Yemeni Prisoner Muhammad Salih Dies At Guantánamo

Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih (also known as Mohammed al-Hanashi), a Yemeni prisoner at Guantánamo, has died, apparently by committing suicide. Anyone else wondering whether his family will ever gét justice? For those still hopeful of what US and western democracies have to offer, please spare some time and investigate what Islam has to say about [...]

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Is a Life Sentence for the Austrian Who Raped Daughter enough?

The 73-year-old fathered seven children with his daughter while he kept her locked in a cellar for 24 years, one of whom he admits having murdered by neglect. As much as some may hate me for saying this, as far as I’m concerned, rape is a crime that if proven warrants nothing short of the [...]

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Why should Pakistan fight America’s War?

Attention all democracy lovers: this post is dedicated to you. The US’s latest strikes on Pakistani territory killed 12 people. Local people report that many were women and children, but I suspect most people reading this will dismiss these as unconfirmed reports. It’s hard to count accurately the number of lives taken by the US [...]

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