View on the News 19/01/2021
Headlines: Expert Warns of Impending ‘Genocide’ of Muslims in India Pakistan Unveils First National Security Policy (NSP) Calls Grow for the British Prime Minister to Quit
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Views on the News 12/01/2022
Headlines: Hollow Nuclear Pledges Pakistan Mini Budget to ‘Increase Malnutrition’ US-Russia Talks Begin Hollow Nuclear Pledges The five permanent members of the UN Security Council – the US, Russia, China, France and the UK – signed a joint pledge to reduce the risk of nuclear war. The pledge stated that: “We affirm that a nuclear war cannot be […]
The New Price Hikes are the Products of the Inhuman Capitalist System
Turkey woke up to the first morning of the new year with the stream of price hikes. On the last day of the year, towards midnight, electricity, natural gas, fuel and bridge toll were increased at a very high rate. (Agencies)
Views on the News 07/01/2021
Headlines: Why Europe’s Muslims are Braced for France’s Stint Running the EU Presidency Spoils of War: Taliban put Victory over US on Display Pakistan Confirms Buying Chinese Jets to Counter India’s Rafale Aircraft Why Europe’s Muslims are Braced for France’s Stint Running the EU Presidency France has taken over the rotating EU presidency for the […]
Views on the News 05/01/2022
Headlines: Nuclear Powers Release Statement on Nuclear Weapons Protests in Egypt Americans Worried About Democracy
Views on the News 01/01/2022
Details: Germany Cuts Nuclear Plants Increasing Energy Vulnerability Illegal Jewish entity Attacks Syria again Anti-Coup Protests in Sudan Under Internal Pressure, Putin Condemns Insulting the Prophet (SAW)
Capitalism Cannot Balance the Individual and Societal Needs
An article by an Observer columnist, Will Hutton titled: “Which philosophy helps us confront the crises that beset us… ‘we first’ or ‘me first’?” (Source: The Guardian) Comment: The existential crisis for the secular capitalist ideology gets deeper every day, as its proponents continue to talk up its benefits, while becoming increasingly aware that its […]
Erdogan told a Word of Truth about Interest by which is Intended Falsehood
The devaluation of the Turkish lira. Comment: Turkey’s national currency, the Turkish lira, has drastically plummeted in the last quarter of this year, from 8.86 Turkish liras for one dollar in October to 16.42 Turkish liras for one US dollar. So, the Turkish lira lost almost double its value against the US dollar and that […]
Views on the News 24/12/2021
Headlines: • Putin Accuses West of Coming with its Missiles to our Doorstep • Pakistan has no Choice but to Remain Under IMF Programme • China Accounting for Lowest Percentage of U.S. Imports since 2008 Putin Accuses West of Coming with its Missiles to Our Doorstep Vladimir Putin has accused the west of “coming with […]
Views on the News 22/12/2021
Headlines: Pakistan Running out of Gas Trouble in the Balkans Libya’s Elections Postponed? Pakistan Running out of Gas Pakistan faces a severe shortage of gas this coming winter and the government is already rolling out its excuses. Chaudary Fawad Hussain, Pakistan’s erstwhile information minister bleats that Pakistan is fast depleting its gas reserves which are […]
Rulers are in a Valley but People are in Another
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke at the Parliamentary Conference of Islamic Countries at Dolmabahce Palace. Erdogan, who quoted from Surah Al-Baqarah during the speech, stated that Allah orders as follows, namely: “And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good […]
Two Different Erdogans
At the 16th Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, President Erdoğan said at the opening session: “The Palestinian issue is one of the significant pillars of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Defending Quds means defending the humanity. The unjust and heartless blockade of Gaza continues. We have never made a segregation between griefs […]
Years of Propaganda and Fearmongering by European Governments have Distorted the View of Muslims among European Citizens
The Danish population’s view of integration is distorted and distant from reality. This is the conclusion from a recent study that was made in a collaboration between the Danish newspaper Mandag Morgen, the Danish Knowledge Center for Integration and two researchers from Aalborg University. The survey is based on interviews with 2,015 people and was […]
Children Killing Children: The Scourge of Capitalist Societies
In recent weeks, a series of tragic violent incidents involving children murdering other children in the UK have hit the headlines in the country. In November, a 14 year old boy was charged with the murder of a 12 year old girl, Ava White, in Liverpool. She was stabbed to death while out with some […]
Views on the News 15/12/2021
Headlines: Tunisian President Extends Suspension Ann San Sui Kui Given Sentence Virtual Conference to Save Democracy Tunisian President Extends Suspension Tunisian President Kais has revealed the extension of the suspension of the country’s parliament, announcing that a referendum on constitutional reform will be held in July 2022, followed by parliamentary elections in December. In a speech […]
Vaccination in the MODERN sense of the word was used widely within the Ottoman Caliphate long before Edward Jenner was born – Setting the Historical Record Straight!
The Turkish Ministry of Health has published a “Brief History of Vaccines in Turkey” on its Covid-19 vaccination information platform (https://covid19asi.saglik.gov.tr/EN-80228/brief-history-of-vaccines-in-turkey.html), which says that “vaccination (in fact, variolation) then in practice among the people of Istanbul” was described by the wife of a British ambassador, which was about 80 years before Edwards Jenner’s development of […]
UK Nation Shocked at the Torture of Six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes
The horrific abuse of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes at the hands of his father and stepmother has lifted the lid on Britain’s child abuse problem. Arthur was physically assaulted, poisoned and dehumanised over a number of months during lockdown. By the time he died, with more than 130 injuries on his body, experts said his condition […]
Views on the News: 08/12/2021
Headlines: • Harvard Poll Shows Young Americans See US Democracy as Failing them • Biden-Putin Summit Harvard Poll Shows Young Americans See US Democracy as Failing them A majority of young Americans are worried about the state of democracy in the US according to a new poll of Americans (age 18-29) conducted by Harvard’s Kennedy […]
International News Review 04/12/2021
EU Announces Funding for Global Gateway to Rival China BRI This week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced €300 billion funding for the Global Gateway programme that is the EU’s response to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The EC President said, “We will support smart investments in quality infrastructure, respecting the highest social […]
Views on the News 01/12/2021
Headlines: Pakistan’s Debt Skyrockets Iran Nuclear Talks Resume Turkey Economic Crisis Gets Worse
International News Review 27/11/2021
West Raises Alarm of Renewed Russian Escalation at Ukrainian Border According to a report by the Military Times on Sunday, ‘Russia has more than 92,000 troops amassed around Ukraine’s borders and is preparing for an attack by the end of January or beginning of February, the head of Ukraine’s defense intelligence agency told Military Times.’ […]
The Usual Costs of Capitalism
In Sweden, alcohol sales rose by a quarter in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest research, two months after sanitary restrictions and regulations to work remotely were lifted in the kingdom, one in five workers abuses alcohol. Swedish employers are forced to seek help from counselors in the fight against […]
Europeans Trade Blame While Migrants Die
The French president Emmanuel Macron accused the UK prime minister of not being “serious” by making the call on Twitter, after the deaths of 27 people on Wednesday. The diplomatic row erupted after France withdrew a summit invitation to Home Secretary Priti Patel. The UK government urged it to reconsider, with the PM saying: “This […]
“Religious Freedoms” is a Tool of the West to Achieve its Political Goals
On November 18, news agency Radio Liberty, with reference to the US Department of State, published the news: “Kazakhstan has avoided being included in the US “watchlist” for religious freedom. The State Department did not comply with the recommendation of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to add Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and […]
Liberal Democratic Laws Allow People to Freeze at the Borders of “Civilized” Nations
Thousands of people, mostly from Iraq, Syria and Yemen are at the Belarus border with Poland, enduring freezing conditions in the hope of crossing into the EU. Currently there are approximately 2000 people in makeshift camps where women and children are at risk of dying of exposure. The Belarus government is accused of facilitating illegal […]
No Country can Win against Covid-19; but it is Possible to Choose How Badly to Lose!
“The Netherlands will become the first western European country to impose a partial lockdown since the summer, introducing strict new measures from Saturday in the face of record numbers of new Covid-19 infections” according to the Guardian on the 12th of November, 2021. So today, the 13th of November, marks the start of fresh Covid-19 […]
Climate Conference End with Little Agreed
The COP26 global climate summit lasted for two weeks in Glasgow, UK. It brought together nearly 200 nations in order to agree to emission targets so the planet doesn’t reach tipping point. The summit brought together nearly 200 leaders who are being asked to targets to cut emissions by 2030. There has been growing urgency […]
Sleaze, Corruption & Democratic Politics
Over the past 2 weeks, the British parliamentary system has once again been embroiled in a series of “sleaze and corruption” scandals. In an independent investigation by Parliament’s Standards Commissioner, the Tory Member of Parliament, Owen Paterson, was found to have used his position to lobby ministers and officials on behalf of two private companies […]
The COP26: How Capitalists Turn Pollution into Profit
COP26 will urge the 195 countries to deliver on the promises they made when agreeing on the Paris Agreement during COP21 in 2015. One of the most important goals of this agreement was to reduce the amount of harmful greenhouse gases – in particular CO2, which is the subject of this article – in order […]
Views on the News 7/11/2021
Headlines: Cop26: Conference is a PR Event US Okays Sale of Advanced Air-to-Air Missiles to Saudi Arabia Top Pakistani Security Official Blasts West’s Afghan Policy as Abandonment