February, 2010

• 21 February

  Inter-faith dialogue a prominent tool to erase conflicts, By Ansari

  Vice President Hamid Ansari on Saturday said inter-faith dialogue has emerged as a prominent civil society initiative between nations and groups in the post-Cold War world, amidst the “Clash of Civilisations” debate and the raging ethnic and religious conflicts in various parts of the globe. Delivering the inaugural address at a conference on “An International Dialogue between Islam and Oriental …

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• 20 February

  Passport to the Truth in Dubai Remains Secret, By Robert Fisk

  It’s a propaganda war. Whoever killed the Hamas official in Dubai – let’s speak frankly – it’s part of an old, dirty war between the Israelis and the Palestinians in which they have been murdering their secret police antagonists for decades. Whose were the passports? Or should we say “passports”. So here’s a moment to reflect on realities. Many Dubaians …

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• 20 February

  From ire to pyre if US attacks Iran or imposes sanctions , By Ameen Izzadeen

  The United States appears to be in a hurry to bring about a regime change in Iran but its biggest problem is that it does not know how to go about it. In recent weeks, the US has increased its Iran-bashing tempo and intensified diplomatic efforts aimed at forcing Tehran to give up its uranium enrichment programme. US Secretary of …

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• 19 February

  Hastening Armageddon, By Asiff Hussein

  Why the Unholy Alliance between American Christian Fundamentalists and Jewish Zionists poses a threat to World Peace and what the Muslim World can do about it Little do we realize that events unfolding in the West today are bound to have serious implications for the Muslim world and indeed the world at large. One of these is of course the …

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• 18 February

  America’s Global Weapons Monopoly Don’t Call It “the Global Arms Trade”, By Frida Berrigan

  

  On the relatively rare occasions when the media turns its attention to U.S. weapons sales abroad and shines its not-so-bright spotlight on the latest set of facts and figures, it invariably speaks of “the global arms trade.” Let’s consider that label for a moment, word by word: *It is global, since there are few places on the planet that lie …

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• 17 February

  Sarkozy’s move to ban niqab in France! Expression of emerging Islamophobia in the West, By Latheef Farook

  Islamophobia, unleashed with all its ferocity and viciousness under the pretext of fighting a so called war on terrorism by Israel and obediently implemented in the aftermath of the 9/11 by warmongers in Washington, London and Paris is pushing the west especially Europe back into Dark Ages. Barely two months after peaceful Switzerland voted in a shameful referendum on 31 …

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• 16 February

  Egypt’s Copts fearful amid increasing tensions, By JEFFREY FLEISHMAN

  CAIRO, Egypt — Father Metyas Mankarios ministers to garbage men and runs a newspaper for Coptic Christians from an office crammed with brittle archives above vegetable sellers and fishmongers barking out prices along the muddy roads of a Cairo neighborhood. Few have it easy here. From dawn until deep into the night, there is the clatter of making a living, …

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