RAMZY BAROUD Published — Tuesday 24 November 2015 I still remember that smug look on his face, followed by the matter-of-fact remarks that had western journalists laugh out loud. “I’m now going to show you a picture of the luckiest man in Iraq,” Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, known as […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Tooting Condemns the Paris terror attack and similar in Bamako, the event in Tooting Leisure Centre Hall which was themed “Peace” had been organised to share the […]
Source: huffingtonpost.com 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 […]
Report by Mirza Mashhood Ahmed Quoting one of the ‘Sayings of the Peaceful Prophet Muhammad (saw) Imam Shamshad said: Muslim is the one from whose hand and tongue other peace […]
A welcome resolution Nov 22,2015 – JORDAN TIMES The just-adopted UN Security Council resolution on combating terrorism in Syria and Iraq came at the initiative of France, which is still reeling from last week’s multiple terrorist attacks by Daesh in its capital, Paris. The unanimously adopted resolution defined terrorism as […]
By Christoph Reuter spiegel.de AFP/ WELAYAT TARABLOS Analysts falsely believed Islamic State was too weak to carry out terror attacks abroad. But IS views terror as a means to an end — and will launch attacks as long as they continue to serve its broader strategy. “It was a terrible night. […]
Jewish children with no home and, soon, no parents, were not really welcome in the United States during World War II Petula Dvorak THE INDEPENDENT Our nation of immigrants has […]
OPINION Russia’s great power game It may be a dream for Putin to join a concert of powers in stabilising the Middle East, but it’s a forgivable one. 17 Nov 2015 After the Napoleonic wars, the so-called Congress of Vienna in 1815 brought together allies and enemies to create a […]
Aug 13,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – JONATHAN POWER Mankind got rid of African slave trading. It got rid of duelling. It got rid of torture. In some European countries it was abolished over 200 years ago. Even in World War II the allies did not systematically use torture. Regrettably, when […]
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said in updated figures on Monday the average daily cost of the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants has risen to $8.3 million, or a total of $580 million between Aug. 8 and Oct. 16. The new average reflects an increase in the intensity of US operations […]
Source: http://www.ahoban.org যুদ্ধ ও জেহাদ যুদ্ধ কে আরবীতে বলে কিতাল । যুদ্ধের নাম জেহাদ নয় । জেহাদ জাহদ শব্দ থেকে । এর অর্থ পরিপূর্ণ রূপে চেষ্টা প্রচেষ্টা করা (তাজুল উরুস ) নিজের প্রবৃত্তির বিরুদ্ধে সংগ্রাম করা সব চাইতে বড় জেহাদ , জেহাদে আকবর (মেশকাত) মহানবী (সাঃ) বলেছেন নিজেদে ন নফসের […]
A new audio leak reveals secret conversations which allegedly took place between intelligence chief Hakan Fidan, FM Ahmet Davutoğlu, FM undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioğlu and General Yaşar Güler. In the leaked audio […]
CNN: GPS: When Secretary of State John Kerry met with his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud al-Faisal in Paris this week, he likely got an earful of complaints over Syria. There was no public news conference after their meeting, which makes sense given that the Saudis often prefer that their sensitive consultations with […]
I have spent a lot of time over the last couple of weeks looking into the story that Saudi Arabia provided rebel fighters in Syria with chemical weapons. More specifically, I have been looking at the story of how it became a story – along with the questions this raises […]
STORY SUMMARY Activists in Aleppo have held protests calling for the lifting of a rebel siege of regime-held districts of Syria’s second city that has created food shortages, activists said […]
Source: http://www.genocidebangladesh.org Following is a timeline produced from historical records and recently declassified US documents during the Nixon administration. Full timeline can be viewed online at this LINK Click on the live links for in-depth contents 1930-47: Development of the Two Nations Theory which led to the Partition of the Indiansub-continent on the […]
Source: The Express Tribune. When Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar visited Dhaka in November to invite Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid to attend the D-8 summit in Islamabad, a demand was put forward that Pakistan apologise over “crimes committed by the state in 1971.” Khar responded with the standard […]
Source: Daily Star Bangladesh will confer awards on 65 more foreign friends in the fourth phase on December 15 for their outstanding contributions to the country’s Liberation War 41 years ago. The foreign friends’ support came when Bangalees stood up against the atrocities and genocide and contributed to the eventful […]
Turkey is funnelling weapons and armed men across the border into Syria How the government howled. With the help of a neighbouring state, “terrorists” were trying to destroy the government and its army, blowing up and murdering its supporters. “Terrorists” were crossing the international border, arms were being shipped over […]
Source: RT.com The United States and Israel are already involved in discussions over how they could soon conduct a joint surgical strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, a source close to […]