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Caution is the advice of reader Syed Amir Ali to the Islamic Republic in its dealings with the US.

The people of Yemen have suffered grievously at the hands of the Saudi aggressors. They will, however, not achieve their “objectives”, whatever they are.

Western regimes talk much about freedom but Muslims in these societies are targeted as part of a campaign that makes mockery of their tall claims.

Zionist society is deeply racist. Ethiopian Jews, like the Palestinians face the brunt of this racism. Ethiopian Jews are expected to sacrifice their lives for the racist entity but they are not treated as equal citizens. Instead, they routinely face police brutality, just like that other great democracy, the US where police brutality has been rampant targeting and killing unarmed African-Americans.

Face of the future king of the Bani Saud but for how long? By appointing his own son as Deputy Crown Prince, King Salman has opened the way for his upstart and vicious son Muhammad to become future king. He dismissed Muqrin as Crown Prince as well as deputy prime minister although according to the archaic constitution, it was Muqrin's turn to be king. Was he dismissed because his mother is Yemeni?

Police brutality against blacks has escalated alarmingly in the US. There appears to be no accountability for these mass murderers in uniform that are being increasingly militarized. Baltimore City has witnessed the latest incident of a 25-year-old black man being lynched by police in their custody.

Zionist crimes in Gaza were so egregious that even the UN has been forced to confirm them. Summary of an inquiry commission's findings were released on April 27 confirming that the Zionists attacked seven UN-run schools killing 44 Palestinian civilians and injuring 227 others.

Not all Western writers have succumbed to Islamophobia. This has become evident in the way some writers, among them Francine Prose (shown in photo) and Peter Carey have reacted to PEN American Center's award to the Islamophobic magazine Charlie Hebdo. They have decided to boycott the award ceremony on May 5 in New York.

حين قبض الله سجّان مصر الأول؛ كان في ذلك ما يُشبه الإيذان بانتقال الحركة الإسلامية لمرحلة جديدة. بدأها السادات بتكتيك مختلف عن سلفه، وإن كان الهدف واحدًا: ترويض الجماعة/الحركة بدمجها في النظام السياسي ما بعد الكولونيالي، ومن ثم توظيفها سياسيًا واقتصاديًا لتحقيق التحوّل الرأسمالي المنشود. فأطلق سراح آلاف المعتقلين، وأعيد الاعتبار لكثير منهم، بل سُمحَ للإخوان بالعمل السياسي-الدعائي العلني، بشكل غير رسميّ؛ يحفظ خط الرجعة على النظام المتربّص، ويسمح له بالتنكيل بالتنظيم “الإرهابي” “المنحل” و”غير القانوني”، حين يستنفذ أغراض وجوده.

The IAEA has been forced to retract its allegation, made in March, that Iran was not being transparent with its nuclear activities. The IAEA head, Yukiya Amano appears to have a special aversion towards Iran but he had to eat crow when the IAEA April report admitted that Iran is fully compliant. Negotiators from Iran and the P5+1 group of countries are meeting in Vienna to finalize the deal by June 30.