Why Bahrain is not Syria

Credit: Asiatimes: By Pepe Escobar How poignant that the first anniversary of a true Arab pro-democracy movement in the Persian Gulf – then ruthlessly crushed – falls on February 14, when Valentine’s Day is celebrated in the West. Talk about a doomed love affair. And how does Washington honor this […]

The Death Penalty for Tweets?

Posted: 02/132012 8:01 am Farzana Hassan, Author- The Huffington Post GET UPDATES FROM FARZANA HASSAN The Death Penalty for Tweets? The sad case of Saudi writer Hamza Kashgiri facing charges for blasphemy The fate of Hamza Kashgiri is now in the hands of rabid and bloodthirsty Saudi clerics. The young […]

Italy’s Mosque Wars

Source: SOEREN KERN, Right Side News. The southern Italian island of Sicily is about to become the proud new owner of a multi-million euro mega-mosque. The mosque, to be built in the medieval town of Salemi in southwestern Sicily, is being paid for by the oil-rich Persian Gulf Emirate of […]