Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, President and Director of the Minaret of Freedom Institute,and Dr. Steven Zunes, a professor of politics and international studies at the University of St. Francisco talk about Iran’s nuclear program and the wider implications of the IAEA claims that it has credible information that Tehran is trying to build nuclear weapons:
- Iran Will Not Give Up Nuclear Programme – Ahmadinejad (Voice of Russia)
“I was an occupier and am now an #occupier. I once served the 1%, but now try to serve the 99%. That is why I must speak up when I see the Occupy movement being led astray by the same nationalism and ‘Ameri-centrism,’ the same thoughtless praises for U.S. troops and veterans, and the same hypocrisy that led us into the so-called ‘War On Terror’ and the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.”
- Fallujah Veteran: ‘I Served The 1%’Â (Wall Street’s Wars)
“In a move that analysts say is highly unusual for a top-level diplomat, Mr. Jeffrey has lately apologized to Iraqi politicians and tribal leaders in the Shiite-dominated south for the United States inaction during the 1991 popular uprising,” incited but not militarily supported by President George W. Bush ending “in a bloodbath that claimed tens of thousands of lives”:
- A Long-Awaited Apology for Shiites, but the Wounds Run Deep (New York Times)
Pakistani laws that “violate international standards by criminalizing Ahmadi religious practice, and maintaining a blasphemy law that results in minorities and dissenters targeted for arrest, and even at times death” and persecute Shi’a, Sufis, and Christians as well stems from an education system that misrepresents the tolerant essence of Islam:
- A Call for Reform in Pakistan’s Schools (Washington Post)
Activists in the UAE, “including a prominent blogger and an economics professor who has lectured at the Abu Dhabi branch of Paris’ Sorbonne university, were charged with anti-state crimes after signing an Internet petition calling for constitutional changes and free elections”;
- Rights Coalition Denounces Trial of UAE Pro-reform Activists as ‘Grossly Unfair’ (Washington Post)
- Afghan Suicide Bomber Targets Eid Worshippers (The Telegraph)
- Feast of Proximity (Today’s Zaman)
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