News A few days ago, we woke to news of the arrest of Moazzam Begg. This spread like wild fire amongst Muslims and soon it was on the front page of the BBC and other news outlets. He is a well known Muslim personality, not only in the UK but globally, and such was the international interest that later in the day, a South African radio station called me up…

Headlines: • Russia Warns Saudi Arabia against Giving Rebels Missiles • Iraqi Leaders Give Conflicting Answers on Reported Iran Arms Deal • US Planning Full Afghan Pullout, Obama tells Karzai • Pakistan to Launch Military Campaign against Taliban Details: Russia Warns Saudi Arabia against Giving Rebels Missiles Tuesday, Russia warned Saudi Arabia against supplying Syrian rebels with shoulder-launched missile launchers, saying such a move would endanger security across the Middle…

News Uzbeknews.net reported on the 18 of February 2014 that close associates of Gulnara Karimova the daughter of Karimov the president of Uzbekistan, have been arrested and are under investigation for corruption and financial crimes. The Prosecutor General's office reported today that Rustam Madumarov, Gayane Avakyan, and Ekaterina Klyueva have been detained in violation of Article 178, Part 2 (concealment of foreign currency), and Article 184.3 (evasion of taxes and…

News Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the patron-in-chief of the Pakistan People's Party, on Saturday, 16th of February 2014, slammed the Taliban for trying to drag the country back to the "stone-age." He said, "The Taliban want to impose the law of terror in the country, but I want to tell them, if you have to live in Pakistan you will have to follow its constitution". [Indian Express, 18 February 2014] Comment…