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Friday, 15 February 2008 |
 Every single home in the West Bank villages of Humsa and Hadidiya is slated for destruction. The Israeli army has declared most of the Jordan Valley, where the villages are situated, as a "closed military area" from which the local Palestinian population is barred. The local Palestinian population – which has been there since long before Israeli forces occupied the area four decades ago – is being put under increasing pressure to leave the area. On the morning of 6 February, Israeli army bulldozers destroyed the homes and livelihoods of four Palestinian families in Hadidiya, in the Jordan Valley area of the occupied West Bank. Be first to comment this article
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Thursday, 14 February 2008 |
 It has been 29 years since the victory. 29 years since the moral and political triumph over corruption and brainwashed mentality. Many Muslims continue to walk around today, clueless as to what effect the efforts of Imam Khomeini and the Iranian people left on Islam in modern times. Many Muslims are unwilling to read about it, or even ask questions. Maybe it’s that "fear of the unknown" factor? For 29 years now, we have sat back and taken the lies, accepted the critiques, the misinterpretations, the ignorance. Imam Khomeini was a figure who gave his all to make people feel proud of their beliefs, making it unbearable to just sit back.Comments (4) |
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Thursday, 14 February 2008 |
 The question of waterboarding reemerged soon after the US government revealed that the CIA had applied the torture technique on a number of occasions. The fact is that many of those detained at the Guantanamo are being kept there without any solid allegations against them. Under the untold psychological and physical tortures, the prisoners may confess to any uncommitted crimes. Examples of US torture are legion and the US government has admitted to torturing prisoners themselves. It is now common knowledge that the tortures committed at the Abu Ghraib prison were all ordered by the US government.Be first to comment this article |
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Thursday, 14 February 2008 |
 On Tuesday February 12, Imad Mugniyah, aka Hajj Radwan, one of the central figures of the Lebanese movement of Hezbollah was killed in a car bombing in Damascus. He was considered as the head of Hezbollah's security branch and one of its co-founders. After a brief silence, the office of Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert released a statement, denying any involvement in the assassination of the Hezbollah figure and raising the question that if the regime were not behind the terrorist act, who the culprit could be.Be first to comment this article |
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Monday, 11 February 2008 |
 IHRC is shocked at the level and nature of criticism of Dr. Rowan Williams remarks regarding the accommodation of some forms of Islamic law into British law. Whilst Dr. Williams remarks made clear he was speaking about some aspects of personal law, media coverage and public and political discussion has raised the spectre of capital punishments, in a nonsensical manner. Head of Research and co-author of ‘Law and British Muslims: Domination of the Majority or Process of Balance’, Arzu Merali said: "Muslims are talking about incorporating minor issues in family law. Yet all the talk in the wake of Dr. Williams comments, raises pictures of people being flogged and arms being amputated. I think it's a very shocking response to his comments which focussed as much on revisiting the stereotypes and mythologies of a secular society, including Islam and the Enlightenment."Comments (1) |
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Monday, 11 February 2008 |
 In light of the latest news regarding Iran's rapid advances in nuclear centrifuge technology and Tehran's warning that it will reject any new UN measures aimed at halting its nuclear progress, it's clear that Iran's nuclear standoff has entered a new phase - one that may have global consequences and cause irreparable harm to the pillars of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).Be first to comment this article |
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Sunday, 10 February 2008 |
 The parliamentary vote on Saturday ending a decades-old ban on wearing headscarves in public universities marked a historical moment in the ongoing struggle between religion and secularism in Turkey. The ban on headscarves in Turkish universities has been implemented in varying degrees over the years, forcing many women to abandon their education. The outcome of the vote on Saturday is a victory, before all, to those brave women and men of Turkey who faced harsh treatment and detention, but whose resolve and willingness to sacrifice for their rights did not succumb to those who used the policy of power and force.Comments (3) |
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Sunday, 10 February 2008 |
 The UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Saturday that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been making "good progress" to solve Iran's nuclear crisis. "Good progress" has been made in finishing the outstanding issues on Iran's controversial nuclear programs, ElBaradei told a group of high-profile diplomats at a key security conference in the southern German city of Munich. "Confidence building can only be attained by direct negotiations," ElBaradei said.Be first to comment this article |
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