Muslim Issues

he West’s moves aimed at regime change in Syria are on a  fast track. But regime change won’t come about as easily as the West thinks. Syria is certainly not going to be like Iraq or Libya although the war in Syria has escalated and the rebels seeking to topple the Bashar al-Assad regime have grown to be a better …

Russian Ambassador Vitaly I. Churkin briefs correspondents following the Security Council’s unanimous decision to extend the mandate of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) for 30 days. Credit: UN Photo/JC McIlwaine   UNITED NATIONS, Jul 23 2012 (IPS) – Just before the Western-inspired resolution against Syria was vetoed in the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) last week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey …

Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer Fareed Zakaria addressed the Harvard Alumni Association during the Afternoon Exercises at Harvard's 361st Commencement. We live in an age of progress”   Commencement address by Fareed Zakaria [as prepared] May 24, 2012 Thank you so much, President Faust, Fellows of the Corporation, Overseers, Ladies and Gentlemen, and graduates. To the graduates in particular, I have …

A Palestinian man holds prayer beads as he stands near an Israeli border police officer outside a damaged mosque in West Bank village of Jaba near Ramallah 19 June 2012. (Photo: Reuters – Mohamad Torokman) By: Jonathan Cook The discovery of a rare aerial photo of Jerusalem in the 1930s, taken by a Zeppelin, has provided the long-sought after proof that …

We Jews are a funny breed. We love to brag about every Jewish actor. Sometimes we even pretend an actor is Jewish just because we like him enough that we think he deserves to be on our team. We brag about Jewish authors, Jewish politicians, Jewish directors. Every time someone mentions any movie or book or piece of art, we …