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Crescent International Vol. 41, No. 3

Letters To The Editor

Tori’s story

Khadijah Mahmoud

I was horrified to read the story of Tori Stafford, the 8-year-old subjected to such brutality.

Editorials

The US retreats on all fronts

Zafar Bangash

It is always difficult to reconcile with decline in one’s power and clout. This is as true of individuals in old age as it is of societies and empires in their twilight years.

Editorials

Twentieth anniversary of the grim war on Bosnia

Editor

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the brutal war imposed on Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Editorials

US anti-Iran embargo hits a BRICS wall

Tahir Mustafa

The era of US unilateralism has ended. Apart from its European allies — and there too, only some of them — the rest of the world has dismissed Washington’s demands to impose oil and trade embargo on Iran.

Opinion

Understanding democracy

Zafar Bangash

Democracy is a much used and abused term. It is essentially a tool in the hands of the rich and powerful to legitimize their ill-gotten gains.

Opinion

A brief comparison — and you draw the line

Abu Dharr

This writer knows from many encounters with fervent Muslims belonging to different shades and colors of the global Islamic movement that there are those who fault the Islamic Republic of Iran on matters that extend from its form of government (where is the khalifah?) all the way to “Iran is our primary enemy, Israel follows” and everything in-betweeen.

Opinion

Reflecting on the 20th anniversary of the start of Bosnia’s war

Iqbal Siddiqui

Early last month, Bosnians marked the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the genocidal war waged against them by the Serbs and Croats of former Yugoslavia, a war whose objective was the extermination of the largest indigenous Muslim community remaining in Europe.

News & Analysis

Corrupt rulers root cause of Pakistan’s problems

Waseem Shehzad

For a state to function reasonably well, it must fulfill certain basic needs of the people: provide security of life, limb and property as well as food, water, education and health services.

News & Analysis

Imran Khan: the last great hope for Pakistan?

Zafar Bangash

Imran Khan, cricket-star-turned-social worker-turned politician, is riding high in public opinion polls in Pakistan.

News & Analysis

Politicisation of the European Court of Human Rights

Fahad Ansari

The doctrine of the separation of powers, by which governance is divided among three branches — the executive, legislative and the judiciary — is an old concept which was first developed in ancient Greece that continues to form the foundation of governance in most liberal democracies today.

News & Analysis

Shaker Aamer: husband, father and hostage of the West

Fahad Ansari

In war, numerous tactics are used to weaken the enemy with a view to its ultimate defeat.

News & Analysis

Pentagon Inc.’s total influence on US culture means pandemic of sexual violence

Zainab Cheema

Photographs are the privileged medium for showing the graphic horrors of war.

News & Analysis

Understanding Trayvon Martin’s case: the aporia of law and order in the US

Zainab Cheema

On February 26, a young African American middle schooler named Trayvon Martin was shot dead in Florida, as he walked back to a family member’s home after having bought some candy at a local convenience store.

Islamic Movement

Tarek Mehanna and the myth of US free speech

Tahir Mahmoud

Dr. Tarek Mehanna, an American-born Muslim citizen, was handed a 17-year-prison sentence by a Boston court on April 12 for no greater “crime” than exercising his First Amendment right to free speech.

Islamic Movement

Muslims in Ethiopia suffer discrimination and alienation

Our Own Correspondent

Crescent International recently interviewed an Addis Ababa-based Muslim journalist and Islamic activist on the current situation in Ethiopia.

Editor's Desk

Afghanistan and the US-NATO military endgame

Editor

As the US and its NATO allies head to Chicago (May 20–21) to discuss the future of Afghanistan, several issues have become clear.

Letters To The Editor

Ikhwan and the situation in Egypt

Mamoun al-Dhahabi

Your article, “Choices facing the Ikhwan” (Crescent, 4-2012) was both enlightening and thought provoking.

Special Reports

Iran’s principled stand vindicated in nuclear talks

Zafar Bangash

The latest round of talks between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) held in Istanbul on April 14 ended with all sides proclaiming success.

Letters To The Editor

Abu Dharr on the Ikhwan

Syed Hasnain

One of my favorite columns in the Crescent is that by Abu Dharr.

Letters To The Editor

US extra-judicial executions

Tariq Khan Afridi

American officials never tire of lecturing others about how law-abiding they are.

Letters To The Editor

Canadian-born Omar Khadr

Deborah Smith

Canadian-born Omar Khadr, child prisoner-turned adult, may soon be coming home from Guantanamo.

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