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Behind the U.S.-Iran naval stand-off
A naval confrontation between the U.S. and Iran in the Gulf’s strategic waters provided a golden opportunity for Washington to step up rhetoric against the Islamic Republic and rally support for a military strike against what Bush calls the Iranian nuclear "threat." "This was a serious incident," Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday... More -
Philippines seeks federal solution to Muslim “separatists”
President Gloria Arroyo is to call for changes to the Philippines constitution to resolve a major obstacle that has threatened to derail peace talks with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a senior aide said Wednesday. The Filipino leader is to ask Congress and the electorate to approve a shift from a centralized form of government in favor of.. More -
Benazir Bhutto: A death foretold
It was a death foretold when a human bomber killed former Pakistan Prime Minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto after an election rally of her Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on December 27. That perhaps was why grief so rapidly turned into fury. PPP supporters took to the streets inprotest in Karachi, Lahore,.. More -
Local power in Iraq
Now that the first phase of the Iraqi civil war seems to have ended, it is time to consider the political processes it may have left in its bloody wake. It is crucial for Iraqis and others to get a sense of the stability and durability of the present arrangements. Are they a mechanism for reconciling the ferocious enmities of the past five years in.. More -
Will 2008 bring peace to the Middle East?
Another year started, bringing hopes of peace in a region long engulfed in chaos. Many analysts who attribute instability in the Middle Eastto the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict are now wondering whether 2008 will see the creation of an independent Palestinian state. The Annapolis conference held in November might have paved the.. More -
Iraq children 'paying high price'
Two million children in Iraq are facing threats including poor nutrition, lack of education, disease and violence, the UN children's agency, Unicef, has said. Hundreds were killed in violence during 2007, while 1,350 were detained by the authorities, it said in a new report. Some 25,000 children and their families had to leave their homes each month.. More -
Muslim commerce is ages old
It has become ever so fashionable to talk about Islam and commerce of late. Yet a cursory look at the references to Islam and economics, business, banking, finance and made-for Muslims products and services on offer on the internet would point to the fact that Muslim commerce is booming, and what's more, has been doing so for the past two decades.. More -
Strangling Gaza
It could, rightfully, be a cause of shame to the world. But the world, besieged by violence and injustice, hardly notices it. The people of Gaza, 1.4 million of them, are slowly and purposely being deprived of basic foods and medicines by the so-called civilized countries in the West and there is hardly a protest. And all this happens because the.. More -
A miracle: Honest intel on Iran nukes
For those who have doubts about miracles, a double one occurred this week. An honest National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran’s nuclear program has been issued and its Key Judgments were made public. With redraft after redraft, it was what the Germans call “eine schwere Geburt”—a difficult birth, ten months in gestation. I do not know.. More -
Peace and democracy must go hand in hand
After years of marked absence, the Bush administration has finally decided to upgrade its involvement in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The announcement of a Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland has raised red flags for anyone who has learned from past experience how unbalanced and insincere peace efforts actually can lead to further.. More -
Islamweb wins World Summit Award 2007
The World Summit Award (WSA) is a global initiative to select and promote the world’s best e-Content. The WSA, held in the framework of the United Nations’ World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), puts its emphasis on a core part of the Information Society that is often overlooked: high-quality e-contents and applications. By selecting,.. More -
What’s next after the IAEA report on Iran?
Although the latest IAEA report on Iran stated that Tehran had made progress in revealing the extent of its nuclear program, pressure from the United States and its allies for more sanctions continues. But according to an article on the BBC, the unity of the UN Security Council is wearing thin and the international front against Iran could split,.. More -
Kosovo's divided city
From the balcony of his small flat in southern Mitrovica, Valon Canhasi can see the remains of the house he fled during Kosovo's 1999 war. Serb paramilitaries forced him and his family from his home one night before looting it and burning it to the ground. "My entire family have lived with the biggest trauma ever since the day that the Serb paramilitaries.. More -
'Islam’s contributions to West deliberately ignored’
The positive relationship which Islam had shared with the West nearly a millennium ago is kept buried by the Western scholars, said a UK-based specialist historian. Speaking on “The impact of Islamic civilization on Western Europe" at Fanar auditorium on Friday, Dr Farhat A Hussain said Islam helped the West to get out of the Dark Ages and Middle.. More -
Pentagon considering recruits with criminal records
Just when we thought the Pentagon can’t be more creative, news emerged that top military officials are considering ways to recruit candidates with criminal records. According to the Associated Press, the number of army recruits who need waivers for bad behavior -- such as drug use, weapons use and stealing -- increased from 15% in 2006 to 18%.. More
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