Farhan Haq

U.S.-DRUGS: Nothing new in U.S. war on drugs, says researcher

The Bill Clinton administration may be downplaying the military rhetoric of the past decade's 'war on drugs', but not much has changed, according to a U.S. research body.

CULTURE-USA: Coming To Terms with Muslim Sentiments

By Farhan Haq

In the eyes of a prominent U.S. media mogul, the theme song to 'The Flintstones' could attract the wrath of Muslims worldwide.

UNITED STATES: Terrorism Act Could Harm Palestine Authority

By Farhan Haq

Proposed U.S. legislation to halt funding to groups that oppose the Middle East peace process may itself damage the fragile Israeli-Palestinian peace, analysts argue.

USA: Native Americans Finally Acquire a Museum of Their Own

By Farhan Haq

It took almost 400 years after the arrival of the first Europeans in the New World, but native Americans finally have a museum of their own in the United States.

UNITED STATES: Muslims fear focus of new terrorist rules

By Farhan Haq

U.S. Muslims are worried that a new counter-terrorism bill may lead to harassment of Muslims supporting any groups or views that contradict U.S. foreign policy.

UNITED STATES: Muslim Trial Could Test Expression of Thought

By Farhan Haq

Freedom of religious thought may face a severe threat next week, when lawyers finally contest the case of 12 Islamist radicals accused of plotting a "war of urban terrorism" in New York.

UNITED STATES: Black Muslims Mend Fences to Defend One of Their Own

By Farhan Haq

Old foes of the black American Muslim community symbolically came together this week when Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan publicly defended the daughter of Malcolm X.

JAZZ-USA: Critics Say Lincoln Centre is Racist

By Farhan Haq

The Lincoln Centre, the pre-eminent mainstream jazz institution, has come under criticism from critics as being racist -- biased against white musicians.

SOMALIA-U.N.: Cruel Punishments Show Failure of Judicial Reform

By Farhan Haq

The promise that the United Nations could reform Somalia's judicial system failed to save 25-year-old Abdullahi Weheliye Omar.

UNITED STATES-MEDIA: Muslims Denounce Accusations of ‘Jihad’

By Farhan Haq

Angry Muslims raise their fists while praying, and an announcer solemnly intones that "there is a network of Islamic extremists" operating in the United States.

EAST TIMOR-U.S.: Timorese Leader Appeals to Clinton for Help

By Farhan Haq

Xanana Gusmao, the imprisoned leader of East Timor's resistance movement, is appealing to U.S. President Bill Clinton to press Indonesia to address the Timor crisis.

RWANDA: U.N. Remains Wary of Force in Growing Refugee Crisis

By Farhan Haq

The United Nations remains unwilling to send troops to ease tensions among more than one million Rwandan refugees in Zaire despite signs that war may return to Rwanda, top U.N. officials said here.

IRAQ-U.N.: Iraq’s Recognition of Kuwait Still Won’t End Embargo

By Farhan Haq

If the Iraqi government had hoped its recognition of Kuwait would quicken the lifting of U.N.- imposed sanctions, the tone in the U.N. Security Council Thursday should quickly chasten those expectations.