News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
Iranians are no longer allowed to make the pilgrimage to Mecca. by Elaine Teng (https://newrepublic.com/) In a further escalation in tensions with Saudi Arabia, the Iranian government today banned its citizens from making the annual trip to Islam’s holiest city, a journey required at least once in a lifetime for all Muslims financially and physically capable of doing so. The ban comes near the end of... Continue Reading →
[Saudi Arabia is another face of Empire. This criminal act shows how Empire has no regard for international law. - NP] by Greg Botelho and Schams Elwazer, CNN (CNN) Iran's government accused Saudi Arabia of "intentionally" striking its embassy in Yemen, another incident likely to ratchet up tensions between Tehran and Riyadh and imperil efforts... Continue Reading →
The myth of the 1,400 year Sunni-Shia war by Murtaza Hussain Murtaza Hussain is a Toronto-based writer and analyst focused on issues related to Middle Eastern politics. @@MazMHussain (http://www.aljazeera.com/) During the period of European rule over Rwanda, the Belgian colonial administrators of the territory accomplished an extraordinary feat in their subjugation of the local population... Continue Reading →
[Just shows that human rights mean nothing to the imperialists. The imperialists violate human rights as they please -- NP] Western ally Saudi Arabia sentenced a Palestinian poet to death for renouncing Islam (This article is published in Salon.) Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh was sentenced to death by a Saudi Arabian court for renouncing Islam,... Continue Reading →
[Yet more tragedy caused by the interference of the imperialists in Yemen. "We must oppose foreign intervention in Yemen, especially by Empire. We must denounce the militarist policies of Empire, especially the United States, Israel, and Saudi Arabia and its Islamic State and Al Qaeda allies who are using genocide and sectarianism to destroy the... Continue Reading →
[The spread of extremism can not just be blamed on Saudi Arabia. The legacy of European colonialism and western imperialism in the region certainly helps to create the fertile ground where these archaic ideologies can flourish. -Uziel] BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group launched his harshest criticism yet of Saudi Arabia... Continue Reading →
[The US currently has a hand in almost every major conflict on the globe. As of 2013 the US Special Operations Command, or SOCOM, has been operating in 134 countries. -Uziel] RIYADH/ADEN (Reuters) - The United States is speeding up arms supplies and bolstering intelligence sharing with a Saudi-led alliance bombing a militia aligned with... Continue Reading →
[Empire and human rights...] (Reuters) - An Islamic court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man to death for renouncing his Muslim faith, the English-language daily Saudi Gazette reported on Tuesday. The man, in his 20s, posted an online video ripping up a copy of Islam's holy book, the Koran, and hitting it with a... Continue Reading →
(http://www.independent.co.uk/) Saudi Arabia has introduced a series of new laws which define atheists as terrorists, according to a report from Human Rights Watch. In a string of royal decrees and an overarching new piece of legislation to deal with terrorism generally, the Saudi King Abdullah has clamped down on all forms of political dissent and... Continue Reading →
[Western imperialists are hypocrites. They claim to represent freedom of speech, yet they provide millions and millions in military aid and training to Saudi Arabia, which is a First World dictatorship that brutalizes its people and migrant workers. It is a brutal regime that inflicts terror against its Arab neighbors. It is a brutal dictatorship... Continue Reading →
[The imperialists talk about freedom of speech in France. Meanwhile, France bans protests for Palestinian rights and Saudi Arabia tortures bloggers. Hypocrites. - NP] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi blogger who was sentenced last May to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes will be publicly flogged for the first time... Continue Reading →
(PressTV) Volunteer forces fighting against the ISIL Takfiri terrorists say US military aircrafts have dropped weapons in areas held by the terrorist group in Iraq. American helicopters dropped boxes of weapons in Yathrib and Balad districts in Iraq’s Salahuddin Province, according to the fighters. The report comes as the Iraqi army and volunteer fighters appear... Continue Reading →
