Only a revolution will clear the financial hurricane

“What America needs to get out of this financial crisis is a communist revolution,” said Jane Sullivan, a patient care assistant at a local hospital in Cambridge. “The crisis is not about bailing the people out, it’s about bailing the system out,” she added. In her spare time, Jane volunteers with the Revolution newspaper, voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party, by spreading the ideology of the party and giving free copies of the Revolution newspaper to people on the street.

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Democracy meets moderate Islamists wishes

A quick look at the Islamic countries reveals the fact that moderate Islam coordinates democratic values. In fact if democracy establishes in these countries, moderate Islamists will gain more than anybody else. They will receive the freedom of activities and get ride of cruel dictators which limits their freedom. here is more concrete examples:
In Egypt if a free and just election happens, moderate Islamists will surely achieve at least their minimum rights. Maybe they can win majority of seats of parliament.
In Turkey the situation of Islamists is better. Any time that a free election is performed the winner is an Islamic party like Adalat, Fazilat and Refah. And whenever the military forces prevent free election, the Islamists stand in weaker position.
In Pakistan if general Mosharaf issue the permission of a really free election Islamists will gain more benefits and the freedom of activity.
In Europe Moslems gain a lot of the democratic atmosphere and whenever an undemocratic decision”n like the laws against Hijab” is taken, Islamist will lose more than any body else.
Who is against democracy in Islamic countries?
1- The dictator rulers who feel unsafe about free democracy. They know that in a free democratic election they won’t win.
2- The United States of America! It is surprising if one says that the U.S.A is always at the side of dictators and stands against democracy in Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran and any other Islamic country.

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Iran Participating in Syria Handicrafts Exhibition

Tehran, October 13, 2008: An Iranian official on Saturday called for a stronger presence of the Islamic Republic of Iran in international cultural festivals across the world, IRNA reported. Head of the tourism-related infrastructures department affiliated to the Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization made the remark on the sidelines of opening ceremony of Syria Handicraft Exhibition in Damascus on Saturday.

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What Every American Should Know About the Middle East

Most in the United States don’t know much about the Middle East or the people that live there. This lack of knowledge hurts our ability to understand world events and, consequently, our ability to hold intelligent opinions about those events. For example, frighteningly few know the difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims, and most think the words “Arab” and “Muslim” are pretty much interchangeable. They aren’t. So here’s a very brief primer aimed at raising the level of knowledge about the region to an absolute minimum.

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Islam and Democracy

In the article “Islam and Democracy,” by John Esposito and John O. Voll discuss the complexity of democracy in the contemporary world. In particular, there focus is on the involvement of the multiple groups in the twentieth century political seen. They argue that many of these groups “identify themselves explicitly as Islamic” as a way to enter the political scene. Once in, they take a democratic form, however, they aroused considerable controversy. Esposito and Voll argue that

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IAEA report clarifies Iran’s stance

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi said the recent Iran report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohammed ElBaradei once again demonstrated Iran’s righteousness and honesty.

“Like the previous reports, the report confirms that there has been no deviation in Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities,” he said in an interview with the Channel Two TV late Thursday.

Qashqavi pointed out that the U.S. continues to pressure the UN nuclear body with the aim of modifying its legal and technical structure and drag it into the political arena. … FULL TEXT

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A chance for the Middle East

Now that the US economy has been hit with the financial meltdown, what are the options for investors from the Middle East and North Africa? The global financial crisis does not seem to distinguish between countries and regions or between sound and weak economic fundamentals. It seems that we have been through this before. During the Asian crisis and later the Russian default of the mid 1990s, an analyst is quoted to have said that Yeltsin went to bed drunk and Brazil woke up with a hangover. Brazil was so far removed from Russia in terms of economic fundamentals, yet it did not seem to matter to traders and investors

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Islamic beliefs honor Women

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Have you ever walked through a mall and seen a woman with a veil covering her hair? What crossed your mind? Did you think she was one of the many wives of a rich Saudi Arabian oil sheik? Did you feel sympathy for her because some man forced her to dress that way? Or did you shrug your shoulders and decide it was just one of life’s mysteries? The veiled women are Muslims who have adopted the Islamic dress code for modesty. Islam is one of the world’s largest monotheistic (belief in one God) religions. Almost one billion people in 40 countries are Muslims, with Arabs less than 20 percent of the total.
Contrary to popular belief, women and men are regarded as equal in Islam, but with different responsibilities. This difference, however, doesn’t mean women can’t undertake similar tasks or responsibilities. A woman is recognized as an independent individual entitled to work, own a business, obtain an education, and participate in government .In fact…

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Iran, Pakistan finalise gas pipeline deal without India

Iran and Pakistan have finalised a deal on USD 7.4 billion gas pipeline project without the participation of India, ending settled differences on the agreement during four-day negotiations in Tehran. The two countries have agreed to sign draft agreement and a letter of understanding by the end of October, a senior Iranian official said yesterday. The India-Pakistan-Iran talks in Tehran, which began on September 24, was not attended by India, who said it will not attend the tri-nation meetings unless transit fee issue is resolved with Islamabad.
Iranian Oil Minister’s special representative Hojjatollah Ghanimifard, however, said “Iran welcomes India whenever it joins us in the peace pipeline project.”

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Persian carpet the old art of Iran

The art of carpet weaving existed in Iran in ancient times, according to evidences and in the opinion of scientists. An example of such evidences is the 2500-year-old Pazyryk carpet dating back to 500 B.C., during the Achaemenid period.
The first documented evidence on the existence of Persian carpets came from Chinese texts dating back to the Sassanid period (224 – 641 CE).

This art underwent many changes in various eras of the Iranian history to an extent that it passed an upward trend before the Islamic era until the Mongols invasion of Iran. After the invasion, the art began to grow again during the reign of the Mongol dynasties of Timurid and Ilkhanid.
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