The massacre at Fort Hood occurred at a time when US President Barack Obama is at the final stage of decision-making about what to do with the US war in Afghanistan. The Afghan war has been proving to be a failure in the US antiterrorism mobilization, as well as its counterinsurgency campaign. US troops in [...]

Most of western European countries have populations composed of 10 percent immigrants. In some of Europe’s biggest cities, the figure is as high as 30 percent. Some of these immigrants do not assimilate the mores of their host countries. Islam is said to be the biggest reason for this non-assimilation. This has become a challenge [...]

Islam is officially recognized as a legal faith in China. Ironically, the Chinese insist that the current unrest and dissent by the Uighurs has something to do with their religion that is tainting their ideology. While the Uighurs have basically been moderate and modern Muslims, the current crackdown among their ranks might just push them [...]

An Iranian woman is unjustly condemned for adultery, then she is tied, gagged and buried in earth up to the waist, then she is stoned until dies in a bloody and shocking scene in a movie that will be launched in American theaters this week.

“The Stoning of Soraya M.” is a drama [...]

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 to review [...]

The lower prices of telecommunications and low wages in Morocco urged companies offering telephone services – information on numbers, etc. teleshopping. – The transfer to the country beginning at the this decade. Thus, they reduced their costs from 30 to 40%, according to industry sources.

First landed the giants of French industry. After the Spanish Atento [...]

With the opposition’s denouncement of electoral fraud that has caused massive street protests, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has demanded an end to the demonstrations protesting the election results and issued a stern ‘warning to the leaders of the street protests that they will be responsible for any bloodshed.’  The protests have resulted in [...]

For the past few months, former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been reeling under an unpopular reputation. Some regard him as a bad guy. Now come more punches from a magazine feature that includes a slideshow of ‘cover sheets that accompanied intelligence updates produced by Rumsfeld’s DOD for Bush.’
These show pictures of soldiers in [...]

Discrimination based on gender, especially discrimination against women has led to attitudes, conditions, or behaviors that promote stereotyping. More often, this stereotype is comparatively considered ‘less,’ ’weak,’ and ‘inferior.’ At times, the attitude towards the disadvantaged sex is contempt, disregard, or hatred.  Sexism occurs when men are viewed to be superior to women. When men [...]

Upon the orders of a tribal council who wished to punish her family because her brother had sexual relations with a girl from a powerful clan and higher caste, Pakistani woman Mukhtar Mai was kidnapped and gang-raped in the eastern province of Punjab in 2002. The act was payment for her family’s ‘crime of honor.’ [...]