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20 people have been killed in the attack launched by Israeli navy commandos on the Flotilla carrying aid to besieged Gaza citizens. Mind you that the attack took place in international waters the flotilla had not yet reached the Israeli territorial waters. Among the injured is the Sheikh Of Al-Aqsa mosque. How do I see this? 1) I believe this is a cool, well thought out and a calculated response on part of Israelis. This challenge to their authority by free-lance activists was becoming a constant source of irritation and embarrasment for them. They therefore wanted to send a clear message to the peace activists that from henceforth they mean business. This is to discourage any such future incursions. They want to tell the world that they are not going to tolerate such an activity whatever the consequences. 2) Nobody can conceptualize that Israeli's are so naieve as to not know the reaction to this act but they are acting on the basis of previous experience. They know that as far as...

It has become a tradition in almost all countries of the world to designate a particular day in a year as "Teacher's Day" to respect the teachers of the nation. In India the day coincides with the birthday of Dr. Radhakrishnan the philosopher president of India. In Iran the day is 2nd May which corresponds to the martyrdom anniversary of Ayatollah Murtaza Muthari. I was 20 years old when Murtaza Muthari was martyred and still remember the shock and anguish it caused although it was very early period of the revolution and the contribution of this great thinker and writer was still not fully appreciated. Now thirty years down the road of history we can appreciate the tremendous loss inflicted on us by his martyrdom. Anyone who has read him whether he agrees or disagrees cannot ignore his importance. He was martyred at the peak of his carrier and one can imagine how much more he could have contributed to development of Islamic Thought. Well martyrdom of Murtaza Muthari painf...