By LINH DINH TELL me if you’ve heard this one: An FBI agent infiltrates an actual, figurative or virtual mosque, finds the most gullible and angry dork around, encourages him to get even, plots out some dubious plan, gives him bombs that don’t quite work, then arrests this dupe to much fanfare. In every country, [...]
ASIF HAROON RAJA WHILE Pak Army succeeded in dismantling the networks of Fazlullah and Hakimullah effectively, inflicted heavy casualties upon the militants and also captured huge quantities of arms, ammunition and explosives as well as prisoners thereby gaining an upper edge, US-NATO forces have not been able to achieve even a single victory against Taliban [...]
By URI AVNERY A FRIEND of mine in Warsaw told me about a Polish journalist who visited Israel for the first time. On his return he reported with great excitement: “You know what I’ve discovered? In Israel, too, there are Jews!” For this Pole, Jews are people who wear a long black kaftan and a [...]
By ARSHAD M. KHAN CHALMERS Johnson died last Saturday. An intellectual stalwart and a powerhouse in political economy, he will be sorely missed. He was ever the pragmatist — first, when he realized its futility, turning against the Vietnam war. The conceptualization, examination and analysis of state capitalism became his bailiwick with Japan as the [...]
ISNA USA seeks qualified educators, researchers, and professionals to inspire and lead today’s educators and Islamic school professionals at the 12th Annual ISNA Education Forum. The Forum will take place on April 22-24 in Rosemont, Illinois under the theme, “Understanding, Living, and Sharing Islam.” ISNA is seeking presenters for the forum and is now accepting [...]
Honorable Sophia Aggelonitis, Minister of Consumer Services Ministry of Consumer Services, Toronto, ON Dear Ms. Aggelonitis: My name is Abubakar Kasim. I am a freelance writer from Toronto, Ontario. I am writing about an important issue that requires your immediate attention. It is my ultimate hope that you would do your utmost to look into [...]
Yousef Drummond “Imagine”. This is the title of a song, released in late 1971 associated with U.S. counter-culture icon John Lennon and is universally recognized as a plea for “world peace”[1]. It gained instant global success here in the United States and sent ripple-effects overseas for one salient reason: a growing uneasiness among the masses [...]
By SARMILA BOSE THERE is much for Pakistan to come to terms with what happened in 1971. But the answers don’t lie in unthinking vilification of the fighting men who performed so well in the war against such heavy odds in defence of the national policy. Rather, in failing to honour them, the nation dishonours [...]
By RAMZY BAROUD THE Middle East policies of US President Barack Obama may well prove the most detrimental in history so far, surpassing even the rightwing policies of President George W. Bush. Even those who warned against the overt optimism which accompanied Obama’s arrival to the White House must now be stunned to see how [...]
