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Call me Mo!
NOT long time back, I was with a group of friends where I saw a new trend that provoked me to write this article. This is my opinion, and I know some, if not many, may view it differently, with each reader having differing views. Like a trending hashtag in Twitter catches the eye of people this phenomenon of trending ‘nametag’ too caught my eye, and maybe others too.Some may see it as a growing problem while others may not see it as a big deal. But the fact that it is taking roots is a cause for concern for me. I am talking about the rash of nicknames that are now being bandied about displaying a type of identity crises that some people are facing. They have allowed a sort of cultural invasion by dropping or overriding some of their Islamic values. They think that these values have an...
October 08, 2017

Call me Mo!

Where is North Korea? Next to Qatar!
KIM Jong-un has been carrying out a series of provocative military operations similar to the ones that form the fourth stage of one of the destructive planet wars in electronic games on the PlayStation. He is a boy who has his finger on the nuclear trigger and he tests his destructive weapons whenever he sees fit and wants to grab the news headlines around the world.Kim’s antics remind me of Tamim, who is just an instrument in the hands of the Qatar’s coup regime, carrying out media and militant campaigns using fictitious and suspicious slogans in order to spread chaos in the Arab world. These campaigns are being done sometimes in the name of human rights and sometimes in the name of Arab nationalism because according to the Machiavellian principle the end justifies the means.In the...
October 08, 2017

Where is North Korea? Next to Qatar!

How hate speech can harm your brain
IN a flurry of confident pronouncements within an hour of the massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival, conservative commentators and activists linked the perpetrator, Stephen Paddock, to liberal or Islamist influences. Rush Limbaugh, still the doyen of right-wing talk radio, credited Daesh (the so-called Islamic State) with being Paddock’s ideological home, arguing that it was disguised by the liberal media. Pat Robertson, the socially conservative activist and televangelist, said the shooting stemmed from the news media’s and liberal protesters’ “profound disrespect for our president” and other institutions.On the other side of the American culture war, a CBS vice president and legal counsel, Hayley Geftman-Gold, posted a Facebook comment that she was “not even...
October 08, 2017

How hate speech can harm your brain

Spanish PM seeks safety in numbers
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is struggling to secure support from across the traditional political divide in his battle to stop Catalonia breaking away - a lack of consensus that could compound Spain’s worst political crisis for decades.Rajoy is mulling the unprecedented step of invoking the constitution to dissolve the Catalan parliament and trigger regional elections, ruling party lawmakers say, after Catalonia held an independence vote on Sunday despite violent attempts to stop it.Sacking the Catalan government is known in Madrid as the “nuclear option”, given it is considered likely to foment unrest in Barcelona and through the rest of the heavily industrialized, affluent region that accounts for a fifth of Spain’s economy.However, Rajoy’s People’s Party (PP)...
October 06, 2017

Spanish PM seeks safety in numbers

ANGUS BERWICK
Independence or bust: Catalan leader boxed in by his own angry base
ANGUS BERWICKCatalonia’s pro-independence leader Carles Puigdemont has called for the European Union to mediate with Spain over the region’s future, but for many Catalans the intensity of a police crackdown on a banned referendum may mean it is too late for compromise.Across Catalonia’s separatist heartland of Osona county, politicians said police action, using rubber bullets and batons against voters in the independence vote, left little room in the independence camp for anything short of secession.“People here have completely disconnected from the Spanish state,” said Joan Coma, a councilor for the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP), a small anti-capitalist party which has an outsized influence on Puigdemont’s Catalan government.“Independence will be unilateral,” said Coma,...
October 05, 2017

Independence or bust: Catalan leader boxed in by his own angry base

Are Trump, Tillerson doing ‘good cop, bad cop’?
Matthew Pennington and Matthew LeeIf President Donald Trump and his top diplomat are playing “good cop, bad cop” with North Korea, it doesn’t appear to be working: Entreaties of diplomacy aren’t yielding meaningful talks, and military threats aren’t scaring Pyongyang into halting its nuclear advance.Instead, America’s mixed messaging may be increasing the risk of miscalculation by the isolated, communist government, which lacks insight into the Trump administration’s thinking and could mistake brinkmanship for an overt threat of war.Although American military action could invite devastating consequences for its South Korean ally, Trump has threatened to use military options and offered sometimes apocalyptic visions of the North unless it ends its nuclear and missile testing....
October 04, 2017

Are Trump, Tillerson doing ‘good cop, bad cop’?

Driving: Most important decision for Saudi women in half a century
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the decision of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman to allow women to drive is the most important decision for Saudi women in the modern history of Saudi Arabia since the decision taken by King Faisal to open schools for girls.There is a gap of half a century between the two historic decisions. When in the early 1960s King Faisal took the decision that girls could go to school, there were those who supported and opposed education for girls. Each side supported their arguments with evidence to confirm that they were right and the other side was wrong. Writers and columnists wrote articles and authors wrote books on the topic. Seminars were held and lectures were delivered to warn about the danger of educating girls.However, when King...
October 03, 2017

Driving: Most important decision for Saudi women in half a century

Christian terrorist mows down dozens in murderous spree
Earlier this week in the glittering town of Las Vegas, Nevada, a Christian terrorist unleashed his brand of terror on people attending a concert. At least 59 people were killed and at least 527 were injured in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. The gunman fired on a crowded country music festival from his vantage point in a hotel nearby.Police identified the terrorist as Stephen Paddock, a white 64-year-old local resident. Authorities believe he shot and killed himself following his murderous death spree. At least 17 guns were found in his hotel room, according to statements from law enforcement officials.The assault has left the country shell-shocked. Although the authorities have released details regarding the shooting and the victims, one thing they have not provided is a...
October 03, 2017

Christian terrorist mows down dozens in murderous spree

Saudi women are driving good news!
IT is not easy to get used to good news! Not in this era or world! But last week, many of our overdue dreams were realized — all at once. We expect more of the same. If so, we may finally find enough reason to change our attitude from gray to bright!For decades, some questions have been haunting me everywhere I went in this world — in summer British schools, US colleges, international conferences and seminars, as well as, the Western media. Questions about women rights were among the most persistent — and hardest to answer.First, you need to explain how the religion of Islam has nothing to do with the shortcomings of some Muslims. Then, you go some distance to explain why wouldn’t a system in a Muslim country adhere to Islamic Shariah. And once you clarify the influence of social...
October 02, 2017

Saudi women are driving good news!

Sky is the limit for Saudi women
Change has come to Saudi Arabia. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has decreed that women can drive. Many of us did not expect it to arrive it in our lifetime. But as they say change is the only constant in life and all things must change, sooner or later. Those who have ever been to the Kingdom would know what a great deal this is. It’s truly historic and epic, not just for the Saudi women but for the Kingdom and the Middle East at large.However, this is not merely about allowing women to get behind the wheel. This is about acknowledging the worth and due of half of the country’s population. This is about restoring to women the dignity and freedom that is not just taken for granted by all societies but also sanctioned by religion.Indeed, Islam had been the first to grant...
October 02, 2017

Sky is the limit for Saudi women

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