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PIF = Public Investment Fund, a state savings account for the Saudi Arabian government. PIF has invested in some big names such as Disney, Uber, Facebook, Starbucks and pharmaceutical company Pfizer. PIF may also be interested in investing money in wind farms in the North East of England. In the language of the locality the motivations of PIF, is a canny move certainly politically. PIF is operated as a business arm of the Saudi Arabia monarchy, to make money for the family. Who are of course well aware of the stick they are getting world wide, about their appalling human rights record. They have no intention of changing either, their own monarchy or how it operates. They simply want to borrow a leaf from the books, of many other of the worlds nefarious political regimes. Drawing attention away from their political realities, by using whatever means possible.
A common theme has developed within Britain of ‘Economic Investment’, by foreign individuals and interests. From other Islamic States like the UAE {United Arab Emirates} and China and Russia.
An age old practice is that of winning over peoples hearts and minds, today that can mean buying a football club. PIF buying into Newcastle United FC can mean much more in terms of, Capitalistic involvement in an economically deprived region.
Islamic Nations
Religion in Practice
Modern History
Iranian politician who served as the 35th Prime Minister of Iran, holding office from 1951 until 1953, when his government was overthrown in the 1953 Iranian coup d'état orchestrated by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency and the United Kingdom's MI6.[4][5]
An author, administrator, lawyer and prominent parliamentarian, his administration introduced a range of social and political measures such as social security, land reforms and higher taxes including the introduction of taxation of the rent on land. His government's most significant policy, however, was the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry, which had been built by the British on Persian lands since 1913 through the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC/AIOC), later known as British Petroleum (BP).[6]
Many Iranians regard Mosaddegh as the leading champion of secular democracy and resistance to foreign domination in Iran's modern history. Following an initial, failed coup attempt by the CIA/MI6-backed General Fazlollah Zahedi, Mosaddegh resigned four days later on 19 August 1953, with Zahedi succeeding him as prime minister.[7]
Known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup d'état (Persian: کودتای ۲۸ مرداد), was the overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favour of strengthening the monarchical rule of the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on 19 August 1953.[5]
Orchestrated by the United States (under the name TPAJAX Project[6] or "Operation Ajax") and the United Kingdom (under the name "Operation Boot"), and carried out by the Iranian military.[7][8][9][10]
Mosaddegh had sought to audit the documents of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), a British corporation (now part of BP) and to limit the company's control over Iranian oil reserves.
Upon the AIOC's refusal to co-operate with the Iranian government, the parliament (Majlis) voted to nationalize Iran's oil industry and to expel foreign corporate representatives from the country.[12][13][14
After this vote, Britain instigated a worldwide boycott of Iranian oil to pressure Iran economically. Initially, Britain mobilized its military to seize control of the British-built Abadan oil refinery, then the world's largest, but Prime Minister Clement Attlee opted instead to tighten the economic boycott[16] while using Iranian agents to undermine Mosaddegh's government.[17]:3
Judging Mosaddegh to be unreliable and fearing a Communist takeover in Iran, UK prime minister Winston Churchill and the Eisenhower administration decided to overthrow Iran's government, though the preceding Truman administration had opposed a coup, fearing the precedent that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) involvement would set.[17]:3
British intelligence officials' conclusions and the UK government's solicitations were instrumental in initiating and planning the coup, despite the fact that the U.S. government in 1952 had been considering unilateral action (without UK support) to assist the Mosaddegh government.[18][19][20]
Following the coup in 1953, a government under General Fazlollah Zahedi was formed which allowed Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran (Persian for an Iranian king),[21] to rule more firmly as monarch.
He relied heavily on United States support to hold on to power.[12][13][14][22]
According to the CIA's declassified documents and records, some of the most feared mobsters in Tehran were hired by the CIA to stage pro-Shah riots on 19 August.[5] Other men paid by the CIA were brought into Tehran in buses and trucks, and took over the streets of the city.[23] Between 200[3] and 300[4] people were killed because of the conflict.
Mosaddegh was arrested, tried and convicted of treason by the Shah's military court. On 21 December 1953, he was sentenced to three years in jail, then placed under house arrest for the remainder of his life.[24]:280[25][26] Other Mosaddegh supporters were imprisoned, and several received the death penalty.[14]
Demonstrations against the Shah commenced in October 1977, developing into a campaign of civil resistance that included both secular and religious elements.[4][5][6] The protests rapidly intensified in 1978 as a result of the burning of Rex Cinema which was seen as the main cause of the Revolution,[7][8] and between August and December that year, strikes and demonstrations paralyzed the country. The Shah left Iran in exile on 16 January 1979, as the last Persian monarch, leaving his duties to a regency council and Shapour Bakhtiar, who was an opposition-based prime minister. The Iranian Revolution (Persian: انقلاب ایران, romanized: Enqelâbe Irân, pronounced [ʔeɴɢeˌlɒːbe
ʔiːɾɒːn]; also known as the Islamic Revolution or the 1979 Revolution)[1] was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and the replacement of his government with an Islamic republic under the Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a leader of one of the factions in the revolt.[2] The revolution was supported by various Islamist and leftist organizations[3] and student movements.
2018
Iranian Authorities arrested Sotoudeh in 2018 after she defended feminist activists who challenged the country's mandatory headscarf law. Sentenced to 148 lashes with a whip and 38 years of prison, she has been ripped away from her two children and husband.
2019
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the situation has escalated dramatically.
Iran is holding hundreds of political protesters in crowded, filthy prisons where the deadly virus is running rampant. Even though they have released more than 100,000 other detainees due to the public health crisis, political dissidents have remained locked behind bars. To protest these near-death sentences, Sotoudeh staged two hunger strikes, demanding the release of political prisoners. She has put others' lives above her own by slowly starving herself at a time when her immune system needs its strength most. Her husband says her physical state has deteriorated to a terrifying degree — he was only able to see her for a moment, but her dramatic weight loss and sunken eyes shook him to his core.
Turkey
How Secular Is Turkey? 24th July 2020
Friday prayers are being held at the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul for the first time since it was turned into a museum 85 years ago.
It was at President Erdogan's instigation that a Turkish court overruled a decision taken in the 1930s to make it a secular building.
Supporters of the president are celebrating the move as a moment of huge national and religious pride. However, his critics fear he is trying to replace the secular legacy of modern Turkey's founder, Kemal Ataturk.
Saudi Arabia
May 2020
Saudi Arabia Says It Will Stop Executing Children.
Saudi Arabia Says It Will Stop Executing Children.
TAHA AL-HAJJI
ON 5/18/20 AT 1:55 PM EDT
NEWSWEEK
On Sunday, April 26, the Kingdom's Human Rights Commission announced that, by royal decree, people convicted of childhood offences will no longer be subject to the death penalty. This was reported everywhere, from CNN to BBC News.
There's one small problem: it isn't true.
"This is an important day for Saudi Arabia made possible by King Salman and the Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman," Commission President Awwad Alawwad declared, in the groveling tone demanded by absolute rulers. For two days, the news was posted in English, but not Arabic: a giveaway that it is intended for Western media rather than Saudi officials.
There are currently 13 people facing death sentences in Saudi Arabia for offenses they are alleged to have committed as children, including my former client Ali al-Nimr, who was tortured into confessing to acts of terrorism after chanting anti-government slogans as a schoolboy in 2012.
SAVE Mohammed Essam al-Faraj FROM THE DEATH SENTENCE
Call on the Saudi Arabian authorities to drop their request for Mohammed’s death sentence
Mohammed Essam al-Faraj was 15 years old when he was arrested outside a bowling alley in Medina, Saudi Arabia, in 2017. His so-called ‘crimes’ include attending his uncle’s funeral when he was just nine years old.
Mohammed was held incommunicado for a week. He was then taken to an adult prison where he was tortured and forced to sign his ‘confession’.
The prosecution is using that ‘confession’ to sentence him to death.
Mohammed was a child when he was arrested. He wasn’t given access to a lawyer. He signed his ‘confession’ under torture.
He shouldn’t be facing a death sentence.
Mohammed still has the chance to fight for his life. He is expected to go to court soon. Together, the Reprieve community needs to fight with him - and show the decision-makers that the world will be watching his day in court.
Saudi Arabian authorities have spent the last six months celebrating the news of their Royal Decree - announced on April 26 - which supposedly abolished the death penalty for ‘child defendants’ like Mohammed.
Mohammed’s case proves that the Royal Decree is nothing more than a PR stunt because there is a loophole in the law which means he is still at risk of the death penalty today. [1]
But that could change. His hearing will be an opportunity for them to prove that children in the Kingdom do not belong on death row.
STORY SUMARY
Ibrahim was married to Sarah, and as they both very old, a boy Ishmael was born from a union with the family servant Hagar.
Then apparently God interjected and provided by Divine Intervention between Ibrahim and Sarah another boy Isaac.
Ibrahim in Islam is defined thus:
Ibrahim (Arabic: إِبْرَاهِيْمُ, romanized: Ibrāhīm pronounced [ʔɪbraːˈhiːm]) in Arabic, is recognized as a prophet and messenger[1][2] of God in Islam.In Muslim belief, Abraham fulfilled all the commandments and trials wherein God nurtured him throughout his lifetime. As a result of his unwavering faith in God, Ibrahim was promised by God to be a leader to all the nations of the world.[3]
The Islamic holy day 'Eid al-Adha is celebrated in memory of the sacrifice of Abraham, and each able bodied Muslim is supposed to perform the pilgrimage to pay homage at the Kaaba in the Hejazi city of Mecca, which was built by Abraham and his son Ishmael as the first house of worship on earth.[5]
Muslims maintain that Abraham further asked God to bless both the lines of his progeny, of Isma'il and Isḥāq (Isaac), and to keep all of his descendants in the protection of God.
Islam is effectively part of a Religious 3 In 1 as its origins emanate from an individual or single source, that of the religious Icon known to Muslims as Ibrahim. His life story is thus shared by 2 other World Religions that of Judaism and Christianity.
For the Islamic religion itself there is no disparity between them, as Islam recognises both Ishmael and Isaac as important and esteemed Holy Men. Prophets in the word of god, as indeed they do with Jesus Christ.
But judging by reports in the worlds media, these three faiths may seem to be mutually antagonistic to one another. But that impression in reality owes far more to 'Politics', both from the Political Institutions that have emerged somewhat untidily in relation to the Religion. And the 'Politics' of specific religious leaders. Though of course these two strands become linked such that it becomes, virtually impossible to discern where one ends and the other begins. This is often an essential plank in the overall strategy and tactics of 'Political' and 'Religious' 'Leaders', to justify their own existence. As well as to create the consideration that these two elements, are simply part of the whole. In reality both 'Leaders' use the Islamic religion as a tool or weapon to suit their own interests. The same of course applies within both Jewish and Christian religions.
Historically from the birth of Islam variations of the religious interpretation has developed, principally into Sunni and Shia.
And countries where Islam is the established religion, have aligned themselves with these differing religious interpretations. This has come to totally shape not only the, religious and political nature of the countries concerned. But also the countries relations with each other, and with their entire regions politics. This continues to have knock on effects, that reverberate around the globe.
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