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Dhu al-Hijjah, 14191999-04-16

Crescent International Vol. 28, No. 4

Book Review

The heartbreaking story of the ‘Biharis’ stranded in Bangladesh

Tahir Mahmoud

Most people would be hard pressed to tell who the ‘Stranded Pakistanis’ or ‘Bihari Muslims’ in Bangladesh are. That neatly sums up their tragedy, which dates back to the turmoil surrounding the painful birth of Bangladesh in December 1971..

Features

Muslims’ growing awareness of the reality of Europe

Zafar Bangash

Some Muslims have a tendency to look at events through rose-tinted spectacles. The Nato bombing campaign against Yugoslavia falls under this category. Legitimate concern for the plight of Muslim Kosovars has led to profuse thanking of the US and European governments for acting to ‘save’ the Kosovars.

Features

Kosova and the global Muslim Ummah

Crescent International

The war in Bosnia was a defining chapter in the development of the global Muslim Ummah. The sight of Muslims being slaughtered by the thousand for their religion in the heart of Europe moved Muslims to previously unimagined feelings of solidarity and brotherhood.

Occupied Arab World

‘Genetically modified’ leaders the new fad in Arab countries

Crescent International

A new scientific fad, not disimilar to to the current craze about genetically-modified food, has taken hold of Arab dictators. Ailing and ageing and encouraged, if not inspired by the ruthless transfer of power to the late Jordanian monarch’s eldest son, king Abdullah II...

Occupied Arab World

Libya finally bows to western blackmail, sends Lockerbie suspects to trial

Crescent International

Libya, a international pariah for nearly seven years, received a guarded welcome back into the international community this month. The rehabilitation came after the two Libyan nationals accused by the US and Britain of involvement in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988...

Special Reports

Elections fit for dictators aim to maintain status quo in Muslim countries

Crescent International

Elections have become the latest fad around the world. It seems everyone has discovered that elections can be a useful tool to fool almost all the people almost all the time. At the end of February, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, held elections to end military rule but brought to power a former military dictator, general Olusegun Obasanjo.

Special Reports

The Qana massacre: others commit crimes, Israel only makes ‘mistakes’

Khalil Marwan

If the Qana massacre of April 18, 1996 was a tragic ‘mistake’, have the Zionists made any effort not to repeat such mistakes? Their three-year record shows that the Zionists have continued to kill innocent civilians.

World

Jama’at-e Islami’s potential role in Pakistan

Zafar Bangash

Qazi Husain Ahmed started his third term as Amir (leader) of the Jama’at-e Islami in Pakistan on April 8. He was elected by 79.38 percent of the 11,234 votes cast in last month’s leadership elections. He was first elected amir of the Jama’at in 1989.

World

Kosovars dying on the ground while NATO fights in the air

Crescent International

An estimated 1.7 million Kosovar Muslims have been expelled from their homes in the three weeks since NATO launched its airstrikes to protect them on March 25. Tens of thousands of men have been killed, and at least 100,000 men more are missing, feared dead.

World

Memorial Seminar highlights Dr Kalim Siddiqui’s understanding of the global Islamic movement

Laila Juma

The Kalim Siddiqui Memorial Seminar which took place in London on April 11 focused on his understanding of the global Islamic movement, and on issues facing the movement at this time.

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