April 2011 Blog Posts (64)

It is no secret that Syria has been marked for regime change for at least two decades. In a 2007 speech given by

Tony Cartalucci

General Wesley Clark regarding what he called a US “policy coup,” he relayed a 1991 conversation between himself and then Under Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz. Wolfowitz indicated that America had 5-10 years to clean up old Soviet “client…

Prominent Syrian media women became part of controversial headlines lately. Al-Seyassah, the Kuwaiti newspaper,

By Iqbal Tamimi

The brother of the Syrian president slaps the political and media adviser of the President of Syria and a Syrian female journalist accuses "Aljazeera" of betraying the ethics of journalism

has published a news article, claiming that the brother of the Syrian president, Maher Al-Assad,…

Last May, in the small village of Qualaday in western Kandahar Province, a young Army lieutenant and his sergeants

Max Becherer/Polaris

THE TEAM LEADER Staff Sgt. Calvin…

She is neither a celebrity nor a prominent politician, but a bodyguard escorts Nahide Opuz at every step, even at the

217 women killed by men in 2010

Violence against women in Turkey is blamed on ruling party, judiciary as 52 women killed by men in last two months.

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A CONVERSATION ON THE LIFE & LEGACY  …

Last Sunday April 17, over 1,200 people registered for SunniPath’s live event, “Confronting Islamophobia,” with our

Confronting Islamophobia - Shaykh Nuh Keller

venerable scholar of Islamic Law and Spirituality, Sheikh Nuh Keller. If you were not able to participate live, you can click here to access the full…

The issue of women in Islam, is topic of great misunderstanding and distortion due partly to a lack of understanding,

Women's Rights in Islam - from Islam's Women: Jewels of Islam

but also partly due to misbehavior of some Muslims which has been taken to represent the teachings of Islam. We speak here…

DAMASCUS - Syria sent more troops to the southern town of Daraa where a deadly crackdown against pro-democracy

The crackdown continues

Syria sends more troops to southern town of Daraa as deadly crackdown against protestors raged into second day.

 protesters raged into a…

Today the tragedy hits home for me personally. The Syrian government abandoned all pretenses of civility and human

 decency. It sent tanks by the hundreds into the city of Daraa and others killing people by the hundreds if not thousands.

We have been waiting for president Obama and congress to take the lead to help freedom in Libya, Egypt, Yemen and Syria. Unfortunately, we have been disappointed.

I am writing you today to ask you to write to president…

Dayton, OH(US), April 15: Sister Cora-Ann, a Catholic nun from the Our Lady of Grace Monastery in

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