Egypt and the Islamic loans - Egypt manoeuvres itself more and more into the situation of the late USSR. President Mursi (Morsi) nimbly takes out loans and debts. Meanwhile, there is also a so-called “Islamic loan” (Islamic economic jurisprudence), an interest-free loan, of 2 billion U.S. dollars from the neighbouring Libya for Egypt. Read More »
A Syrian’s Perspective: Bashar al-Assad’s Democratic Movement Bashar al-Assad has recently been demonized by the mainstream and so-called alternative media who claim that he is a brutal dictator. Actually Bashar is a reformer who has done much to further the causes of democracy and freedom. It is the opposition and their foreign supporters who represent the most repressive elements of the former ruling party in Syria. To fully understand this its is helpful to look at the historical context of the current crisis. The so-called “spontaneous popular uprising” started in Daraa on March 15th, 2011. The court house, police stations, governor’s house, and other public buildings were looted and torched by the “peaceful protestors” in the first week of the crisis. The people in Homs then began to protest in solidarity with Daraa, but this was uncharacteristic of peaceful Homs and many Syrians knew that it was a fake revolution. Read More »
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