Belgium Will Become an Islamic State
Right Side News 12 November 2012 By Soeren Kern The statements of Mark Elchardus, author of a 426 page study, who linked Islam with anti-Semitism, earned him a lawsuit filed by […]
Innocence of Muhammad: An in-depth Response to Recent Events
Epigraph: “If we could view Muhammad as we do any other important historical figure we would surely consider him to be one of the greatest geniuses the world has known.” Karen Armstrong Source: Islam is Peace Website Innocence of Muhammad: An in-depth Response to Recent Events Recently a film named Innocence of […]
West Africa approves sending 3,300 troops to battle militants in Mali
By Alan Boswell McClatchy Newspapers NAIROBI, Kenya — Earlier this summer, Mali’s Islamist militant northern rebels abandoned their southernmost position, the town of Douentza, some 100 miles northeast up the road from Mopti, where the Malian army had retreated this spring after being routed out of the northern two-thirds of […]
ICRC develops global website to reunite families
The Geneva-based International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) has launched a new website designed to help families dispersed by conflict and catastrophe find each other. The site, familylinks.icrc.org, will […]
Arab League recognizes new anti-Syrian bloc
The Arab League has welcomed the formation of a new anti-Damascus opposition bloc, and recognized the so-called Syrian National Council (SNC) as the representative of the Syrian people. On Sunday, Syrian oppositionists agreed to unify the multiple military councils in command of the foreign-backed insurgents inside Syria under pressure from […]
America’s questionable drone wars
By Barbara Lochbihler The Daily Star, Lebanon “Sometime they’ll give a war and nobody will come,” the American poet Carl Sandburg wrote hopefully in 1936. His sentiment seems more apt than ever nowadays, but not because humanity has turned pacifistic. Rather, wars are increasingly fought remotely, with drones – or […]
Petraeus: a warriors star tarnished
Story Summary by David Ignatius, The Daily Star, Lebanon Petraeus may have seemed larger than life in uniform, but beneath the ribbons he was a very human story. Petraeus’ 14-month tenure as CIA director was short and, compared to his rocket-like ascent to a four-star rank in the Army, something […]
“What border?”: Syria war reaches Turkey
Story Summary Aware of the danger but drawn by curiosity, men huddled on a rooftop and gawped as artillery rounds crashed into the earth, yards from the flimsy fence that separates this Turkish border town from Syria. In the 20 months since the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad began, one […]
Israel considers resumption of Gaza assassinations (why not just ‘murders’?)
by Ami Teibel, The Daily Star, Lebanon Story Summary Israel is considering resuming its contentious practice of assassinating militant leaders in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in an effort to halt intensified rocket attacks on Israel’s south, according to defense officials. With Israeli elections two months away, rocket barrages from Gaza […]