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Expert seeks real engagement with `religion of peace`
As the White House resorts to intellectual demagoguery to manipulate world opinion on Iran, Iraq and the United Nations, some things need articulation. One is that despite the intensity with which a `demonize Islam` project is being promoted worldwide, real engagement with the `religion of peace` is being vehemently discouraged, thus promoting a peculiar impotence aimed at facilitating American unilateralism. The UN Security Council reflects th
News | Wednesday 28 December 2005
Europeans Revert to Islam for Peace: US Paper
Islam is a message that appeals to more and more Europeans who are ”looking for inner peace and reacting to the moral uncertainties of Western society”, Muslim and non-Muslim researchers told a leading US paper Tuesday, December 27. Although there are no precise figures, observers who monitor Europe`s Muslim population estimate that several thousand men and women revert each year, The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) said. Mary Fallot, who rever
News | Wednesday 28 December 2005
Vatican Worries on Italian Women Marry Muslims
Vatican cardinals have warned Italian women against tying the knot with the rising numbers of Muslims in Italy, citing what they say cultural and religious diversities. Church officials say that Italy has seen 20,000 marriages in 2005 between Catholic women and Muslims, whose population touches the one million mark, the BBC News Online reported Monday, December 26. Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the Vicar General of Rome, had said that cultural differ
News | Wednesday 28 December 2005
UK Muslims decry US` secret monitoring of Muslim homes
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has expressed its ”utter distaste” about recent revelations that the American government has secretly spied on Muslim homes and places of worship since September 2001 for signs of radiation. ”These disclosures are very disturbing. They represent a dangerous assault on civil liberties and reveal a crass disregard for universally upheld freedoms,” MCB Secretary-General Sir Iqbal Sacranie said Wednesday. US au
News | Wednesday 28 December 2005
Australia to track Muslim scholars
Islamic clerics in Australia will be required to register and adhere to a code of conduct, a council of moderate Muslims announced Tuesday, amid efforts to rein in radical preachers following the London bombings. The Muslim Advisory Council, which comprises 14 Islamic community leaders hand-picked by Prime Minister John Howard to help authorities counter the rise of Islamic extremism, will meet next month to discuss drafting the imams` code,
News | Wednesday 28 December 2005
Paper warns Iraqis against US plots
A morning daily on Tuesday urged the Iraqi nation to be on guard against attempts of the meddlers to further destabilize Iraq specially after the victory of the United Iraqi Alliance in recent parliamentary polls. ”The enemies of the Iraqi nation, whose eight decades of terrorizing of the Land of the Two Rivers had reached its climax under their stooge Saddam, should be told in plain words not to tamper with the results of the elections,” said
News | Tuesday 27 December 2005
Karzai: Iran`s help has contributed to Afghanistan development
Afghanistan`s President Hamed Karzai in a meeting with Iran`s Foreign Minister in Kabul said that the assistance rendered by Iran has helped Afghanistan to find its rightful place. The Afghan government and nation are thankful for this help, he added. In a meeting with visiting Iranian foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, the Afghan president referred to the relation between Afghanistan and its neighbors. ”Afghanistan wishes further progress
News | Tuesday 27 December 2005
Chalabi denies Iran`s meddling in Iraq`s internal affairs
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Head of National Congress Ahmad Chalabi in an interview with the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Ra`i al-`Aam said on Monday that the rumors about Iran`s interference in the internal affairs of his country are baseless. Expressing surprise over such charges, he added that such unfounded accusations brought up by some Arab officials mean that Iraqi Shiites give preference to their religious faith rather than remaining loyal
News | Tuesday 27 December 2005
Venezuela president lauds Supreme Leader`s guidelines
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas on Tuesday praised the concepts and guidelines of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei. During a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Caracas Ahmad Sobhani, the president said he will never forget the wise remarks of the Supreme Leader on the power of morality and example set by rulers to their nations. He said he was always reminded of Ayatollah Khamenei`s words: ”The power of morali
News | Tuesday 27 December 2005
Majority in U.S. professes belief in God
Traditional religion is still the bedrock of America, with ”very large majorities” of the public steadfast in their belief in God and the birth and Resurrection of Jesus Christ -- with belief in astrology, ghosts and other New Age hallmarks lagging behind. Overall, 82 percent of Americans believe in God, according to a recent Harris poll, which also revealed that 73 percent also believe in miracles, 70 percent in life after death, 70 percent
News | Tuesday 27 December 2005
The Neocons and Holocaust II
How many Americans have ”suspected ties to terrorist groups” to be ”eavesdropping” as deemed appropriate by Bush`s admin? May be we first need to define the term ”terrorist group”. The U.S. President George W. Bush maintains that the ”insider threats” originate from the American populace, not those Americans who oppose Iraq and challenged his justification for launching this illegal war. Bush and those Machiavellians in the White House ha
News | Monday 26 December 2005
U.S. Congress approves $600 million aid for Israel
The US congress approved Friday the transfer of 600 million dollar in aid to Israel for joint defense projects, in addition aid Israel receives from America, Haaretz Daily reported. The aid approved will be used to fund joint security projects between Israel and the U.S, according to media reports. The main component in the package, according to the Jerusalem Post, is the Arrow anti-missile system, a collaborative project between Israel Ai
News | Monday 26 December 2005
Sharon aide promotes Spilberg film
Director Steven Spielberg has hired one of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon`s key aides to market his film Munich in the country. The film, about the killing of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games, opens in Israel next month. Eyal Arad, who helped plan the recent Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, has arranged a Tel Aviv screening for the widows of the murdered sportsmen. ”Naturally that sort of interest can entail some negative rea
News | Monday 26 December 2005
Spokesman: Russia can participate in Iran`s peaceful nuclear plan
Government Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham said here Monday that Russia as well as other world countries can participate in Iran`s peaceful nuclear program within the framework f Iran`s proclaimed principles. Making the remark at a press conference attended by both domestic and foreign correspondents, he reiterated that the Iranian government has clarified its position on the issue for several times. He said Iran`s views are based on three pri
News | Monday 26 December 2005
Iraqi FM says Baghdad keen on bolstering ties with Tehran: daily
An Iraqi daily ”Athawra` here Saturday quoted Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zibari as saying that Baghdad is keen strengthening mutual ties in all areas with Tehran. The Iraqi foreign ministry is planing to dispatch a special delegation to Tehran to discuss issues outstanding between the two nations, the daily said. It also added that the Iraqi government has agreed for Iranian pilgrims to enter Iraq and Iraq` representative offices have ope
News | Monday 26 December 2005
Why al Qaeda Wants Zarqawi Dead
Killing Iraqi terrorist leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi could be a defeat in the war on terror. On November 20th, a raid on a house in Mosul, Iraq, resulted in a number of terrorists blowing themselves up rather than be captured. It was thought that al Zarqawi was in the house. His death would be a mixed blessing. While he`s certainly been an effective terrorist leader, able to inspire the suicide-happy wackos to some spectacular atrocities, he`s als
News | Sunday 25 December 2005
USAID to push democratisation agenda
The US Agency for International Development will unveil early next year a comprehensive strategy for improving American democracy and governance in developing countries. In an interview with the Financial Times, Andrew Natsios, the USAID administrator who steps down at the beginning of next year, said the democracy strategy was a key milestone in the re-orientation of US aid programmes to focus on issues of effective governance alongside traditi
News | Sunday 25 December 2005
Iranians to defend nuclear rights to last blood drop: Tehran`s Prayer Leader
Tehran`s substitute Friday Prayers Leader Ahmad Khatami said here Friday the Iranian nation will defend its inalienable nuclear rights to last drop of its blood. Addressing thousands of worshipers at Tehran University Campus, Khatami said that westerners should know that in the case of Iran`s nuclear energy, they are not facing a party and wing, rather they are encountered by a nation which has risen up to defend its inalienable rights to the l
News | Saturday 24 December 2005
Nuclear Monitoring of Muslims Done Without Search Warrants
In search of a terrorist nuclear bomb, the US federal government since 9/11 has run a far-reaching, top secret program to monitor radiation levels at over a hundred Muslim sites in the Washington, D.C., area, including mosques, homes, businesses, and warehouses, plus similar sites in at least five other cities, U.S. News has learned. In numerous cases, the monitoring required investigators to go on to the property under surveillance, although no
News | Saturday 24 December 2005
Moscow seeks to use petro-power as political tool
Russia is nine days away from potentially carrying out a threat to reduce gas supplies flowing through a pipeline across Ukraine to western Europe, unless Kiev pays higher prices for gas it takes from the pipe. The result could be winter energy shortages in some European countries. Yet on the same day, January 1, Russia assumes the rotating presidency of the Group of Eight nations, of which it has made ”energy security” a central theme. Moscow
News | Saturday 24 December 2005
Italy warrants for 22 purported CIA operatives
A judge has issued European arrest warrants for 22 purported CIA operatives in connection with the alleged kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric from a Milan street in 2003, a prosecutor said Friday. Prosecutor Armando Spataro said the warrants allowed for the arrest of the suspects in any of the 25 EU member countries. Previously, Italy had issued arrest warrants for the 22 inside Italy. Spataro has already sought the extradition of the 22 from the
News | Saturday 24 December 2005
Muslim world`s top 100 businesses show strong growth In sales
The top 100 businesses in the 57 member countries of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) showed a healthy 28.7 percent in aggregate revenue growth of its listed companies over the previous year, indicating a strengthening of economies in the Muslim world. The findings were released by Dinar Standard, a business strategy e-magazine in its second annual ranking of the top 100 businesses (DS100T) in the OIC member countries. ”Th
News | Saturday 24 December 2005
Egypt`s Muslim Brotherhood calls Holocaust a `myth
The leader of Egypt`s Muslim Brotherhood, the largest opposition force in the country, joined Iran in calling the World War II Holocaust a ”myth.” ”Western democracy has attacked everyone who does not share the vision of the sons of Zion as far as the myth of the Holocaust is concerned,” Mohammed Mehdi Akef said in a statement. His remarks came says after similar comments recently by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who also described the
News | Saturday 24 December 2005
Iran expresses concern over human rights violation in Europe
Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman in reaction to a declaration on human rights in Iran by Britain as the rotating chairman of European Union said here Wednesday that such statements are outside the framework of internationally-recognized norms and principals. The Foreign Ministry Media Department reported Hamid Reza Asefi as saying the dialogue on human rights with Europe which has been repeatedly requested by the EU and its rotating head Britain
News | Thursday 22 December 2005
US hopes of secular Iraqi state fade away
Conservative religious parties have surged to a runaway lead in the counting of votes to appoint a government to run Iraq for the next four years. With more than 60 per cent of votes tallied, Washington`s hopes that the former prime minister Iyad Allawi might pull enough support to build a secular administration have faded dramatically. Instead, a religious alliance is in the box seat. These parties are already imposing a strict religious code
News | Thursday 22 December 2005
Hamas Slams US Aid to Candidates
Hamas demanded on Wednesday, December 21, an inquiry into US financial support for some candidates in the January legislative elections, as an opinion poll showed that half of the Israelis favor peace talks with the Palestinian resistance group. ”By accepting to fund the electoral campaign of some candidates, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is flagrantly interfering in Palestinian affairs,” Hamas said in a statement, a copy o
News | Thursday 22 December 2005
Iran, EU resume nuclear dialogue in Vienna
Iran and the European Union trio -- Britain, France, Germany -- here on Wednesday began their first round of nuclear talks behind closed doors after a five-month suspension. Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Deputy for International Affairs Javad Vaeedi heads the Iranian team negotiating opposite 12 senior experts and managers of Germany, France and Britain. The SNSC Deputy for Economic Affairs Mohammad Nahavandian, Deputy Head of Iran
News | Wednesday 21 December 2005
Bush: Iraq intel failure hinders case against Iran
The US President GEORGE W. BUSH admitted that faulty pre-war intelligence on IRAQ is making it harder for Washington to make its case against Iran, Bloomberg reported. ”People will say, if we`re trying to make the case on Iran, you know, `Well, the intelligence failed in Iraq; therefore, how can we can trust the intelligence in Iran?` ``, Bush said Monday in a press conference at the White House. Iran is pressing ahead with its nuclear plans
News | Wednesday 21 December 2005
Iran, not an anti-Semitic state: Paper
An Iranian paper referred to the long history of Iranians` coexistence with their Jewish fellow countrymen on Tuesday stressing that Iran is not an anti-Semitic state and Zionism is by no means equal to Judaism. ”The Jews lived peacefully in Iran for over 25 centuries, both when it was a Zoroastrian majority country and after it became a Muslim majority country,” said the English-language `Tehran Times`. The editorial further commented on the
News | Wednesday 21 December 2005
Poll: Most U.S. Jews oppose Iraq war
Approximately 70 percent of Jews in the United States oppose the war in Iraq, compared to 28 percent who support the war, according to an American Jewish Committee poll, which also showed that nearly 60 percent have never visited Israel. The poll indicates that 60 percent of U.S. Jews do not agree with the manner in which the U.S. government is conducting the war on terror. The poll, to be published Wednesday, includes a special section on
News | Wednesday 21 December 2005
Iran Nuke-program no threat:GCC
GCC Secretary-General Abdul Rahman Al-Attiya said the GCC does not fear Iran`s nuclear program, as long as it is for peaceful applications. ”If it is not for peaceful applications, then the program becomes unjustified and the issue cannot be neglected,” he said. He said the GCC states have confidence in Iran, ”we do not see Iranian nuclear reactor as a cause of danger and instability to the region”. He urged superpower member countries in the UN
News | Tuesday 20 December 2005
No evidence of Iran nuclear weapons programme: Russian spy chief
Russia`s Foreign Intelligence Service is unaware of any attempt by Iran to develop nuclear weapons, the head of the service was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying Monday. ”We attentively observe what is going on around Iran and report on this to our leadership. We are not indifferent to how events will develop. But at the moment we have no information to suggest Iran is developing nuclear weapons,” the service`s director, Sergei Lebed
News | Tuesday 20 December 2005
Europe knew about CIA prisoner flights, says Powell
Ex-US secretary of state Colin Powell on Sunday accused European leaders of being insincere when denying knowledge of the practice of rendition of terror suspects to countries where they are not protected by US anti-torture laws. In an interview with the BBC World TV channel, Mr Powell hinted that Europe`s outrage over alleged CIA prison transfers in Europe is hypocritical and said rendition policy is well-known and approved by European leade
News | Tuesday 20 December 2005
Asefi terms Canada`s anti-Iran human rights resolution as political move
Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hamid-Reza Asefi, here Sunday said that Canada`s human rights resolution against Iran is a political move by making use of a domestic pretext. Speaking to reporters in this week`s briefing, he added that unfortunately the human rights issue has been turned into a tool used by the countries, while the continuation of this trend by some western circles has even reduced its efficiency. ”Besides, Canada itself is one o
News | Monday 19 December 2005
UK drops new powers to close mosques after Muslim opposition
The British government announced Thursday that it was shelving controversial proposals to give police new powers to close mosques after widespread opposition from Muslims, other religions and groups. ”The Government has decided not to introduce a new power in the legislation currently going before Parliament,” Home Secretary Charles Clarke said. ”However, we will keep the situation under close review,” he added in a statement obtained by
News | Monday 19 December 2005
American comedy ridicules US ignorance of Islam
It may seem odd for an American to go to Asia, and not the Middle East, to learn about Islam after the September 11, 2001 attacks by al Qaeda. But U.S. comedian Albert Brooks said this peculiarity underscores the basic premise of his satirical film ”Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World”, which pokes fun at U.S. ignorance about Arabs and Muslims. ”One of the subtle things I think the movie was trying to say is that the U.S. government really
News | Monday 19 December 2005
Solana Says Electing Hamas Means Losing Aid
A few hours after a similar American move, the EU threatened Sunday, December 18, to punish the Palestinians financially if they elect Hamas candidates in the legislative polls, scheduled for January 25. EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana said if Hamas won, it would be ”very difficult that help and the money that goes to ... the Palestinian Authority will continue to flow,” reported Reuters. The EU, the main donor to the Palestinian Authorit
News | Monday 19 December 2005
Pakistan to stand by Iran in case of US aggression: Kasuri
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khursheed Kasuri has said Pakistan strictly opposes any expected US attack on Iran, and will stand by Iran if this extreme step is taken by Washington. Iranian foreign minister`s statement during his recent visit to Pakistan provides testimony to our policy towards Tehran. Pakistan aspires to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue according to the principles of the IAEA, he added. Kasuri told newsmen here on Saturday negle
News | Monday 19 December 2005
Perseverance, resistance only ways to defend Muslims` identity
Perseverance and resistance are the only ways to defend the identity and independence of Islamic countries, said an official here on Sunday. ”To defend the identity and independence of the world of Islam and of the Muslim Ummah, there is no alternative for Muslim nations except perseverance and resistance,” said Secretary General of the International Conference of Support for Palestinian Intifada Ali-Akbar Motashamipour in an interview with IRN
News | Monday 19 December 2005
Reaction to president`s remark illogical: FM Spokesmani
A senior Iranian official here Sunday termed as ”irrational and illogical” the reaction of the West and Europeans to the statement of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the Zionist regime, saying it was a scientific debate. ”Remark by the Iranian president on the Zionist regime was a scientific debate. It is not a new issue,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi said. ”I am surprised with the approaches taken towards this scientific deba
News | Sunday 18 December 2005

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