Muslim Issues

Britain Rejects US Request to Use UK Bases in Nuclear Standoff with Iran By Nick Hopkins

  Secret legal advice states pre-emptive strike could be in breach of international law as Iran not yet 'clear and present threat' October 26, 2012 "The Guardian" – –  Britain has rebuffed US pleas to use military bases in the UK to support the build-up of forces in the Gulf, citing secret legal advice which states that any pre-emptive strike on Iran could be in …

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Selective Rage The Malalas You Will Not Hear About By Wendy McElroy

Some news stories break your heart. On October 9, in Pakistan, 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai was shot twice in the head by Taliban gunmen. She is being treated in a hospital in Birmingham, England, where she was moved for specialized care and personal safety. Doctors say they expect a “good recovery.” Malala was targeted for assassination because of her prominent role in …

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Children Under Attack in Pakistan and Afghanistan By Dave Lindorff

Six children were attacked in Afghanistan and Pakistan this past week. Three of them, teenaged girls on a school bus in Peshawar, in the tribal region of western Pakistan, were shot and gravely wounded by two Taliban gunmen who were after Malala Yousufzai, a 14-year-old girl who has been bravely demanding the right of girls to an education. After taking …

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Arab Spring and the Israeli enemy By ABDULATEEF AL-MULHIM

Thirty-nine years ago, on Oct. 6, 1973, the third major war between the Arabs and Israel broke out. The war lasted only 20 days. The two sides were engaged in two other major wars, in 1948 and 1967.  The 1967 War lasted only six days. But, these three wars were not the only Arab-Israel confrontations. From the period of 1948 …

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Setting Buddhists Worldwide against Muslims Part of global campaign against Islam and Muslims? By Latheef Farook

It appears the United States, Europe and the   Zionists which successfully managed to put the Christian west and the Hindus in the subcontinent against Muslims are turning their attention to set up Buddhist worldwide against Muslims.  This is what many columnists and others speculate following the unexpected attacks on Buddhist temples, Buddhists and their houses and commercial units by mysterious …

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Turkey Shows Double Duplicity on Syria By Kaveh L Afrasiabi

With the blessing of the US and its other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) partners, as well as its own national legislature if not the entire Turkish population, some of whom have been holding mass rallies in opposition to Ankara's war policy vis-a-vis Syria, the Turkish government has resorted to a double hypocrisy. On the one hand, it has exploited …

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