UPDATED ON: Tuesday 9 February 2010 05:02:29 GMT
 
Anand Gopal reports on the American counterterrorism (COIN) program. For many Afghans, especially in the south of their country where the Taliban is strong, nightfall finds them far more fearful of the Americans, says Anand Gopal.
The night raids and detentions are slowly turning Afghans against the very forces they greeted as liberators just a few years ago
To oppose the Jewish state and Jewish nationalism is the true meaning of the memory of the Holocaust
what territory do the Houthis occupy in the first place from which they can withdraw from?
He was the man who learnt about Prophet (SAW) in Sham during his business
It is ironic that the West is keen to promote reconciliation and political dialogue with the Afghan Taliban while insisting on the military defeat of the Pakistani Taliban
The security measures that the United States doled out to the 14 countries it described as sponsors of terrorism
I was really impressed by the action of a Shi'ite brother who was guided to the truth when he wrote a book in which he relates his experience of the journey from falsehood to guidance, and he gave the book a befitting name he called: "I Won the Sahabah Without Losing the Al Al-Bait".This title is quite in place, because..
We know about Isa (as) is based on the two sources of the the Holy Qur'an and hadith
There is almost no discussion about why so many people in the Muslim world object to US policies so strongly that they are inclined to resist violently and even resort to suicide attacks.
Pakistan is now confronted with arguably the most dangerous phase of the seemingly endless battle
The adage that ignorance is bliss could not be farther from the truth when seriously put into practical application
The Holy Qur'aan and Sunnah are the only two sources for the essential beliefs of those people who call themselves Muslims
This is the story of Maryam (Mary) daughter of Imran and mother of Isa (Jesus) [Alaihis salaam]. She was respected by both Muslims and Christians, but there are some aspects on which the two religionists differ. Let us see the facts that the learned writer has compiled about her
We are not in Afghanistan to build a perfect democracy.” — Richard Holbrooke
These “solutions” will entail the rise of the prices paid by the ordinary citizens in Gaza
December 27th marks the first anniversary of Israeli assault on the besieged Gaza that left over 1,440 Palestinians dead, of whom 313 were children and 116 women
Those who rebelled against the Shah’s dictatorship, tyranny and contempt towards his people are playing today more or less the same role
 

   
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Al-Kulaini states in his al-Kafi: "That the Imams know the times of their deaths, and that they only die if they so wish" . And we find al-Majlisi – in his 'Bihar al-Anwar' – mentioning a hadith which says: "None of the Imams died a natural death; each of them was either killed or poisoned" .
there were some 2,000 militants there ready to fight to the death.
"We are well prepared and will fight until the end. We don't have sophisticated weapons like the Americans with tanks and airplanes, but we have Islamic zeal. That is the power we have to fight against the infidels," a Taliban commander said.
The most authentic book after the Holy Qur’an.” This is the conclusion that every learned religious Scholar came to. No matter how great these Scholars were, they were forced to unanimously agree that ‘Sahih Al-Bukhari’ is the most authentic work in Hadith literature ever compiled.We seem to have heard a lot about the magnificence of this compilation, but
As many as 50 people are said to have been killed in an explosion Sunday at a US energy plant in Connecticut, a hospital spokesman told foreign news agency, adding a search and rescue operation was underway.
"The reports vary from a few, several to possibly as many as 50 dead," Brian Albert from the Middlesex hospital, which was treating several of those injured in the blast said
Ahmadinejad on Sunday told Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation to start work on producing nuclear fuel for a Tehran research reactor, casting renewed doubt on the prospects for an international swap deal.
Ahmadinejad's announcement is likely to irritate Western powers who want Iran to send most of its stockpile of low-enriched uranium (LEU) abroad
US forces have detained a senior police officer in northeastern Afghanistan for alleged corruption and links to insurgents, an Afghan official and NATO said Sunday.
A senior provincial official said Atahullah Wahaab, deputy police chief in Kapisa province, was taken into custody by US forces on Friday.
The Shia accept Fatima as part of the Ahlel Bayt but we must analyze on what basis they do this.
Do they honor Fatima because she is the Prophet’s daughter, or rather because she is Ali’s wife? The answer, we hope, shall be made obvious: it seems to us that they do not honor the daughters of the Prophet
As the anniversary of the 1979 revolution that brought on the Islamic republic approaches on February 11 (ie 22 of the Persian month of Bahman), presidential contender Mir-Hossein Mousavi blasted Iran’s judiciary’s actions and the government’s treatment of protesters in an interview, reiterating his previous positions and announcing
The invading Americans and all their invading allies should understand the objective of the mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate is more lofty and exalted than that the rulers of the White House could imagine," the statement said. "These sacrificing mujahideen believe that the obtainment of this lofty goal is only possible through laying down their lives
A 16-year-old girl was buried alive by relatives in southeast Turkey in a gruesome honor killing just because she reportedly befriended boys, the Anatolia news agency reported Thursday.
Acting on a tip-off, police discovered Medine Memi's body in a sitting position with her hands tied, in a two-meter-deep hole in a chicken pen outside her house
Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. Because Islam is a complete way of life. It tells man about the purpose of his creation and existence, his ultimate destiny, his place among other creatures and more importantly, it provides him with guidance to lead a balanced and purposeful life which will enable him to avoid the Hell-fire and be rewarded with a place in Paradise in the life after death
Many of the companions of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa alihi wa sallam had marriage relations with the members of the Al al-bait, more especially Abu Bakr and 'Umar as is attested to by historians and hadith reporters among the Sunni and Shi'ite scholars.
Iran test-fired a domestically made satellite-carrier rocket on Wednesday, Iranian media said.
"Iran successfully launches home-built Kavoshgar-3 satellite rocket," English-language television station said. It said the rocket carried an "experimental capsule" and that it was the
In the biggest attack so far by the American spy planes in the Pakistani tribal areas, the US drones on Tuesday rained a barrage of missiles on different locations of Dattakhel Tehsil of North Waziristan Agency (NWA), initially killing 17 people, including militants, and injuring several others.
NATO forces say that two U.S. service members were killed in a bomb strike in southern
Afghanistan. The international military coalition said the attack happened Tuesday but did not provide further information. The military typically holds back details on attacks until families have been informed
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whose men play a powerful role in the resistance in eastern Afghanistan, and the head of Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan, has said the freedom fighters resisting in Afghanistan can only hold dialogue with free and independent Afghan government –free from foreign influence.
In a video message issued,he also criticized US plan to send more troops to Afghanistan
The Shi'ites believe that 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was infallible. Nevertheless, we find him – as confessed by the Shi'ites themselves – giving his daughter Umm Kulthum, the full sister of al-Hasan and al-Husain, in marriage to Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with them all)The Shi'ites must, here, accept one of two bitter choices:
NATO forces clashed with Afghan troops Saturday at a snow-covered highway outpost, calling in an airstrike that killed four Afghan soldiers, U.S. and Afghan officials said.
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry condemned the incident and demanded punishment for those responsible.
Iran put on trial on Saturday 16 anti-government protesters, including two women, who were arrested on Ashura.Five of the defendants are accused of being mohareb and corrupt on earth, both crimes punishable by death under the Iranian legal system..
Mabhouh was assassinated by the Israeli occupation. and a
member of Hamas's political bureau, said on Friday morning that the Zionist enemy was behind the assassination, on 20 January, of one of the movement leaders in Dubai, stressing that the blood of martyrs will not go in vain and will be a curse that haunts the occupation
A senior hard-line Iranian cleric has called for more activists to be executed to silence anti-government protests, a day after two men were hanged. Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati says in a Friday prayer sermon that the clerical leadership's opponents must be killed
Saudi Arabia declared victory over Yemeni Shiite rebels on Wednesday following a truce offer from the insurgents, who said they had withdrawn from all Saudi territory.
"We achieved a clear victory," Prince Khaled bin Sultan told journalists, adding that the rebels had been forced from Saudi land. "We cleansed the area."
" We achieved a clear victory "
The United States on Thursday warned Iran would face "growing consequences" if it doesn’t halt its nuclear program and promised to take steps to ensure a faster response to possible biological attacks. "As Iran's leaders continue to ignore their obligations, there should be no doubt: they, too, will face growing consequences
The sentences against two of these people ... were carried out today at dawn and the accused were hanged," Agencies Reported, adding the sentences had been confirmed by an appeal court.
It named the two as Mohammad Reza Alizamani and Arash Rahmani Pour
Rahmani Pour's lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh denied that her client had any role in the post-election riots.
Obama's presidency. Today Obama's approval rating has fallen to the discouraging level of 47 per cent. With every passing day the
situation is deteriorating and more and more Americans are coming home in flag-draped coffins.
Obama is trying to win a losing war and which no invader from Alexander the Great to Soviet Russia could win..
U.S. business groups warned the White House on Tuesday that congressional plans to expand U.S. sanctions on Iran threaten to significantly undermine U.S. economic and security interests.
"The proposed sanctions would incite economic, diplomatic, and legal conflicts with U.S. allies and could frustrate joint action against Iran
The five officials removed from the UN list are Abdul Wakil Mutawakil, who was foreign minister under the now ousted Taliban regime; Faiz Mohammad Faizan, a former deputy commerce minister; Shams-US-Safa, a former foreign ministry official; Mohammad Musa, a deputy planning minister; and Abdul Hakim, a former deputy frontier affairs minister

 
   
 
 
 
Many people who have participated in rallies were chanting slogans against the government
Hundreds of US soldiers and troops from other nations have been killed in Afghanistan battling the Taliban
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