Camp X-ray still open for bussiness
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If the reports of Muammar Gaddafi ‘s death are indeed true then it brings to an end a colonial experiment that lasted over 40 years. Since a young Gaddafi came to power in 1969 the British so instrumental in his demise, have been the guardian angels for a man who for years divided political opinions. He was the champion of socialist Arab nationalism, a tyrant, and murderer of this own people. For many in the political elites of the Western world he was both friend and enemy, but always a slave to their colonial interests.
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Ramzan Kadyrov and the forgotten sacrifices of Chechnya
Current Affairs | October 7, 2011, 9:19 pm |
For those who remember the first Chechen war (December 1994 to August 1996) it was symbolic of the little guy teaching the big super power a lesson of a lifetime. The fact the Russians had just a few years earlier learnt such a lesson in Afghanistan didn’t seem to stop them coming back for more.
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Women voting is a right under Islam, oppression a consequence of Democracy
Current Affairs | September 25, 2011, 10:44 pm |
In 1928 the Women’s suffrage movement in the UK finally secured the vote for women over the age of 21. This was a long struggle of almost 60 years to attain what would be used for the next eighty plus years as a battering ram to hold the rest of the world to account. The UK was now a civilised and equal society when, there was much to be proud of, with the British empire dwindling the legacy of the suffrage was something to hold onto when it came to the false superiority complex the British has developed during the time of Empire.
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A report written by Unicef has slammed UK for failing its children due to parent’s obsession with materialism, who are paying more attention on buying their children products rather than spending quality time with them . The report comes in the same week the massive new Westfield Stratford City shopping centre opened at the 2012 Olympics site and Christmas products started appearing in stores up and down the country.
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The failed legacy of 9/11 and the hope of the Arab Spring
Current Affairs | September 11, 2011, 9:56 am |
Ten years is a long time, a time in which people, nations and the world can change dramatically. One single event rarely defines the future but it can shape the proceeding years in a profound manner.
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9/11 to Libya western foreign policy comes full circle
Current Affairs | September 11, 2011, 9:35 am |
Today marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and Muslims will once again be under the spotlight.
All major TV channels have got special features marking the event, attempting a decade on to make some sense of the events of 9/11 and what has transpired since. Those in the US and the rest of the Western world will not be unique in wondering how it all came to this; those in Afghanistan, Iraq and many other places will ponder the same.
The image above is of some tourists from sleepy Singapore who were stopped by American police during the policing for the build up to the 9/11 anniversary, more on that later.
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Photos shows Ewald Nowotny, Governor of Austrian National Bank (OeNB), talks during the Alpbacher financial market symposium in Alpbach, Austria. It kind of sums up the head in hands feeling surrounding the global financial markets at the moment.
Eid Mubarak to all the brothers and sisters , I pray all out duas and ibadat during the month of Ramadan were accepted in the court of Allah (swt).
Ramadan has left us all again for another year maybe never to return. I know I for one could have done a lot better with the month than I did, that is a disappointment. However I still trust in the mercy of Allah (swt).
May this be the last eid where the ummah is disunited spotting their own moons and watching their brothers die and suffer due to national borders.
