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Syria crisis: danger awaits in rush for influence on crowded battlefield

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It’s debatable when the world last found itself in such a perilous situation – and there are disturbing echoes of the eve of the first world war Julian Borger Sat 14 Apr 2018  17.22 BST As UN secretary general, it is António Guterres’s increasingly frequent duty to warn the major powers they are rushing towards catastrophe. On Friday, on the eve of the US-led airstrikes, it was the former Portuguese prime minister’s turn once again to raise the alarm at the latest of a series of deadlocked security council sessions on  Syria . “The cold war is back with a vengeance and a difference,” Guterres said. The difference is that it is no longer cold. American troops are already a grenade’s toss away from Russians and Iranians in Syria, and this weekend, missiles and planes from the US, UK and  France  flew at the Syrian regime. “The mechanisms and safeguards that existed to prevent escalation in the past no longer seem to be present,” the secretary general said. It is debatable exact

How ISIS steals our Heritage and sells it for terror-funding

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For more than a millennia, innumerable Hindu artifacts have been either destroyed or stolen and smuggled to various foreign countries. Some stole or destroyed them for ideological purposes, like the Islamic invaders or Christian missionaries or Colonial era loot. Others did it for the perceived value and smuggled such artifacts to Europe, America and Australia. Many of our own people have been involved in this lucrative trade. For 1000 years we were under foreign rule of the Muslims and the Christian colonialists, and were not in a position to preserve our heritage form getting destroyed by alien cultures. However the sad truth is that even after seven decades of independence, the Indian state has not taken up this matter with any degree of seriousness, and numerous priceless artifacts have been smuggled out of India in the last 70 years. Murti is Not a Mere Stone Idol In India, an idol is not merely an idol. It is a  murti , or a representation of the Divine with the full potenc

Rohingya terror suspect reveals al-Qaeda’s massive India plan

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New Delhi: The merger of Bengal and  Bangladesh  with the help of the  Rohingya Muslims  is what the Al-Qaeda had in mind. The idea was to rake up the  Rohingya issue in India  and Bangladesh and mobilise a large number of people and spread havoc. The  National Investigation Agency  which filed a charge sheet against Samiun Rahman, the 28 year  British Rohingya terror suspect has detailed his journey into  India  and how with the help of the Al-Qaeda, he planned to carry out a major operation involving both India and  Bangladesh . Rahman was first arrested in the UK for a traffic violation. It was in jail that he was radicalised. He was briefed that he needed to do more for the religion and was also asked to get in touch with some people once he was out. His first point of contact was Abu Akther, an Al-Qaeda operative from  Bangladesh . It was on his insistence that Rahman travelled to Bangladesh. His first job was to identify youth who could be radicalised. He got in tou

Zuckerberg Testimony Ignores Facebook's Extremist Content - Policy Group

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The prepared testimony released by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ahead of his appearance before a US House Committee on Wednesday does not address problems of extremist and terrorist content on the social media site, Executive Director of the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) David Ibsen said on Tuesday. 18:46 10.04.2018 "Mark Zuckerberg’s prepared testimony fundamentally ignores the issue of extremist and terrorist content on Facebook, and its proven connection to radicalization, recruiting, and violent acts," Ibsen said. Ibsen said  Facebook  must do more to prevent extremist videos and propaganda from being accessible online, adding that Congress needs to hold Facebook accountable for that and the misuse of data from 87 million Americans by third parties. READ MORE:  Facebook's Most Popular Black Lives Matter Page is Australian Scam - Reports On Tuesday, Zuckerberg will testify before two Senate Committees, before providing testimony be

Muslim World League chief calls for rejection of all forms of extremism

JEDDAH: The Muslim World League (MWL) is using all of its academic and ideological resources to confront the evil forces that threaten the global safety of humanity, according to Dr. Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, the organization’s secretary general. Al-Issa was speaking at a conference on communal safety, organized by the MWL in collaboration with the Jordan based Global Forum for Moderation, and held under the auspices of Jordanian Prime Minister Hani Al-Mulki. The attendees included dozens of political figures, researchers and scholars from 35 countries. Al-Issa criticized the two extremes the world is witnessing: “The extremism wrongly labeled as Islam, and the opposite extremism known as Islamophobia.” He added that extremists feed off of each other, and benefit from each other’s recklessness. He reminded the attendees that extremism and terrorism fill a void created by hatred and useless sectarian conflicts, and that the only way out of the cycle is to confirm noble religiou

No place for extremism in Islam: al-Draiweesh

Muslim societies have been facing negative propaganda which must be dealt by letting the world know that Islam is a religion of peace and there is no place for terrorism and extremism in Islam, said IIUI President Dr Ahmed Yousif al-Draiweesh. Speaking at the inauguration of six-day annual book fair organised by the Dawah Academy of the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) commenced at Faisal Masjid Campus, he highlighted importance of acquiring education and knowledge in Islam. “Knowledge is of vital importance in Islam as first revelation starts with the word ‘Iqra’ which means read,” he said. Saudi clerics say no place for terrorism in Islam As many as 50 publishers from across the country have set their book stalls in Dawah Book Fair which will continue till April 16 and books are being sold at 50% discounted rates. Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) Director General Dr Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri inaugurated the ninth annual

Almost all violent extremists share one thing: their gender

Most people who commit acts of terrorist violence are young men. We overlook their gender to our peril Michael Kimmel Sun 8 Apr 2018  11.00 BST According to an ever-growing  number of young men in Europe, the United States and across the Muslim world, we are at the beginning of a war. And no one knows how it will end. To me, what is interesting in the paragraph you just read is not the indeterminacy of the outcome. All crises are like that. No, it is the fact that “ever-growing number of young men” probably does not seem notable to most readers.  The fact is that virtually all of those mobilizing on all sides of this growing clash are young men – whether right-wing extremists, anti-immigrant zealots, anti-Muslim skinheads and neo-Nazis or young Muslims readying for jihad. It’s so obvious, it barely needs noting. And so it isn’t noted. If we imagine for a moment that all those amassing on all the different sides of this looming cataclysm, all those drifting to the edges