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Zionist Witch-hunt: Freestyle
September 2, 1999 – 5:56 pm | No Comment
Zionist Witch-hunt: Freestyle

By Faisal Kutty – A few weeks ago the head of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Salaam Marayati, became the victim of the Zionist witch-hunt. He was appointed to the Congressional Terrorism Council by Richard …

Taj Mahal or Tejo-Mahalaya?
August 25, 1999 – 5:54 pm | 2 Comments
Taj Mahal or Tejo-Mahalaya?

By Faisal Kutty – Did you know that Jesus Christ wandered the Himalayas and drew his inspiration from Hinduism? That the Qutb Minar, originally known as Vishnu Sthambha, was built by a Hindu named Samundragupta? …

U.S. Owes an Apology for Attack on Al-Shifa
August 20, 1999 – 5:53 pm | No Comment
U.S. Owes an Apology for Attack on Al-Shifa

By Faisal Kutty – A couple of days ago I was reviewing different news reports dealing with the U.S. bombing of the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant in Khartoum one year ago today. I was shocked with …

Slavery in Sudan: Too Many Allegations, Too Little Proof
August 14, 1999 – 5:34 pm | No Comment
Slavery in Sudan: Too Many Allegations, Too Little Proof

By Faisal Kutty – One of the fundamental principles of justice is that no accusation be allowed to stand unless there is sufficient evidence to support the allegation. But such principles don’t seem to get …

Aging Muslim Leadership: Dropping Like Flies
August 6, 1999 – 5:25 pm | No Comment
Aging Muslim Leadership: Dropping Like Flies

By Faisal Kutty – First it was King Hussein of Jordan. Next went the emir of Bahrain, Sheik Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa. More recently was the death of King Hassan of Morocco. With this trend …

Exploitation Under the Guise of Aid
July 28, 1999 – 5:21 pm | No Comment
Exploitation Under the Guise of Aid

By Faisal Kutty – Who can forget the death and misery of the Ethiopian famine in the 1980s that was beamed across our television screens? Everyone old enough to remember probably has some recollection. Deplorably, …

Indian Muslims Striving for Empowerment
July 21, 1999 – 5:20 pm | No Comment
Indian Muslims Striving for Empowerment

By Faisal Kutty – December 6, 1992 is etched in the consciousness of almost every Indian Muslim. This was the date a mosque built in 1528 was turned into rubble by frenzied Hindu mobs who …

Revisiting the Crusades
July 15, 1999 – 5:19 pm | No Comment
Revisiting the Crusades

By Faisal Kutty – On November 26 in the year 1095, Pope Urban II delivered a speech in Clermont, France that has had a lasting impact on the Middle East.
According to noted Arab Christian historian …

Impending Middle East Youth Crisis: A Cue for Political Change
July 7, 1999 – 5:18 pm | No Comment
Impending Middle East Youth Crisis: A Cue for Political Change

By Faisal Kutty – While Europe has become increasingly concerned about a graying population, the Middle East has had the exact opposite concern. In fact, with a population projected by the Population Reference Bureau to …

Don’t Forget Iraq
July 1, 1999 – 5:18 pm | No Comment
Don’t Forget Iraq

By Faisal Kutty – As the world’s attention focused on Kosova, other human tragedies continued without much media coverage or interest. Of these, Iraq stands out, as Kosova’s saviors happen to also be the perpetrators …

Kosova: Winners and Losers
June 23, 1999 – 5:17 pm | No Comment
Kosova: Winners and Losers

By Faisal Kutty — The war in Yugoslavia is over and Kosovars are now returning to their homes — at least what is left of them. Many are celebrating this peace deal. But is …

Fight For Your Rights Before You Lose Them
June 16, 1999 – 5:16 pm | No Comment
Fight For Your Rights Before You Lose Them

By Faisal Kutty
Last week Human Concern International (HCI), an Ottawa-based international relief and development organization was accused of supporting international Islamic terrorism. The group, which was founded in the early 1980s, provides humanitarian assistance to …

The U.N. Security Council: Ineffective, Country Club, Politics and Policy
June 10, 1999 – 5:14 pm | No Comment
The U.N. Security Council: Ineffective, Country Club, Politics and Policy

By Faisal Kutty — Over the weekend while the world waited patiently for movement on the G8 “peace” plan for Kosova, the 15 members of the U.N. Security Council held a retreat to ponder the …

A Silent Ethnic Cleansing in the Making
May 26, 1999 – 4:49 pm | No Comment
A Silent Ethnic Cleansing in the Making

By Faisal Kutty
Executions, torture, arbitrary detention, unfair political trials and destruction of property are among the offences catalogued in a 92-page report released in April by Amnesty International.
Most of the findings can be corroborated by …