Algeria to redefine role of mosques - Fidet Mansour (Magharebia)
The Algerian ministry of religious affairs seeks to train imams to
better understand the demands of the times and ward off extremist
ideologies.
Cyprus: Russia's Next Lunch? - Peter Martino (Gatestone Institute) Cypriot banks cater almost exclusively to Russian oligarchs; as a consequence, tiny Cyprus is Russia's largest foreign investor.The impending fall of the Assad regime in Syria is forcing Russian President Vladimir Putin to look for an alternative to Tartus [for Russia's naval base] – leaving him with only one option: Cyprus.
Egyptian democracy workers still on trial for helping U.S. groups - Nancy A. Youssef and Amina Ismail (McClatchy Newspapers)
Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security: A Profile (Library of Congress)
Fear of rape 'driving Syria refugee crisis' - Richard Spencer ( The Telegraph)
Syria's Chemical Weapons Who Ends Up with Them? - Yaakov Lappin (Gatestone Institute) If the U.S. will not send ground troops into Syria to destroy the chemical weapons there, any of Syria's neighbors, threatened by unconventional weapons, could choose to send in ground troops. Not intervening is not an option: the implications of such weapons in the hands of al Qaeda or Hezbollah speak for themselves.
Cyprus: Russia's Next Lunch? - Peter Martino (Gatestone Institute) Cypriot banks cater almost exclusively to Russian oligarchs; as a consequence, tiny Cyprus is Russia's largest foreign investor.The impending fall of the Assad regime in Syria is forcing Russian President Vladimir Putin to look for an alternative to Tartus [for Russia's naval base] – leaving him with only one option: Cyprus.
Egyptian democracy workers still on trial for helping U.S. groups - Nancy A. Youssef and Amina Ismail (McClatchy Newspapers)
Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security: A Profile (Library of Congress)
As
per reports in December, Palestinian officials are openly talking about
using UNESCO to prohibit Jews from worshiping at Hebron’s Tomb of the
Patriarchs. The site has been revered since at least 1000 BC as the
burial site of the Hebrew patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their
wives. This is the second holiest site in Judaism after the Western
Wall in Jerusalem.
PA: "The Western Wall... no person besides Muslims ever used it as a place of worship, throughout all of history" - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
AFP’s Mosque Muck Up - Pesach Benson (Honest Reporting) It says a lot about AFP that the French wire service labels the Tomb of the Patriarchs a “mosque” in a headline.
EU Speeds Up Aid for Palestinians (AFP) The European Union said Tuesday it was bringing forward to the first quarter of 2013 aid payments of 60 million euros ($80 million) to help the Palestinian Authority finance its budget deficit, pay civil servants and pensions, and provide essential public services. Another 40 million euros will go to UNRWA, paying for education, health, and social services for Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. (US aid has been held up by Congress and promised aid from Arab countries has yet to materialize.)
PA: "The Western Wall... no person besides Muslims ever used it as a place of worship, throughout all of history" - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
AFP’s Mosque Muck Up - Pesach Benson (Honest Reporting) It says a lot about AFP that the French wire service labels the Tomb of the Patriarchs a “mosque” in a headline.
EU Speeds Up Aid for Palestinians (AFP) The European Union said Tuesday it was bringing forward to the first quarter of 2013 aid payments of 60 million euros ($80 million) to help the Palestinian Authority finance its budget deficit, pay civil servants and pensions, and provide essential public services. Another 40 million euros will go to UNRWA, paying for education, health, and social services for Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. (US aid has been held up by Congress and promised aid from Arab countries has yet to materialize.)
Fear of rape 'driving Syria refugee crisis' - Richard Spencer ( The Telegraph)
Syria's Chemical Weapons Who Ends Up with Them? - Yaakov Lappin (Gatestone Institute) If the U.S. will not send ground troops into Syria to destroy the chemical weapons there, any of Syria's neighbors, threatened by unconventional weapons, could choose to send in ground troops. Not intervening is not an option: the implications of such weapons in the hands of al Qaeda or Hezbollah speak for themselves.
