Ali, sometimes identified in military documents as Mohammad Ali and by a fictitious name, Hassan Avnar, is a Chinese citizen who is a member of the long-persecuted Uighur minority in China. [read post]

MICHAEL TOTTEN INTERVIEWS A CLERIC Hezbollah doesn't like: In the dahiyeh, the suburb, of Haret Hreik south of Beirut, where Hezbollah built its command and control center and the â € œcapitalâ €  of its illegal state-within-a-state, lives Sayyed Mohammad Ali El Husseini, a moderate Shia cleric with a doctorate in religion from Qom in Iran, who steadfastly and publicly opposes Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan… [read post]

For example, he is to discourage exhibition of extravagance; discourage beggary; discourage employment of under-age children; remove unnecessary delay in discharge of undisputed civil liabilities; prevent cruelty to animals; prevent misuse of loud-speakers and sectarian speeches; discourage un-Islamic and inhuman customs; check indecent behavior in public places including harassment of women; protect rights of minorities and the sanctity of their religious places; eliminate un-Islamic traditions… [read post]

Sudan's Justice Minister, Ali Mohammad Osman Yassin, said Sunday that "the government does not deny that human rights abuses occur," and asked international observers to pass on any information they have on the abuses, [read post]