While we were worried about the Afghanistan war, the dangers of pirates in the Indian Ocean, or the swine flu, a country we always though as being quiet and civilized surprised the world yesterday. Switzerland, the country of great mountains, chocolate, watches and beautiful countryside but also a country which likes to think is a neutral guardian of human rights, a country where the Red Cross was established and the Geneva convention was passed, voted in a referendum whose results brought fear among Muslims ans shocked the Swiss government. Read the rest of this entry »

In the continuing saga of what to do with the Guantanamo detainees still left in the detention center in Cuba, the resettling of the 17 Uighurs Chinese Muslims now held there has attracted a lot of attention. The U.S. would not send the Uighurs back to China as it is feared that they will be tortured or executed. Read the rest of this entry »

From the Arab world to the Normandy beaches in France with a short stop over in Germany, president Obama is trying to use his travels to obtain understanding for the US among the Muslims, maybe help from his European allies for the Afghanistan war and the closing of Guantanamo. Read the rest of this entry »

On June 3rd I wrote an article about Obama and his gaffes. Some people I know were not too happy about it and told me I should quit writing against Obama. After all they knew I certainly was not for McCain, so why give the Republicans more ammunition? I replied that first I was not giving ammunition to anybody, I was Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes we have to ‘take a tour’ outside of ourselves and find out what others think of us. At the moment the bloggers in the US are typing furiously, trying to add their wisdom at the continued saga of Barack Obama and Reverend Wright. I have my thoughts about that Read the rest of this entry »