Why is Palestine taboo at Chicago's Columbia College?

March, 2014
Zionist apologists do not want any discussion of the crimes against innocent Palestinians. They want to deny this even in an academic environment where freedom of opinion and thought are touted as cherished values. This is what is happening at Chicago's Columbia College where a zionist student's objection to a course on Palestinian suffering has been suspended because it exposes zionist crimes.

• Syrian nuns released in Lebanon-Qatar mediated prisoner swap

• Warlord, vice president and Marshal, Fahim is dead

• Saudis declare MB a "terrorist" organization

• Sinister Zionist plan to occupy al-Aqsa Mosque

• Egypt bars peace activists’ entry into besieged Gaza

New era in Saudi-Pakistan relations?

March, 2014
Recent visits by senior officials of the two countries have given rise to speculation that something major is in the offing. Will the two sides’ expectations be met or one side will use the other?

• No reforms for us, we are Saudis!

• Paradise Islands fit for a prince!

State of the Ummah

March, 2014
Muslims must use their proximity to the Qur’an and the Sunnah/Sirah of the noble Messenger (saws) as a standard to determine their standing in the world.

• Saudi Arabia: a Kingdom that prays publicly and preys privately

• The broader international context of the conflict in Syria

Muslims between unity and disunity

March, 2014
At a time when takfirism deliberately promoted by the Saudi regime and its henchmen, is grabbing headlines, sincere Muslims of all schools of thought in Islam are working for unity. This reflects the view of a clear majority of Muslims worldwide.

• Surreal nature of government-TTP talks

Syria poised for major conflagration

March, 2014
The talks in Geneva were designed to fail so that the US-led Western alliance and its Arabian client regimes can intensify the war in Syria by pumping more weapons into the hands of the mercenaries.

• Lebanon hosts one million Syrian refugees

• Troubling provisions in Canada’s Citizenship act

• Between a rock star and a hard place

• Drone world and US power projection

• Islamophobia is not “freedom of speech”

Your struggle is my pride, my son

March, 2014
In this letter, Naeen Jeenah, a socio-political activist in South Africa, expresses pride over his son’s activism at the University of Johannesburg landing him in prison for fighting for student rights.

• Al-Fassi’s political thought in al-Naqd al-Dhati

Israeli apartheid through the South African lens

March, 2014
In their book, Why Israel?, Suraya Dadoo and Firoz Osman compare Israeli apartheid with that practiced by the apartheid regime in South Africa and not only find striking parallels but also the extreme form Zionist apartheid has taken. The result is an exciting and informative book.

• Documenting Egypt’s revolution

Iran launches “resistance economy” for self-reliance

March, 2014
To overcome the effects of illegal US-led sanctions, the Rahbar, Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei calls for reduced reliance on oil exports and reconfigure the economy to knowledge-based exports.

Need sequel to Treaties book!

March, 2014
After reading the book, Power Manifestations of the Sirah, this reader feels a sequel dealing with the time of the Khulafa ar-Rashidoon is needed.

• The Muslim world’s traitor dynasties

• Indian rapes

• Kashmir