WASHINGTON: Truth must be told: Helen Thomas, the 89-year-old dean of White House correspondents is more courageous than the president of the United States, and most members of Congress, when it comes to speaking the truth about Israeli treatment of the Palestinians and about the extremist Israeli policies in the Middle East. Thomas, who has been covering the White House …
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DR Zakir Naik – Press Release
The purpose of this statement is in response to the recent press reports about my intended tour to the UK in June 2010, including the things I am supposed to have previously said including their context and my views about terrorism and violent extremism in the light of the beautiful faith of Islam. continue reading…Please click here
Read More »Israeli Flotilla Attack May Violate International, Maritime Laws by Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 15, 2010 (IPS) – When two widely-divergent investigative panels launch their probes on the recent Israeli attack on a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, one of the disputed issues under scrutiny would be the legality of forcibly boarding a vessel in international waters. The two commissions of inquiry, one appointed by Israel and the …
Read More »Indian preacher Zakir Naik is banned from UK
An Indian Muslim preacher has been banned from entering the UK for his "unacceptable behaviour", the home secretary says. Zakir Naik, a 44-year-old television preacher, had been due to give a series of lectures in London and Sheffield. Theresa May said that visiting the UK was "a privilege, not a right". The home secretary can stop people entering the …
Read More »Terrorism: Made in the U.S.A., By Sheldon Richman
It’s a perilous world, as our so-called leaders love to remind us. And for a change they’re right. It is a perilous world. But guess who is most responsible for the peril to Americans? Those very same “leaders” and a long line of predecessors. Moreover, they — along with anyone else who takes time to examine the matter — know that …
Read More »Israel’s barbaric attack on Gaza aid flotilla Exposed Arab political, military and moral bankruptcy, By Latheef Farook
Israel’s barbaric attack on the humanitarian Gaza aid flotilla once again demonstrated to the world the blind complicity of United States led Europe and exposed the political, military and moral bankruptcy of the Arab dictators. The reality is that in the face of Zionist Jewish crimes all cherished human values and feelings disappear from Western leaders. They shamelessly defend all Israeli crimes or face humiliation as it happened, to cite an example, in the case of former US President Bill Clinton who was humiliated by Monica Lewinsky affair. Such was the Jewish grip on the political establishments in …
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