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France’s recent decision to abolish the Burqa, that is the traditional attire of Muslim women has now brought it into the crosshairs of Al-Qaeda. In a recent statement posted on a radical Islamist website, the terrorist organization has threatened to “take revenge” on France “by every means and wherever we can reach them.” According to [...]

On June 22, Nicolas Sarkozy declared the burqa as not welcome in France. The French president regards the Muslim dress not as a religious symbol but a sign of subservience and degradation of women. The al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has threatened to take revenge against France after Sarkozy banned the wearing of the burqa in the country. These [...]

It was French President Sarkozy’s first historic appearance before the Parliament and in his first direct address to the lawmakers and policy makers present in the Parliament Sarkozy chose to slam veil of muslim women ‘burqa’ while speaking about his vision about France. He thus supported a proposed parliamentary commission by 60 legislatures [...]

Currently, there are approximately 38,000 United States soldiers in Afghanistan, with an upcoming addition of over 17,000 in line with US President Barack Obama’s new strategy. Salerno is one of the U.S. bases in Afghanistan, along with Bagram. These soldiers hardly know anything about the country to which most of them were deployed to after [...]