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Turkey, sectarianism, and the “Arab Spring”

A Contributor from Toronto

Rabi' al-Awwal 10, 14362015-01-01

Turkish President Recept Tayip Erdogan is resorting to increasing sectarian rhetoric to keep challengers at bay.

Furious Erdogan hits at the Gulenists

Ahmet Aslan

Rabi' al-Awwal 10, 14362015-01-01

The imperialist and Zionist-linked Gulenist movement and its supporters are being weeded out from key institutions in Turkey.

Congress turns US into total police state

Ayesha Alam

Rabi' al-Awwal 10, 14362015-01-01

The US House of Representatives has secretly passed a new bill that increases state surveillance powers without any court oversight. The US has become a police state.

Jewish Defense League meets pastrami

Crescent International

Rabi' al-Awwal 10, 14362015-01-01

Islamophobia is rampant in the Jewish community as Menachem Freedom found out. He believes in justice and fairness and expressed horror at the support being expressed for the extremist group, the Jewish Defence League.

Azeri regime’s brutality may cause civil war

Crescent International

Rabi' al-Awwal 10, 14362015-01-01

The illegitimate Azeri regime is pushing the country towards civil war because of its brutal tactics against the opposition.

Fear turns every Egyptian into an informant

Ayman Ahmed

Safar 08, 14362014-12-01

The military regime in Egypt has instilled such fear in people that they have all become informants for the government.

Ashraf Ghani: an Aghan in a hurry

Zia Sarhadi

Safar 08, 14362014-12-01

President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan has a small window of opportunity to set things on the right track and strike some kind of a deal with the Taliban. He is banking on China and Pakistan for help.

Nigeria’s tragedy in a nutshell

Adamu Adamu

Safar 08, 14362014-12-01

Far from confronting the Boko Haram terrorists, the Nigerian army, governors, government functionaries and amirs are running away from the threat.

Russia-West tension escalates in several regions

Our Central Asia Correspondent

Safar 08, 14362014-12-01

Russia and the West are heading towards Cold War type rivalry, especially in Central Asia that Moscow considers its sphere of influence.

Hindu Nazis riding high in India

Tahir Mahmoud

Safar 08, 14362014-12-01

With Hindu Nazis in the driving seat, India is becoming an increasingly dangerous place for its minorities, especially Muslims. Its overly ambitious plan to compete with China, however, will not materialize because of its deep structural and social problems.

Turkey-Iran relations plummet after Erdogan’s outburst

Ahmet Aslan

Safar 08, 14362014-12-01

Unable to get out of the hole he has dug for himself in Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan has started thrashing about violently. His recent outbursts have deepened tensions with Islamic Iran.

ISIS and dissent in the Peninsula

Ayesha Alam

Muharram 08, 14362014-11-01

While financing and supporting the takfiri terrorists, the House of Saud has found there can also be blowback. Opposition to the rule of Al Saud is growing among all segments of society in the kingdom.

Kobani’s resistance deflates Turkish imperial ambitions

Ahmet Aslan

Muharram 08, 14362014-11-01

Resistance by the Kurds in Kobani has undermined Turkey’s imperial ambitions. Ankara thought the ISIS terrorists would defeat the Kurds leading to the weakening of the other Kurdish group, the PKK.

Blackwater operatives convicted, nefarious owner walks away free

Ayesha Alam

Muharram 08, 14362014-11-01

An American court has convicted four Blackwater operatives seven years after they murdered innocent Iraqis in a public square. Their leader, however, has walked away free.

British troops also flee Afghanistan

Zia Sarhadi

Muharram 08, 14362014-11-01

Another batch of ‘Alexander the Great wannabes’ have slunk out of Afghanistan having been taught a lesson by the intrepid Afghans. History is repeating itself in the Hindu Kush Mountains.

Ottawa shooting leads to attack on civil liberties

Tahir Mahmoud

Muharram 08, 14362014-11-01

The Conservative government is using attacks by two men suffering from mental problems and drug addiction to push through legislation that would drastically curtail the rights of Canadians, especially Muslims.

Turkey’s 101-day ordeal with the takfiris

Ahmet Aslan

Dhu al-Hijjah 06, 14352014-10-01

There is something bizarre in the manner in which 49 Turkish diplomats and employees of the Turkish Consulate in Mosul were released from the clutches of the takfiris.

Telecom giants break into drone program

Ayesha Alam

Dhu al-Hijjah 06, 14352014-10-01

Drones have become so popular that even telecom giants are getting in on the act. Will these be used to pry into people’s private lives even more and for what purpose would such information be used?

Will political impasse lead to martial law in Pakistan?

Ayesha Alam

Dhu al-Hijjah 06, 14352014-10-01

The army gets itchy fingers whenever there is political turmoil in Pakistan. Will the current impasse lead to another martial law?

Former Bank executive new Afghan president

Zia Sarhadi

Dhu al-Hijjah 06, 14352014-10-01

After months of political uncertainty, Afghanistan has new president, a former executive at the World Bank. There is also a new ‘chief executive,’ a post created courtesy of the Americans. The more things change, the more they remain the same.

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