Americas

Eid ul Adha – The Festival of Sacrifice

By Zahir Muhammad Mannan Convey to mankind; ‘Surely myself (Muhammad) and my guidance and my Lord take me to the true path of perfect enlightenment and ultimate protection from any weakness. This is the ultimate and everlasting religion which was treaded before by Abraham, the one who ever inclined towards goodness and was upright. […]

Living with death by drone – LA Times

Jennifer Gibbson reports on LA Times Last week, Stanford University and New York University released a major study about the use of drones in the ever-evolving but never-ending war on terror. Unfortunately, many commentators missed the report’s key message: Drones are terrorizing an entire civilian population. I was one of […]

Has the presidency brutalized Obama

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1276806–barack-obama-has-been-brutalized-by-the-presidency Jonathan Schell After the second debate between U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, Obama’s supporters chorused in near-unison, “He’s back!” The languid, disengaged, and lacklustre performer of the first debate had disappeared, and the impressive, beloved figure of the victorious 2008 campaign had reappeared. As […]