Crescent International Vol. 29, No. 24

Newsmagazine of the Islamic movement

Iqbal Siddiqui

Dhu al-Qa'dah, 1421 2001-02

Empowering Weak & Oppressed

Rahhalah Haqq

Dhu al-Qa'dah 22, 1421

Book Review

STEPS TO AN ECOLOGY OF THE MIND by Gregory Bateson, with a new foreword by Mary Catherine Bateson

Empowering Weak & Oppressed

Abdullahi Abubakr

Dhu al-Qa'dah 22, 1421

Book Review

Imperial Israel and the Palestinians: the Politics of Expansion by Nur Masalha. Pub: Pluto Press, London, UK, 2000. Pp: 320; Pbk: £14.99.​​​​​​​

Empowering Weak & Oppressed

Editor

Dhu al-Qa'dah 22, 1421

Editorials

The destruction of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie (Scotland) on December 21, 1988, was an appalling tragedy. All 259 people on board were killed, as were 11 people on the ground when aircraft-fragments fell on houses.

Developing Just Leadership

Imam Khomeini

Dhu al-Qa'dah 22, 1421

Islamic Movement

After the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Imam Khomeini (r.a.) started a tradition of issuing an annual message to hujjaj as they gathered in the Hijaz for the Hajj. Here we reprint an abridged version of his message to the hujjaj given in Dhu al-Qadah 1403AH (August 1983CE).

Developing Just Leadership

Crescent International

Dhu al-Qa'dah 22, 1421

Occupied Arab World

Throughout his long rule, Egypt’s president, Husni Mubarak, has paid lip-service to ‘traditional Islam’ and to ‘freedom of expression’, while in practice repressing Islamic activists. Even the Ikhwan al-Muslimeen, who cannot possibly be accused of being Islamic revolutionaries, are banned as a political party.

Empowering Weak & Oppressed

Abbas Fadl Murtada

Dhu al-Qa'dah 22, 1421

Occupied Arab World

On February 8, Jordan’s state security court ordered the release of Dr Ahmad al-’Armouti on bail of 10,000 Jordanian dinars (about US$ 14,000). His release came just one day after a similar court directive ordered the release of another unionist, engineer ‘Issam Abu Farha, on the same bail.

Empowering Weak & Oppressed

Abul Fadl

Dhu al-Qa'dah 22, 1421

Occupied Arab World

Like autocratic rulers everywhere, nothing is more loathsome to Kuwait’s ‘royal’ family than accountability. Another mainstay of autocratic rule is a determination to avoid relinquishing key positions of power.

Ensuring Socio-economic Justice

Crescent International

Dhu al-Qa'dah 22, 1421

Occupied Arab World

The recent parliamentary report on corruption under the late King Hassan II, the appointment of a judicial commission to examine it, and the limited political reforms introduced since his death in 1999 have given rise to widespread speculation that the new king, Muhammad V, is determined to distance himself from his father’s murky legacy.

Developing Just Leadership

Iqbal Siddiqui

Dhu al-Qa'dah 22, 1421

Occupied Arab World

The election of Ariel Sharon as prime minister of the zionist state was supposed to be a statement of intent that Israel was tired of talking to the Palestinians and had turned away from the peace process in favour of a hard response to the Palestinians’ continued uprising.

Abbas Fadl Murtada

Dhu al-Qa'dah 22, 1421

Special Reports

After nearly a decade of silence, former Algerian president Chadli Benjedid has spoken. In statements to Algerian journalists last month, Benjedid responded to criticism describing his 10-year presidency as the “black decade” and accusing him of making a deal with the Islamic Salvation Front (Front Islamique de Salut or FIS).

Ensuring Socio-economic Justice

Rahhalah Haqq

Dhu al-Qa'dah 22, 1421

Special Reports

With the opening of the 2001 World Economic Forum (WEF) meetings in Davos, satellite-TV viewers worldwide have once again seen drastic security measures against the threat of protests. From Seattle to Switzerland, in recent years global economic policy meetings have come under fire from a broad coalition of what the media call ‘anti-globalization’ or ‘anti-capitalist’ forces.

Developing Just Leadership

M.A. Shaikh

Dhu al-Qa'dah 22, 1421

World

Kofi Annan, United Nations secretary-general, urged business leaders gathered at Davos, Switzerland, on January 29 to help him to achieve his goal of getting a thousand corporations to back his Global Compact.

Crescent International

Dhu al-Qa'dah 22, 1421

World

The decision of the three judges sitting in the special Scottish court in Zeist, Holland, to convict one Libyan for responsibility of the Lockerbie bombing, and to acquit the other, may cynically (but realistically) be seen as a politically astute judgement, giving every party involved some ground for satisfaction.

Empowering Weak & Oppressed

M.S. Ahmed

Dhu al-Qa'dah 22, 1421

World

Ten years after the overthrow of general Siad Barre, and the collapse of state institutions, Somalia remains shattered — despite the ‘election’ of a new president and parliament that enjoy considerable international diplomatic support, including the approval of the UN, countries of the region and most members of the Arab League.

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