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Tuesday, 22 April 2008 |
 Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has condemned the US occupation troops for their indiscriminate killing of Iraqi people. The cleric also condemned a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who arrived in Baghdad on Sunday for unannounced talks with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad's Green Zone. Referring to clashes in Nasiriya on Saturday that left 16 people dead and another 22 wounded, Al-Sadr said "the US troops killed them in the most gruesome of ways and then burned them, and refused to hand over their pure bodies for burial". He called for three days of mourning and demanded Iraqi lawmakers condemn the attacks and "put an end to such a massacre under government cover". Be first to comment this article
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Monday, 21 April 2008 |
 Iranian news agency reports Saudi security official was directly involved in assassination of top Hizbullah commander. A senior Saudi official was directly involved in the assassination of top Hizbullah commander Imad Mugniyah, the Iranian news agency Fars reported Tuesday. According to the report, the man, who works at the Saudi embassy in Damascus, contacted a Syrian woman who purchased two cars under her name, which exploded during the assassination.Comments (8) |
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Monday, 14 April 2008 |
 An unprecedented conference on Imam Musa al-Sadr, who was termed "The Vanished Imam" by writer Fouad Ajami, took place last week. Sadr rose to prominence in Lebanon ahead of the Lebanese civil war, and disappeared mysteriously during a visit to Libya in 1978, never to be heard from again. He was the first organizer of Lebanese Shi'a and his institutional legacy lives on today. Held at the University of Michigan and hosted by the university's Center for Middle East and North African Studies, with support from the Dearborn-based Sadr Foundation, the conference spanned two days and offered a compelling view of a man little known outside the Arab and Shi'i Muslim community. Titled "Shi'a, Modernity and the Legacy of Musa al-Sadr," the event discussed his profound effect on the world's Shi'i Muslim community, and by extension, on international affairs today.Be first to comment this article |
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Friday, 11 April 2008 |
 Pressure was mounting last night on the government to allow the reopening of the criminal investigation into secret payments by arms company BAE to Saudi Arabia following a high court judgment that made clear the inquiry should never have been dropped. Ministers have to decide in the next two weeks over what to do about the ruling from Lord Justice Moses, who with Lord Justice Sullivan, delivered a damning verdict on the behaviour of the former prime minister, Tony Blair, and his government in forcing a halt to the long-running investigation.Be first to comment this article |
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Friday, 11 April 2008 |
 Egypt's main opposition movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, has called on all Egyptians to boycott local council elections due on Tuesday. The political move by the Muslim Brotherhood, which is officially outlawed but represented by independent MPs in parliament, reinforces the authoritarian nature of the Mubarak regime. The elections are seen widely to be a cosmetic exercise with 90% of seats certain to go to President Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic party. Once again, focus will shift to the close-friendship shared by Mubarak and the US.
With Bush's declared project being the spread of democracy in the Middle East, the hypocritical silent approval by the US for actions of "allies" like Mubarak will further undermine the standing of America in the eyes of the Arab street.
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Friday, 11 April 2008 |
 Israel is to bar a UN official, appointed to investigate Human Rights abuses in Israel and Palestine, from entering the occupied lands. Israeli foreign ministry stated on Tuesday that it will bar the UN official from entering the occupied territories after the UN official compared the Zionist regime to the Nazis and refused to retract his statements. He also told the BBC that the Zionist regime is always shielded from international criticism in spite of its illegal acts against the Palestinians.Be first to comment this article |
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Monday, 07 April 2008 |
 A former Austin Muslim leader, Sheikh Safdar Razi, whose interfaith work made him one of the most recognized Muslim leaders in Central Texas is being held at a Dallas detention facility and faces deportation to Pakistan, according to his attorney and family. Effendi said Razi called the mosque Thursday to request food because the detention center was serving pork, which Muslims avoid for religious reasons. When members of the mosque tried to bring food, phone cards and money to Razi, a guard told them that there was no such prisoner, Effendi said. On Friday morning, Razi called again. "Please bring me something," Effendi said he asked in a tired voice. "Please bring me water. I haven't eaten in two days." Effendi said Razi described the center as ice cold with 50 people in one room. Effendi said the community is devastated by Razi's troubles, especially because Razi is known for his preaching of tolerance and respect among all faiths and because he had followed the necessary procedures to stay in the United States legally.Comments (23) |
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Sunday, 06 April 2008 |
 Up to 148 Muslim graves in France's World War I cemetery have been desecrated in an incident that has drawn strong condemnation from the country's president. A pig's head was hung from one of the several tombstones targeted by vandals who also wrote slogans insulting France's Muslim justice minister, officials said on Sunday. Describing Saturday's incident, Jean-Pierre Valensi, the state prosecutor for Arras, said "the slogans directly target Islam and they gravely insult Rachida Dati, the justice minister", who is the daughter of North African immigrants.Comments (2) |
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