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The slow wheels of justice have finally turned granting bail to Omar Khadr, the wrongfully convicted Canadian citizen who was captured in Eastern Afghanistan in July 2002. Barely 15 and badly wounded, he miraculously survived two gaping wounds when bullets pierced his body completely. He was endlessly tortured and confessions extracted thus were used in a military court to convict him.

توقّفنا في الحلقة الأولى عند أثر الطابع المهني للبنّا والهضيبي الأب والتلمساني في تشكيل بنية وسلوك الجماعة. لكن كل جماعة/حركة من الجماعات الإخوانيّة الثلاث لم تصطبغ بصبغة مرشدها فحسب؛ بل عكست طبيعة الحقبة السياسيّة، وطبيعة العلاقة مع النظام الحاكم. ومن هذا المنظور يُمكننا مثلًا فهم بعض أسباب لياذ الهضيبي وجماعته بالدعوة، ونبذهم للعمل السياسي المباشر. فقد وصمت سياسات الحقبة الناصرية بإثنينية صلبة: إما الخضوع الكامل أو الاستئصال التام. وظهرت رغبة عبد الناصر في إبادة الحركة، التي ارتأى فيها مُنافسًا سياسيًا؛ قويّة واضحة، إن لم يتحقق تدجينها. فقد رفضت الجماعة دمجها في هيئة التحرير، كما في سائر البنى السياسيّة التي اختلقها.

Peace and justice loving Canadians have not been swayed by the nasty propaganda of the Saudi regime and its supporters in the west that their attack on Yemen is justified. Instead, hundreds of people braved strong winds to denounce the illegitimate Saudi regime for its equally illegitimate war on the poor people of Yemen. There were also demands to put the Saudi rulers on trial for war crimes.

If news about the killing of Ezzet Ibrahim al Douri is correct, it would definitely be a big blow to the terrorist operations in Iraq. He was the one who facilitated the alliance between the takfiri terrorists and Ba'athist military personnel.

“إن فكرة الإخوان المسلمين، نتيجة الفهم العام الشامل للإسلام؛ قد شملت كل نواحي الإصلاح في الأمة: فهي دعوة سلفية، وطريقة سُنية، وحقيقة صوفية، وهيئة سياسية، وجماعة رياضية، ورابطة علمية ثقافية، وشركة اقتصادية، وفكرة اجتماعية”. – حسن البنا؛ رسالة المؤتمر الخامس.

The UN Security Council has once again shown that it is a tool in the hands of the US and its allies. On April 14, it passed a resolution presented by Arab dicators demanding not a halt to Saudi-led aggression against Yemen but the disarming of Houthi militias that are struggling for their rights. Further, the resolution put a travel ban on a number of anti-regime leaders as well as a freeze on their assets.

The Hindu fascist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Narendra Modi has made no secret of its plan to incorporate the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir into India, in clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions. Now using the pretext of resettling Hindu Pandits who were allegedly forced to flee Kashmir, it has been proposed that special secure colonies were built for Hindus to resettle them in Kashmir.

The Arabian potentates are furious with Pakistan for taking a sensible stand over the Saudi-led assault on Yemen. Pakistan's parliament voted overwhelmingly not to get militarily involved in the fighting and instead work towards a resolution of the crisis. The Arabian dictators think that is not good enough; Pakistan should jump the moment they say so. For once, this is not the case.

The Saudi-led aerial attacks on Yemen are killing a lot of civilians but they are not likely to achieve their strategic objective. Will the Saudis launch a ground invasion? It seems highly unlikely since they are rank amateurs and cannot even scramble an egg in a hurry much less launch a successful ground operation. That explains why they want to hire mercenaries to fight their war.

The Rahbar of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei has cautioned about reading too much into the framework agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries. He pointed out that specific details will determine its final outcome. While he expressed support for Iran's negotiating team, he said he did not have much confidence in the honesty and integrity of the other side.