Month: May 2010

  • News and Analysis (5/9/2010)

    Arab countries rank even worse than 93rd place Israel in press freedom, and Iran is at the bottom of the list: Press Freedom Still Lags in Middle East (Guardian) Tariq Ramadan identifies jihad as a central concept in Islam and explains its meaning: Divine Impulses: Tariq Ramadan Says Comedy Central Is ‘Scared’ of the Muslim…

  • News and Analysis (5/7/2010)

    Devastating civil liberties, the Terrorist Expatriation Act would allow US officials to remove citizenship for anyone suspected of allying themselves with a “terrorist organization”: Bill Targets Citizenship of Terrorists’ Allies (NY Times) “[I]nvestigators are still struggling to come up with a cohesive account of how Shahzad evolved into a would-be terrorist but that they are…

  • News and Analysis (5/6/2010)

    Because Ali al-Sistani, the Iranian-born highest ranked Shi`a scholar would have final say in any dispute between the new coalition parties, the secular Iraqiya party claims Iran is behind them: Iraqiya: Shia Alliance Made in Iran (Al Jazeera) A policy set under Bush continues broadens the targets from “top Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders into…

  • News and Analysis (5/5/2010)

    With the successful detection and apprehension of the self-confessed Waziristan-trained primary suspect in the attempted Times Square plot … Probe in Failed Times Square Attack Focusing on Pakistani Taliban (Washington Post) … thanks to a vigilant Muslim-American who spotted the smoking car … Meet Aliou Niasse (Washington Monthly) … US officials will undoubtedly put more pressure on…

  • News and Analysis (5/3/10)

    “The possession of nuclear bombs is not a source of pride; it is disgusting and rather shameful…. [E]ven more shameful … [is] the threat to use or to use such weapons, which is not even comparable to any crime committed throughout the history” – Ahmadinejad… NPT 101: Why Iran Sees Nuclear ‘Hypocrisy’ (Christian Science Monitor)…

  • News and Analysis (5/3/2010)

    “The pilot falsely accused of training the hijackers responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks has won his almost decade-long miscarriage of justice battle”: Airline Pilot Cleared of Role in 9/11 After ‘Nine Years of Hell’ (Guardian) Karzai’s proposed negotiations focus on incorporating individual Taliban leaders while using economic incentives on foot soldiers: Karzai to Seek Obama’s Approval…

  • News and Analysis (5/1-2/2010)

    The Taliban, the former mujahideen commanders “and the Karzai government, and foreign troops … commit crimes against our people. When the foreign troops go, we will only have two left to deal with”: Afghan Feminists Fighting from Under the Burqa (Guardian) Ahmadinejad says the subsidies “benefit Iran’s wealthy more than the poor,” but are the…

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