The Hidden Tragedy of the CIA’s Experiments on Children by: H.P. Albarelli Jr. and Dr. Jeffrey S. Kaye, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis (Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: L’Ubuesque Boîte à Savon, Humayunn N A Peerzaada) Bobby is seven years old, but this is not the first time he has been subjected to electroshock. It’s his third time. In all, over the next year, Bobby will experience eight electroshock sessions. Placed on the examining table, he is held down by two male attendants while the physician … Continue reading CIA’s Experiments on Children?

by: Lt. Col. Barry Wingard, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed (Image: Jared Rodriguez / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: mike.benedetti, globevisions) The US government routinely uses the term “War on Terror” to describe its military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. But how do we really define this War on Terror? After all, terrorism dates back to at least the 14th century and individuals, groups and even nations have employed it ever since. It’s hard to argue that the deployment of a bigger gun or faster tank can actually alter the outcome … Continue reading The War on Terror: Beyond the Military

Mosque Mania: Anti-Muslim Fears and the Far Right Tuesday 10 August 2010 by: Stephan Salisbury  |  TomDispatch | News Analysis Protesters in New York rallying against the “Mosque at Ground Zero” on June 19, 2010. (Photo: Robert Huffstutter) There is a distinct creepiness to the controversy now raging around a proposed Islamic cultural center in Lower Manhattan. The angry “debate” over whether the building should exist has a kind of glitch-in-the-Matrix feel to it, leaving in its wake an aura of something-very-bad-about-to-happen. It’s not just that opposition to the building has coalesced around a phony “Mosque at Ground Zero” shorthand (with its … Continue reading Christian Fanatics destroying America in the worlds eyes

Stop EDL’s Bradford march of hate If the Conservatives are serious about localism they must heed the petition of the people of Bradford and ban this racist march Marsha Singh guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 11 August 2010 11.00 BST Article history The English Defence League is intending to stage a march through Bradford. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty ImagesLater today a delegation from Bradford will go to the Home Office to hand in a petition, signed by over 10,000 local people, calling on the home secretary to ban the proposed English Defence League (EDL) march in our city at the end of the month. … Continue reading EDL in Bradford in August

By Rafia Zakaria dawn.com New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, center, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, fourth from left, and members of local religious institutions stand in front of the Statue of Liberty for a news conference in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. The political and religious leaders were there to show their support for a mosque and Islamic cultural center planned in lower Manhattan. – Photo by AP. On Aug 3, 2010, the Landmarks Preservation Commission of the City of New York voted unanimously against allowing historic protection status to a building at 45-47 Park Place in Lower … Continue reading Fear, faith and 9/11

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, executive director of the Cordoba Initiative, addresses a gathering as groups planning a proposed mosque and cultural center near Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan to be named Cordoba House showed and spoke about their plans for the center at a community board meeting in New York . Imam Rauf will be heading to the Middle East soon as a special state-sponsored trip by the United States. – AP Photo WASHINGTON: The imam behind controversial plans for a mosque near the site of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks is being sent by the State Department on … Continue reading US govt sending ground zero mosque imam to Mideast

By Mahir Ali dawn.com There is anecdotal evidence that Jinnah, when faced with the consequences of his separatism, was both appalled and contrite. He may well have realised before he died that his ideal of a secular Muslim-majority state was no more than a chimera. – File Photo. “I have considered from every possible point of view the scheme of Pakistan as formulated by the Muslim League,” Maulana Abul Kalam Azad proclaimed in a crucial statement issued some 16 months before India was partitioned in August 1947. “As an Indian, I have examined its implications for the future of India as … Continue reading The burden of history

In this photograph, an Indian Zoroastrian or Parsi woman walks by figures of ‘knights’ at a fire temple after offering prayers on Parsi New Year ‘Navroze’ in Mumbai. Zoroastrians, who follow the prophet Zarathustra and worship Ahura Maza as the creator of the universe, fled persecution in ancient Iran and arrived in India in the 10th century. – AFP Photo Sci-Tech Scientists find new superbug spreading from India Scientists find new superbug spreading from India MUMBAI: High in the hills of western India, Homi Dhalla looks around the Bharot Caves complex, pointing out the cracked and crumbling stone in the … Continue reading Racing against time to preserve India’s Parsi past

The four-faced clock, atop the Abraj Al-Bait Towers, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia stands over the holy Kabaa. -AP Photo Media Gallery Preparations for the Holy month Preparations for the Holy month RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will test what it is billing as the world’s largest clock in the holy city of Mecca during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the official news agency reported Tuesday. The four-faced clock tower will top a massive skyscraper that when completed will be around 1,970 feet (600 meters) tall, the second tallest in the world after Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. The clock will dwarf London’s Big … Continue reading Saudi to test giant clock in Mecca during Ramadan

This article is from the http://www.saudiwoman.wordpress.com site which I have just read up on – please check on this link for more superb articles and help spread the site. The man of the hour Great controversy is brewing in Saudi Arabia and it all starts and ends with Sheikh Ahmed Al Ghamdi. Al Ghamdi is a 47 year old PhD holder in administration and strategical planning and also has spent 15 years studying Islam. The whole issue began when Okaz Newspaper published a lengthy article last December written by Sheikh al Ghamdi in which he proclaimed that there is no such … Continue reading Sheikh Ahmed Al Ghamdi – The man of the hour