Post-Arafat scene
"The possibility of a new Palestinian hudna should not be interpreted as a sign of weakness. Palestinian cessation of armed attacks against Israelis will not succeed if this decision is not matched with at least an Israeli commitment to stop the assassination campaign against Palestinian leaders. The international community, especially the US, must find a way to convince Israel not to attempt to use what Israel calls “targeted killings”.
African Muslims in Spain
"The European renaissance was thus propelled by the spread of enlightenment, culture, and civilization from Muslim Moorish ruled Spain and Portugal to the remainder of Europe. And this was expedited by the translation of African/Arab texts on theology, medicine and the sciences into Spanish, French, English, Portugese, and German (all of them retaining Arabic terms today)."
A Look Ahead to 2008 :: Part Two ::
"Hillary Clinton would seem to have the inside track to the Democratic nomination for 2008. However, she could be seen as a far too polarizing figure whose candidacy in the general election could bring out the evangelicals in droves for the Republicans as Kerry's did this year."
Tortured bodies, helpless corpses, celebrating media independence in Pakistan
"The Pakistani Society is bombarded with all the gusto and rhythm by the main-stream media in their houses for a few rupees. Something that was unpredictable only a few years back, when people used to laugh on having a 24 hours news channel, yet we have them and have them in full throttle."
Election Fraud 2004: Kerry, the Times and the Democrats
"...It seems that rather than face the demands of the presidency, Kerry preferred to return to his relatively undemanding Senate position."
