July 2008
Iraq War: An Orchestration
By Syed R. Mahmood: After t five years of Iraq’s invasion by the U.S. forces, people around the world and a huge number of Americans are still wondering why we had to invade Iraq? What have we achieved in this war? At least two thirds of Americans are against the Iraq war. Read More
October 2008
Bush’s “War on Terror” policy has lost global appeal
By Syed Mahmood: The Neocons and pro Israeli groups are working hard to keep the issue of war on so called Islamic extremism alive. The neocons and Zionist forces are committed to put the West and the Muslim World at a collusion path with each other. Read More
Did Bush Plan to Invade Iraq before his Presidency?
By Syed R. Mahmood: Ever since the invasion of Iraq by the Bush Administration, there has been an on-going question around the world. “Did President Bush plan the invasion of Iraq before his Presidency?” Read More
December 2009
Obama’s Inherited Wars
By Syed R. Mahmood: President Barak Obama released a statement in response to his being selected for the Nobel Peace Prize for the year of 2009. He stated, “This award – and the call to action that comes with it – does not belong simply to me or my administration. It belongs to all people around the world who have fought for justice and peace.” American History, for the last seven decades has caused the United States a great political damage and resentment against American foreign policy around the Globe. Henry Kissinger, perhaps recognizing this feeling, said “In this world it is often dangerous to be an enemy of the United States, but to be a friend is fatal.”Read More
April 2010
Netanyahu tests Obama’s resolve for Middle East Peace
By Syed R. Mahmood: The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi), is testing the resolve of American President Barack Obama in regards to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian land. This includes the West Bank, Gaza, plus the peace process. Despite their supposed indifference, Israelis have developed the habit in the last fifty years to take American support for granted. Read More
The American Revolution as affected by the Muslim World – Part I
By Syed R. Mahmood: Thomas Jefferson purchased a copy of the Muslim’s Holy book, the Quran, when he was getting ready to prepare for his bar examination in 1765. George Sale’s Quran was the first English version copy of the holy book, which was translated directly from the Arabic Language. He referred to the Quran as a book of religion, law and culture. In the early part of the 1770’s Jefferson developed an interest in learning the Arabic language and grammar. He made serious efforts to study and understand Islamic laws. His personal copy of the Quran is in the library of Congress. The first elected Muslim member of the U.S. Congress is from Minnesota. Keith Ellison took his oath on this copy of the Quran on January 4, 2007. The “AL-Quran,” very explicitly advocates, to not accept “Oppression.” Read More
July-August 2010
Nuclear Iran: A Solution for Peace
By Syed R. Mahmood: A nuclear Iran may be an opportunity to advance the cause of peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. In international relations, a balance of power encourages stability and security between countries. History is witness that - when a balance of power was seriously disrupted between nations, it has created a situation which can lead to war between them. Read More
The Moral Implications of Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki
By Syed R Mahmood: Even 65 years after the American atomic bombing of Japan, humanity is still too perturbed to comprehend the justification of this horrific action. Does the inhuman method of killing unarmed civilians: men, women, and children reflect as an act of bravery and honor or an acceptable norm of war games? Read More
The American Revolution as affected by the Muslim World – Part II
By Syed R Mahmood: It is a very intriguing experience to study the history of American missionaries and their activities in the Ottoman Empire. Readers will find covert maneuvering styles of approaches by the missionaries to achieve their objectives. The foundation of this new Nation is based on separating church from the state, but the passion of religion among certain groups of Americans was very strong. Protestantism in America had strong roots. Some Christians had a burning zeal to spread the message of the Gospel and spiritually save the world. The American missionaries of this newly independent state had a very strong urge of patriotism and desire to promote individual freedom and democratic values of America around the Globe. Read More
September / October 2010
The Moral Implications of Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki
By Syed R Mahmood: Even 65 years after the American atomic bombing of Japan, humanity is still too perturbed to comprehend the justification of this horrific action. Does the inhuman method of killing unarmed civilians: men, women, and children reflect as an act of bravery and honor or an acceptable norm of war games? Read More
The Mosque and Community Center in Manhattan: A Historical Perspective
By Syed R Mahmood: It is astonishing and at the same time amusing to see the circus of the Republican national leaders and former Presidential candidates regarding the issue of a mosque and community center in lower Manhattan near the former World Trade Center site. People like Sara Palin, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee should demonstrate more maturity in their approach to issuing their statements. Unfortunately the Republican leadership and some Democrats are using this opportunity to gain political mileage. Bashing President Obama and American Muslims is not going to help their standing with the American public. Their racially motivated statements are likely to create more hatred in our society. Read More
January 2011
President Obama’s foreign policy expedition: India, Pakistan and China
By Syed Mahmood:President Obama, on his recent trip to India in the first week of November was trying to play a balancing act of the United States foreign policy as applied to India and Pakistan. Since 9/11, Pakistan has emerged as a strategically important country for the U.S. The Indian economic growth offers American business the impetus to sell their services and products to the Indian market. The American Administration sees that India and Pakistan are both essential countries for American security in the region. The war in Afghanistan will not come under control without the help and participation of the Pakistani Government. America also sees the economic boom and military buildup of China as a threat to her national interest. India could play a balancing role with the help of the United States in the region, but India may not like to take this responsibility and risk confronting China. Read More
November 2011
The American Revolution and the Foot-Imprints of American Muslims- Part III
By Syed R. Mahmood: While the Americans of the thirteen colonies were fighting their Revolutionary War during the period of 1775 - 1783 against the Tyranny of the King of Great Britain, one of the most powerful Muslim Empires, the Ottomans, were ruling a vast area of land in Europe and the Orient (modern day Middle East and beyond). Read More
February 2012
Security of Israel: How many lives, money and political sacrifices does the United States have to make ?
By Syed R. Mahmood: The security of the United States and Israel depends on the friendly relationship with the 1.5 billion Muslims around the globe. Israelis cannot count on American unconditional support forever and the United States cannot fight for Israeli security. The United States needs to have an even-handed policy in the Middle East. Israel has to change its behavior. A stick, which does not bend, is going to break. Read More
April 2012
International Relations: Methods Concepts and Challenges - Part II
by Syed R. Mahmood: In this twenty first century, the seven billion people on this planet earth have enormous responsibilities and challenges for a peaceful co-existence among nations and civilizations. Today the world is very closely knitted with each other: economically, politically, socially and culturally. These seven billion people are living in a global village, where every nation knows everybody’s business. In this contemporary global society, every citizen of the United States, China, Russia, Brazil, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the people from other parts of the globe are dependent upon each other for their commercial, industrial and security needs. Read MoreThere were deliberate efforts by some Orientalists (European Christian scholars of the Orient) to demonize Islam. Read More
January 2014
John Kerry Praises Israeli former Prime Minister Arial Sharon
By Syed R. Mahmood: It was shocking to read that Secretary John Kerry, on January 2, 2014, during his visit to Israel to conduct a Middle East peace talk with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that he made a statement regarding the former Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon,who was in a coma for the last eight years, that his thoughts are with the former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon -- He died on January 11, 2014. Read More
March 2015
Nuclear Iran: A Solution for Peace
By Syed R. Mahmood: This article was published in the July/August 2010 issue of the Journal of America. It was also published by SF Bay Area Newsgroup. The article is reproduced because it remains relevant after nearly five years in the wake of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint session of Congress on March 3. Read More
April 2016
A Confused American Muslim Community and the US Politics
By Syed R. Mahmood: Why are American Muslims an easy target in the United States to become victims of BIGOTRY and RACISM? Nowadays, the situation is so bad that Muslim children are asking their parents, “are we going to be kicked out of this country?” Every time you turn around, as you watch the news, someone is making anti-Muslim or anti-Islamic comment. Although there are a good number of Americans who are very supportive of American Muslims, bigotry and racism remain part of American History. Read More
August 2016
Syed Rifat Mahmood: Sad demise of a visionary community leader
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: The San Francisco Bay Area community mourns the demise of Syed Rifat Mahmood who was a visionary and imaginative community leader, a warmhearted and affectionate friend, and a fearless and straightforward individual. Syed Rifat Mahmood was a public figure. He was a nominee for the U.S. Congress as a Republican candidate in 2002. He was also a Republican nominee for the California State Assembly in 2000. Syed was elected to the Central Committee of the Alameda County Republican Party for a two-year term. He was also nominated for California State Republican Party's Central Committee for two terms. He has worked for the Reagan and Bush presidential campaigns and served as one of the co-chair for Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Lungren. Syed Rifat Mahmood passed away on August 3, 2016 after a long illness. He left behind his wife Maryam and daughter Zahra to mourn his sad death besides his brothers and sisters. He was the eldest brother of Syed Nusrat, Syed Sarwat, Syed Niaz Ahmad, Syed Kamran and Sisters, Ghazala, Kishwer, Qaisar, and Raheel. Read More
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