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by Burak Bekdil
• May 31, 2016 at 5:30 am
- Many people
describe Qatar's treatment of expatriate laborers on World Cup sites
as "modern day slavery." Some 1,200 workers have already
died and, according to warnings, up to 4,000 could perish before World
Cup begins.
- "The fact
that thousands must die to build 12 fine stadiums for us has nothing
to do with football," said William Kvist of the Danish national
team.
- "We are
committed to helping the destitute," said Hamad bin Nasser
al-Thani of Qatar's royal family, who is chairman of the Doha-based
Qatar Charity. How nice!
- Why not promote
"Islamic values" by taking in even just a few thousand
Syrian refugees, instead of praising Turkey for taking in nearly
three million Syrian Muslim refugees and praising it
for promoting "Islamic values?"
The family of a Nepalese worker, who died in Qatar
while working on a football stadium site, prepares to bury him in Nepal.
Foreign laborers in Qatar work in dangerous conditions, and Nepalese
laborers alone die
at the rate of one every two days. (Image source: Guardian
video screenshot)
The proud Gulf state of Qatar boasts human habitation dating back to
50,000 years ago. It may not be the only country across the world with
such an impressive historical habitation story. But what makes it unique
is its skillfully planned preservation tradition, particularly its
persistent touch on medieval, not ancient, history.
Qatar is the world's wealthiest country, or more of a family-run gas
station. It boasts abiding by various aspects of the sharia (Islamic
religious law), which, according to its constitution, it considers the
main source of its legislation. In Qatar, flogging and stoning are legal
forms of punishment. Apostasy (leaving Islam) is a crime punishable by
the death penalty.
by Majid Rafizadeh
• May 31, 2016 at 4:30 am
- Since Khamenei
took power in 1989, he has shown no deviation from Khomeini's
revolutionary ideologies. Opposing the United States, "the
Great Satan," and the rejection of Israel's existence are two
of the most critical pillars of Iran's revolutionary ideals -- what
defines the raison d'être of the Iranian regime, as well as what
shapes Khamenei's ideological and foreign policy.
- Other
revolutionary core values that Khamenei desires the next supreme
leader to hold include supporting Palestinian and Lebanese armed
groups against Israel, maintaining Iran's nuclear program, and being
the supreme leader of the entire Islamic world -- not only the
leader of the Shiites. Khamenei's official website refers to him as
"the Supreme Leader of Muslims," not the Supreme Leader of
"Iran."
Who's next? Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
(left) founded the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979. He hand-picked
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right) as his successor for Supreme Leader. Now
Khamenei seems to be setting the stage to choose his own successor.
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the past did not
seem to wish to discuss topics linked to his successor -- -- the next
Supreme Leader. Nevertheless, recently the trend has altered. Khamenei
has begun dictating his policies, preferences, and priorities in what
kind of Supreme Leader he would rather the Iranian regime have, and who,
after his death, the Assembly of Experts ought to choose.
In a recent meeting, the 76-year-old Ayatollah Khamenei met with
some members of the Assembly of Experts, and pointed out that "a
supreme leader has to be a revolutionary" and he advised that
members not to "be bashful" in selecting the next Supreme
Leader.
by The Editors
• May 31, 2016 at 4:00 am
- "These two
religions [Christendom and Islam], and as far as I am aware, no
others in the world, believe that their truths are not only
universal but also exclusive. They believe that they are the
fortunate recipients of God's final message to humanity, which it is
their duty not to keep selfishly to themselves like the Jews or the
Hindus, but to bring to the rest of mankind, removing whatever
barriers there may be in the way." — Bernard
Lewis
May 30, 2016 at 3:00 pm
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