"satire" October 2014
"Boko Haram have thanked Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai for her role in helping mediate a landmark ceasefire deal between the group and the Nigerian army.
Nigerian media announced on Friday that the militant group, which has been responsible for the deaths of thousands of people since 2009, had reached an agreement with the Nigerian army, which would include the release of the estimated 200 schoolgirls abducted earlier this year.
“Malala appeared to our leader [Abubakar Shekau] in a dream and said that kidnapping girls was not the answer,” an unnamed spokesperson said on a video released by the group.
“We will go back to focusing on restricting boys education, because there is less stress in that industry,” he said."
Maryam Namazie: "In my opinion, a ‘moderate’ or ‘reformed’ religion is one that has been pushed back and reigned in by an enlightenment. And not before." Description of blogger: "Maryam is spokesperson for Iran Solidarity, Equal Rights Now, the One Law fo
The protest in Nairobi on 15 January by a handful of Muslim youth, in which four people were killed, revealed a profound radicalisation and inter-faith resentment among Nairobi’s Muslims. Analysis by John Onyando, 20 January 2010
RAMALLAH, May 25, 2010 (IPS) - On Sunday approximately 150 Palestinians from 20 families were driven out of their homes in Rafah, in the southern Gaza strip, by heavily armed police and soldiers who menaced them with clubs. The difference this time was th
GAZA CITY, Jun 2, 2010 (IPS) - The dispute between Hamas and Fatah has torn apart the people of Palestine, dividing and distracting them from their common quest for freedom and independence from Israeli military rule. In the last four years (since Hamas w
Hans Magnus Norell är ”terroristexpert”. Frågan är hur man blir ”terroristexpert” egentligen? Ämnet kan knappast studeras på högskola. Gör ett tankeexperiment. Du är journalist. Det har hänt något i Pakistan, Östafrika eller England. Du har fått en massa
Professor Terje Tvedt klagar på västliga intellektuella som inte begriper att de andra är annorlunda och att de inte kommer att förena sig med oss om våra fina värden.
JEAN-PIERRE PERRIN, Liberation 26.8.: "... l’homme qui a pris Tripoli à la tête des rebelles libyens et en est aujourd’hui le gouverneur militaire de fact... La CIA l’a pisté, traqué, et, finalement capturé en Malaisie en 2003. Elle l’a ensuite transféré
By Christopher Stephen and Zaid Sabah - Aug 21, 2011 6:58 AM Den 21 Augusti 2011 rapporterade nyhetsbyrån Bloomberg: "The decisive battle to liberate Tripoli started,” Abdel Hakim Belhaj, a rebel brigade commander, said in an interview with Al Jazeera.
Dr Marranci's blog "Islam, Muslims, and an Anthropologist" [ Gabriele Marranci, Visiting Senior Fellow in Sociology, National University of Singapore]: "... your tribal affiliation may decide whether or not you have a job, your career, education, status
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, also known as the Uncatchable, is said to have been passed over for several senior positions within al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
Letter in the Evening Standard 17.01.13Firstly, 'al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb' (AQIM) was, according to experts like Professor Jeremy Keenan from SOAS - the most cited academic in the world on North Africa - virtually manufactured in the region by Algerian intelligence services with clandestine US support. This short-sighted policy originated with the Algerian military junta's attempts to fabricate a justification for exterminating members of the peaceful Islamic Salvation Front after it won democratic elections decades ago. The policy was reinforced by NATO's intervention in Libya, shoring up Islamist militias with AQIM affiliations across the region.