I sit here writing this ahead of the semi-final showdown between Algeria and Egypt with the belief that my point will ring true regardless of who will have won by the time this goes out. My point being that somebody needs to put an end to the (...)
I always thought that those who choose not to vote are a waste of a citizen. Mostly because I believed they neglected to go to the ballot out of apathy. Sometimes this is true, but I have made the decision not to vote either in the upcoming British (...)
The group Islam4UK had planned to hold a demonstration in a British town in homage to the Muslim lives lost in Afghanistan at the hands of the British army. After a huge ruckus broke out the event was canceled and the group was banned under the (...)
Some commentators argue that boycotting is an ineffective means of voicing your discontent; that it does little to effect real change. However, this view does little to understand the real spirit of a boycott.
Usually, in the political arena, a (...)
On November 15, Fox aired an episode of the popular cartoon show Family Guy. One of the protagonists, Peter Griffin, claims that a recently-acquired radio is “worthless, like my Palestinian alarm clock.†The show cuts to an alarm clock that (...)
A number people argue that not only as a neighboring country, but as a country of Arabs, Muslims and Christians it is Egypt’s responsibility, as a state, to end the blockade in Gaza.
Ex-Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Shamir's spokesman once (...)
On October 3, 2002, Jean-Claude Fernand Willem, who was acting mayor of his municipality in France began to implement a boycott of Israeli products in protest against the anti-Palestinian policies of the Israeli Government. He was then prosecuted (...)
LONDON: Last week around 40 activists descended upon the popular British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s in Cromwell Street, West London. The action aimed to highlight the sale of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the West Bank which are (...)
Here in Britain we are generally proud to flaunt our freedom and encourage others to do so. This was never quite as obvious as it was during the mass protests in Iran following Mahmoud Ahmedinejad’s election. Let us not discuss his politics or (...)
They would have us believe that the role of Parliament – in any country – is to allow for democracy to take place; to allow the common citizen to have a voice. The idea of Parliament is to let your average Tom, Dick or Haroon vote for whoever (...)
Some commentators argue that boycotting is an ineffective means of voicing your discontent; that it does little to effect real change. However, this view does little to understand the real spirit of a boycott.
Usually, in the political arena, a (...)
