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Policy course correction by Hamas

Tahir Mustafa

Dhu al-Hijjah 27, 14342013-11-01

The Palestinians have suffered for decades. If it is not at the hands of the zionists, then the faulty decisions of their leaders cause misery. This is what Hamas did recently . Is the leadership about to make a course correction?

Russia helps Obama save face on Syria

Yusuf Dhia-Allah

Dhu al-Qa'dah 25, 14342013-10-01

Deft diplomacy by Russia and the Islamic Republic of Iran helped US President Barack Obama save face over Syria. He had got himself into a bind until the Russians’ offered him an escape route.

Turkey involved in the Syrian chemical attack?

Ahmet Aslan

Dhu al-Qa'dah 25, 14342013-10-01

Commentators in Turkey are pointing the finger at the Turkish government of Recep Tayip Erdogan of being involved in the Syrian chemical attack in order to force the US’ hand. What is the truth?

Military pushes Egypt toward civil war

Ayman Ahmed

Shawwal 24, 14342013-09-01

By massacring unarmed civilians that were merely holding a sit-in, the military has brought Egypt to the brink of civil war. While the military may have the guns and may be able to kill a very large number of people, they have lost all credibility and will ultimately pay a heavy price for such brutality.

Why the Saudis are financing the coup in Egypt

Zafar Bangash

Shawwal 24, 14342013-09-01

The Saudis have adopted an uncharacteristic position over the coup in Egypt. King Abdullah was the first foreign ruler to welcome it and immediately arranged for a $12 billion aid package for the mass murderers to continue their rampage unencumbered by financial woes.

What went wrong in Egypt?

Ayman Ahmed

Ramadan 23, 14342013-08-01

The July 3 coup in Egypt has set the people of Egypt back by many decades. The brutal crackdown on supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and mass killings prove the military’s evil intentions.

Mursi joins the US-zionist-Saudi crusade in Syria

Ayman Ahmed

Sha'ban 22, 14342013-07-01

President Mursi has succumbed to US-Saudi-zionist pressure and joined the crusade in Syria. Since becoming president, he has badly mishandled Egypt’s affairs and with a bankrupt economy, he has embarked on a policy that will have serious repercussions for the country’s future.

Pakistan elections: change or change of faces?

Zafar Bangash

Rajab 22, 14342013-06-01

Electing the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz faction) has simply brought the same old party that had twice before failed to deliver. Amid growing allegations of vote rigging, Pakistanis seem to have opted for merely change of faces.

Is the change in Pakistan real?

Perwez Shafi

Rajab 22, 14342013-06-01

Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehrik-e Insaf has shaken the foundations of old alliances but not enough to change the political dynamics in the country, yet.

Pakistan under siege from within and abroad

Zafar Bangash

Jumada' al-Akhirah 20, 14342013-05-01

As Pakistanis go to the polls, there are far more serious issues facing the country, not least a grand foreign conspiracy to break it up.

Issues and parties in Pakistan’s elections

Waseem Shehzad

Jumada' al-Akhirah 20, 14342013-05-01

There are hundreds of political parties and tens of thousands of candidates chasing a few hundred seats in the May 11 general elections in Pakistan. We examine the parties, the issues and some of the same tired old faces that have dominated Pakistani politics for decades.

Sectarian violence in Pakistan

Ayesha Alam

Jumada' al-Akhirah 20, 14342013-05-01

The Pakistani state and its institutions have failed to protect the Shia minority from sectarian violence that has claimed hundreds of lives this year. We examine the players behind such mayhem.

Bulgaria-Israel in EU plot against Hizbullah

Ahmet Aslan

Jumada' al-Ula' 20, 14342013-04-01

Under Zionist pressure, the corrupt Bulgarian regime is trying to implicate Hizbullah in the bus bombing of last July in order to ban it in the European Union. The Europeans are not buying it.

Pakistan’s dream remains unfulfilled

Waseem Shehzad

Rabi' al-Thani 19, 14342013-03-01

The great hopes arouse by the Pakistan resolution when it was first passed in Lahore in March 1940—seven years before Pakistan came into existence—remain a pipe dream. Instead, for most Pakistanis it has become a nightmare.

Violence in Mali and the spread of AFRICOM

Zainab Cheema

Rabi' al-Awwal 20, 14342013-02-01

French military invasion of Mali backed by the US, Britain and other western countries, has everything to do with the re-colonization of Africa and little or nothing with helping the Malians to fight off militants.

Muslim confusion over the crisis in Syria

Zafar Bangash

Safar 19, 14342013-01-01

Those opposed to Bashar al-Asad’s regime in Syria are prepared to strike a deal with the devil. This will cost the Syrian people dearly if such a diabolical plot succeeds.

Killing Palestinians, way of life for the Zionists

Tahir Mustafa

Muharram 17, 14342012-12-01

One thing the Zionists are really good at is killing Palestinian civilians. This is what Israel did in its latest onslaught on Gaza when 161 civilians were slaughtered and more than 1300 injured.

Propaganda, the one war Israel always wins

Zafar Bangash

Muharram 17, 14342012-12-01

Zionist Israel can always count on its drumbeaters ensconced in western governments and the media to project it as ‘victim’ even when it kills Palestinian civilians with unrelenting ferocity.

Was Malala Yousafzai used for a larger US plan?

Zafar Bangash

Dhu al-Hijjah 16, 14332012-11-01

The attack on Malala Yousafzai last month has evoked worldwide condemnation. From US President Barack Obama to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, all condemned the attack. The question is: why is Malala given so much prominence when other attacks on girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan go virtually unnoticed?

Feigning innocence: the politics of demonization

Fahad Ansari

Dhu al-Qa'dah 14, 14332012-10-01

The blasphemous US-produced movie, while denounced by US officials, is still defended on the basis of free speech. History, however, shows that publishing racist, anti-religious tracts has been punished. Julius Streicher, publisher of a racist, anti-Jewish tabloid, Sturmer, was hanged after a military trial at Nuremberg accused of aiding and abetting the slaughter of Jews. He was not a member of the Nazi party nor was he in Hitler’s military.

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