Once again Kashmir is in the headlines. The killing of over 50 protestors, the blinding of youngsters and arrests en masse have occurred. The usually volatile Indian media has been silent except for those who occupy television networks howling and barking in a comical way about ISIS or Daesh, Taliban and ISI!
They parrot the…
Every day the media focuses on the deteriorating political and economic situation in the Arab world. In the Gulf states, the challenge is how to overcome terrorism.
However, there is a far greater threat of which the authorities, planners and society seem to be totally oblivious, and that is the impending water shortage crisis. In a recent Project Syndicate…
In every period of history there are characters or issues that seem to disturb people and cause anxiety or fear. They are referred to as “bogeymen”. There have been many such bogeymen in history as a result of threats that people perceived to be real and dangerous.
In the 1950s in the US, Communists…
الهجمات الإرهابية في الشرق أو الغرب تعكس سلوكا إجراميا وانغلاقا على حالة ذهنية مرضية ومع كل هجوم إرهابي، ما لم يكن المنفذ يحمل اسما إسلاميا، لا يكون هناك أي حديث عن ديانته أو انتمائه العقدي. ويختلف الأمر تماما إذا كان للإرهابي أي ارتباط بالإسلام والمسلمين من قريب أو بعيد فعندئذ يكثر الضجيج وتتعالى الأصوات المستنكرة…