by Milton Bearden As the United States settles into its eighth year of military operations in Afghanistan, and as plans for ramping up U.S. troop strength are under way, we might reflect on an observation made by the Chinese military sage, Sun Tzu, about twenty-five hundred years ago: In military campaigns I have heard of [...]

By Jacques Lévesque Vladimir Putin was the first head of a non-Muslim majority state to speak at the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, a gathering of 57 Muslim states, in October 2003. That was a political and diplomatic feat, especially since Russia was waging a long-running war in Chechnya at the time. Putin stressed that [...]

By Nazila Fathi – NYT  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran, is not the first name that comes to mind when thinking of net surfers and instant messages. Yet, it turns out, the man is a blogger. Equally surprising for a leader known for a kind of thundering public presence, his blog is not especially tough. [...]

By Masroor ul Hassan Religious extremism is not a modern phenomenon invented by the fundamentalist Muslims, as is being projected by the Jewish media amply supported by hard line Christians. Thanks to the West’s media power and well orchestrated propaganda campaign, almost every innocent western citizen is convinced that Islam, as a religion, preaches violence. [...]

Interfaith Dialogue Should Focus on Man not God The Pope Rejects Muslim Outreach (Speech given by Ali Baghdadi at Northeastern University, Chicago, Interfaith Dialogue Day, Nov 13,2007) TS Admin : I am glad to know of another Muslim with whom I have a commonality of thought, by and large. I had written my article The [...]

by James Petras* – November 2007 *James Petras, a former Professor of Sociology at Binghamton University, New York, is the author of more than 62 books published in 29 languages, and over 600 articles in professional journals. The lesson is clear: the rise of Judeo-fascism (JF) represents a clear and present danger to our democratic [...]

On the recent Turko-American rift on the Armenian genocide. Turkey votes to invade northern Iraq; Congress considers the Armenian genocide. The two are dangerously connected Standing before a blurred photograph of a ditch full of emaciated corpses, an elderly woman begins to cry. “The Turks are butchers,” hisses another. These women are among thousands of [...]