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Who are the Houthis?
The Houthis are a group of Shiite rebels, who are based in the north of Yemen. The current unrest goes back to 2004, when the cleric Hussein Al-Houthi started an armed rebellion against the central government.
Hussein Al-Houthi was a representative of Al-Haq party in the Yemeni parliament from 1993 to 1997. However, Al-Houthi, who had wide backing the northern provinces, thought the government was too closely allied with the United States. The Zaydi leader established a group known as Al-Shabab Al-Mo’men (The Believing Youth).
The protests led by the group against Israel and the United States turned to violent clashes with the security forces, and the situation quickly escalated to a full-blown rebellion. After months of fighting, Al-Houthi and a number of his aides were killed during a government operation against the rebels.
Yet, against all expectations, the armed revolt continued under the leadership of a number of the late cleric’s family …
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Clash of Civilizations: Which “Civilization”?
The “Clash of Civilizations” theory with the clash between the West and Islam at the center, which was first put forward by Bernard Lewis and later publicized by Samuel Huntington, is a theory which is misleading, which distorts reality and which at the same time is quite dangerous.
In order to see this, it suffices to ask the following questions: Which West, which Islam?
What is meant by the West? Does it mean the West that gave birth to nationalism, racism, fascism, militarism, colonialism, imperialism or the West that is the cradle of liberalism, human rights, the rule of law, democracy, multiculturalism that envisages respect for different views, faiths and lifestyles? What is meant by the West? The US or the EU? What is meant by the US? Does it mean “Red America” or “Blue America”, two Americas wide apart? Does it mean Clinton’s liberalism or Bush’s militarism? What is meant by …
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Children of Revolution
Most of people in and outside of Iran are still trying to figure out what happened there in last few weeks. Some people believe this whole thing was an initiative of the US and her allies that miserably failed. Meanwhile, others think that there is a genuine resentment among the Iranian people in respect to the current system. These people believe Iranian public is fed up with how things are going, and are in need for a change. Well, there are certainly feelings of anger and bitterness among the Iranian public¬– especially among the youth– but foreign countries also took advantage of the situation and were almost successful in kindling another revolution. Now set aside any bias you might have and lets try to put the pieces together to get a sense of really what happened. To truly analyze the situation in Iran we need to understand the political structure …
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Is Geo TV a CNN affiliate or is it the psy-ops wing of the CIA?
By Moin Ansari
http://rupeenews.com
“QUESTIONS GEO CANNOT ANSWER: Why does Geo collude with foreign media? Why does it focus on creating chaos and general discontent? Why does it act like an instrument of an political party? Why does Geo behave like the arm of a foreign force? Why did Geo deliberately broadcast false bad news about the economy when the stock market was booming? What hand did Geo play in scaring the foreign investors away from Pakistan? Why did Geo repeat the false news about the growth figures which led to the crash of the stock market? Why does Geo show wrong Pakistani maps? Why does Geo almost never cover the insurgencies in India? Why is Geo so infatuated with Anti-Pakistan Bollywood films? Why is Geo bent upon creating a “Indianization” of Pakistan? Why does Geo pay so much attention to Bollywood? Why does Geo show dead bodies? Is this all part of …
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The Guardian Council confirms Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s victory
On Monday the Iranian Pess TV, a state backed news agency, announced Gaurdian Council’s decision that confirmed Ahmadinejad’s victory, which comes after weeks of protests by Ahmadinejad’s opponents against what they claim was a rigged election.
A member of the Guardian council told Press TV that a partial recount of 10 percent of the ballots carried on Monday showed no irregularities in the vote.
Ahmadinejad’s main opponent, Mir Hossein Mousavai, is not content with a partial recount and wants the whole election to be held again. In addition, to the claims of Mousavi, Mehdi Karoubi, one of the three defeated candidates, called for a re-election and insisted that it was the only way to regain Iranian people’s trust.
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton expressed her doubts regarding the recount. She said: “They [the Iranian government] have a huge credibility gap with their own people as to the election process.
“And I don’t think …
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Where is Iran heading?
Are we witnessing another revolution? Is history repeating itself? Is clerical rule has come to a circle? These and many other questions being asked by many. The protesters themselves are not sure of their near future. They don’t know were they are going or what they are going for, but they seem to be sure that they don’t want the current regime.
Do these protests speak on behalf of the majority of Iranian population or is it just the western propaganda that is amplifying the crisis? On one side the western media is accusing Iran for its oppression of peaceful protesters, while on the other side Iran’s supreme leader khamenei is accusing the United State, Briton, and Israel of fueling riots in Iran.
On a separate note the Iranian interior minister has accused Washington, London, and Tel Aviv of direct and indirectly supporting different terrorist groups to …
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Sarkozy: Burka is not welcome in France
Addressing the parliament today, president Sarkozy said that the Islamic burka is not welcome in France, while tens of parliamentarians expressed their concern regarding the spread of burka amongst the French women.
The French president described the Islamic dress as enslavement of women and described it against a woman’s dignity and that it is not a symbol of religion.
And he also added in his speech that “We cannot accept to have in our country women who are prisoners behind netting, cut off from all social life, deprived of identity,”.
Please let us know what you think about the French president’s speach.
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Khamenei Backs Ahmadinejad, Slams Protests
IslamOnline.net & News Agencies
TEHRAN — Siding with declared winner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called Friday, June 19, for an end to streets protests over last week’s disputed presidential elections.
“The people have chosen whom they wanted,” Khamenei said in his Friday prayers sermon in Tehran, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).
“I see some people more suitable for serving the country than others but the people made their choice,” he added to the cheers of the massed worshippers who included Ahmadinejad.
“The result of the election comes from the ballot box, not from the street,” he said. “Today the Iranian nation needs calm.”
Iran fell into turmoil since last week’s presidential elections, which incumbent Ahmadinejad won in landslide.
Reformist rival Mir-Hossein Mousavi challenged the election results and led daily protests that left at least seven people dead.
Khamenei insisted that despite some vote violations registered by the three defeated candidates with …
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