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I met him in Kuwait as he was just posted as a diplomat at the embassy of the Central African Republic. "Yesterday, the Christian militia shot my brother dead because he was a Muslim," he told me, "Then they tried to behead him. But the Burundian peacekeeping military intervened so they handed his body to my family."
Last Saturday (May 17, 2014) we drove 6 hours from Canada's University of Waterloo to Ottawa, the nation's capital, to cast our votes in Egypt's presidential election. We were seven in total, aged ranging from 70 (me) to the low 30s.
Egypt is divided; on one side there is the vast majority of its 90 millions, hopeful and optimistic for a bright future, and on the other side there is a tiny group of Islamists, led by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) who terrorize and kill to advance their political agenda, and above all justify their crimes in the name of Islam.
The current Muslim terrorist crimes in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt have this in common: they are supported politically, militarily and financially by the U.S. and its regional clients, directly by Qatar and Turkey and indirectly by Israel.
Demonstrators gathered in Ottawa to denounce the Israeli attack on Gaza.
I have a dream; not unlike post-Nazi Germany and post-Apartheid South Africa, Israel would eventually evolve into a state meant for all its citizens, irrespective of their ethnic origin or religious affiliation - a state on the land of historic Palestine which includes native Palestinians and settled Jews.
Last week at our mosque, during the long prayers on the special night of Ramadan, Lulut-Alqadr, the Imam prayed as usual for the congregation and all Muslims and for the first time in my 46 Ramadans here I heard him prays for Canada.
"Israel, A Colonial-Settler State?" is the question posed by Prof. Maxime Rodinson and the title of his book published in 1973 in which he answers the question in the affirmative.
Examining any of the world hot spots lead to two important conclusions: it is impossible to achieve a peaceful settlement with justice and the reason is that we are living in the age of American imperialism; exploiting the resources of other countries using American violence facilitated with a super military, political and economical power, and aided with a Western alliance.
Robin Williams, who committed suicide Monday, marked only the latest superstar plagued by demons of depression.
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On July 7, 2024 in Toronto, Canada, Dimitri Lascaris delivered a speech on the right to resist oppression.