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The spiritual boost from Ramadan prayers
As Ramadan enters its final days, we are immersed in thought and prayer for our individual salvation. A letter I received from a local high school student who aspires to be a journalist one day captures the feeling of the moment. Johara A.M. shares her reflections upon this month: “My heart is racing. I can hear it beat fast, strong and I can almost feel the rush of blood roaring past my ears. My mind goes blank, and I forget my surroundings, I can’t remember what I had for fatoor (breakfast), and the sound of a baby’s wails fades out as the imam’s voice replaces it, filling every inch of my mind, each ayah (verse) echoes in the silence of the masjid. “The shuffles, the snuffles, my neighbor’s perfume, the masjid’s whitewashed walls, I no longer hear or smell or see. My...
May 28, 2019

The spiritual boost from Ramadan prayers

How to win an argument with Iran
We have an Arab proverb that explains the strategy of nutty children: “He hit me and cried, then outran me to complain!” I remember this every time I face an Iranian or Qatari counterpart in a debate. Their strategy is simple: They attack you first with whatever they are accused of. Before you list your grievances and their misbehavior, they use your own list against you. By the time you finish your defense, the program time is over, and you are left in the dust in the defendant’s corner. My strategy is to start with my list before answering theirs. Depending on whether the program host is professionally unbiased, I usually manage to turn the tables on them. Thanks to the new global awareness of what is really happening and who is guilty of what, my task is becoming...
May 28, 2019

How to win an argument with Iran

War clouds send Iran’s mullah regime into begging for a solution
‘Will a war break out?’ Is this the most precise question or the next: ‘When will the war break out?’This is the question everyone, especially in the Mid-East, is asking.There are two narratives: The first is preferred by US President Donald Trump’s Administration because it believes Iran has ill intentions and the Americans have detected Iranian preparations to carry out an imminent attack on US targets.This has caused Washington to send big military reinforcements to the region, revise its military plans and redeploy its forces in the Arabian Gulf waters with the consent of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries.This is a clear message to Tehran that any attack against any US target or its allies or both will have a crushing military response.The second narrative puts the blame...
May 26, 2019

War clouds send Iran’s mullah regime into begging for a solution

Deal and stick!
Donald Trump is not a politician in the traditional sense, nor is he a classic businessman. He is known as a man of “deals”. In his book The Art of the Deal, he outlines his approach and in foreign policy he is always looking for a deal without taking into account the traditional strategic principles of previous US administrations. Confirmation of this is the deal of the economic agreement with Canada and Mexico, looking for a deal with North Korea, and looking for the biggest deal with China to force it to take a more equitable position, in Trump’s view, in its trade with America. Now that Trump has canceled the nuclear deal between America and its allies with Iran, the US president has approved a series of painful economic sanctions in an attempt to deter the Iranian regime from...
May 26, 2019

Deal and stick!

The countless blessings that the Creator bestows
In this blessed month, I get overwhelmed when pondering the blessings Allah has bestowed on me though I did not deserve them. So I was not upset when diagnosed with incurable, slowly developing blood cancer. I have already crossed a Canadian male’s life expectancy – 81. Who can expect to emulate the Prophet Noah (peace be on him), who lived to be 900? Who would even want to, given that old age brings helplessness, pain and dependence on others? We are fortunate that my mother and mother-in-law lived with us till they passed away. My wife Nishat and mother-in-law watched TV in the evening, with Nishat doing the translation. My mother’s passion was to learn English and I spent the evenings teaching her. She could understand when someone talked to her slowly in English, but she...
May 22, 2019

The countless blessings that the Creator bestows

It is the principle that matters
The other day on my way home, I stopped at a local supermarket. This particular supermarket was overflowing with foodstuff that was jamming every aisle and making navigation difficult in the tightly crowded lanes. The supermarket itself was dressed up for the occasion with the staff decked out in maroon blazers with dark pleated trousers. The trolleys or grocery carts were new and shiny with a hint of space-age design. The ambiance inside gave one the feeling of being in a wedding hall and not a market. After making my selections and paying for my purchases, I made my way home. The following day, I reached in the fridge for a container of ricotta cheese, one of my purchases of the previous day. On opening it, I noticed some green mold on the surface of the cheese. It was upsetting....
May 21, 2019

It is the principle that matters

Confronting Iran: What’s next?
The hotheads in Tehran have done it again! After attacking four oil tankers off the coast of the Emirates near the Strait of Hormuz and oil installations in Riyadh and Yanbu, their militias have bombed the US embassy in Baghdad. Large amounts of Hezbollah-made illegal drugs have been found in pilgrimage buses coming from Lebanon. What’s next? It is not a secret that the Revolutionary Guards command hundreds of thousands of followers in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen, in addition to hundreds of sleeping and active cells in the Gulf states. As usual, the mullahs avoid direct confrontation. In the last four decades, they have built powerful bases inside Arab neighbors. These include Sunni and Shiite terrorist organizations and groups like Al-Qaeda, Daesh, Al-Nusra, Al-Jihad...
May 20, 2019

Confronting Iran: What’s next?

The winner in 2020: Trump!
The 2020 US presidential election will not be resolved for more than a year, but the race has started, and more than 20 Democratic candidates, along with one Republican and candidates from other parties have announced their intent to challenge US President Donald Trump. However, it seems that at the moment the road is paved for a great victory for Trump due to the impressive performance of the US economy. US unemployment is at its lowest level in more than 49 years, job creation continues month by month, billions of dollars of investment flow uninterrupted into the US economy, US corporate earnings are positive and the dollar continues to dominate the world. Experts state that Trump’s firm decision to reduce taxes to companies and investors has had a positive effect on the economy....
May 19, 2019

The winner in 2020: Trump!

Is it war or just a show of strength?
There is no doubt that the plan to deter Iran is on the table of US President Donald Trump. It includes the military option which will be ferocious. In a remarkable development, Saudi Arabia and some other GCC countries have agreed to an American proposal to redeploy US forces in Arabian Gulf waters so as to warn the Mullahs against any attempt to start a military escalation, attack Gulf countries or jeopardize American interests. The United States has ordered its non-essential government staff to leave Iraq. Holland has halted its diplomatic mission in Baghdad and Germany has suspended military training in Iraq. Britain has increased its readiness and warned its employees to be more careful, and some oil companies have evacuated their staff. All of this is because of the rising tension...
May 19, 2019

Is it war or just a show of strength?

Ekleel Badr Sallam
Iran’s policies threaten its own people
Iran is backed by Russia, Turkey and Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad, but what about the United States? America could demolish Iran immediately and effectively as it did with Iraq in 2003. Is there a hidden interest between the United States and Iran? If the United States destroyed Iran it would counter its intention to keep the Middle East in a state of tension.Iran’s condition has deteriorated. In 1979 when Iran was a monarchy, it had a stable economy and well-educated citizens. Nowadays, it works directly and violently to seek power and it supports terrorism and violates international laws. Saudi Arabia has played an important role in isolating Iran, along with US economic sanctions.However, Iran is an example of how nations fail. There are two main pillars that a country must build to...
May 14, 2019

Iran’s policies threaten its own people

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