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By Dilip Hiro 02 April, 2013 TomDispatch.com How Operation Enduring Freedom Mutated into Operation Enduring Corruption Washington has vociferously denounced Afghan corruption as a major obstacle to the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. This has been widely reported. Only one crucial element is missing from this routine censure: a credible explanation …

Last updated: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 2:17 AM Dr. Ali Al-Ghamdi A report recently published by the British newspaper The Independent said about 100 Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar died slowly of hunger after spending 25 days at sea on their way to find a new home. The report said this …

“There are reports of many people dead. It’s very difficult to give an exact number,” said Mabrur Ahmed from the Restless Beings organisation looking into human rights issues and violations in Myanmar (Burma). “But I can give you an example of one such massacre that took place. A mob of …

IJTIMA-TABLIGH Azhar Vadi | Cii News,  28 March 2013 Thousands of South African Muslim men are expected to gather once again for a weekend of spiritual rejuvenation at the annual Ijtima or mass gathering organised by the Tablighi Jamaat movement. This year’s Ijtima will take place at “Mia’s Farm” located …

26 March 2013 South African humanitarian aid organisation, the Gift of the Givers, is planning to send 43 South African doctors to one of the most dangerous places on earth, Syria. The medical team is expected to leave on 12 April 2013 heading for the mountain town of Darkoush in …

Two weeks after the first list accrediting 2,500 South African hujjaj to perform the pilgrimage this year was published, a second filler list of 503 was published on Saturday. According to Shaheen Essop, secretary general of the South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc), the second list went live just …

Guantanamo Bay prisoners have now been on a hunger strike for more than 42 days. Although acknowledged by the United States military, the protest by prisoners at the Cuban prison has so far been largely unacknowledged by international humanitarian organizations. According to the Center for Constitutional Rights, 130 prisoners went …

Analysis | Iqbal Jassat | 25 March 2013 Did America’s first citizen and leader of the “free world” – whatever it may mean to oppressed people – President Barack Hussein Obama, travel to Israel to give Netanyahu a lifeline to peace and security? Not a damn! He offered an unconditional …

Press Release | 25 March 2013 South Africans flocked on Friday 22nd March to the United States Consulate, situated in the heart of the city centre in Durban, in solidarity with the Global Free Aafia Movements to protest on the tenth anniversary of the abduction of Dr. Siddiqui and her …

Last updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013 12:31 AM URI AVNERY Dear citizens of Israel, I feel the need to speak to you directly, and especially to the young Jewish people amongst you, in order to reach out to your minds and to touch your hearts. To do so, I gave …