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Westerners are trying to suggest that those of Arab countries in the wake of the root zone and not make it to the new technologies of communication and social media are compared. It is noteworthy that all of the West for its technology revolutionaries were mobilized to control the revolutions in their own hands. Google is one of the companies that develop new momentum in the act Vtrh Egypt launched a new claim to help and support to companies active in the field of new technologies has started in Egypt in the Arby 'Abda’ " Start] is called.
Google's director of operations in Egypt, claimed: "We believe that the spread of modern technology to economic and cultural development in this part of the world and will have political effects. It's time to give people hope that they can progress into the future and have hope. "
On the other hand, from the east, the Quadrennial State Department report, the plan was revealed that Hillary Clinton told the American public diplomacy, and development of technology export to Muslim countries, democracy and American values ​​as they are issued is so revolutionary and Islamic values, they will interlunar.
The program began with a group of workers in Egypt riding a bus with Google Inc. Google is a commercial sign and painted the word "Abda’" written on his travels around the country to begin.
The purpose of this program to identify and encourage those in the field of modern technologies have an economic plan. This project was reviewed by Google and the best plan to win the race in May next year will be awarded a prize of $ 200 thousand.
Google experts and innovators in new media in Egypt next month to select the best plan to all participants in this contest will provide technical assistance and advice.
Two independent institutions are responsible for organizing and overseeing the competition. Participants can adjust their product design or manufacture of software and computer programs available on the network such as Google, Microsoft and Facebook are available to use.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took to the podium at the U.N. General Assembly Thursday - one day after two American hikers were released from prison in Tehran - to deliver a speech strongly condemning the United States.

(The Muslim world is generally confused about the drive behind the Arab Spring and its potential impact. This article helps one understand because it underlines the new policy of the USA and the West to ‘control’ the Middle East. If there is accommodation in Syria and Bahrain between the protesters and the regime the efforts of the West would be frustrated. The key to success of every state in the Middle East lies in avoiding sectarian strife and ethnic/tribal polarisation. ‘Calvinist Islam’ allegedly followed by AKP ruled Turkey, may not yield the result the West seeks; it may even become an effective instrument to defeat ‘Takfiri Islam’. Pakistan and Iran are the ultimate military target of the West. If they survive the present onslaught, the Muslim World may rid itself of all vestiges of western Imperialism. Rifah Party proposes a Union of Ten ECO States; that would effectively be the trench the West is unable to cross in order to invade and conquer. + Usman Khalid, President of Rifah Party+)

Map of ten ECO states – Kazakhstan, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan & Kyrgyzstan.

As Washington and its cohorts march towards the Eurasian Heartland, they have tried to manipulate Islam as a geo-political tool. They have created political and social chaos in the process. Along the way they have tried to redefine Islam and to subordinate it to the interests of global capital by ushering in a new generation of so-called Islamists, chiefly amongst the Arabs.

The Project to Redefine Islam: Turkey as the New Model and “Calvinist Islam”

Turkey in its present form is now being presented as the democratic model for the rebelling Arab masses to follow. It is true that Ankara has progressed since the days it used to ban Kurdish from being spoken in public, but Turkey is not a functional democracy and is very much a kleptocracy with fascist tendencies.

The military still plays a huge role in the affairs of the state and government. The term “deep state,” which denotes a state run secretly from the top-down by unaccountable bodies and individuals, in fact originates from Turkey. Civil rights are still not respected in Turkey and candidates for public office have to be approved by the state apparatus and the groups controlling them, which try to filter out anyone that would go against the status quo in Turkey.

Turkey is not being presented as a model for the Arabs due to its democratic qualifications. It is being presented as the political model for the Arabs, because of a project of political and socio-economic “bida” (innovation) involving the manipulation of Islam.

Although very popular, the Turkish Justice and Development Party or JDP (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi or AKP) was allowed to come into power in 2002, without opposition by the Turkish military and the Turkish courts. Before this there was little tolerance for political Islam in Turkey. The JDP/AKP was founded in 2001 and the timing of their founding and their electoral win in 2002 was also tied to the objective of redrawing Southwest Asia and North Africa.

This project to manipulate and redefine Islam seeks to subordinate Islam to dominant World Order capitalist interests through a new wave of "political Islamism", such as the JDP/AKP. A new strand of Islam is thereby being fashioned through what has come to be called “Calvinist Islam” or a “Muslim version of the Protestant work ethic.” It is this model that is been nurtured in Turkey and now being presented to Egypt and the Arabs by Washington and Brussels.

This “Calvinist Islam” also has no problem with the “reba” or interest system, which is prohibited under Islam. It is this system that is used to enslave individuals and societies with the chains of debt to global capitalism. It is in this context that the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is calling for so-called “democratic reforms” in the Arab World.

The ruling families of Sauda Arabia and the Arab petro-sheikhdoms are also partners in the enslavement of the Arab world through debt. In this regard Qatar and the Arab sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf are in the process of creating a Middle East Development Bank that is intended to give loans to Arab countries to support their "transition towards democracy". The democracy promotion mission of the Middle East Development Bank is ironic because the countries forming it are all staunch dictatorships.

It is also this subordination of Islam to global capitalism that is causing internal friction in Iran.

Opening the Door for a New Generation of Islamists
The hope in Washington is that this “Calvinist Islam” will take root with a new generation of Islamists under the banner of new democratic states. These governments will effectively enslave their countries by placing them further into debt and selling national assets. They will help subvert the region extending from North Africa to Southwest and Central Asia as the area is being balkanized and restructured in the image of Israel under ethnocratic systems.

Tel Aviv will also wield wide influence amongst these new states. Hand-in-hand with this project, different forms of ethno-linguistic nationalism and religious intolerance are also being promoted to divide the region. Turkey also plays an important, because it is one of the cradle for this new generation of Islamists. Saudi Arabia too plays a role in supporting the militant wing of these Islamists.

Washington's Restructuring of the Geo-Strategic Chessboard
Targeting Iran and Syria is part of the larger strategy of controlling Eurasia. Chinese interests have been attacked everywhere on the global map. Sudan has been balkanized and both North Sudan and South Sudan are headed towards conflict. Libya has been attacked and is in the process of being balkanized. Syria is being pressured to surrender and fall into line. The U.S. and Britain are now integrating their national security councils, which parallels Anglo-American bodies from the Second World War.

Targeting Pakistan is also connected to neutralizing Iran and attacking Chinese interests and any future unity in Eurasia. In this regard, the U.S. and NATO have militarized the waters around Yemen. At the same time in Eastern Europe, the U.S. is building its fortifications in Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania to neutralize Russia and the former Soviet republics. Belarus and Ukraine are being put under increasing pressure too. All these steps are part of a military strategy to encircle Eurasia and to either control its energy supplies or the flow of energy towards China. Even Cuba and Venezuela are under increasing threat. The military noose is globally being tightened by Washington.

It appears that new Islamist parties are being formed and groomed by the Al-Sauds with the help of Turkey to take power in Arab capitals. Such governments will work to subordinate their respective states. The Pentagon, NATO, and Israel may even select some of these new governments to justify new wars.

It has to be mentioned that Norman Podhoretz, a original member of the Project for a New American Century (PNAC), in 2008 suggest an apocalyptic future scenario in which Israel launches a nuclear war against Iran, Syria, and Egypt amongst its other neighbouring countries. This would include Lebanon and Jordan. Podhoretz described an expansionist Israel and even suggested that the Israelis would militarily occupy the oil fields of the Persian Gulf.

What came across as odd in 2008 was the suggestion by Podhoretz, which was influenced by the strategic analysis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), that Tel Aviv would launch a nuclear attack on its staunch Egyptian allies ruling Cairo under President Mubarak. Despite the fact that the old regime still remains, Mubarak is no longer in power in Cairo. The Egyptian military still gives orders, but Islamists may come to power. This is occuring despite the fact that Islam continues to be demonized by the U.S. and most of its NATO allies.


Unknown Future: What Next?
The U.S., the E.U., and Israel are trying to use the upheavals in the Turko-Arabo-Iranic World to further their own objectives including the war on Libya and the support of an Islamic insurrection in Syria. Along with the Al-Sauds, they are attempting to spread “fitna” or division amongst the peoples of Southwest Asia and North Africa. The Israeli-Khaliji strategic alliance, formed by Tel Aviv and the ruling Arab families in the Persian Gulf, is crucial in this regard.

In Egypt the social upheaval is far from over and the people are become more radical. This is resulting in concessions by the military junta in Cairo. The protest movement is now starting to address the role of Israel and its relationship to the military junta. In Tunisia too, the popular stream is headed towards radicalization.

Washington and its cohorts are playing with fire. They may think that this period of chaos presents an excellent opportunity for confrontation with Iran and Syria. The upheaval that has taken root in the Turko-Arabo-Iranic World will have unpredictable results. The resilience of the peoples in Bahrain and Yemen under the threats of increased state-sponsored violence indicates the articulation of more cohesive anti-US and Anti-Zionist protest movement.

By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya - Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya specializes in the Middle East and Central Asia He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG)

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Life in Saudi Arabia is good – oil rich, tax free incomes, multiple servants, big villas and security.  Even labourers, remark on the improved quality of life in Saudi as compared to Pakistan. For them this is an opportunity to support their families in the relative security of the Kingdom.

It seems Pakistani expat workers are satisfied with life. Even migrant labourers who I have conversed with personally say life is better in Saudi than in Pakistan, and the incomes they receive give their families back home a fighting chance. Personally, I’ve had good experiences and memories of living in the Kingdom for many years. But let’s face it – there is a conflict between personal gain and ethical integrity when it comes to Saudi Arabia.

One can witness a pervasive sort of racism,  a form of Saudi supremacy that views other types of Arabs and particularly the South Asian expats (who are mostly labourers) as inferior and mere ‘commodities’ who can be bought and sold ruthlessly. Expats are not human beings but a commodity to be bartered and acquired.

Connected to racial supremacy is an attempt to insulate the regime from criticism by using the cloak of religion. Saudi textbooks are filled with references to hate; the Islamic Studies curriculum in the country is simply barbaric. I’ve experienced first-hand being taught by an Islamic Studies teacher in one of the most prominent private schools in Riyadh, about the dangers of having non-Muslims as friends and about the evil conspiracies hatched by Christians, Jews and Shias.

In Pakistan, Saudi petro-dollars have funded factories of hate in the form of the madrassa system. ‘Petro-Islam’ is a nightmare scenario – capitalism and a dangerous ideology locked in a tight embrace. It is because of the sheer amount of money behind this austere and dangerous theology that it can easily overwhelm the moderate elements in any given society.

Little attention is given in Pakistan about the treatment of Pakistani labourers. If the Saudis will not speak about the suffering of these people then why should we remain silent? It is understandable that Pakistanis within Saudi cannot protest, but why do Pakistanis living outside who have witnessed first-hand the harsh treatment of their fellow citizens choose to remain silent? The Gulf countries practice a modern day equivalent of slavery, and our media should be more vocal about it, instead of weaving tales about Mossad and RAW.

The treatment of Pakistani labourers as sub-humans is deeply pervasive. The underlying logic of this treatment is that a non-Saudi can never be an equal; they are always meant to serve. Pakistanis like to criticise Europe’s hostility to immigrants but the anti-immigration feeling in Saudi Arabia is deeply toxic and yet it is never scrutinised.

A famous Pakistani defence of Saudi Arabia is that it is an ‘Islamic country’ and ergo a good place to raise the kids. But there is very little ‘Islamic’ about the country – in my time in Saudi, I talked to converts to Islam who travelled from as far as America and the UK to see for themselves the ‘Islamic’ Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Privately, they reveal a story of disillusionment and profuse disappointment.

Many were shocked by what they see in Saudi. They talk about a hypocrisy running deep within the society. Whilst the elite enjoy a hedonistic lifestyle of drinking and private nightclub-style parties, the religious police make life hell. I once saw a mullah in a GMC reverse on one of the main roads in Riyadh just to tell a woman to put her burqa on properly.

I find we are confused about our reaction to the prospect of a ‘Saudi Revolution’. When Mubarak was toppled and Ben Ali fled, the reaction amongst Pakistanis was positive, after all these dictators were merely pawns of the West. But talk about Saudi, and again there is that sense of unease and discomfort. After all, for all their faults the Saudis still do some great work. Many Pakistanis and indeed Muslims around the world have a sense of deep respect in regards to the provision of the Hajj. Indeed, the Saudis have continually done a fantastic job in improving facilities, crowd control and should be given credit for handling such a difficult event with efficiency.

But on the issue of faith, some Pakistanis are naive in thinking that a Muslim country can never be unjust with another Muslim country; they refuse to accept that in the reality of real politick there is no ‘Islamic Ummah’.

It is this sense of moral unease we have when we talk about Saudi Arabia that has haunted Pakistani hearts and minds. On the one hand, we receive great remittances from Pakistani workers who are employed in the Kingdom, but on the other hand everyone knows that they are discriminated against and have little or no rights. But yet again the response is that those Pakistanis living and working in Saudi Arabia should be grateful that they even have a job because of the deteriorating economic conditions back home. In this cold, utilitarian world where money talks, it is impossible that the Pakistani government will fight for its citizens rights in front of the Saudi Royal family.

The old adage, ‘Don’t bite the hand that feeds you’, comes to mind. Pakistan is trapped in an abusive marriage (or maybe a delusional affair?) when it comes to Saudi.
Today the Kingdom is launching a great counter-revolution trying to contain the ‘Arab Spring’ by buying off Arab militaries, supporting dictators, issuing fatwas against the protestors and involving the Pakistani security forces in controlling protests in Bahrain which has become a stage for its great feud with Iran. Pakistan is very much a supporter of tyranny in the greatest political awakening of the 21st century, and this will hurt only Pakistanis in the end. by Ahmad Ali Khalid

India has always been an important source of the foreign labour that has built Kuwait's skyscrapers, taught in its schools and run its businesses.

With the opening of a masjid this year, the subcontinent has become a source of architectural inspiration, too. The As-Sadeeqa Fatimatul Zahra Masjid, built in the style of the Taj Mahal, is already gaining a reputation as one of Kuwait's most distinctive buildings.

"It's giving a sight for the [passengers of] planes when they come in," said Eisa Mohammed, the supervisor of the Shiite masjid in the Abdullah al Mubarak residential area, a suburb on the approach to Kuwait International Airport.

"Inside, it's totally different. It's not the same as the Taj Mahal for sure," Mr Mohammed said. "It's not a mausoleum; it's not a visiting place; it's a place for praying."

The original Taj Mahal was commissioned by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, in about 1632. The mausoleum in Agra, India, was finished in about 1653 and is revered as one of the world's architectural wonders. In 1983 the building became a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Jumaa Hussain, one of the engineers in charge of the construction, said the building's internal design differs from the original by including features such as carvings of verses from the Quran. Outside, the four minarets and central dome are adorned with brass crescents.

Mr Hussain said the masjid has been built on an area of 3,136 square metres and estimated that the Taj Mahal "is three or four times bigger". The masjid was squeezed into a plot of government-allocated land and its design had to forgo the Indian tomb's famous reflecting pool for more practical considerations such as a car park.

The masjid was the idea of a member of parliament, Hassan Johar, Mr Mohammed said. The Shiite parliamentarian raised about 1.2 million Kuwaiti dinars (Dh16m) to pay for its construction, which included a 35,000-dinar carpet from Egypt and stone pillars from Iran.

Copying the Taj Mahal is not a new idea. In fact, it is a practice that dates back to the Mughals themselves.

The Bibi Ka Maqbara in Aurangabad was built by Mughal rulers in the late 17th century in the image of the Taj Mahal at a fraction of its cost. Las Vegas, Dubai and Shenzhen, China, have also copied the tomb's white design in theme parks.

A wealthy Bangladeshi recently built a copy of the Taj Mahal near Dhaka, causing Indian diplomats to question if the building breached copyright laws.

The proprietors of the new Kuwait masjid have avoided that concern. Mr Johar received the blessing of the Indian embassy before building the MASJID, Mr Mohammed said.

MiD DAY's photographer Sayed Sameer Abedi recounts his harrowing experience with the Mumbai Police after he was detained for more than for hours for taking innocuous photographs of a traffic junction and an airplane. He was threatened, roughed up and even called a terrorist because of his name

HAVING been a photojournalist for 12 years, I never thought the Mumbai Police would harass me for doing my job. That is exactly what happened to me yesterday, however, when I was detained for four hours for merely taking photographs and realised just how drunk on power, money-hungry and racist some of our officers are.


During those harrowing four hours, I was roughed up, threatened and treated like a criminal and one officer even cast aspersions on my intentions based on my religion. He said I could be Pakistani and a terrorist because I have a Muslim name.

I was on a regular assignment at Zari Mari road near Saki Naka at 2 pm when I found that traffic near the junction was a mess after President Pratibha Patil and her entourage had passed by. While taking photographs of the jam, I noticed an aircraft landing at the airport and clicked a few photos of that as well.

Suddenly, a police constable appeared on the scene and shouted, "What are you doing, what photos are you taking? Don't you know that you cannot take photos like this? You need to take permission before clicking photographs. Come to the senior inspector.". I went with the constable to the inspector, who asked me why I was taking the photographs.

I told the senior police inspector, Samadhan Dhanedhar, that I work as a photojournalist for MiD DAY and Inquilab and that I was merely taking photographs of the traffic condition. I also complained to him that the constable had jerked me around and treated me like a criminal.

He asked me to show him the photographs I had clicked and then asked me how I had dared to take photos of an aircraft without taking permission from him. When I protested and told him that I was just doing my job and was doing nothing that was against the law, he shouted me down and asked me not to raise my voice.

He then turned to the constable and asked him to make sure that I was arrested and booked on serious charges. The policeman made me sit in the van for more than half an hour and then finally took me to the Saki Naka Police station.

A terrorist?
At the police station, Sub-Inspector Ashok Parthi, the investigating officer in my case, asked me about the incident. I explained everything and said I had done nothing wrong.

"Don't talk too much, just shut up and listen to what we are saying. Your name is Sayed, you could be a terrorist and a Pakistani.

The Senior PI (Dhanedhar) has asked me to inform the Special Branch and file all kinds of charges, including those of terrorism, against you. The only option left for you then would be to get your name cleared in court.

Do you want us to do that? Let me inform you that we have all the power in the world to do what we want," Parthi said.

When I told him that I wanted to speak to Dhanedhar, Parthi said that the senior PI did not want to talk to me.
He continued threatening me with dire consequences and sobered down only when I showed him my MiD DAY identity card and press accreditation and informed him that I had covered several press events involving the Prime Minister and the President.

After some time, he said, "If I wanted, I could have filed several charges against you, but I am not doing it and I am only imposing a fine."

The other policemen present there told me that I could go after paying a fine of Rs 1,200. I told them that I did not have the money and would not pay the fine. One of my colleagues came to the police station a while later and paid the fine on my behalf. We finally left the police station at 6.45 pm.

While we were stepping out, my colleague clicked a photograph of mine, which made a policeman pull us into the station again. One of the inspectors shouted at us again and said that we had failed to learn our lesson, before letting us go.<<via>>

RIYADH: Addressing a common problem with foreign workers' permits, the Labor Ministry called Friday on all employers to verify that their workers are engaged in the jobs stated on their work permits (iqamas).

“Companies and establishments can change their workers’ professions without exception to the actual trades they are engaged in except to the professions reserved for Saudi citizens,” the Saudi Press Agency reported, quoting a statement of the ministry. Job categories reserved exclusively for Saudis are human resources, reception, civil security and liaison with the government.

Establishments are required to rectify the profession statements over the next two months beginning on July 9 and ending on Sept. 10, the statement added.

The ministry also warned that the update of status about workers’ profession would be a condition for upgrading their Nitaqat status. The scheme grades all private companies to three categories depending on the level of Saudization achieved by each. Companies that are not in compliance will have their ability to recruit or keep foreign workers curtailed.

The ministry also called on establishments with branch offices not to show the names of all employees in a single statement. The statements should show specifically the number and trade of workers in each branch. By ARAB NEWS

Siraj Wahab met Javed Choudhry in Kazakhistan during the
OIC Foreign Ministerial Summit.

Siraj Wahab bhai finds mention in his Op-Ed with reference
to his opinion about the Indian Muslims in India.