Table of Contents Introduction Persecution Of Christians Persecution Of Hindus And Sikhs Persecution Of Ahmadi Muslims Persecution Of Shi'ite Muslims Conclusion Introduction Close observers of Pakistan have voiced concern that the country is witnessing a gradual genocide of its minorities, the extent of which remains unrecognized by international human rights organizations. In April 2012, Nitin Pai, founder of the New Delhi-based think tank Takshashila Institution, expressed concern over the " ...
In an article titled "History Comes Alive At The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum," which was published in Arabic on Ahewar.org on September 5, 2012, Magdi Khalil, Egyptian-American intellectual, prominent human rights activist, and executive director of the Middle East Freedom Forum in Cairo and Washington, D.C. writes about his experiences during his recent visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The following is the article, as translated by the author: "As Hatred Gives Birth To ...
The following are links to reports from MEMRI's Special Dispatch Series and Inquiry and Analysis Series , as well as to transcripts from the MEMRI TV Project , released during the past week. *SPECIAL DISPATCH AND INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS SERIES Special Dispatch No. 4922 – Bahraini Columnist: New Islamic Regimes Must End Terror Carried Out In Name Of Islam, August 31, 2012 Special Dispatch No. 4921 – Saudi Shura Council Member Ibrahim Al-Buleihi: Progress For The Arab And Islamic World Can Only Come ...
Introduction In late February 2012, roughly a year after the beginning of the crisis in Syria, the UN and Arab League appointed former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan as Joint Special Envoy for the UN and the Arab League for Syria, with the aim of ending the violence in the country and advancing a solution to the crisis. 1 In this capacity, Annan drew up a peace plan that entailed an internationally overseen ceasefire. Though it garnered support in both the international arena and from the ...
Introduction The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and its braches around the Arab world rejoiced in the election of the MB candidate, Muhammad Mursi, as Egypt's new president. The MB celebrated his election as a victory for the movement and as a validation of the rightness of its struggle and its course, and drew encouragement for its future activity. This sentiment was largely shared by the Syrian opposition, which has been fighting Assad's regime for a year and a half, and saw Mursi's victory ...
"I am honored to welcome you to the Middle East Media Research Institute's (MEMRI) fourth annual Capitol Hill event of the Tom Lantos Archives on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial." – Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) "I am pleased that the Lantos Foundation joined forces with the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) to establish the Tom Lantos Archives on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial." – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton On July 18, 2012, The Middle East Media Research ...
Introduction On July 1, 2012, the oil sanctions imposed on Iran by the E.U. in December 2011 came into effect. During the months leading up to July 2012 and during the nuclear talks, spokesmen of the Iranian regime made numerous warnings, threats, and even pleas in an attempt to persuade the E.U. to cancel the sanctions, while at the same time stating that the regime was already making preparations to deal with them. 1 Apparently, the Iranian regime did not believe that the West would impose ...
"Farewell, Defender of the Arabs" was the headline of an article in the Egyptian daily Al-Yawm Al-Sabi' mourning the death of French philosopher, politician, and convicted Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy, who passed away last month at the age of 98. Garaudy was first embraced by the Arab world and Iran after he converted to Islam in the 1980s and began harshly criticizing Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. In 1998, he was convicted by a Paris court of denying the Holocaust and fined 240,000 ...
