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Humanisons les victimes plutôt que leur meurtrier !
Khaled A. Beydoun - 16 mars 2019 – Al Jazeera – Traduction : Chronique de Palestine – Lotfallah
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(...) Alors que les médias étaient totalement focalisés sur l’histoire personnelle du terroriste, soulignant son engagement à inciter à la « guerre civile » en Amérique et à montrer son admiration pour une clique hétéroclite de suprématistes blancs tels que Dylann Roof et Anders Breivik, j’ai embrassé les victimes musulmanes. Et j’ai ouvert un fil de discussion* pour partager leurs histoires, célébrer leurs vies et faire connaître leurs noms.

Si nous ne racontons pas nos propres histoires, les médias dominants nous ont confirmé maintes et maintes fois que personne ne le fera. Les musulmans sont généralement dignes d’intérêt quand ils sont du côté des méchants – pas du côté des victimes. Et l’islamophobie se perpétue en décrivant les musulmans, victimes ou méchants, comme un bloc sans visage, sans nom et monolithique.

En présentant les victimes, j’ai simultanément défié ce stéréotype déprimant et échappé au piège tendu par le terroriste assoiffé de médias. (...)

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#Christchurch

À Damas, la rue « Roi Abdelaziz al Saoud » rebaptisée rue « Hugo Chavez ». La France va-t-elle convoquer une réunion du Conseil de sécurité pour se pencher sur ce nouveau crime ?

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Residents of upscale Damascus in the habit of morning strolls near public parks were not surprised when municipality workers took down a blue signpost near the Al Rawda neighbourhood, with the words, “King Abdul Aziz Al Saud Street, founder of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”

The street got its name in 1953, shortly after Abdul Aziz’s death, on the orders of then-President Adib Al Shishakli, who enjoyed warm relations with Saudi Arabia.

The street was renamed “Hugo Chavez” in a slight to Saudi Arabia, who has been a staunch backer of Syria’s opposition.

« LE MONDE ARABE ENTRE RUPTURE ET RENAISSANCE ? » Colloque demain à Paris

MERCREDI 3 FÉVRIER 2016

9h30 – 19h

Collège des Bernardins – 20 rue de Poissy – 75005 Paris

LE PROGRAMME

INTRODUCTION HISTORIQUE

CREATION DES ETATS AU MOYEN ORIENT DANS LES ANNEES 1920

Par Jean-Paul Chagnollaud, professeur des Universités et directeur de l’iReMMO.

VERS UNE RECOMPOSITION DES ETATS ?

Animée par Pierre-Jean Luizard, chercheur au CNRS, historien spécialiste du Moyen-Orient.

Laurent Bonnefoy, chargé de recherche au CNRS, Ceri/Sciences Po Paris ;

Virginie Collombier, chercheure au Centre Robert Schuman d’études avancées de l’Institut Universitaire Européen de Florence ;

Xavier Guignard, doctorant associé à l’IFPO (Institut Français du Proche Orient) ;

Bassma Kodmani, directrice de l’Arab Reform Initiative ;

Ziad Majed, professeur à l’Université américaine de Paris.

LES SOCIETES ARABES. COMMUNAUTARISATION ET CITOYENNETE

Animée par Jacques Huntzinger, ancien ambassadeur de France, co-responsable du séminaire, Dialogue méditerranéen sur la

modernité et le religieux, au Collège des Bernardins.

Hamit Bozarslan, directeur d’études à l’EHESS (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales) ;

Mohamed Janjar, directeur adjoint de la Fondation du Roi Abdul Aziz au Maroc ;

Stéphane Lacroix, professeur associé à l’Ecole des Affaires internationales de Sciences Po, (PSIA), chercheur au CERI (Centre de

Recherches Internationales).

LES MINORITES RELIGIEUSES DANS LE MONDE ARABE

Animée par Monseigneur Pascal Gollnisch, directeur général de l’Oeuvre d’Orient.

Avec : Pierre Blanc, enseignant chercheur à Bordeaux Sciences agro et à Sciences Po Bordeaux (LAM), consultant pour le Centre

international des hautes études agronomiques méditerranéennes (CIHEAM) et rédacteur en chef de la revue Confluences

Jean-François Colosimo, président du directoire des éditions du CERF ;

Monseigneur Maroun Elias-Lahham*, archevêque, vicaire patriarcal en Jordanie.

Jean-Paul Chagnollaud, Pierre-Jean Luizard, Jacques Huntzinger

Les snipers de l’armée turque ciblent-ils le personnel médical ?
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Medical workers have been among the recent victims, says Fadime Kavak with the Turkish Medical Chamber. The latest casualty was Abdul Aziz Yural, a nurse who was shot by a sniper while treating a neighbor in the town of Cizre.

Another nurse, Eyup Ergen, was killed by a sniper while trying to get home, she adds. In addition, “an ambulance driver, Seyhmuz Dursan, was killed, also by a sniper, while out on an emergency call.”

Turkish officials deny that their forces target health care workers or civilians. With much of the conflict zone locked down, independent confirmation is extremely difficult.

Et une très belle analyse sans doute empruntée à son voisin Bachar :

“Turkey doesn’t have a Kurdish problem,” Ergodan said. “Turkey has a terrorism problem.”

Why I Refuse to Celebrate Saudi National Day
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Many Saudis pride themselves on not having been colonized by Europeans. While this is technically true, they have been colonized by one of their own. When various European powers went around colonizing, oppressing and slaughtering local populations, they justified their inhumane actions by describing their victims as savage and uncivilized heathens. By dehumanizing local populations they perceived to be different from them, they were able to believe in their mission as a righteous one. King Abdul Aziz, by contrast, killed people who spoke his language, shared many of his own cultural practices, and adhered to the same Islamic faith. In my view, this makes him a much more brutal conqueror than any outsider could ever be.

L’Arabie saoudite va décapiter et crucifier un chiite de 21 ans
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The ’Caliphate Cubs’ of IS - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
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Samir Abdul Aziz (a pseudonym) is a former lawyer who lost his job following IS’ closure of many of the law schools in Mosul. In a phone interview with Al-Monitor, Abdul Aziz said it was difficult for him to determine the exact number of children fighting under the IS banner. However, based on information he gathered from people close to the group, he said that IS has been training child soldiers in special camps in Mosul.

“IS uses certain names to label [children’s] camps, which gives the impression that they are some sort of private religious schools. The organization also calls the children fighters ’The Caliphate Cubs.’ Children undergo three different levels of training in these schools. The first is religious training, whereby children are taught IS jihadi ideology and approach. Children are brainwashed into becoming hateful and ready to commit suicide. The second level is practical, as children receive harsh physical training, and are taught to use weapons. The third level is psychological: Children are taken to public squares to participate in slaughters, or are placed at the forefront of the Hisbah [religious police] sessions, or in the mosques’ sermons so as to promote their leadership skills and their sense of superiority,” Abdul Aziz said.

Sous réserve de recoupement... Malheureusement, pas impossible

#enfants_soldats #irak #isil

New heirs to the Saudi throne

Since the death in 1953 of the founder of the Saudi state, King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, the line of succession to the throne has passed through his sons, from brother to brother. Prince Salman became king on Jan. 22, and has moved the succession to the next generation. Read related article.

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A Saudi Palace Coup | David Hearst
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The general secretaryship was the position held by the Cardinal Richelieu of Abdullah’s royal court, Khalid al-Tuwaijri. It was a lucrative business handed down from father to son and started by Abdul Aziz al Tuwaijri. The Tuwaijris became the king’s gatekeepers and no royal audience could be held without their permission, involvement, or knowledge. Tuwaijri was the key player in foreign intrigues — to subvert the Egyptian revolution, to send in the troops to crush the uprising in Bahrain, to finance ISIL in Syria in the early stages of the civil war along his previous ally Prince Bandar bin Sultan.

The link between Tuwaijri and the Gulf region’s fellow neo-con Mohammed bin Zayed, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, was close. Tuwaijri is now out, and his long list of foreign clients, starting with the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi may well feel a cooler wind blowing from Riyadh. Sisi failed to attend the funeral on Friday. Just a question of bad weather?

Running out of brothers : The Saudi royal family - The Washington Post
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Running out of brothers: The Saudi royal family

Since the death in 1953 of the founder of the Saudi state, King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, the line of succession to the throne has passed through his sons, from brother to brother. But eventually the brothers all will die, raising the question of how to transition to the next generation of princes without discord. King Abdullah’s appointment of his youngest brother, Muqrin, as deputy heir seemed designed to forestall that moment but instead has offered a taste of the disputes likely to arise in the future. Here are some key brothers. Read related article.

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Un roi de 90 ans meurt, un prince de 79 ans lui succède. Place à la jeunesse !

#Arabie_saoudite

Manuel Valls dénonce les manifestations pour la Palestine comme « de la démagogie inutile » et Cazeneuve a ajouté que ça provoquait le chaos et le sabotage, et que si ça ne provoquait pas le chaos, en tout cas ça nous éloignait dangereusement de Dieu.

Oups, pardon : j’ai confondu avec le Grand mufti d’Arabie séoudite et un de ses désopilants collègues.

Saudi Grand Mufti Issues Fatwa against Solidarity Marches with Gaza
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A fatwa has been issued against pro-Gaza marches by a Saudi cleric who says that demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinians “are just useless demagogic actions.”

The fatwa was issued by Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti and General President for Scientific Researches and Fatwa, Abdul Aziz Al Ash-Sheikh.

This comes at a time after which several demonstrations have been organized in Arab and non-Arabs countries alike in solidarity with the Gaza Strip. These demonstrations have taken place since the Zionist aggression on Palestinians starting, July 8.

According to Al Ghadeer TV, Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti said that the pro-Gaza demonstrations “are just useless demagogic actions, that won’t help Palestinians.” “Demagoguery does not work. It is just an exaggeration,” he added.

[…]

Abdul Aziz Al Ash-Sheikh is not the only Saudi Mufti to say solidarity demonstrations with Gaza is “haram”. Earlier this week, another prominent Saudi Arabian cleric, Saleh Al-Luhaidan described the pro-Palestine marches as “demagogic denouncements.” Sheikh Saleh Al-Luhaidan who is a Member of the Council of Senior Scholars said that these marches lead to “acts of chaos and sabotage.”

Al-Luhaidan said that even if these marches don’t lead to chaos and sabotage; they keep people away from being close to God. Instead, Sheikh Saleh Al-Luhaidan urged Saudi citizens to pray for Palestinians in Gaza Strip.

Arab News - 09 July, 2014

Security officers in Saudi Arabia have arrested nearly 2,200 illegal foreign workers in Madinah and Hail and Baha this month for allegedly violating the country’s residency and labor regulations.

Madinah police arrested 884 Asian and African illegals during Ramadan following numerous inspection raids carried out at firms and establishments in the city.

Police in Madinah launched a crackdown on violators in cooperation with the Criminal Investigations Department, Special Task Force and Traffic Department, an official statement said, adding that the campaign is being supervised by Maj. Gen. Abdulhadi Al-Shahrani, Madinah region police director.

Security agencies in Hail, meanwhile, have arrested 305 violators during the last three days, said Col. Abdul Aziz Al-Zenaidi, Hail police spokesman.

“We have handed over the violators to authorities for punitive action,” he said. “We will continue our efforts to arrest labor law violators and residents without IDs throughout the region,” Al-Zenaidi said. In Baha, police have arrested more than 1,000 illegals.

In the meantime, Riyadh Municipality officials closed 23 restaurants in the capital for violating health regulations. They prevented 101 employees from working for not possessing health certificates and fulfilling hygienic conditions.

Sacked Saudi defense minister named spy chief
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Saudi King Abdullah appointed a new spy chief, giving the job to the former deputy defense minister days after sacking him from that post, SPA state news agency reported Tuesday. Prince Khaled bin Bandar bin Abdul Aziz had been unexpectedly removed from his post on Saturday at the request of his boss the defense minister, after only 45 days on the job. There was no reason for his sacking but early Tuesday the SPA said that Prince Khaled had been appointed “head of the General Intelligence with a minister rank” by royal decree. read more

#Saudi_Arabia

Saudi royal decree terminates Prince Bandar’s political career
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US President #Barack_Obama (C) walks with Prince Khaled Bin Bandar Bin Abdul Aziz (C-R), Emir of Riyadh, ahead of his departure from King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on March 29, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Saul Loeb) #US President Barack Obama (C) walks with Prince Khaled Bin Bandar Bin Abdul Aziz (C-R), Emir of Riyadh, ahead of his departure from King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on March 29, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Saul Loeb)

After weeks of rumors and unsubstantiated information, a royal decree has put an end to countless political rumours. #Bandar_bin_Sultan is out of the picture, and this time for good. It is a pivotal occasion, which sheds new light on the past and opens the door to speculation about the (...)

#Mideast_&_North_Africa #al-Qaeda #Articles #King_Abdullah_bin_Abdulaziz #Muqrin_bin_Abdulaziz #Saudi_Arabia

Kuwait oil workers plan to strike over pay cut | GulfNews.com
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Thousands of oil workers in Opec member Kuwait plan to go on strike over a government decision to cut their wages, the head of the oil workers union said on Wednesday.
“Trade unions of all oil companies have taken a decision to go on strike and authorised me to announce the date of the strike, which will be determined within the next two days,” Abdul Aziz Al Sharthan said.
“After making a number of legal procedures, I will set the date of the strike, which will be within two weeks,” he said after lengthly talks on Tuesday night with new Oil Minister Ali Al Omair and top oil executives “ended without resolving the problem”.
Sharthan said the crisis was the result of a decision by Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC), the national oil conglomerate, to “cut some benefits and increments” from oil workers.

Bahrain News Agency | Bahrain, Germany cooperation on human rights discussed
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Manama, November 27 (BNA) –President of National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) Dr. Abdul Aziz Hassan Abel met Sabine Taufmann the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the delegation of the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation.
The German delegation included Deputy Director of the Foundation Hills Horster, Counselor Mohammed Al-Munttaser Ibeid, and Dr. Stephan Kirsesh.

Vice-President, Chairman of the Complaints, Monitoring and Follow-up Committee Abdullah Ahmed Al-Dirazi, and Secretary General Dr. Ahmed Abdullah Farhan attended the meeting.

Saudi grand mufti: women’s driving ban “protects society from evil”
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The grand mufti of #Saudi_Arabia said a ban on #women_driving in the conservative Gulf state protects society from “evil,” in remarks published in the press on Thursday. Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh, in a speech delivered Wednesday in the western city of Medina, said the issue of giving women the right to drive should not be “one of society’s major concerns.” The kingdom’s most senior cleric called for “the matter to be considered from the perspective of protecting society from evil” which, according to him, included letting women drive. read more

#Top_News

Asia Times Online :: Fear and loathing in House of Saud
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Pepe Escobar, Oct 11, ’13

The House of Saud’s nightmare is amplified by paranoia. After all those warnings by King Abdullah for Washington to cut “the head of the snake” (Iran), as immortalized on WikiLeaks cables; after all those supplications for the US to bomb Syria, install a no-fly zone and/or weaponize the “rebels” to kingdom come, this is what the House of Saud gets: Washington and Tehran on their way to reaching a deal at the expense of Riyadh.

So no wonder fear, loathing and acute paranoia reign supreme. The House of Saud is and will continue to do all it can to bomb the emergence of Lebanon as a gas producer. It will continue to relentlessly fan the flames of sectarianism all across the spectrum, as Toby Matthiesen documented in an excellent book.

And the Israeli-Saudi axis will keep blossoming. Few in the Middle East know that an Israeli company - with experience in repressing Palestinians - is in charge of the security in Mecca. (See here and here (in French)). If they knew - with the House of Saud’s hypocrisy once more revealed - the Arab street in many a latitude would riot en masse.

One thing is certain; Bandar Bush, as well as the Saudi-Israeli axis, will pull no punches to derail any rapprochement between Washington and Tehran. As for the Bigger Picture, the real “international community” may always dream that one day Washington elites will finally see the light and figure out that the US-Saudi strategic alliance sealed in 1945 between Franklin D Roosevelt and King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud makes absolutely no sense.

Channel to bring the best out of Saudi women
Arab News - 22 July, 2013

Come Thursday, Saudi Arabia will be boasting of having an exclusive satellite channel for women which will not only serve as a platform for Saudi women to showcase their talent and capabilities but also help clear misconceptions about Arab women abroad.

Abdullah Al-Nazawi, the board chairman, launched the channel on Saturday in the presence of Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja and Riyaz bin Kamal, president of the General Authority to regulate the audio-visual media.

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La Qatar Foundation s’intéresse à la mise en valeur du patrimoine littéraire égyptien, négligé par un état aux ressources limités

Cairo: Shaikha Mouza of Qatar wanted to buy the house of the late Egyptian poet and writer Abbas Mahmoud Al Aqqad in his hometown Aswan and turn it into a museum, as his nephew Abdul Aziz Al Aqqad revealed.

▻http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/shaikha-mouza-eyeing-to-buy-egyptian-writer-s-house-1.1167149

Charbel : UAE, Qatar, Bahrain’s Travel Restrictions are Precautionary Measures
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Fears arose that other Gulf states would impose travel restrictions on its residents heading to Lebanon.

Concerned sources told An Nahar that the main reason for the restriction was the arrest of Qatari national Abdul Aziz al-Atiyeh in relation to al-Mawlawi’s case.

(Bon, on est dans la supputation la plus pure, là.)

Destroy all churches in Gulf, says Saudi Grand Mufti
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The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia has said it is “necessary to destroy all the churches of the region,” following Kuwait’s moves to ban their construction.
Speaking to a delegation in Kuwait, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, stressed that since the tiny Gulf state was a part of the Arabian Peninsula, it was necessary to destroy all of the churches in the country, Arabic media have reported.

(Rappel: ceux-là, c’est nos copains.)