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Mass death sentences a travesty of justice for Riyadh
Dec 14, 2016 14:28The condemning of 15 people to death by the so-called Specialized Criminal Court of Saudi Arabia on December 6 after a grossly unfair trial is a travesty of justice and a serious violation of human rights.
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Islamic Unity Week (3): Islamic Revolution & Idea of Unity among World Muslims
Dec 14, 2016 07:35Salaam and welcome to the 3rd episode of our special 6-part programme being broadcast daily on the occasion of the annual Islamic Unity Week that spans the two dates of Rabi al-Awwal marked by Sunni and Shi'a Muslims respectively as the birthday of the Almighty's Last and Greatest Messenger, Prophet Mohammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny).
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The Anatomy of US Military Policy: An Interview with Andrew Bacevich
Dec 14, 2016 07:21Since the end of the Cold War, the US has been the only true global superpower, with US policymakers intervening freely anywhere around the world where they feel there are vital political or economic interests to be protected.
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The Pentagon’s “2015 Strategy” for ruling the world
Dec 13, 2016 11:53Recently the Pentagon released its 2015 National Military Strategy, a 24-page blueprint for ruling the world through military force. While the language in the report is subtler and less incendiary than similar documents in the past, the determination to unilaterally pursue US interests through extreme violence remains the cornerstone of the new strategy.
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Islamic Unity Week: Unity from viewpoint of Sunni scholars
Dec 13, 2016 11:47Welcome to the second episode of our special 6-part programme being broadcast daily on the occasion of the annual Islamic Unity Week that spans the two dates of Rabi al-Awwal marked by Sunni and Shi’a Muslims respectively as the birthday of the Almighty’s Last and Greatest Messenger, Prophet Mohammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny).
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Islamic Unity Week: The meaning of Shi’a-Sunni solidarity
Dec 12, 2016 03:41Salaam and welcome to a special 6-part programme to be broadcast daily on the occasion of the annual Islamic Unity Week that spans the two dates of Rabi al-Awwal marked by Sunni and Shi’a Muslims respectively as the birthday of the Almighty’s Last and Greatest Messenger, Prophet Mohammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny).
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Asylum-seekers, a criterion for Europe’s claim of Human Rights (6)
Dec 11, 2016 14:24In the previous program we talked about strengthening extremist rightist and migrant-phobia currents in Europe with the flow of asylum-seekers to Europe. Europe’s developments in the recent few years show increase of a tendency to extremist rightist and migrant-phobia parties in the rich EU states. Actually growth of tendency to extremist rightist and migrant-phobia parties stems from racist inclination in the countries that claim to be defenders of human rights in Europe.
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Is there a brighter future for Afghanistan?
Dec 11, 2016 05:56It goes without saying that Afghanistan has a special geopolitical, geo-strategic and geo-economic importance; that is why its territory has become an arena of bitter rivalry between various external and internal forces.
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In disunity Islam’s heritage has been claimed by fanaticism
Dec 11, 2016 05:50We are on the eve of the annual Islamic Unity, spanning the two dates of Rabi al-Awwal marked by Sunni and Shia Muslims respectively as the birthday of the Almighty’s Last and Greatest Messenger, Prophet Mohammad (Blessings of God upon him and his progeny).
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Mayday! post-Brexit Britain courts Persian Gulf despots
Dec 10, 2016 16:30With Britain’s post-Brexit economic outlook uncertain, Prime Minister Theresa May was doing her best to drum up trade prospects in the Persian Gulf. But her assiduous courting of the monarchs and emirs in what is perhaps the most despotic region in the world spells, ironically, a Mayday distress signal for an intensification of conflict and human rights violations.