Archive for 'International Affairs'

UN provides cover to the aggression of Major Powers

UN provides cover to the aggression of Major Powers

Abid Mustafa “…the UN emerged chiefly as a result of an agreement among the great powers led at that time by Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. They concluded that the founding of a world organization was in [...]

Republican primaries & Reflecting on US-Egyptian Relations

Republican primaries & Reflecting on US-Egyptian Relations

Salafist (excuse me, “deeply Catholic”) Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum appears back in the race for chief elephant after trouncing Mitt Romney in Minnesota and Colorado. But beware: Minnesotans are an unpredictable lot, with the only [...]

Don’t Weep over the Grand Delusion of an Assadic Resistance.

Don’t Weep over the Grand Delusion of an Assadic Resistance.

Abdul-Latif Halimi It will not be long before Bashar al-Assad will sit naked and battered, haemorrhaging to death on the curb of history like other uninhibited despots before him. As his regime hurtles chaotically out of [...]

“Honour Killings” in Canada – A Critical View

“Honour Killings” in Canada – A Critical View

Eric Walberg  ”As Canada continues to pour troops and money into American wars and intrigues in the Muslim world, the media focusses on so-called honour killings” Afghan immigrants Mohammad Shafia, 58, his wife Tooba Mahommad Yahya and [...]

Guantanamo Anniversary confirms US Exceptionalism and disdain of Human Rights

Guantanamo Anniversary confirms US Exceptionalism and disdain of Human Rights

Arzu Merali An almost ten year old child who has never seen their father is one of the most poignant victims of the asymertic war waged by the US on what it deems legitimate targets. His story and [...]

The Guantanamo Legacy – Ten Years of Criminality go beyond this one base and one state

The Guantanamo Legacy – Ten Years of Criminality go beyond this one base and one state

Dr Abdul Wahid Last week I attended an event in London marking the 10-year anniversary of the American gulag at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, organised jointly by Cage Prisoners, Islamic Human Rights Commission and Reprieve. [...]