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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.

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.