Can you believe Al-Qaeda, world’s largest terror group is frightened seeing its fighters leaving the organization? Recent documents captured by US troops reveals that Al-Qaeda leaders in Iraq show the group has been weakened and that civilian...
Tag - Politics & Society
The outspoken radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza Al Masri has been cleared of extradition to the United States of America by the British government. This is an important ruling by the British home department and sends out a clear message to radical...
In an unprecedented move, Tamil Tiger rebels on Thursday have announced their intentions to strictly follow a Norway-brokered ceasefire that the Sri Lankan government withdrew from last week. Serious violence has erupted since the collapse of the 2002...
Last month Osama bin Laden had denounced the Awakening movement and all those who are collaborating with the US forces in Iraq. He had termed them as traitors.
These US 'allies' are also called CLCs (Concerned Local Citizens). They are one of the...
If women suicide bombers expect respect from their male counterparts, they are sorely mistaken. It appears that women are being inducted into terrorist ranks to mock the masculinity of Muslim men. Professor Mohammad Hafiz, an expert on Islamic...
Pope Benedict XVI has responded to the invitation of Islamic scholars for dialogue. He plans to meet Islamic scholars in the spring. MSNBC quotes the head of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran,...
The US faces a new and covert threat which emanates from within the country. The 'danger persons' are the Muslim citizens of the country.
They have been living in the country for years, even perhaps for generations. They are normal and law abiding...
Al Qaeda is being used by Presidents Musharraf and Bush to distract everyone from domestic problems that plague both countries. Pakistan does not know who to blame for Benazir Bhutto's death and the US has not yet been able to catch Osama Bin Laden....
The worst that had been expected by Kenya watchers has happened. Many commentators had said that the country was slowly maturing into a real democracy. They were proved to have been too hasty! The mess that occurred during the presidential elections...
Benazir Bhutto had degrees from Harvard and Oxford. She spoke fluent and unaccented English. Her looks were patrician and she came out as a liberal humanist in a rabidly anti-feminist Pakistan. In other words, Mrs. Bhutto was the only real challenge...
According to reports from the Daily Mail, Britain's MI6 was involved in peace negotiations with the Taliban over the summer. This is a surprising report given the UK's tough non-negotiation policy against fundamentalist groups such as the Taliban. If...
Somalia is easily one of the toughest places to live today. More than a decade of hard violence coupled with an irresponsible government playing to the arrogant tunes of the clan leaders lobbying for power and pride has left many millions lifeless....
Western Sahara threatens to fall into the spiral of violence again as the Polisario Front has threatened to take up arms against Morocco. A brief glance at the history of the region leaves one bewildered at the number of proposals put forward to settle...
Iraq's security might have improved over the recent months due to a surge in US troops in the troubled areas and the strength that Iraqis have shown to stand firm in the face of Al-Qaeda-led extremist terrorism. But is it the true reality? Well,...
The more one reads about the status quo that is existing over the future of Kosovo presently, one tends to believe that the issue has somewhat been blown overboard by the high-profile presence of the United States and Russia with completely opposite...
Archives
2008
2007
2006
2005
Fresh Comments