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AfPak: Mutiny on the Bounty
The Taliban began their spring campaign as a British lord put a price on Bush’s scalp, notes Eric Walberg Kabul was cast into chaos Sunday as the Taliban began their spring offensive with attacks on US, [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
When will Pakistan’s spring arrive?
It’s hard to imagine a greater provocation than your bosom buddy killing 28 of your own soldiers. NATO helicopters violated the airspace of Pakistan from Afghanistan on Friday and opened unprovoked fire on a check post [...]
Elections in Morocco and Egypt – window dressing?
Morocco, with its 35 million people, where 1 in 3 are unemployed and poverty is widespread, has had multi-party elections since independence in 1956 without anyone taking much notice. Even Western Saharans get a taste of [...]
Britain, France , US: ‘And the winner is …’
In the lifestyle sweepstakes, the answer is “none of the above”. The economic and social experiments in the past three decades by British governments from left to right have left the plucky Brits reeling, as this [...]
The Rochdale Grooming Case Confronted
A well articulated and thought provoking piece of writing. I agree, th
An open letter to Rashid al Ghannouchi
Yazaak Allahu khayran.
The Politics of Tribulation
the problem with the ikhwan movement is lack of ideological premises,
An open letter to Rashid al Ghannouchi
I think the ending would have been much better if the writer avoided t
Atheism in the dock
Mr Badar, I agree with you entirely that atheism has many problems;