Muslim Issues

The global outrage in response to Israel's attack on the flotilla is fitting. But we should not lose sight of why it was so terrible. This was not just an attack on aid workers.  If it were just that, it would be bad enough. In itself it would be nothing new for Israel. However, putting the attack in context more fully reveals …

While a large number of people expressed that the US President Barack Obama did not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, I am among one of those very few people who defended it saying that this was done on a hire-purchase system — “buy now and pay later.” But I am terribly disappointed since the president of the sole superpower has …

  If there is one piece of ancient wisdom that has never lost even a bit of its validity over the centuries, it is Cornelius Tacitus' axiom that, “Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.” Indeed, this appears to be the underlying principle of the US-Israeli PR campaign that has been launched in the wake of the almost …

The Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid thanks everyone who came out on short notice to the protest at the Israeli consulate in Toronto yesterday May 31. More than a 1000 people were out on the streets to express their outrage against the Israeli attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. We will be sending out announcements on more protests shortly. In the …

By killing 19 and wounding 30 unarmed peaceful people on humanitarian mission in the civilian Gaza aid flotilla in the international waters, Israel drew worldwide condemnation and once again demonstrated its barbarity, cruelty, arrogance and lawlessness to the world and The aid flotilla carrying 10,000 tons of medicine, food and other essential items was organized by Turkish Human Rights Agency …

 mage Credit: Guillermo munro/©Gulf News   Yesterday, the Israeli military attacked and boarded one of the Turkish aid ships sailing to Gaza as part of a flotilla, killing 19 and injuring many more. As this occurred in international waters, it is not only an act of piracy but could also be construed as an ‘act of war'. This attack on …