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Arts May 23, 2009

New album of Yusuf Islam released

He was so encouraged by the response to An Other Cup that he decided to do another album. "It was really fantastic to return to doing what I do best
Obama May 23, 2009

Questions that left unanswered by Obama in Turkey

Obama’s Turkey trip was loaded with high political and truly symbolic messages. The message of "Americans would never fight Islam" on the basis of Turkey, has been interpreted as the
Iraq May 22, 2009

Donald Rumsfeld’s dirty laundry

It’s unknowable whether the September 11 attacks could have been averted, but a more responsible administration certainly would have paid closer attention to the warnings about al-Qaida coming from people
Islamic MovementsMB Understanding May 22, 2009

Growing in Crisis

Although the Islamist participants at the roundtable conceded that they had failed to promote democratic reforms in their countries through democratic mechanisms, they still maintained that participation in the political
Islamic Movements May 22, 2009

Miliband Calls for Fair Engagement with Islamists

“To broaden the coalition and win consent, we need to understand the Muslim world better, or we will risk undermining the force of our own argument, as I have sometimes
Human Rights May 22, 2009

Benghazi is off-limits for Amnesty International

According to sources from Human Rights Solidarity LHRS, the most active Libyan human rights watch dog based in Geneva Switzerland , the AI team was about to board the 10:00
Interviews May 22, 2009

Interview with Tariq Ramadan,

ITariq Ramadan is considered by many one of Europe"s most influential intellectuals. In this interview with Claudia Mende, the Swiss Muslim academic talks about his understanding of European citizenship, his
Obama May 22, 2009

1,350 Experts and Leaders Urge President Obama to Support HR and Democracy in the Middle

Improving relations between the United States and Middle Eastern nations is not simply a matter of changing some policies here and there. For too long, U.S. policy toward the Middle
Palestine May 22, 2009

A misbegotten government

The new Palestinian Authority (PA) government which was sworn in Ramallah Tuesday, 19 May, is another prescription for failure. Hence, one would exaggerate little by saying that the new cabinet
ObamaPalestine May 22, 2009

Hamas: Statements of Netanyahu and Obama on Jerusalem, RoR old and rejected

The Hamas Movement has described Thursday the statements of Israeli premier Binyamin Netanyahu of considering the occupied city of Jerusalem as the indivisible capital of "Israel" as "old" and rejected