Last Saturday hundreds of Muslim civic and community leaders joined together during a public meeting in Birmingham to discuss the growing spate of unchallenged hatred and bigotry flourishing against British Muslims in our country. It took place on the same day that more than 1,500 supporters of the English Defence League (EDL) rioted in Stoke-On-Trent against the so called “Islamification of Europe”. No less than six police officers were hurt and five police vehicles damaged as groups broke through police cordons, yet the story was hardly anywhere to be seen in our mainstream media. One wonders what the public, police and … Continue reading Attacks on British Muslims are being brushed under the carpet

Earth sink imperils Zoroaster’s Kaba Tehran Times Culture Desk TEHRAN — Zoroaster’s Kaba is in extreme danger of collapse due to escalating earth sinkage at the ancient site of Naqsh-e Rustam in Fars Province. The measured earth sinkage previously reported by experts was five centimeters, but a new survey shows that this amount has increased over the past few days, the Persian service of the Mehr News Agency reported on Monday. Experts believe that the occurrence may lead to the destruction of Zoroaster’s Kaba, which is located at a distance of five meters from the sinking earth. The mishap could … Continue reading Zoroaster’s Kaba in Naqsh-e Rustam in Fars Province

Fowzia Siddiqui, sister of suspect Aafia Siddiqui, shows photos of Aafia and their parents. (Rizwan Tabassum / AFP/Getty Images / January 19, 2010) RELATED Suspect in plane bomb plot is reportedly cooperating again with authorities Illinois prison could begin housing terror suspects by mid-2011 Concerns grow over Al Qaeda’s group in Yemen By Alex RodriguezFebruary 3, 2010 Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan – Depending on which side of the globe you call home, she’s either Lady Al Qaeda or the incarnation of America’s persecution of Muslims. Aafia Siddiqui, 37, a neuroscientist and mother of three, was once branded by the U.S. as the most wanted … Continue reading Is she a victim of the U.S. or is she ‘Terror Mom’?

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Our licence fees pay for climate denial The BBC spouts rightwing bias while ignoring environmental science. So why not give other conspiracies a platform too? Sunny Hundal guardian.co.uk, After watching last night’s Newsnight, I can only come to one conclusion: the BBC has become this country’s most pernicious climate-change-denying media outlet in the UK. There is simple reasoning behind this grand statement. While the assorted commentators who regularly spout ill-informed propaganda across the media are usually taken with a pinch of salt, the BBC is broadly trusted as an impartial and trustworthy reporter of news. It sets the agenda. Which … Continue reading BBC the High Priest of climate denial!

Mosharraf Zaidi The writer advises governments, donors and NGOs on public policy. “To the victor belong the spoils,” said William Marcy, the US Senator from New York back during President Andrew Jackson’s administration. Pakistanis often tell Americans that their country is but a couple of decades behind Uncle Sam. But President Jackson, who passionately and brilliantly promoted a vulgar kind of patronage system that came to be known as the spoils system, won the 1828 election to become US president. The closest thing that Pakistan has had to a passionate and brilliant advocate of a vulgar kind of patronage was … Continue reading Jacksonian politics in Pakistan