Muslim Issues

Yasser Arafat: Murder Most Foul By Eric Margolis

The ghost of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is rising from his grave to haunt Israel and the Americans. A devastating investigation by Qatar’s al-Jazeera has found mounting evidence that Arafat’s death in 2004 was caused by the poisonous radioactive substance Polonium 210. Arafat’s widow, Suha, is now calling for his body to be exhumed and sent to the Swiss scientific …

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What Killed Yasser Arafat? Tests Hint at Possible Arafat Poisoning By Al Jazeera

Nine-month investigation by Al Jazeera discovers rare, radioactive polonium on ex-Palestinian leader's final belongings. It was a scene that riveted the world for weeks: The ailing Yasser Arafat, first besieged by Israeli tanks in his Ramallah compound, then shuttled to Paris, where he spent his final days undergoing a barrage of medical tests in a French military hospital. Eight years …

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Time for Regime Change in the USA By Rodney Shakespeare

  With breath-taking arrogance, the USA is opposing the presence of Iran at the discussions about Syria in Geneva. Turkey – now openly playing the sectarian card and deliberately causing a Phantom jet to fly in fast and low in order to provoke a reaction and so involve NATO – can be present. The USA – supplying arms to al-Qaeda; …

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Religious Violence in Myanmar Threatens to derail country’s transition to democracy By Latheef Farook

Eruption of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state early this month not only threatens to derail the country’s democratic transition but also brought to light the plight of Rohingya Muslims.  According to reports, Muslims account for about four percent of the total population of around 60 million in Myanmar, a resource-rich nation strategically positioned at Asia’s crossroads between India and China, Bangladesh …

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Raining death from the sky – By Latheef Farook

  The former head of the CIA's Clandestine Service, Jose Rodriguez, recently stated that President Obama's war against Islam is far more brutal than that of his predecessor, with the administration opting for deadly drone attacks over arrests.   The indiscriminate US drone attacks and the senseless killing of innocent people   have reached scandalous proportions, prompting even the pliant Pakistani …

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