Posts Tagged ‘Extremism’
Hindu Extremists Expel Sikh Leader from Party
Indian Express | Ashwani Sharma , Suman K. Jha | 19 August 2009 Day 1: Jinnah, Sardar top BJP agenda In a move that shifted focus from the Chintan Baithak called to discuss accountability for the election defeat and the ongoing tussle for power, the BJP on Wednesday expelled senior leader Jaswant Singh for his praise of Pakistan founder [...]
Pakistanis Visiting American Controlled Somalia Forced Out of Mosque and Shot Dead after Morning Prayers
Associated Press | By Mohamed Olad Hassan | 12 August 2009 Pakistani clerics slain in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia — Masked gunmen stormed a mosque Wednesday in western Somalia, killing at least five Pakistani Muslim clerics in a country already bloodied by an Islamic insurgency and where al-Qaida is believed to be gaining a foothold. [...]
Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni: Innocent Victim of US/UK Torture
In a 28 July 2009 story, UK urged to reveal 'torture' file, BBC reports on the efforts of a British charity, Reprieve, to force the British government to admit its complicity in the kidnap, rendition, imprisonment, torture, and human rights abuse of Qari Iqbal Madni, who was freed from Guantánamo Bay last year, and now lives in Lahore, [...]
Recommended Reading for Sarkozy
Muslimnista. org | By Fatemeh Fakhraie | Posted on 13 October 2008 An Open Letter to White Non-Muslim Western Feminists We need to talk. Having the economic privilege to spend a few summers in Cairo or to study abroad in Dubai does not give you the authority to speak about Middle Eastern culture. Dating a Saudi guy does not give you the [...]
A Short History of U.S. State Terrorism
Jeremy Scahill | 21 July 2009 Before there was Cheney... Independent journalist Jeremy Scahill looks at the bigger picture behind revelations of a CIA assassination program under Dick Cheney's command--a picture that neither liberal nor conservative commentators want to talk about. MEMBERS OF Congress have expressed outrage over the "secret" [...]
By Undermining Moderate Muslims, America is Fanning Islamic Extremism in Somalia
The Africa Obama Didn’t Visit by Kelley B. Vlahos, July 14, 2009 President Barack Obama’s trip to Africa did not include Somalia, but the president needn’t go there to see that U.S. policy in Somalia has been an utter disaster. In fact, it would have been impossible for him to get anywhere near Mogadishu, because there is no [...]
America’s European Allies Deputed to Sow Discord Among Islamic Scholars
Translated from Urdu Sunday 12 July 2009 | By Saifullah Khalid Plan Ready to Deal with Taleban by Promoting Sectarianism To achieve their objectives America and her allies want to create an "Iraq style" situation in Pakistan also. Three hundred Pakistani and a hundred Islamic scholars (`ulama) called to London. The British Foreign Secretary's [...]
What is Wrong with a “Jewish” State
Ha'aretz | Sun., July 12, 2009 This is what is wrong with a Jewish state By Bradley Burston JAFFA - Why was this Fourth of July different from all other independence days? What the world has seen over the past 12 months is a re-definition of patriotism. It derives from a central lesson of the Obama campaign, the Obama victory, and, so [...]
Racist American Soldiers Flock to Neo-Nazi Social Networking Websites
Southern Poverty Law Center | 10 July 2009 SPLC Urges Congress to Investigate Extremism in the Military The Southern Poverty Law Center today urged Congress to investigate growing evidence that racial extremists are infiltrating the U.S. military and take steps to ensure that the armed forces are not inadvertently training future domestic [...]
German Media Ignore Racist Stabbing of Woman, while Criticising Muslim Grief and Anger
Egyptians cry racism in woman's slaying in Germany By MAGGIE MICHAEL CAIRO (AP) — Egyptians are horrified by the brutal slaying of a pregnant Muslim woman stabbed repeatedly inside a German courtroom, calling what they see as a lack of outrage in Germany evidence of racism and anti-Islamic sentiment. On Monday, thousands of mourners [...]
