June 18, 2014 12:18 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY The open warfare and shaken statehood that characterize Syria, Iraq and Libya are the painful commemoration of the Arabs’ own 100 Years War for stable, legitimate statehood. Syria, Libya and Iraq are only the most dramatic […]
ET: Pakistan and India have steadily increased their nuclear arsenal from 70-90 and 60-80 warheads in 2010, to 100-120 and 90-110 respectively by 2014, a new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said on Monday. According to the report, both Pakistan and India have not only been developing new […]
Miracle Crop: India’s Quest to End World Hunger Source: Spiegel Online International By Philip Bethge But for the global champions of the new, gentle Green Revolution and its campaign against hunger, this is but one of many successful attempts to develop more nutritious grain and vegetable varieties. In Brazil, for […]
Miracle Crop: India’s Quest to End World Hunger Source: Spiegel Online International By Philip Bethge But for the global champions of the new, gentle Green Revolution and its campaign against hunger, this is but one of many successful attempts to develop more nutritious grain and vegetable varieties. In Brazil, for […]
Maliki’s alienation of Sunni actors is at the heart of ISIS’s success in Iraq. The story of the ongoing events in Iraq is one of lost opportunities. By December 2013, […]
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in “No one knows what will happen next, or tomorrow – or who will get shot at or stabbed somewhere… To expect that police will protect Ahmadi lives, I seriously doubt […]
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in Thousands of billboards, banners, posters and signage on taxis and rickshaws have sprung up during the last few weeks in every part of the city advertising a ‘6-day, […]
Geopolitical Weekly Tuesday, June 17, 2014 – 03:05 Text Size Stratfor By Reva Bhalla Events in Iraq over the past week were perhaps best crystallized in a series of photos produced by the jihadist group the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. Sensationally called The Destruction […]
Geopolitical Weekly Tuesday, June 17, 2014 – 03:05 Text Size Stratfor By Reva Bhalla Events in Iraq over the past week were perhaps best crystallized in a series of photos produced by the jihadist group the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. Sensationally called The Destruction […]
The Middle East is experiencing yet another one of its periodic convulsions. The region lives from crisis to crisis, but the events in Iraq last week may speak to something larger, a geopolitical watershed that leaves key players in disarray. After $1tn in total spending, US hopes for Iraq are […]
151. Lend to Allah a goodly loan [73:21] Surely, thy Lord knows that thou standest up praying for nearly two thirds of the night, and sometimes half or a third thereof, and also a party of those who are with thee. And Allah determines the measure of the night and […]
151. Lend to Allah a goodly loan [73:21] Surely, thy Lord knows that thou standest up praying for nearly two thirds of the night, and sometimes half or a third thereof, and also a party of those who are with thee. And Allah determines the measure of the night and […]
152. Render not vain your alms by taunt and injury [2:265] O ye who believe! render not vain your alms by taunt and injury, like him who spends his wealth to be seen of men, and he believes not in Allah and the Last Day. His case is like the […]
152. Render not vain your alms by taunt and injury [2:265] O ye who believe! render not vain your alms by taunt and injury, like him who spends his wealth to be seen of men, and he believes not in Allah and the Last Day. His case is like the […]
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – The Taliban on Monday warned foreign firms to leave Pakistan and vowed retaliatory strikes against the government after the Pakistan Army launched a long-awaited offensive in a tribal area. The statement came as Pakistan’s major cities braced for a backlash by deploying thousands of soldiers and paramilitaries […]
BY RAMZI BAROUD, ARABNEWS.COM Iraqi Shiite fighters chanted “Labeiki ya Zaynab,” as they swayed, dancing with their rifles before TV news cameras in Baghdad on June 13. They were apparently getting ready for a difficult fight ahead. That chant alone is enough to demonstrate the ugly sectarian nature of the […]
AMMAN — The Jordan Press Foundation will issue a supplement with Al Rai Arabic daily on Tuesday that focuses on sectarianism, extremism and the future of the region. The 12-page supplement, prepared by Al Rai Centre for Studies, deals with several current issues, including obstacles in dealing with extremism and […]
Rana Hussaini, Jordan Times AMMAN — Around 20 men and women protested in front of the Interior Ministry on Monday demanding full citizenship rights for children of Jordanians women married […]
Note by the editor: This is an old post, however, due to the happenings in Iraq this week it is again interesting to understand what is happening in Kurdistan – and around it … TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2013 Stratfor By Reva Bhalla At the edge of empires lies Kurdistan, the […]
With the new developments happening in Iraq the book by Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad – Khalifa-tul-Masih IV. – is as ‘acute’ as ever. You may study it on the following link: http://www.alislam.org/library/books/newworldorder/ Page: GO>> S#. Table of Contents 1 Cover Page 2 Profile of the Author 3 CONTENTS 4 Note […]