October, 2012

• 26 October

  Bosnian man walks 5,700km to Makkah to perform hajj

  

  Senad Hadzic (R) sports a beret as he prays with fellow Muslims in Medinah. PHOTO: PUBLICITY SARAJEVO: A Bosnian Muslim pilgrim who left last December on pilgrimage to Makkah by foot told AFP on Monday that he has arrived after passing through seven countries including war-torn Syria. “I arrived Saturday in Makkah. I am not tired, these are the best days of my …

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• 23 October

  No Panic in Iran Despite Currency Collapse, International Sanctions By Gwynne Dyer

  

    Iran’s currency virtually collapsed last week, and the public protests that followed in Tehran stirred memories of the massive anti-regime protests of 2009. This has caused excited speculation in the United States and its allies about the imminent fall of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the abandonment of Iran’s uranium enrichment program, or even the end of the whole Islamic regime. …

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• 23 October

  Selective Rage The Malalas You Will Not Hear About By Wendy McElroy

  

  Some news stories break your heart. On October 9, in Pakistan, 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai was shot twice in the head by Taliban gunmen. She is being treated in a hospital in Birmingham, England, where she was moved for specialized care and personal safety. Doctors say they expect a “good recovery.” Malala was targeted for assassination because of her prominent role in …

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• 23 October

  Children Under Attack in Pakistan and Afghanistan By Dave Lindorff

  

  Six children were attacked in Afghanistan and Pakistan this past week. Three of them, teenaged girls on a school bus in Peshawar, in the tribal region of western Pakistan, were shot and gravely wounded by two Taliban gunmen who were after Malala Yousufzai, a 14-year-old girl who has been bravely demanding the right of girls to an education. After taking …

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• 23 October

  Arab Spring and the Israeli enemy By ABDULATEEF AL-MULHIM

  

  Thirty-nine years ago, on Oct. 6, 1973, the third major war between the Arabs and Israel broke out. The war lasted only 20 days. The two sides were engaged in two other major wars, in 1948 and 1967.  The 1967 War lasted only six days. But, these three wars were not the only Arab-Israel confrontations. From the period of 1948 …

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• 16 October

  Setting Buddhists Worldwide against Muslims Part of global campaign against Islam and Muslims? By Latheef Farook

  

  It appears the United States, Europe and the   Zionists which successfully managed to put the Christian west and the Hindus in the subcontinent against Muslims are turning their attention to set up Buddhist worldwide against Muslims.  This is what many columnists and others speculate following the unexpected attacks on Buddhist temples, Buddhists and their houses and commercial units by mysterious …

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• 16 October

  Turkey Shows Double Duplicity on Syria By Kaveh L Afrasiabi

  

  With the blessing of the US and its other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) partners, as well as its own national legislature if not the entire Turkish population, some of whom have been holding mass rallies in opposition to Ankara's war policy vis-a-vis Syria, the Turkish government has resorted to a double hypocrisy. On the one hand, it has exploited …

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