January 2009 – Page 11 – Venus Import and Exports China

The Invasion of Gaza: “Operation Cast Lead”, Part of a Broader Israeli Military-Intelligence Agenda

January 7, 2009

by Michel Chossudovsky http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=11606 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21637.htm Global Research, January 4, 2009 The aerial bombings and the ongoing ground invasion of Gaza by Israeli ground forces must be analysed in a historical context. Operation “Cast Lead” is a carefully planned undertaking, which is part of a broader military-intelligence agenda first formulated by the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon…
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Airline Apologizes For Booting 9 Muslims

January 5, 2009

Airline Apologizes For Booting 9 Muslims Group Plans Discrimination Complaint PHOTOS Previous Next Atif Irfan and his wife, Sobia Ijaz, were among nine passengers removed from a flight Thursday after commenting on the safest place to sit. (By Phelan M. Ebenhack For The Washington Post) Kashif Irfan with his sons Luqman, 4, Sinan, 2, and…
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Preaching Moderate Islam and Becoming a TV Star

January 5, 2009

Preaching Moderate Islam and Becoming a TV Star Bryan Denton for The New York Times Ahmad al-Shugairi, host of a TV show on religious themes, with students at his cafe in Jidda. function getSharePasskey() { return ‘ex=1388725200&en=88916c7b7e022b36&ei=5124’;} function getShareURL() { return encodeURIComponent(‘http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/world/middleeast/03preacher.html’); } function getShareHeadline() { return encodeURIComponent(‘Preaching Moderate Islam and Becoming a TV Star’);…
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Independent, Tajiks Revel in Their Faith

January 5, 2009

Carolyn Drake for The New York Times Tajiks gathered in Dushanbe last month to welcome pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia. DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — The crowd in the airport parking lot was jubilant despite the cold, with squealing children, busy concession stands and a tangle of idling cars giving the impression of an eager audience before…
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More oddities in the U.S. “debate” over Israel/Gaza

January 4, 2009

(updated below – Update II – Update III) This Rasmussen Reports poll — the first to survey American public opinion specifically regarding the Israeli attack on Gaza — strongly bolsters the severe disconnect I documented the other day between (a) American public opinion on U.S. policy towards Israel and (b) the consensus views expressed by…
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Crowded hajj also an intense personal experience

January 4, 2009

Like most Muslims, I had been preparing my entire life to one day embark on the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, that is one of the five Pillars of Islam. Yet when my wife and I set off to Saudi Arabia the first week of December, I could not have imagined what an intensely spiritual…
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