Battle of Badr happened in Ramadan

Ramadan is more than a month of ibadah with history showing the first generation of Muslims achieved great victories during this blessed month. All civilizations have seminal events that echo throughout the ages and are celebrated and remembered on anniversaries. The two World Wars are remembered regularly in Europe, it […]

Arab world ostriches

Summary The Palestinian issue has long been called the central issue in the Arab world, but the relative lack of popular anger amid the ongoing Israeli onslaught against the Gaza Strip should serve as a wake-up call. Thanks to technological developments, people today are interconnected as never before – but […]

Jon Stewart Learns What Happens When You Talk About Israel

Huff Post: by Ed Mazza — http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:arc:video:thedailyshow.com:03cc340e-e845-4c5a-bd68-d3b1849adfa8 Many have accused Jon Stewart of being pro-Hamas for expressing sympathy for the residents of Gaza, where more than 500 people have been killed — including at least 100 children — in recent fighting with Israel. So on Monday night’s “Daily Show,” just about the entire roster of […]

Mahatma Gandhi on Palestine

Daily Times: He expressed unreserved condemnation of Hitler for his rabid anti-Semitism but such denunciation did not entail betraying the rights of the Palestinians to their homeland Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed July 22, 2014 Comment Tweet On November 26, 1938, Mahatma Gandhi published in his paper The Harijan, […]

The suspicious timing. The MH17 tragedy happened two days after the BRICS announced an antidote to the IMF and the World Bank, bypassing the US dollar

Source: Asia Times: And then there’s the suspicious timing. The MH17 tragedy happened two days after the BRICS announced an antidote to the IMF and the World Bank, bypassing the US dollar. And just as Israel “cautiously” advances its new invasion/slow motion ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Malaysia, by the way, […]