Magdi Christian Allam, a contested conversion
The Catholic baptism of the well known journalist, Magdi Allam, Egyptian and non practising Muslim,…
Monthly Archives: March, 2008
The Islamists really are true believers
Recently, we’ve heard Hizbullah’s secretary general, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, pick up on a theme dear…
The Damascus Arab Summit: Arab Divisions Ensure Modest Achievements
This weekend, the much-anticipated annual Arab Summit will convene in Damascus. The run-up to the…
PAKISTAN’S NEW PM PLEDGES PARLIAMENT’S SUPREMACY
London: Mild, suave, sober, gentleman, soft-spoken, handsome and many other befitting descriptions for a man…
‘President Bling-Bling’
President Nicolas Sarkozy’s center-right party got a rebuke from French voters in recent local elections,…
AQIM’s new kidnapping strategy
Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb – or AQIM – kidnapped two Austrian citizens in Tunisia…
Syria: Investigate Killing of Kurds
(New York, March 24, 2008) – Syrian authorities should seek an independent investigation into the…
“The time of my departure has come..”
** Fascinating letter by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem at the end of his “mission”…
Turkey and Saudi Arabia’s new rendezvous with the 3 R’s
Saudi Arabia is a land of predicament for Saudi women seeking opportunities but facing constraints.…
March Events Ignite Hope of Change in Pakistan
** (Photo: New PPP speaker of Parliament, Dr. Fehmida Mirza) ** In his historic play…
Reading between the lines of Detlev Mehlis
Detlev Mehlis did not say much that was new on Tuesday evening, when he was…
Benedict XVI’s improbable dialogue with 138 Muslim scholars
Vatican representatives and Muslim thinkers will meet in Rome next March to hammer out a…
Renaissance cannot be tainted with colour of ideology; it cannot be ‘Islamic or Christian’
The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has adopted a new charter that calls for…
Syria: Trouble in Damascus
Stratfor Global Intelligence Summary Syria’s ruling al-Assad family is experiencing an internal struggle, as the…
Samantha Power and Democratic evasion on Iraq
There is a passage in Samantha Power’s “A Problem from Hell,” her Pulitzer Prize And-the-Winner-Is-Them-Again…
Time may play against Syria in Lebanon
In recent weeks, a message has been coming out of Iran, one transmitted to Arab…
Will the Damascus Arab Summit Be Convened?
In the Middle East, it is widely believed that Syria is obstructing the election of…
The USS Cole and America’s election
The USS Cole has certainly created a ruckus in Lebanon, especially when no one has…
Nothing Left- What’s with the lovefest for Hezbollah?
When Hezbollah official Imad Mughniyeh was assassinated earlier this month in Damascus, the collateral damage…
ISI’S Role in Polls: Yet Another General Confesses
Every election in Pakistan brings out more about ISI’s perpetual role in the subversion of…
Pakistan: The man, who rigged 2002 polls, spills the beans
** ISLAMABAD: The main wheeler and dealer of the ISI during the 2002 elections, the…
Pakistan; Ex-Generals urge Musharraf to step down
RAWALPINDI—Retired Army Generals on Tuesday have asked President Pervez Musharraf to resign in the greatest…
The Problem of Hezbollah
** Hezbollah: A Short History by Augustus Richard Norton Princeton University Press, 2007, 183. pp.…