Is China about to launch political reforms?
On the 50th anniversary of the purging campaign launched in 1957 by Communist China’s founding…
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I Bow to them ALL…
They want neither Sharia, nor a coup, but a fully democratic Turkey. First they demonstrated…
Address to His Majesty, King of Bahrain, concerning failures of the Supreme Council for Women
His Majesty, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, may God bless him King of Bahrain…
Syrian Endgame
BY MICHAEL YOUNG, BEIRUT–This week Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is meeting in the Egyptian…
In Jihadist Haven, a Goal: To Kill and Die in Iraq
ZARQA, Jordan — Abu Ibrahim considers his dead friends the lucky ones. Four died in…
Translate into law
Political parties, MPs and civil society organisations in Egypt are now busy investigating how the…
Amnesty International
Seven young men who were engaged in developing a youth discussion group and for having…
Israel
– Nir boms – Zvi Barel
The Feb.2007, Arrests in Saudi Arabia : Terrorists or Civil society & democratic Activists?
To All, Worldwide, Human Rights & Civil Society’s Organizations, including UN-Council on Human Rights As…
General Musharraf’s Only Exit route
LONDON: Pakistan is in a fix. Some call it a defining moment others describe it…
Thumbs down on Talibanisation
Iqbal Latif Citizens of Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Thursday staged a peaceful protest against the…
After Guantanamo Bay Testimony Khaled Shaikh Mohammed Enigma still intact
The only two major terror operations for which Khaled Shaikh Mohammed claims no credit, in…
To the Arab Jews: Happy Passover!
In an article on the Arab reformist websites Aafaq (April 9, 2007) and Middle East…
Two openings March 14 might consider
Daily Star staff It’s never easy to discern movement in the midst of glacial stalemate,…
USA
– David Schenker – Jane novak – Michael Young – Robin wright – Ariel Cohen
Pakistan’s Secular Origin needs to be Restored
Pakistan has come to be a failing state in the rapid process of being Talibanised.…
The blogosphere’s foreign informant
What is it about the blogosphere that can transform perfectly credible academics into unethical hit…
Political Tribalism in al-Ja’ashen, Yemen
The winds of change may be sweeping across Yemen. President Ali Abdullah Saleh recently appointed…
China’s book industry is lagging behind
My article on India’s huge book industry two weeks ago seems to have encouraged numerous…
Prepare for less attention in Paris
Jacques Chirac still has some weeks left in office, but as of this Sunday, when…
Getting close is ‘love’ it is too hot to handle for sick minds!!
On a Pakistan government website, it says: “2007 has been declared the ‘Year of Tourism’…
Duck Soup
Michael Young As France prepares to vote in the first round of its presidential election…
General Pervez Musharraf Threatens West
London: Certain signs precede certain events. Those who read celestial signs seem to believe that…
A divorce that Nasrallah cannot afford
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s speech on Sunday formalized Hizbullah’s divorce from the rest of Lebanese society,…
The Jewish Grand Sanhedrin as an example for reforming Europe’s (and other) Islam?
Last week, French Jews celebrated the Grand Sanhedrin convoked by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807. The…
Recognizing India’s huge book industry
India was recently the ‘Guest of Honour’ country at the Paris International Book Fair (PIBF),…
When a dilettante takes on Hizbullah
We can thank the US speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, for having informed Syrian…
Saudi reformists call for Islamic constitutional monarchy
Agence France-Presse – 03 April, 2007 The new petition – the first during the reign…
Cricket crusades
THE STILL BORN WORLD CUP HOW DID ICC GET IT ALL WRONG AS THE SUMS…
Pakistan
– Iqbal Latif – Wajid Shamsul Hasan
Sunni Baghgdad Becomes Land of Silent Ruins
Far more than in Shiite areas, sectarian hatred has shredded what remained of community life…
Terror Database Has Quadrupled In Four Years
By Karen DeYoung Each day, thousands of pieces of intelligence information from around the world…
A German Judge Cites Koran in Divorce Case
He beat her and threatened her with murder. But because husband and wife were both…
Are Koran Schools Hotbeds of Terrorism?
To most Western minds, madrasahs are breeding grounds for terrorists. But that’s only one side…
After Guantanamo Bay Testimony
Pierre Akel The only two major terror operations for which Khaled Shaikh Mohammed claims no…
Don’t expect a soldier like John Abizaid to just fade away
An enduring image of General John Abizaid is of him bounding from an armored Humvee…