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06.08.2010 On the Western Sahara

When will the solution arrive? An analysis by Yasin Alder

The question of the status of the Western Sahara is seldom heard in the Western media, or at least not since the 1980s. But in Morocco, which since 1975’s legendary ‘Green March’ has considered the Western Sahara part of its own country, all the issues relating to that disputed territory are as current as they ever have been. Indeed they are explosive geopolitical issues. And yet political progress remains extremely sluggish. Many experts agree that the most promising prospect of solving the Western Sahara question remains the Autonomy Plan proposed by Morocco in 2007. more ...

21.09.2009 The changing sino-american Relationship

By Shahid R. Siddiqi

(gm). Henry Kissinger’s initiative of visiting Beijing, thanks to Pakistan’s role in opening doors, ended China’s alienation and marked the beginning of a Washington-Beijing relationship that blossomed into an extremely close bilateral, mutually beneficial economic partnership.

The interdependence of the two countries in this age of hyper globalization is in complete contrast to their adversarial policies of the cold war era. more ...

15.07.2009 Anti-social Networking

By Adil Morrison

(gm). The emergence and popularity of social networking sites has been seen as a triumph of the technological age – but what does it tell us about the world in which we live? First thing’s first – social networking is here to stay. Yesterday it was Myspace; today it’s Twitter. Almost fifty per cent of all online users are involved in such activities. more ...

10.12.2008 By David Stewart Hurrell

'Neo-Mercantilism' and the Politics of Economic Integration

(gm). In October 2008, Grain, an NGO which ‘promotes the sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity’ released a report titled ‘Seized! The 2008 land grab for food and financial security’. The report documents two ominous trends which have the potential to drive food prices up further and spell the end of small-scale farming.

The report explains that governments of countries which have a shortage of arable land, or with high population growths, are resorting to buying up or leasing farmland abroad in order to secure necessary food production. more ...

21.09.2008 "Of great significance"

Russia’s strategic and economic alignment with the Arab states

(gm). The world is witnessing an unprecedented decline of American hegemony and the rise of Russia in parallel as a formidable energy superpower. Russia, after the breakup of the Soviet Union, which Putin termed the greatest geopolitical catastrophe in her history, laid ostensibly crippled for almost a decade towards the end of which period a bunch of oligarchs began dictating both the domestic and foreign affairs of the country. [ABO] more ...

09.04.2008 Following his acquittal in The Hague, former prime minister wastes no time reviving his stalled political career.

“Haradinaj will refresh Kosovo’s political scene”

(birn) Days after his triumphant return from the Hague Tribunal, Kosovo’s former Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj, is aggressively restarting his stalled political career in the newly independent Balkan state. Following his acquittal on April 4 of charges of committing war crimes against Kosovo Serbs, Haradinaj immediately convened a national council of his political party, the Alliance for Future of Kosovo, AAK, and announced the beginning of a real opposition movement in Kosovo. [ABO] more ...

08.04.2008 Brussels: European Muslims face discrimination -UN official

"Religion is making inroads into European societies"

European Muslims live in poverty compared to national averages in Europe, according to Jorge Sampaio, High Representative of the United Nations for the Alliance of Civilizations. European Muslims "are much more affected by unemployed, tend to live in segregrated urban areas, are often socially excluded and face discrimination in everyday life," he told a Brussels conference late on Monday. Sampaio, former President of Portugal, estimates that there are about 15 million Muslims in Western Europe and about 7.5 million Muslims in Eastern and Central Europe. more ...

05.04.2008 Opinion: Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina

A vote against isolationism is a vote against radicalism. By Muhamed Jusić

(globalia) Who and what intensifies Islamic radicalism in BiH, and what can prevent it? Here in the pages of Pulse the Bosnian-Herzegovinian theologian Muhamed Jusić initiates a discussion about the best way to challenge a phenomenon whose roots should not be sought in religion, but in socio-political circumstances. Every society, nation or religious group is susceptible to the radicalisation of some of its members. It would be naïve to claim that any group is immune to religious or any other type of extremism. [ABO] more ...

26.03.2008 Forced to change

Germany: an evaluation of Muslim organisation. By Sulaiman Wilms

Existing Islamic organisations will have to evolve if they want to represent the Deen and the next generation of Muslims in Germany. Creative projects are crucial.

(GLOBALIA). After decades of a somewhat informal existence, the Muslims have recently come under the spotlight of public scrutiny, which has triggered an interest in the subject of Islam. [ABO] more ...

25.01.2008 The Prime Minister of Turkey visits the Mosque of Granada

"Received very positively"

(gl) On Sunday 13 January around five in the afternoon, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey, entered the garden of the Great Mosque of Granada accompanied by his wife, the Foreign Minister and his wife, the Minister of State, the Minister of the Trade and Transport, and a delegation of more than fifty other people. more ...

23.02.2007 Holding the Ranks

EMU has set itself future tasks that would serve the muslims

(ma)During the last decade- with the theory `Clash of civilisations´- Europe deemed itself in opposition to Islam.Presently there are fifty three million Muslims living in Europe and fourteen million of them come from EU states. Last year four thousand people became Muslim in Germany alone. The European Muslim Union is an umbrella organisation for all muslim groups working for the benefit of these muslim all over Europe. Its aims include the unmasking of the terrorist image of Muslims by means of intergrating and promoting dialog that benefits both the Muslims and non muslims. more ...

09.11.2005 Debate: A stage for international markets

Colourful Muslim markets in Belgium and France – by Saloua Oulad

On account of all the social and economic problems associated with immigration - as is recently evident again from the increasing intensity of the discussions in the light of the unrest in France - it is easy to overlook its positive effects. Among such effects without doubt are the colourful and lively Muslim markets, many of which have long existed in France and the Benelux countries. The Moroccan markets in Belgium are extremely well known. One may find almost everything there: Moroccan clothes, furniture, decorative articles as well as fruit and vegetables from Morocco. more ...