A Pakistani girl protests the killings of Shi'ite Muslims in Quetta (image courtesy: lubpak.com) Pakistani columnist Dr. Mohammad Taqi wrote several recent articles, examining how Pakistan has been turned into a fascistic society in which systematic attacks on minority religious groups such as Shi'ites and Ahmadi Muslims, Hindus, and Christians, are growing day by day. In the articles, excerpts from which are given below, Taqi not only compared the persecution of minorities in Nazi-era Germany ...
Introduction In a June 14, 2014 response to calls in the U.S. for cooperation with Iran in order to stop the extremist Sunni Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from taking over Iraqi cities, 1 Iranian President Hassan Rohani said that Iran is not ruling out such cooperation with the U.S. The statements by Rohani and his political advisor, which indicate the possibility of U.S.-Iran collaboration, were initially received sympathetically both by a source close to the Islamic Revolutionary ...
The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock – among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.) Note to media and government: For a full copy of these reports, send an ...
Introduction In recent months, Syrian liberal and prominent oppositionist Dr. Kamal Al-Labwani has been promoting a public initiative calling on Israel to provide military and diplomatic assistance to the Syrian opposition in its struggle against the Assad regime, as a preparatory move for peace and normalization with the future Syrian regime. According to a report in the London daily Al-Arab , the initiative was prepared together with Arab and regional elements, and in cooperation with ...
Introduction In early April 2014, the European Parliament ratified the statement on the EU strategy towards Iran, the main points of which are support for arriving at a final nuclear agreement with Iran and installing a permanent European representative in Iran by the end of the year. The EU statement also condemns Iran's human rights violations and its elections, which it says do not meet European standards, and calls on Iran to release political prisoners and to end capital punishment; to ...
During a Friday sermon delivered in Tehran, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami criticized the U.S., saying that its "despotic administration" openly conspired against Iran. "If the American president talks nonsense, our president should punch him in the mouth," he said. The crowds responded to the sermon with chants of "Death to America!" Following are excerpts from the sermon, which was delivered on April 25, 2014, and broadcast on Iran's Channel 1: Click here to view this clip on MEMRI TV Ahmad Khatami ...
In an op-ed published April 26, 2014 on the website of Alarabiya TV, the channel's director, 'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rashed, wrote that elections in Arab countries, even if outwardly democratic, often produce dictatorial regimes or are used by such regimes to consolidate their rule. He explained that Arab republics are the outcome of the religious and military institutions, and that, as long as these institutions maintain their grip on power, these republics can never advance into genuine democracy. ...
The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock – among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.) Note to media and government: For a full copy of these reports, send an ...
Banner stating "Women are not allowed in the market" at the entrance of a market in Mingora, the main town in Swat ( Daily Times , January 12, 2009) An Editorial Note The following is the transcript of a landmark Urdu-language Pakistani television series Yeh Log Kaun Hain (Who Are These People?), that examines the rise of the Taliban militancy in Pakistan. In the 12-episode series, which aired on the Pakistani government television channel PTV, noted social scientist Dr. Fouzia Saeed ...
