April, 2010

• 23 April

  Privacy Groups Challenge U.S. Airport Body Scanners, By William Fisher

  

  More than 30 privacy and civil liberties organisations have filed a formal petition with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), urging the federal agency to shut down the use of 'full body scanners' (FBS) at the nation's airports.  At a press conference, Marc Rotenberg, president of the Electronic Privacy Information Centre (EPIC), one of the signatories to the petition, said, …

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• 23 April

  Tony Blair Stands Accused, By Prof SHAD SALEEM FARUDI

  Malaysia must not allow this mass murderer to be immune from justice.  IT IS distressing to note that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been invited to Malaysia as an honoured guest of an NGO when he stands accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity by many learned and independent scholars of international law. The case against him looks …

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• 22 April

  AFTER ALL, ARE WE ‘SO BAD’? by A.G.A.Barrie, P.Eng.

  The burning question in our mind today is ” Why are we, ‘the Muslims’ treated so badly by others?”. I am certain; everyone of us has different answers to this most disheartening question. Some of the answers I have heard are: West have a hidden agenda against Muslims Jews are after Muslims Muslims are terrorists Hatred is created because ‘Islam …

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• 21 April

  AN OPEN LETTER OF RECONCILIATION & RESPONSIBILITY TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE From Current and Former Members of the U.S. Military

  Peace be with you. To all of those who were injured or lost loved ones during the July 2007 Baghdad shootings depicted in the “Collateral Murder” Wikileaks video: We write to you, your family, and your community with awareness that our words and actions can never restore your losses. We are both soldiers who occupied your neighborhood for 14 months. …

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• 21 April

  Are Shari’ah Punishments really harsh ?, By Asiff Hussein

  We in the modern world often tend to look at the hadd punishments prescribed in the Shari’ah as something really harsh. Beheading for murder, stoning to death for adultery and amputating hands for theft sometimes strike us as punishments that belong to another age and unsuited for the times we live in. However little do we stop to think that …

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• 18 April

  War on terrorism turned war against Islam and Muslims, by Latheef Farook

  Muslims Worldwide Seething with Anger at West and their own rulers. States Sri Lankan journalist at Islamabad gathering “The United States led west has unleashed a global crusade against Islam and Muslims under the guise of fighting a war on terrorism” was the theme of a speech by Sri Lankan journalist and author Latheef Farook at the Islamabad Policy Research …

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• 18 April

  ‘Base’ ball in Kyrgyzstan, By Ameen Izzadeen

  The troubles in Kyrgyzstan appear to be far from over, although an opposition-led government is firmly in the saddle and the president has fled to neighbouring Kazakhstan last night. A tense situation prevailed in the country till president Kurmanbek Bakiye resigned yesterday. His resignation and departure came as the provisional government led by the country’s opposition called for his resignation …

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