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ElBaradei: Newspapers published in the Government made me a hero
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Criticized Mohamed ElBaradei, former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, an Egyptian government newspaper of after announcing the possibility to run for the next presidential elections, believing it to this attack, made him “a national hero while he was still in Vienna.”
This came in a lengthy interview with the magazine “Foreign Policy” published by [...] -
Promoting democracy, is now out of fashion in Washington?
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
According to several observers, the new U.S. administration has effectively abandoned the policy of promoting democracy in the Middle East. The academic Anouar Boukhars argues however that it is more like a rethinking of strategies to achieve this
The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is giving less support to human rights and political reform [...] -
The Iranian crisis through the eyes of Arabs
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
A look at how the Arab world has accepted the Iranian crisis since the presidential elections of 12 June was very instructive, not only because it allows for a more complete picture of the international reaction to this crisis, but also because it reveals a multifaceted approach and multifaceted the issue of Iran, which can [...]
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“War on Terror” by another name
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
The phrase “war on terror” seems to have fallen into disuse, at least officially, with the arrival of the new American administration, which has instead put the emphasis on dialogue and diplomatic openings.
However, according to many observers in the Middle East, the new diplomatic approach has not been matched by a new approach “political.” [...] -
The mutual prejudices between Islam and secular
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
In the Arab world remain mutual suspicions between Muslims and secular. Among them there is a crisis of confidence that did not evaporate with the passage of time, despite the opportunities for collaboration and opportunities for mutual understanding that the challenges at home and abroad have offered. In some areas of the Arab world, the [...]
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The future of the Islamic moderate run
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
The current centrist and moderate permeates the whole course of Islamic history, and is firmly founded on the Koran and the Sunna (tradition that brings together the acts and sayings of Prophet Muhammad (NDT)). The latter warns against excess and extremism, with a focus on simplification and meekness. The conduct of the Prophet confirms this [...]
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The road towards a centrist Islamic
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
For more than three decades, fundamentalist religious organizations in various parts of the Arab world, like the Islamic Group (al-Jamaa al-Islamiya) in Egypt, the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) in Algeria, and al-Qaeda, have monopolized the ‘attention globally. Meanwhile, moderate currents have had, and continue to have many difficulties to be felt internationally, even if they [...]
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Obama and Netanyahu: two views compared
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Barack Obama the President and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu managed to overcome their first official meeting with no apparent harm to the Israeli-American relations. But their careful language about the shared perception of the dangers and the deep historical ties between the two countries could not hide the obvious: significant and difficult challenges we face [...]
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Elections and war in Afghanistan, the Western strategy towards bankruptcy?
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Afghanistan is now on the way to the appointment of August 20, when it held presidential elections that will have to confirm the reappointment of Hamid Karzai, ol’inizio of a new era under the leadership of one of the opponents who have challenged in the ongoing election campaign.
And common opinion among analysts that Karzai [...] -
Obama in Bush Clothing
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
“We were able to hold it off with George Bush. The idea that we might find ourselves fighting with the Obama administration over these powers is really stunning.”
- Unnamed and dismayed human rights advocate, on legalizing indefinite detention of alleged terrorists,
the New York Times, May 21
If hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays [...]
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