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Who will rescue the Syrian people from Assad’s bloody regime?

“You can’t make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can’t make peace without Syria” Henry Kissinger

After spending months observing the callous slaughter and atrocious carnage of innocent Syrians at the hands of Assad’s brutal regime, the Western powers finally decided to call for Assad’s departure.

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Editorial October 2011 – As the world transforms, the Arab revolution moves forward

The world is in a state of flux.The Dollar, the main reserve currency in the world, is in decline with governments and investors around the world stocking up on gold. The Euro project, attempting to unify mainland Europe upon a single currency, is on the brink of collapse.
Capitalism is in crisis, and the world has no other model to look to in order to solve its problems.
But in another place – a place that has been the victim of capitalist colonial policies that propped up brutal tyrants ¬the Muslim world …

News Bites, October 2011 Issue »

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News Bites – October 2011

The ugly truth of British collusion with Gaddafi’s torturers
While the UK government boasts about its “humanitarian intervention” in Libya, the depth of British and American complicity in the torture and rendition of Libyan opposition figures has been exposed with the capture of documents from the offices of Moussa Koussa former regime security chief and right-hand man of Moammar Gaddafi.
London’s involvement in the rendition of Abdel-Hakim Belhaj, the military commander of rebel forces in Tripoli, was revealed in the letter from an MI6 officer in which he stresses to Moussa Koussa …

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How should Muslims respond to the Prevent strategy?

Remember the story of Musa (AS) in [Surah Ghafir/Mu’min 40]:
“And Pharaoh said: Let me go to kill Moses, and let him cry unto his Lord. Lo! I fear that he will alter your religion or that he will cause confusion in the land.” [40.v25]
“Moses said: Lo! I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every scorner who believes not in a Day of Reckoning.” [40.v26]
“And a believing man of Pharaoh’s family, who hid his faith, said:Would you kill a man because he says: My Lord is Allah, and …

Article, October 2011 Issue »

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The famine crisis in East Africa is a result of poor food security policies

More than 12 million people are afflicted with hunger in Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, Sudan, and Uganda. In Somalia nearly a half its population is facing a humanitarian crisis (3.7 million people). One in three children is malnourished. This has been reported as one of the worst crises to hit Eastern Africa in almost six decades. It’s shocking to see the images of emaciated children sucking empty breasts of mothers weak with hunger.The elderly appear very weak and unable to walk. Hunger stricken victims have fled and are forced to walk …

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The UK Riots

In early August the UK witnessed a spell of looting, lawlessness and rioting akin to that witnessed in Baghdad during the second Gulf war.The commotion began in Tottenham, London but spread like a bush fire to Hackney, Brixton, Ealing, Peckham, Birmingham, Manchester and suburban Croydon.The UK Prime Minister and London Mayor Boris Johnson were of the many who cut short their holidays to fly back to deal with the unrest.
The riots in Tottenham were sparked off following a protest demanding justice for Mark Duggan. Mark Duggan was shot dead by …