Lebanon, it is commonly joked in Beirut, has three presidents: Elias Hrawi, Rafic Hariri and Nabih Berri. ‘What about Hafez al-Asad?’ asked a recent visitor to Beirut.

Special Reports

Mariam Hamza’s tragedy highlights plight of poisoned Muslims worldwide

Mahmoud Ahmed Shaikh

From Bangladesh through Central Asia to Iraq, tens of millions of Muslims have been poisoned, many terminally, as a result of pollution from nuclear dust, pesticides and arsenic in water wells - all at the hands of western governments, international aid agencies and Russia, as the dominant power in the former Soviet Union.

World

Taliban says aid agencies spread Christianity among refugees

Tariq Yusufzai

While Afghan factions are locked in a power struggle for control of territory, they are losing their people to Christian missionaries in the refugee camps in Peshawar.

World

Germany leads new tide of racism and xenophobia sweeping Europe

Mahmoud Ahmed Shaikh

Throughout Europe, political parties campaigning on anti-foreigner platforms are chalking up remarkable gains, with Germany leading the way as poll figures and recently published figures on racist attacks show.

World

New mood of confidence among Mujahideen in Kashmir

Zafar Bangash

The struggle in Kashmir has undergone a major metamorphosis over the last 18 months, sending the Indian occupiers into a tail-spin. If the years 1995-1996 were characterised by extreme hardships for the mujahideen...

World

Skeletons out of his Rwandan cupboard stalk the UN chief

Our Own Correspondent

United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan - fresh from the triumph of brokering the Iraqi deal, and cruising through his African tour with the air of a savior come to rescue his beloved continent from the folly of its ruler - suddenly faces the cruel prospect of being cut down to size.

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