Posts Tagged ‘Indonesia’

Afghanistan Has ALWAYS Been Resource Rich, It’s Policy That Dictates Success

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 14 June 2010 tagged Afghanistan, Africa, Archaeology, Arghandab, Blood diamond, Conflict diamond, DeBeers SA, egypt, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, global debt, Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, Highly Indebted Poor Countries, HIPC, Indonesia, International Monetary Fund, IRIN, Kandahar, Kandahar Province, Los Angeles Times, Minerals, New York Times, structural adjustments, taliban, Time, World Bank with View Comments

It has recently been reported by both the New York Times and Los Angeles Times that Afghanistan is extremely rich in mineral resources. Though the figure may be larger than previously imagined, the truth is that Afghanistan has many resources to make it self-sufficient. The Arghandab District of Kandahar Province before being over-run with insurgent [...]

Secretary Clinton’s Blunt Words to Pakistan : ‘If You Want to See Your Territory Shrink, That’s Your Choice’

In Crime, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War, fashion, pakistan on 29 October 2009 tagged Al Qaeda, al qaida, AP, Asif Ali Zardari, Associated Press, Bush Administration, George W. Bush, Government College of Lahore, Hilary Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Husain Haqqani, Indonesia, Lahore, Osama Bin Laden, pakistan, Peshawar, Secretary of State, taliban, terrorism with View Comments

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had very choice words for the people of Pakistan, which seemed to be in direct contrast with the Bush Administration who considered Pakistan an ally after the United States began its mission in Afghanistan in 2001. Clinton held nothing back as she came right out and said that [...]

Video : Vali Nasr ‘Jihad is Not Good for Business’

In Afghanistan, History, Iran, Iraq, Islam, News, Opinion, Palestine, Politics, TV, War, pakistan, religion on 23 September 2009 tagged 1979, Afghanistan, Asia, civil society, Comedy Central, Dictatorship, dubai, Europe, Forces of Fortune, Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World, Holocaust Denial, Indonesia, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, Islam, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Day, jihad, Jon Stewart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Malaysia, Middle Class, Middle East, Muslim, Muslim World, pakistan, Palestine, qods day, Quds day, Richard Holbrooke, The Daily Show, theocracy, Tufts University, Turkey, United States of America, Vali Nasr with View Comments

“It’s so interesting that in the Muslim world the middle class is now rising just as we here in the United States have decided to destroy ours…Our idea was, at least with Iraq. Let‘s completely destroy the society and then they‘ll vote and the middle class will spring up from their love of democracy. Is [...]

A New Kind of Feminism Takes Hold in Afghanistan ‘People Need to be Educated in Values’ of Islam

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, religion on 14 July 2009 tagged Afghanistan, Arab, Bangladesh, civil service commission, Indonesia, Michael Gerson, Rahela Hashim Sidiqi, San Francisco Chronicle, SFgate, Shia Family Law with View Comments

One thing I find really interesting about the women’s statements is that they challenge the Taliban notion that women cannot be educated by pointing to other Muslim nations where neither women nor men are denied the right to education. So why then, in Afghanistan, a nation that used to produce female professionals before the endless [...]

Barack Obama Admits Muslim Family Ties : U.S. Not at War With Islam

In Afghanistan, History, Iran, Iraq, Islam, News, Opinion, Palestine, Politics, Racism, War, pakistan, religion on 6 April 2009 tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Ankara, Armenia, Ataturk, Barack Obama, Bosporus, CNN, Digg, EU, European Union, G-20, Guantan, Guantanmo Bay, Halki Seminary, Hedo Turkoglu, Indonesia, International Security Assistance Force, Islam, Istanbul, Kenya, Kosovo, LA Times, Mehmet Okur, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, NATO, pakistan, PKK, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, United Nations Good Offices Mission, Video, War, Youtube with View Comments

Speaking from Ankara Turkey today, United States President, Barack Hussein Obama worked hard to move past the “with us or against us” mentality of the past 8 years of United States foreign policy. Obama even went so far as to acknowledge his Muslim father, something that seemed unthinkable during his historic bid for the presidency: [...]