June, 2009

• 19 June

  Avicenna- The Pride of Persia By Saybhan Samat

  Ali Sina Balkhi a legendary Persian scholar better known in the West as Avicenna was born in 980 AD in Afshana a village near Bukhara in Transoxiana and died in Hamadan in modern Iran in 1037 AD. Avicenna’s achievements are extraordinary indeed. He was a scholar that gained recognition and honour as an authority in several disciplines. He became famous …

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• 19 June

  Zionism: more than traditional colonialism and apartheid By Lasse Wilhelmson

  (June 10,Stockholm, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Jewish colonisation of Palestine under the Zionist slogan “the land without people to the people without a land” started almost a hundred years ago and reached its first climax with the proclamation of The Jewish State of Israel in 1948. A second climax is now in the offing through the ongoing colonisation of the …

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• 19 June

  Israel turning West Bank dry for Palestineans

  A deepening drought in the Middle East is aggravating a dispute over water resources after the World Bank found that Israel is taking four times as much water as the Palestinians from a vital shared aquifer. The region faces a fifth consecutive year of drought this summer, but the World Bank report found huge disparities in water use between Israelis …

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• 18 June

  Fear Rules By Paul Craig Roberts

   The power of irrational fear in the US is extraordinary. It ranks up there with the Israel Lobby, the military/security complex, and the financial gangsters. Indeed, fear might be the most powerful force in America. Americans are at ease with their country’s aggression against Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan, which has resulted in a million dead Muslim civilians and several million …

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• 18 June

  Imam Khomeini in contemporary Islamic history

  This month, to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of Imam Khomeini, Crescent International and Islamic Book Trust, Kuala Lumpur , have published a book of essays on the Imam’s life and thought.  Here we present an abridged version of the introduction to that volume, written by former Crescent editor IQBAL SIDDIQUI. Imam Ruhullah Musawi al-Khomeini (September 24, 1902 …

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• 18 June

  Reflections by Comrade Fidel Obama’s speech in Cairo

  Reflections by Comrade Fidel Obama’s speech in Cairo Continued From Wednesday Obama’s African roots, his humble background and his amazing ascent awaken hope in many who like shipwreck victims try to hold on to a piece of wood in the middle of the storm. His statement that “any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another …

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• 17 June

  Reflections by Comrade Fidel Obama’s speech in Cairo

  On Thursday the 4th of June, at the Islamic University of Al-Azhar in Cairo, Obama gave a speech of special interest to those of us who are closely following his political actions given the enormous might of the superpower he leads.  I cite his very own words to indicate what I think are the basic ideas he expressed, thus summarizing …

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