Monday, July 17, 2017

Why did an Indian university honor Erdoğan?

When India's Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university awarded an honorary doctorate to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on May 1, it highlighted the president's humanitarian diplomacy as one of the main reasons behind its decision.

https://www.dailysabah.com/op-ed/2017/06/24/why-did-an-indian-university-honor-erdogan

Do they hate Al-Jazeera because it doesn't broadcast belly dancing?

At a seminar I attended many years ago in the United Arab Emirates, American political scientist Michael Craig Hudson, considered an expert on the Middle East, said something bizarre. Hudson said he was optimistic that the region had great hope for Arab-Israeli peace because the Gulf youth did not watch Al-Jazeera but the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) instead.

https://www.dailysabah.com/op-ed/2017/06/20/do-they-hate-al-jazeera-because-it-doesnt-broadcast-belly-dancing

Rise of India's 'cow politics'

While Hindus consider cows sacred, the religious belief has recently taken a dark turn, morphing into a violent trend that has involved killing cow sellers or suspected beef eaters

Terror units in Syria: US militarism gets more reckless

The U.S. somehow has its own reasons for launching needless wars - taking control of Arab, Asian and African resources, increasing arms sales by prolonging conflicts