On Christmas Day, I like to recall the significance of Jesus and the nativity for Muslims. I’ve talked about Rumi, Attar, and other mystics. Today […]
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Musharraf Nearly Blown Up On Any Other
Musharraf Nearly Blown Up On any other day it would be front-page news. As Dawn notes, General Pervez Musharraf, who styles himself president of Pakistan, […]
Iraqi Joke About Capture Of Saddam Ash
Iraqi Joke about the Capture of Saddam Ash-Sharq al-Awsat says the following is making the rounds in Baghdad: ‘Muhammad Said al-Sahhaf, the former Information Ministry […]
Rumors Of Iran Connection To Arrest Of
Rumors of Iran Connection to Arrest of Saddam Questioned Ali Nourizadeh, writing in the London-based Saudi daily, ash-Sharq al-Awsat, reports that rumors have swirled in […]
Reflections On Capture Of Saddam
Reflections on the Capture of Saddam Hussein Seeing a captive, disheveled Saddam on television this morning released a cascade of memories for me. I remembered […]
20 Die In Car Bomb At Khaldiya Police
20 Die in Car Bomb at Khaldiya Police Station Guerrillas exploded a car bomb at an Iraqi police station in Khaldiya, west of Baghdad, on […]
Continued Opposition To Us Fiat In Iraq
Continued Opposition to the US Fiat in Iraq The possibility of a United Nations Commission that would decide whether early elections should be held in […]
3000 Iranian Pilgrims Day Foreseen For
3000 Iranian Pilgrims a Day foreseen for Iraq According to AFP, another son of SCIRI leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Muhsin al-Hakim, announced that he had […]
Sunnis Gear Up To Resist Shiite Rule
Sunnis Gear up to Resist Shiite Rule Meanwhile, Rich Potter of the Toronto Star reports that the resistance to the US occupation in Falluja is […]
Sistani Calls For Un Decision According
Sistani Calls for UN Decision According to the Gulf Daily News, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani stands by his ruling that Iraq should go to early […]