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The Blears fallacy
Friday 25th July 2008
The question to ask is: when all the noise has died down, what will this initiative have achieved? The answer is very little. The likelihood is that Blears' committee of theologians will fare no better than Ruth Kelly's Muslim Action Committee, Sufi Council, or any of the other government-created paper bodies. The terrorists and would-be terrorists won't look to the government's scholars for fatwas, and ordinary Muslims are unlikely to give them much attention. It may help Blears, who insists on poking her nose in all things Islamic, to learn this old Islamic piece of wisdom: "If you see the scholar frequent the sultan, then point your finger at him and beware."
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For Iran, respect above all else
Friday 25th July 2008
Iran needs to be convinced that Uncle Sam has been decisively weaned off the Likudnic neocon idea of regime change in the country. For this a modicum of respect and tacit acknowledgement that the lessons of the futility of gunboat diplomacy and the unsightly meddling of the past century in the country's affairs have been learnt. Possibilities of a genuine compromise then multiply manifold. Compared to a prematurely triumphant Bush of 2003, a cowed and battle scarred Uncle Sam may just be ready to swallow the bitter medicine.
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You need Uncle Sam, Iraq told
Friday 25th July 2008
Uncle Sam is looking for ways to prolong the agony of Iraq. In preparation Washington has already armed over 150,000 ex-Ba'athists and primed the Kurds. Fighting back against Baghdad's demands for a timetable for the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq, the George W Bush administration and the US military leadership are making it plain that the objectives of Iraq must include continued dependence on US troops for an indefinite period. The riposte could be too late: the era of Iraqi dependence on the US is already ending.
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Treat Muslims better, Britain told by UN
Friday 25th July 2008
Government sanctioned Muslim-bashing and demonising of Muslims is now common practice In Britain. By supporting Uncle Tom Muslims and embracing the noxious ideas of Likudnik neocons, Brownites have indicated that they are fanning the flames of Islamophobia and steadily sliding towards the next step of the internment of Muslims.
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Demonising Hizbullah is a blunder
Friday 25th July 2008
Branding Hizbullah's military wing a "terrorist group" while apparently doing nothing about other extremist groups, grandstanding about the oppressive nature of the Iranian theocracy and the Syrian dictatorship while propping up Saudi Arabia and Egypt, highlighting the countless human and civil rights violations in some Arab/Muslim countries while cavalierly ignoring those committed by Israel and western allies in the region has led to a situation where being labelled an "enemy" of the west immediately translates into a boost for regional appeal and support. This hypocrisy of supporting whoever seems to be working for western interests, regardless of morals or ethics, while at the same time branding others as "terrorist" and "undemocratic" only reveals the true agenda of the Likud neocons in control in Washington and London.
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Safety of Cloned Animal Products Uncertain: EU Agency
Friday 25th July 2008
The European Union’s top food safety agency said on Thursday cloned animal products may not be safe and further study was needed, prompting another battle of conscience within the bloc over the merits of new technology. For many years, new technologies with potential food uses have split EU countries down the middle, with one group calling for tolerance, acceptance and more research while the other urges caution and rejection until the science is more advanced.
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Pakistan must cure itself of the Taliban
Friday 25th July 2008
Many believe the Talibanisation of Pakistan is well under way and impossible to reverse. Pakistan's predicament is that of the bogus US-inspired war on terror. The only secure solution must deal with the totality of the social conditions underpinning the problem. There is no military solution that does not exacerbate social problems, thus fuelling the instability in which the Taliban can thrive. The war on terror has merely extended the agony it was meant to obliterate.
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The Devastation of Iraq's Past
Friday 25th July 2008
Since the looting of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad in April 2003, the international press has accorded considerable space to the country's imperilled ancient heritage. Much of this coverage, however, has been devoted to the museum, the impressive campaign to recover its stolen works, and the continued struggle to reopen its galleries. Only occasional, anecdotal reports — mostly from the first year of the conflict — have borne witness to large-scale plunder of archaeological sites, to which the damage is irreversible.
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Libya 'halts Swiss oil shipments'
Friday 25th July 2008
Libya's state shipping company says it has halted oil shipments to Switzerland in protest at the brief arrest of leader Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son. It threatened further action if the Swiss did not apologise for the arrest. Geneva police held Hannibal Gaddafi for two days after he and his pregnant wife allegedly hit two of their staff.
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Spat over Iranian film on Sadat
Friday 25th July 2008
An Iranian TV station has had its Cairo office raided by police, the latest victim of a spat over a film on President Anwar Sadat's assassination. Tehran has sought to distance itself from the film, but that has not helped improve feelings towards Iran in Egypt.
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