Muslim Issues

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 10, 2011 (IPS) – The beleaguered government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has so far defied the Security Council, ignored appeals by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, rejected pleas from neighbouring Turkey and the Arab world, and summarily dismissed the threats and sanctions by Western powers. But how is it going to react to a plea from IBSA, …

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 1, 2011 (IPS) – The U.N. Security Council has continued to remain politically paralysed on the indiscriminate killings of civilians in Syria, and that paralysis, according to U.N. diplomats, has been triggered ironically by the ongoing turmoil in another Arab nation – Libya. The devastation caused by Western military forces in Libya – justified under the guise …

Australian born Jew and Israeli citizen Rupert Murdoch who controls the global media suffers from intense hatred towards Muslims. He used his media empire to demonize Islam and Muslims, cover up all Israeli crimes and atrocities and help create the environment justifying United States and European invasions and destruction of Muslim countries. Never in the more than fourteen century inspiring …

By: MOHAMED SHEIKH NOR and JASON STRAZIUSO , Associated Press  MOGADISHU, Somalia – Kaltum Mohamed sits beside a small mound of earth, alone with her thoughts. It is her child's grave — and there are three others like it. Just three weeks ago, Mohamed was the mother of five young children. But the famine that has rocked Somalia has claimed …

  The Russian Foreign Ministry has warned against outside interference in the Syrian conflict, saying the country's citizens should solve their problems themselves. "The settlement in this country should be carried out by the Syrians themselves without outside interference and should be based on an all-Syria dialogue, which is the only way to resolve the conflict," the ministry said in …

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 29, 2011 (IPS) – When the United Nations General Assembly created a three- member special committee to investigate Israeli human rights violations in occupied territories back in December 1968, the Jewish state reacted with obvious anger. And not surprisingly, the committee was barred from entering any of the occupied territories – forcing the three members to hold …