61st Commemoration Day on November 1: Alhaj A.H.M. Azwer These were eulogies ungrudgingly paid to the late Alhaj N.D.H. Abdul Caffoor by the then Prime Minister and the Governor General – two of the outstanding leaders this country has produced to the Souvenir brought out by the Muslim League Senate in 1957 November 1, 2009 marks the 61st death anniversary …
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Tackling Terrorism (recent interview with American linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky)
Edited extracts from his recent interview with Channel 4’s Jon Snow The lesson is that terrorism has causes ? unless the causes are addressed; you’re not facing the problem. Now a lot of it is criminal activity, and criminal activity should be punished in the legal system fairly and honestly. But unless you address the grievances, you are more or …
Read More »War, Negation And Muslim Identity Revisited, By Ramzy Baroud
A Muslim writer begins an article with, ‘who says the campaign for animal rights was started in the West ..’ She goes on to argue that Islam provided the original treatise on the humane treatment of animals. Her case was poorly constructed, inadequately executed, although the essence of her idea was to a degree, accurate. Islamic tradition has indeed laid …
Read More »A salute to Erdogan, a salute to Turkey, By Khalid Amayreh
The recent Turkish decision to exclude Israel from an aerial military exercise over Turkish territory is another indication that Turkey will not allow itself to be blackmailed by criminal international Zionism. Following the decision, Zionist officials and media sought to mitigate its impact on the increasingly troubled relations with Turkey by claiming that it had little to do with the …
Read More »Nuke Gaza, By Jeff Gates
Israeli officials are right to worry. Gazans too. Yet Americans should worry even more. Israel’s “legitimacy” will not last. Of course, that assumes its legitimacy was deserved. That issue also is now called into question in light of the consistency of Israeli behavior over the past six decades. The emerging issues are these: When and how will the recognition of …
Read More »Zooming in on the Yemeni conflict, By Gregory D. Johnsen
Princeton, New Jersey – In mid-August, just prior to the start of Ramadan, the Yemeni government launched an all-out offensive on rebel positions in the northern governorate of Sa’ada. Leaving no doubt as to its intentions, the government dubbed the campaign “Operation Scorched Earth”. The fighting between the government and the Huthis, as the rebel group is known, has been …
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