15th May Zavia - News Round Up by Aga Ali Murtaza Zaidi - Urdu
News Round Up by Aga Ali Murtaza Zaidi. Political analysis of important national and international issues and current affairs.
News Round Up by Aga Ali Murtaza Zaidi. Political analysis of important national and international issues and current affairs.
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Cynthia McKinney in an Israeli jail - English
As if we needed any more proof that the international media deliberately avoids exposing anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian injustices, its suspect...
As if we needed any more proof that the international media deliberately avoids exposing anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian injustices, its suspect behavior during recent days has sealed the case.
Even as we were being force-fed minute details of Michael Jackson's colorful life along with endless speculation as to the true parentage of his children, a former U.S. Congresswomen and presidential candidate, Cynthia McKinney, was languishing in an Israeli jail.
Her 'crime' was boarding the Free Gaza Movement's aid vessel The Spirit of Humanity in Cyprus, in an effort to break Israel's cruel siege of Gaza, which even the U.S. President has condemned.
Like several of her sister vessels, The Spirit of Humanity was attacked by the Israeli Navy in international waters before being boarded by Israeli commandos and dragged along with its crew and passengers towards Israel.
Once there, 21 human rights advocates from the U.S., Britain, Ireland, Denmark, Jordan, Palestine and Yemen, including McKinney, Noble Laureate Mairead Maguire, and documentary filmmaker Adam Shapiro, were incarcerated.
Let's be realistic. If just about any other high-profile U.S. politician on any other mission had been detained within a cell block on foreign soil, the incident would have merited headlines.
However, McKinney's abduction went almost unnoticed. Not only was the story relegated to the back pages, if it ran at all, there was a corresponding absence of comment from Congress and the White House.
McKinney is now home after refusing to sign a statement in Hebrew that she was guilty of a violation, but the mainstream media is certainly not clamoring at her door for interviews.
As far as I can tell, her ordeal has mostly been covered by left-wing outlets such as Democracy Now or Middle East networks including Al Jazeera and Press TV.
A number of McKinney's supporters say the reason for the media blackout was the fact that she is a Black American. But, in fact, it's her cause that's the problem rather than her color.
My analysis is based on the lack of media coverage given to the Viva Palestina aid convoy of trucks and ambulances from London to Gaza, led by British Parliamentarian George Galloway.
The Herculean efforts of hundreds of ordinary Britons to deliver much-needed humanitarian supplies to war-torn Gaza earlier this year was a non-event as far as the media was concerned until Galloway was barred from entering Canada as a result.
Unless you're a person who relentlessly digs on the internet, you probably are not aware that during McKinney's ordeal, Galloway, along with Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic, were meeting up with over 200 Americans in Cairo armed with $2 million (Dh7.35 million) that was raised in the U.S. to buy trucks and medical aid destined for Gaza.
The Egyptian English-language paper Al Ahram Weekly dubs this ""the largest grassroots medical relief effort for Gaza in U.S. history"" but once again, this doesn't merit column inches in either U.S. or European mainstream papers.
In a similar vein, is the way that the horrendous courtroom stabbing of 32-year-old Marwa Al Sherbini was considered inconsequential by the German media until it elicited angry protests in her hometown of Alexandria.
There are so many aspects to this story, which should have been emblazoned across front pages.
First of all it was a blatant race crime, which Germany is normally sensitive about. Second, it begs questions concerning court security.
What were armed officers doing when Marwa was stabbed 18 times and why was her husband shot when he attempted to protect his pregnant wife?
What kind of editors would bin reports of such a horrendous crime carried out in full view of the authorities? What were they thinking?
Purely coincidentally, I was sitting at a table with one of Marwa's uncles in an Alexandria coffee shop when he received a call on his mobile and had to dash off because of a ""family emergency"".
Today, this exceptionally close-knit family is devastated and hurt that the murder of one of their own wasn't initially treated with the weight the crime deserved.
Egyptians are outraged at Germany's disinterest and the inaction of their own foreign office. The numbers who attended her funeral, who gathered outside the German embassy in Cairo and who demonstrated in Cairo and Alexandria speak for themselves.
Because Marwa's dispute with her attacker was based on his objections to her Islamic headscarf, the death of the young pharmacist has become an emblem for the rights of Muslim women at a time when the French President is attempting to ban the burqa. Marwa loved life.
She didn't plan to become a martyr. But in the eyes of Egyptians calling for a mosque and a street in Alexandria to be renamed in her honor, she is a heroine.
If the U.S. and Europe are chronically supine when it comes to Muslim causes, then the governments and media throughout the Arab and Muslim world should embrace them clearly and loudly.
With anti-Muslim hate crimes on the rise, Muslims need a strong united voice on the international stage. Shame on the world's media that appears to be united only in its anti-Muslim bias!
Linda S. Heard is a specialist British writer on Middle East affairs.
(Source: Gulf News
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5 Shia Mosques in Iraq - Bomb Blasts [Read Description] 31July09 - English
Foreign intervention and intrusion in Iraq resulting in more bomb blasts. AlJazeera along with other mainstream propaganda media contributing in...
Foreign intervention and intrusion in Iraq resulting in more bomb blasts. AlJazeera along with other mainstream propaganda media contributing in spreading the lies about these acts of terrorism in Iraq by claiming it to be sectarian violence. Shia and Sunni in Iraq lived in peace and harmony for the most part. Both of these major sects of Islam did not attack the mosques in the past. The fact that the mosques are being targetted is a clear indication that these attacks are against Islam and intended to create a discord between Shias and Sunnis. SHAME ON YOU AL-JAZEERA for passing out analysis that suggests these deadly attacks to be sectarian violence. AL-JAZEERA, you are a loser as Westerners don't recognize you as an international media and Muslims condemn you for spreading these illiterate assumptions to create disunity amongst Muslims. SHIA and SUNNI are united against the enemies of Islam, Muslims and humanity.
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Situation in Camp Ashraf - 31Jul09 - English
A special episode of Press Tv Program Iran Today. This program is a twice weekly analysis of major political economic cultural and social events...
A special episode of Press Tv Program Iran Today. This program is a twice weekly analysis of major political economic cultural and social events concerning Iran
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On Election 2002 in Pakistan poetry by Anwar Masood - Urdu
Anwar Masood is one of most popular poet from Pakistan. Main reason of his fame is his comedy punjabi poetry. In this video he beautifully analysis...
Anwar Masood is one of most popular poet from Pakistan. Main reason of his fame is his comedy punjabi poetry. In this video he beautifully analysis pakistani political system after national elections 2002.
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Zavia - Current Affairs - 25 September 2009 - AMZ - Urdu
International current affairs news analysis lecture delivered by Moulana Syed Ali Murtaza Zaidi on 25th September 2009
International current affairs news analysis lecture delivered by Moulana Syed Ali Murtaza Zaidi on 25th September 2009
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Iranians Outraged over the Insult to lthe ate Imam - English
Analysis by Pro of University of Teheran Mohammad Marandi on Iranian protest against insulting the late founder of Islamic Republic of Iran on...
Analysis by Pro of University of Teheran Mohammad Marandi on Iranian protest against insulting the late founder of Islamic Republic of Iran on Press TV Dec 14 2009.
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Brave New World - Film Lit and the NWO - English
The Corbett Report explores Aldous Huxley s classic work of science fiction Brave New World Brave New World is a dystopic vision of a nightmare...
The Corbett Report explores Aldous Huxley s classic work of science fiction Brave New World Brave New World is a dystopic vision of a nightmare future in which worker drones are engineered from birth to perform slave labour for a world dictatorship
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Investigative program regading Ashura 1431 blast in Karachi - Urdu
Dunya Today program on aired on 3rd January 2010 displaying some CCTV footages and analysis on those footages by an investigator journalist. This...
Dunya Today program on aired on 3rd January 2010 displaying some CCTV footages and analysis on those footages by an investigator journalist. This program termed this blast as planted whereas opinion of government and police is that investigation is still open and nothing is finalized yet
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**WARNING Inappropriate lang in the end** Mustafa Kamal analysis...
mustafa kamal analysing and use abusive language during discussion with the dunya tv investigation program on karachi ashura blast
mustafa kamal analysing and use abusive language during discussion with the dunya tv investigation program on karachi ashura blast
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31st Anniversary Islamic Revolution - Imams Return - 2 of 2 - English
Special News Analysis on the 31st Anniversary of Imam Khumayni(A)'s return to Iran and the start of the Ten (10) Days of Dawn....
Special News Analysis on the 31st Anniversary of Imam Khumayni(A)'s return to Iran and the start of the Ten (10) Days of Dawn. Split into two parts due to YouTube limitations. Recorded on February 01, 2010 at 1832GMT. Part 1 of 2.
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31st Anniversary Islamic Revolution - Imams Return - 1 of 2 - English
Special News Analysis on the 31st Anniversary of Imam Khumayni(A)'s return to Iran and the start of the Ten (10) Days of Dawn....
Special News Analysis on the 31st Anniversary of Imam Khumayni(A)'s return to Iran and the start of the Ten (10) Days of Dawn. Split into two parts due to YouTube limitations. Recorded on February 01, 2010 at 1832GMT. Part 1 of 2.
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EYEWITNESS Reports and Analysis On 31st Anniversary Celebrations -...
Special eyewitness report on the celebrations around Iran and specifically in Tehran 31st Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, with Saman...
Special eyewitness report on the celebrations around Iran and specifically in Tehran 31st Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, with Saman Kojouri, Press TV's Tehran Correspondent. Recorded February 11, 2010 at 1200GMT
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Valuable Mineral Resources Found in Afghanistan - 16 June 2010 - English
News Analysis:
A US geologic survey has uncovered at least $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan.
Could new mineral resources...
News Analysis:
A US geologic survey has uncovered at least $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan.
Could new mineral resources give Afghans new hope and put an end to the country's financial dependency on the United States?
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US-Government announces new rules to prevent people from coming within...
As BP makes its latest attempt to plug its gushing oil well, news photographers are complaining that their efforts to document the slow-motion...
As BP makes its latest attempt to plug its gushing oil well, news photographers are complaining that their efforts to document the slow-motion disaster in the Gulf of Mexico are being thwarted by local and federal officials—working with BP—who are blocking access to the sites where the effects of the spill are most visible
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