theguardian: by Roy Greenslade — New York Times article questions the west’s support for the Wahhabist kingdom One of the commenters to my posting, UK newspapers call on Vladimir Putin to keep calm over downed jet, asked: “What irreconcilable opposing interests do Russia and the west have? Excuse the […]
Source: Think Progress BY JACK JENKINS NOV 23, 2015 2:04PM The mayor of Dallas is pushing back against politicians who say Americans should be skeptical of Syrian refugees, saying he is […]
Huff Post: by Jessica Marglin — It is hard to know what to say in the wake of the terrible violence that recently engulfed Paris and Beirut. What follows is by no means an attempt to explain the attacks — nor to justify them — but rather to tease out […]
Source: The Guardian By Rosemary Hollis; A professor of Middle East policy studies at City University The UN security council’s unanimous adoption of resolution 2249 signals a new level of international resolve to […]
Huff Post: by Mathieu Ricard — “No matter who it is you meet, know that they have already walked several times through hell,” writes French poet Christian Bobin. Our Parisian […]
Islamistisches Propagandavideo In the wake of the Paris attacks, authorities are becoming increasingly concerned about Islamic State’s skillful use of the Internet. So far, however, European countermeasures have been frustratingly ineffective.By SPIEGEL Staff It sounded like jihadi megalomania. “We will conquer your Rome, break your crosses, and enslave your women.” Every Muslim […]
Source: Huffington Post By Adriana Aristizábal Journalist,best-selling author, former war reporter from Latin America The ISIS terrorist attack in Paris has left the world reeling. ISIS’s brutality in their acts of barbarism have repeatedly shown the contempt these individuals have for life, proving the danger they pose to humanity. But […]
Source: The Washington post Every time the Islamic State commits yet another attack or atrocity, Muslims, particularly Western Muslims, shudder. Attacks like the ones in Paris mean another round of […]
Isis was quick to understand a truth the West must now confront: that the national borders imposed by colonial powers 100 years go are becoming meaningless, says Robert Fisk Robert Fisk @indyvoice 18 comments A Kurdish fighter surveys the border between Turkey and Iraq AFP/Getty Early in 2014, Isis released […]
Nov 18,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB In fighting the scourge of radicalism and religious fundamentalism, one of the strategies is to use religion. Proponents of this approach vary from those who insist that Daesh and its ideology is simply built on a warped understanding of religion to those who […]
News.com.au: by Emily Moulton — What ISIL wants Video WALEED Aly has unleashed on Australia’s politicians and Muslim leaders who have preached “hate” in the wake of the Paris attacks saying their actions actually help Islamic State rather than defeat them. The Project co-host used his regular ‘Something we should […]
Source: Huffington Post By Qasim Rashid A national spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA and a visiting fellow at Harvard University’s School of Islamic Studies. As I left my […]
Huff Post: by Matthew D. Taylor — In the third Democratic primary debate on Saturday, moderator John Dickerson asked Hillary Clinton a pointed foreign policy question about the apparent ISIS attacks in Paris: …you gave a speech at Georgetown University in which you said, that it was important to show, […]