Current Events

Counting for the Iraq elections may be more exciting than expected. In the present case only 20,000 votes Prime Minister Al-Maliki and the secular Allawi. Iraq’s former prime minister Iyad Allawi, who heads a bipartisan secular coalition, has greater support than the Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, according to the latest figures from the Iraqi [...]

President Abbas and Prime Minister Netanyahu may soon embark on yet another round of peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis. Each leader, in his own way, faces daunting challenges, in part because he must answer to ideological constituencies which are vehemently opposed to the concessions which are part and parcel of the peace process. Netanyahu, [...]

The fear is increasing ahead of elections in Iraq next month which could result in political vacuum and chaos, as many analysts fear. A major Sunni group boycotted the election last week, to return after few days to enter again after preventing their candidates from running.
Five years have passed since Iraqis last time Iraq [...]

The Bahá’ís have been in the news out of Iran and neighboring regions.
I could go on about the governmental angle but my real focus is the experience and attitudes of people. This isn’t just about government oppressions and fanatical theologies to hold onto power. This is really about bias and oppression of a minority that [...]

Peace in the Middle East has long been an illusive dream, but there are hints in the air that peace negotiations between Palestinians and Israel may soon be underway, and that this time around, some measure of success may be in the offing.
What indications do we have that negotiations are imminent? In late December, for [...]

The people of Haiti suffered one of the largest humanitarian disaster in modern history, when the earthquake hit on January 13 last, followed by a sequel of earthquakes that killed more than (200000) two hundred thousand people dead and tens of thousands of injuries, the displacement of thousands of families, and the collapse of the [...]

A few days ago, The New York Times reported that US Intelligence warned Senators of the threat of Al Qaeda and its affiliates launching an attack on US soil within the next six months.
Hmm, sounds familiar.
A little too familiar.
You see, I like to think of history as a broken record (or corrupted .mp3 file for [...]

Politicians have begun visiting religious leaders, which means elections must be close. This month, the prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, along with the vice president, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, went to Najaf to visit the ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. After meeting the ayatollah, Maliki issued a statement giving official refutation to recent criticisms of Sistani from Saudi clerics [...]

Khamenei has been forced to issue a denial that he leads a rich and luxury lifestyle when compared to the poor that he claims to serve:
Alavi Green Movement (Farsi)
This is a response to claims over the past weeks from those who used to work close to him. These sources provided a very detailed account of [...]

Today is the 31st anniversary of the shah going into exile. The shah became corupted by his power and began to oppress the people of iran. It was a great day when he was forced to leave.
Now we have another leader who is no longer wanted by the people because of what he has begun [...]