Monthly Archives: June 2010

Makkah, Medina: Ties with early inhabitants

Makkah, Medina: Ties with early inhabitants Islam in America: Part 2 Muslim explorers came to America two centuries before Columbus. Some of them settled down there, coexisting with native tribes. They did not kill the natives, unlike the European settlers … Continue reading

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They came before Columbus: Muslims at the crossroads

In 2003 Ameen Izzadeen spent nearly a month in the United States as a guest of the US State Department. This is part one of a series of observations penned  after his visit. As an outside observer Mr. Izzadeens insights … Continue reading

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McChrystal and Rolling Stone: Is Obama building on sand?

This article originally appeared in the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka on June 25, 2010 By Ameen Izzadeen By removing General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama may have tried to show … Continue reading

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Hellfire of oil politics

This article originally appeared in the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka By Ameen Izzadeen President Barack Obama has been busy for the past few weeks, thinking of whose ass to kick for the unprecedented environmental damage being caused by the uncontrollable … Continue reading

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Afghan war: The sinister plan behind the poppycock

This article originally appeared in the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka on June 18, 2010 By Ameen Izzadeen Russia apparently believes that the longer the US presence in Afghanistan the greater the harm Russia will suffer. It even wonders whether the … Continue reading

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Marmara massacre: the Ugly face of US

This article originally appeared in the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka By Ameen Izzadeen Israel’s latest crime — the massacre on board the Mavi Marmara, the Turkish ship that was bringing aid to the besieged people of the Gaza Strip — … Continue reading

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