The necessity to recognize the Shiite Rights in Egypt

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An Egyptian Shia cleric, who wrote a letter to interior minister of Egypt, said: Egypt should recognize the right of Shiite, otherwise we file a lawsuit to administrative judiciary and we do our best to achieve our right.

According to (ABNA), Ahmed Rasim al-Nafis in his letter to interior minister, Habib al-Adil, said: “we have two choices to recognize our rights: firstly tolerate the present situation (ignore our rights), secondly we file a lawsuit to administrative judiciary based on recognition our rights.

Rasim al-Nafis, Egypt’s Prominent Shia leader, in a letter to Egypt’s interior minister, Habib Adil, asked for recognition of the Shiite doctrine.

“al-Azhar confirms that there are no fundamental differences between Shiites and Sunnis.” he affirmed.

“There is discord between Hizbullah and Egypt because of supporting Gaza inhabitants in 22 days war” he added “due that Egypt may do its anti-Shia acts and bring them to court. In spite of this we filed a lawsuit to administrative judiciary via law”.

Rasim al-Nafis in his letter warned that, in next 60 day the interior minister has time to reject or accept our request; otherwise we file a lawsuit to the administrative judiciary.

Rasim said the only way to recognize Shia rights are the articles mentioned in Egypt’s constitutional law, “according to Egypt’s law, all Egyptian citizenship enjoying equal rights and they are free to do their rituals. Due that there is not any limitation for citizenships.

“According to Egypt’s laws approved in 1937, any religious community can ask his rights from Minister of the Interior to get permission for performing Hajj and ritual practices” the Shia cleric said.

He added: they tried to distort thoughts against Shias by calling them as unbelievers or infidels but their plots foiled.

Dr. Rasim stressed: more than 6 times we asked the Egypt’s government to recognize Shia rights but every time they cancelled it and detained Shias. Because they believed that Shias are illegitimate groups and should not do their rituals.14884

Pak unique location best for international trade: Zardari

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ISLAMABAD, July 23 (APP): President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday said that Pakistan with road links to China and rail and road links to India and Central Asia has a unique position for international trade and commerce. Talking to French  Minister of State for Foreign Trade Ms Anne Marrie Idrac, The President said Pakistan had the resources of   land, water and manpower and what it needed most was access to international market for its goods.

The French minister was accompanied by Daniel Jouanneau and President Sarkozi’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and  Pakistan, Thierry Mariani.

Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Sardar Aseef Ahmad Ali, Mr. Salman Faruqui, Secretary General, Ms Hina Rabbani Khar, Minister of State, Ms Sughra Imam, and Secretaries Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Railways also attended the meeting.

Talking to the journalists about the meeting, Spokesperson to the President former Senator Farhatullah Babar said the President told the French minister that in the past because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and situation in the region, the security concerns had been emphasized more than social and human development.

He said that as a result of such policies Pakistan’s exports were barely 25 billion dollars a year today which should have been more than 100 billion dollars a year.

The President appreciated the French offer to deepen cooperation between the two countries during his recent visit to France.

Farhatullah Babar said that during President Zardari’s visit to France it was decided to conclude two framework agreements including an agreement dealing with economic and energy issues.

The President also expressed satisfaction at preliminary engagement on the framework agreements.

President Asif Ali Zardari said that he looked forward to President Sarkozi’s visit to Pakistan later this year to give practical shape to the upgradation of the relations between the two countries to the level of strategic partnership.

The President also appreciated that during his visit the France government expressed willingness to consider pragmatic cooperation in the field of civil nuclear technology.

President Asif Ali Zardari said that Pakistan’s strategic priority now was economic development for which it needed peace and stability in the region and was therefore focusing on improving ties with both India and Afghanistan.

France had a crucial role in supporting it, the President said.

The French Minister said that she looked forward to fruitful discussions with her Pakistani counterparts to further upgrade economic cooperation between the two countries.

Israel plans to demolish Bustan area in O. Jerusalem

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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM- The Ir Amim organization said Thursday in a report quoted by the Hebrew media that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) is preparing a plan to demolish the whole Bustan neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem and build in its place a Jewish historical park.

The report added that the Israeli municipality in Jerusalem intends to allow only Israeli settlers to build in the vicinity of the neighborhood.

The report said that the IOA gave 14 Palestinian real estates to Jewish parties without obtaining any approval from the legal advisor of the Israeli government.

BIN LADEN SON THOUGHT KILLED IN U.S. DRONE STRIKE

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Citing U.S. intelligence officials, U.S. National Public Radio has reported, Osama bin Laden’s son Sa’ad was probably killed by a U.S. missile strike in Pakistan earlier this year. According to Reuters, a missile fired from a U.S. drone aircraft is believed to have killed him sometime this year.
The officials said, U.S. intelligence agencies were “80 to 85 percent” certain Sa’ad bin Laden was dead, adding that he was not important enough to be targeted himself but was “in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
It was not clear whether Sa’ad bin Laden was near his father when he died.

Iran can rejoice at failure of Israel's missile defense

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despite attempts by the operators of the Arrow missile defense system in Israel to portray Wednesday night’s aborted test as “a partial success,” in reality it was nothing less than a resounding failure. The fact that the interceptor missile failed to launch in the direction of the target is damning proof that the test failed.

Overall, the goal of the test is not to assess various data systems that could be checked without launching the missile, but to launch the interceptor missile at the oncoming target. In this case, the target was a simulator missile of the Iranian Shihab, whose range exceeds 1,000 kilometers, more than enough to reach Israel.

when Iran holds in its arsenal the Shihab 3 missile which can reach any target in Israel, This was in essence the goal of the unsuccessful test in California. In addition, Iran is about to incorporate a missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers into its arsenal. Not coincidentally, even though there has been little media attention on the subject, Israel is mulling the purchase of the U.S.-made THAAD missile defense, which is still in the development phase.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency said that the test involved a dummy missile that was fired from a C-17 aircraft, which was detected by the Arrow’s radar. The data was then transferred to the “battle management control center” on the ground. Yet, due to the fact that “not all test conditions to launch the Arrow Interceptor were met,” it was decided to abort.

This mishap will be thoroughly examined in Iran. There is no doubt that Tehran’s director of its missile program will be rubbing his hands with satisfaction., this failure is also a psychological blow for Israel and its partner in the project, the U.S.

Swine flu fears prompt Hajj curbs

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Arab health ministers have agreed to prevent vulnerable groups joining this year’s Muslim Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, because of fears over swine flu.

People aged over 65 and under 12, and those with chronic diseases, will be excluded from the event, a World Health Orgnization official said on Wednesday.
In June, Saudi Arabia asked elderly and sick Muslims not to visit this year.
At least two million people took part in the last Hajj, which falls this year in November.
The decision to keep the vulnerable groups away from the pilgrimage must still be ratified by the health ministers’ governments, Ibrahim al-Kerdani of the WHO said.
Reduction expected
The decision was made at emergency talks in Cairo between health ministers from around the Muslim world and WHO officials.
Saudi Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabeeah said his country would not reduce the number of visas it granted to pilgrims, but that he expected pilgrim numbers to be reduced this year.
The WHO says there are 952 cases of the virus – known as H1N1 in its Eastern Mediterranean region, which stretches from Afghanistan to Morocco.
The only death so far in the region was announced by Egypt on Sunday, and was a woman who had returned from a pilgrimage trip to Saudi Arabia.
As well as the annual Hajj pilgrimage, which all Muslims are required to make at least once if they have the means, the faithful can also make a lesser pilgrimage to Mecca, known as umra, at any time of year.
As of 6 July, there were more than 130,000 cases of swine flu worldwide , with more than 700 deaths from the virus