As young revolutionaries once again battle Egyptian security forces in Tahrir Square, only one group stands to emerge victorious from the melee: the Islamist cadres of the Muslim Brotherhood. Although the current violence has pitted revolutionary youth against the army, the real tussle is between the Brotherhood and the council of generals that is now ruling the country. Unable to think strategically, and (mercifully) unwilling to murder thousands, the generals have been outfoxed by the Islamists.
Read the full story »While browsing through Christmas sites on Internet, I stumbled on some videos titled “Why Muslims cannot say Merry Christmas.” In one of them, a Muslim cleric presents his notion that to wish a Christian “Merry Christmas” was sinful because inherent in the greeting is the acceptance that Jesus was the son of God, born on 25 December.
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The new protests and riots in Cairo’s Tahrir square, kicking in only nine months after former President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown, throws open the question: Did the Arab Spring set out from the wrong foot?
As young revolutionaries once again battle Egyptian security forces in Tahrir Square, only one group stands to emerge victorious from the melee: the Islamist cadres of the Muslim Brotherhood. Although the current violence has pitted revolutionary youth against the army, the real tussle is between the Brotherhood and the council of generals that is now ruling the country. Unable to think strategically, and (mercifully) unwilling to murder thousands, the generals have been outfoxed by the Islamists.
A forum hosted by Metropolis and Saint Mary’s University on October 20 addressed critical issues confronting newcomer youth as they seek to complete high school in Canada.
Title fraud is on the rise in Canada and there are cases of this across the country. Many don’t know about it, and newcomers, as well, need to be aware. According to industry reports this kind of fraud is more common in larger cities, but is expected to show up more often in Atlantic Canada.
To Kiss Or Not to Kiss—The Dilemma of a Bicultural Person Living in a Western Society was the title of a presentation at Dalhousie on 20 October. The presentation by Tung Chan, Vice Chair, of Pier 21’s Museum of Immigration provided insights on how making life in Canada, getting into the workplace and doing business can become extremely challenging for bicultural individual.
There’s much talk of another winter of discontent for the UK as public sector unions, begin a series of strikes, starting on November 30.
Rwandans who fled the 1994 genocide and sought asylum in other countries will lose their refugee status by the end of June 2012 if the countries hosting them follow a recommendation by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Confronting anxiety about China’s growing political and economic clout, President Barack Obama announced a strategic shift by the United States to reassert its role as the dominant military power in the Pacific as it pulls back from post-Sept. 11 wars.
Why would the Arab League, an organization made up mostly of dictators, decide to throw its weight behind a pro-democracy movement seeking to overthrow a dictatorship?
The Middle East stole the limelight in the news columns of the media this week. Libya has put ‘paid’ to the 40 years if tyranny as the bodies of ex-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, his son Mutassim and a top aide were buried in secret in the desert on October 25.
