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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 [...]

Elections in Morocco and Egypt – window dressing?

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 [...]

Obama-Cameron: “Essential” Interests Trump Empty Values in Bahrain

Obama-Cameron: “Essential” Interests Trump Empty Values in Bahrain

The latest “revelation” in the Guardian that Britain has been training Saudi Arabia’s National Guard is yet another nail in the coffin of Western credibility and consistency in their dealings in the Middle East. Just a few [...]

Obama at Westminster – rhetoric undermined by reality

Obama at Westminster – rhetoric undermined by reality

The setting: historic. The delivery: typically eloquent. The substance: dishonest. In his address to the British Parliament, US President Barack Obama delivered a speech that simultaneously praised Britain and America as leading world powers, with common [...]

The Caliphate will tear down the provisions that make most Middle East regimes Police States

The Caliphate will tear down the provisions that make most Middle East regimes Police States

The situation that has prevailed in Egypt for past half century, if not more, has seen suffocating security measures, considerable police powers and limited accountability of the country’s enforcement agencies. The 30 year long ‘emergency’ laws [...]

Why we need a Caliphate to restore stability to the Muslim world

Why we need a Caliphate to restore stability to the Muslim world

It is now routine to talk of a Muslim world in crisis. But an end to the misery appears no closer. Despite experimenting with numerous models and indeed being the subject of recent experiments with liberalism, [...]