January 13, 2021
Special Dispatch No. 9136
Russian Military Specialist Mikhail Khodarenok: No One In Moscow Is Going To Fight Israel Because Of Strikes On Iranian Targets In Syria
January 13, 2021
Gazeta.ru s military correspondent Mikhail Khodarenok responds to an analysis by Panagiotis Nastos in the Greek news agency Pentapostagma, Nastos claimed that the the Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system based in Syria looked on silently while Israeli Air Force planes penetrate Syrian airspace with impunity and attack Iranian positions. Nastos believes that Russia does not want to provoke a fight with Israel because if the Russians attempted to down Israeli aircraft, the Israelis would take out the S-400s thus diminishing their value on the international arms market. Khodarenok believes that such an analysis is superficial. The Iranians have been trying to hide under the umbrella of Russian forces as they build up their forces against Israel. Russia does not have to
Pakistan s Islamic Clerics Debate Normalization Of Relations With Israel
January 13, 2021 | By Tufail Ahmad
Pakistan is once again engaged in an intellectual debate about its religious identity. The issue is whether to establish diplomatic relations with Israel, which, seen as the Jewish state, Pakistanis deem ideologically incompatible with the Islamic State of Pakistan. Pakistanis view their country as the
Medina-e-Saani,
the second Medina, after the holy city of Medina, which was the first Islamic state established by Prophet Muhammad after he proclaimed Islam.
Image courtesy of Tribune.com.pk
Although this debate has been a recurring theme in Pakistan s intellectual life, it re-emerged recently after several Islamic countries – the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco – decided to normalize relations with Israel. In December 2020, Pakistan s top-ranking Islamic scholar, Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani, reignited this debate by publicly advocating normalization with Israel.
Recently, the encrypted messaging platform WhatsApp announced its new privacy policy, which reserves the platform's right to share the data of its users with Facebook. The new policy, which will come into effect on February 8, 2021, has sparked concern among jihadi users, who have been posting warnings on Telegram, saying that the new policy jeopardizes their security.
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China s Anti-Cult Network Warns: Cults Use The Pandemic To Spread Rumors And Stir Trouble (Archival)
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Source: The Internet - China s Anti-Cult Network on YouTube
Released by China Anti-Cult Network , this propaganda cartoon features a sword-carrying martial-arts hero Lord Wuxie (wuxie literally means No Cult in Mandarin) issuing warnings about the danger of cults taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to lure people in. He reminds people to keep their eyes open and states that under the banner of religion, and in the name of praying and blessing together, some cults will take the opportunity to pull people into the cult, saying that only by joining them can they be saved .