June 2018
Civil advocacy groups denounce Supreme Court decision to uphold Trump’s Muslim Ban 3.0
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, Tuesday (June 26, 2018) ruled in favor of the third iteration of President Donald Trump’s travel ban (known as Muslim Ban 3.0) on five Muslim countries. The Supreme Court decision was widely denounced by civil advocacy, Arab, Muslim and religious groups as well as lawyers. Surprisingly, even the atheists also bitterly criticized the decision. Read More
Back in Bangladesh – the face of endemic corruption
By Habib Siddiqui: I arrived in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka last week via the Emirates Airlines. The flight from Newark to Dubai was delayed by an hour and the in-flight service crew were poorly prepared to do their task satisfactorily. Upon arrival in Dhaka airport, I waited for another hour and a half before I could collect all my baggage. One of the bags missed a lock; the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) agents had removed the lock in Newark airport to check the bag. Nothing fortunately was missing from the bag. Read More
At Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit: India rejects China's One Belt One Road project
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: In the joint Qingdao Declaration of the Council of Heads of State of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, India was the only member in the eight-nation bloc to refuse to endorse China's One Belt, One Road (OBOR) project, according to Indian Express. India claims that OBOR or the Silk Road project a threat to its sovereignty over concerns on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which goes through Pakistan-ruled Kashmir. The 3,000-kilometre CPEC is aimed at connecting China and Pakistan with rail, road, pipelines and optical fibre cable networks. Read More
Seven more receive preliminary death sentence by an Egyptian Kangaroo Court
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: An Egyptian Kangaroo Court has preliminary sentenced to death another seven members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death. According to Al Ahram Online, Egypt's Zagazig Criminal Court has referred the case of seven members of the Muslim Brotherhood organization to the country's grand mufti for his non-binding opinion on sentencing them to death over the killing of a police conscript in the Nile Delta Governorate of Sharqiya in 2015. Read More
Mukherjee’s Speech at the RSS Event
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui: Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee addressed the closing ceremony of the 'Tritiya Varsha Sangh ShikshaVarg', aRashtriyaSwayamsevak Sangh (RSS) event, on June 7 in Nagpur, India to mark the conclusion of a three-year training camp for swayamsevaks there. Mr. Mukherjee's decision to address thousands of RSS volunteers has been a very controversial one and was questioned and bemoaned by the Congress as a political gift to its opponent, the BJP, the fascist Hindutvadi party that now rules India, at a time when the country is being landscaped for the next general election. They had a valid ground. After all, thenearly 100 year old organization, RSS, which drew inspiration from Mussolini’s Italy and Hitler’s Germany has a history of twisting facts with half-truths since the days of Gandhi when the latter visited RSS camps in 1934. However, Mukherjee, the veteran Congress leader, stood his ground and delivered a sharp defense of India’s pluralism and secularism, and called on the RSS workers to shun violence or hatred. Read More
Churches in India accused of conspiring with the Vatican to destabilize Modi's government
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Right-wing Hindu nationalist organization, The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has accused the Indian churches of conspiring with the Vatican to destabilize Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. The Hindutva organization’s accusation came after the Archbishop of Goa and Daman, Father Filipe Neri Ferrao, wrote a letter to churches saying the Constitution is in danger. In May, Archbishop of Delhi Anil Couto had said in a letter to parishes that there was a “turbulent political atmosphere” in the country, and asked them to “pray for the country”. Read More
The Presidential Pardons
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui: The latest white-collar convicted criminal to get the presidential pardon is Dinesh D’Souza. Born in Bombay, D'Souza came to the United States as an exchange student and graduated from Dartmouth College. He became a naturalized citizen in 1991. He made a notoriety of being a hate provocateur since his Dartmouth College days. His neo-conservative views made him a darling among the right-wing Christians within the Republican Party…… By pardoning three high-profile neocons, is Trump sending a message to his former aides or accomplices with the Russia-gate? Read More
After fig leaf polls: Field Marshall el-Sisi sworn-in for second term as President of Egypt
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Field Marshall Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been sworn for a second four-year term in office as President of Egypt. US-client, El-Sisi was army chief when he overthrew Egypt's first freely elected president, Mohamed Morsi in July 2013. Filed Marshall el-Sisi was sworn in following the so-called elections in March last when he received 96.9 percent of the votes. Not surprisingly, the elections were criticized as a one-man show with no credible opposition. At least six other candidates pulled out, were prosecuted or jailed. Read More
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