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Human RightsPalestine January 28, 2008

Heavy Security Campaigns in Egypt to Send Flocking Palestinians back to Gaza Strip

Egyptian authorities carried out o Monday Jan 28th heavy security campaigns nationwide to search for Palestinians who managed to sneak into various Egyptian governorates in order to send them back
Iraq January 28, 2008

Dead For Lies

Once, before I camped out in Crawford, Tx, I was speaking at a venue in DC and I called George Bush a "lying bastard." This was in May 2005; right
Islamic Issues January 28, 2008

Interview With Gowher Rizvi on the Muslim American Experience

Muslim American immigrants were on a positive path taken by many previous immigrant groups prior to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Human Rights January 28, 2008

Foreign dictates?

Faced with complaints about its human rights abuses, Egypt is sheltering behind specious arguments about religion and national sovereignty
Iraq January 28, 2008

Iraq urges limits on U.S. operations

As the two governments work out a military agreement, Baghdad says the country must not be involved in any attacks on its neighbors.
Human Rights January 28, 2008

A criminal idea

Attacking other countries to stop them acquiring nuclear weapons repudiates a key principle of international law
Human RightsPalestine January 28, 2008

Palestinian dies of Thalassemia after being barred from treatment

A 29-year-old Palestinian died in Gaza on Monday after suffering from Thalassemia and inability to travel abroad for treatment due to IOF siege of the Gaza Strip.
January 28, 2008

Al Jazeera Reporter in Trouble Again With Egyptian Authorities

Payback? after a year of her first arbitrary arrest by the Egyptian police Howaida Taha, Aljazeera reporter, is on the verge of commemorating last year’s drama with the same hosts.
Other Issues January 28, 2008

Indian Muslim Community Discourses: Continuities, Changes and Challenges

This paper is not a rigorously argued or academically-grounded presentation. Rather, it seeks to lay out some stray thoughts that come to the mind as I reflect on my involvement
Islamic Issues January 28, 2008

Economic Justice: What’s That?

Justice is central to both classical American and classical Islamic thought. Unfortunately, Americans nowadays ignore justice altogether, even though they often use terms that amount to the same thing.