Mother awarded lifer for murdering son over failing to memorise Quran

Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/indianorigin-mother-in-uk-awarded-lifer-for-murdering-son-over-failing-to-memorise-quran/1041329/0 Agencies : London, Thu Dec 06 2012, 14:50 hrs Sara Ege, 33, a mathematics graduate from India, was found guilty at Cardiff Crown Court yesterday of beating her son Yaseen Ege to death at their home in Pontcanna, Cardiff, in July 2010 and setting fire to his body, […]

Wahhabi war waged on Indonesia’s Shi’ites

Source: Asia Times: By Rossie Indira and Andre Vltchek Indonesia’s Shi’ite minority is under heavy attack. Men, women, and children have been assaulted, schools damaged, and villages burned to the ground. Many have been killed. It is becoming increasingly clear that Saudi Arabia’s intolerant brand of Wahhabi Sunni Islam – […]

Assad faces life or death choice

Source: Asia Times: By Victor Kotsev Amid significant rebel advances and indications that a partition of Syria might happen in the next months, the government army reportedly readied chemical weapons for use last week. The United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance responded with harsh warnings and […]

Both Arab and Jew lived in the original Palestine. Why, Moshe Dayan asks, can’t they do so again? – The Long View: Our Middle East Correspondent interviews a feminist, patriot and widow who is nostalgic for a time of much greater harmony in the region

by Robert Fisk, The Independent “I was born here and I have a right to live here – the same thing goes for the Arab population” On the wall of the flat is a photograph of a beautiful young woman with long, dark hair. She is sitting on a lawn […]