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• Davos and the future of capitalism
• Russia says will veto "unacceptable" Syria resolution
• America again accuses Pakistan of aiding the Taliban
• China boosts police numbers to suppress the Islamic revival in Xinjiang

Leaders of the global business elite were confronted on Wednesday with the fear that the Western model of capitalism has failed and is about to be shoved aside by emerging powers. Over four decades, the annual World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos has become an emblem of the triumphant market but this year delegates admitted that state capitalism on the Chinese model is in the ascendant. Four days of public debate and private networking kicked off with a stark warning from a panel of experts that the historic motors of the 20th century global economy will have to reform or die. "I think we have three to four years in the West to improve the economic model that we have, and if we don't do that soon I think we've lost the game," warned David Rubenstein, managing director of the Carlyle investment fund. The 62-year-old billionaire has done very well out of financial capitalism, the US firm paid him a $134 million annual bonus this month, but he warned that the West needs to get its deficits under control and return to growth. "If we don't do that soon, when we are here in three to four years ... the game will be over for the type of capitalism that many of us have lived through and thought was the best type of capitalism," Rubenstein said.

The truth of the matter is that capitalism is dead, and all that remains is for its rotten corpse to be buried by an emerging power. However, this power will not be China, India, or Brazil, as all live by capitalist principles. The emerging power will have to possess an alternative world view and economic model that is based on justice and sharing of wealth. Only the Caliphate meets such requirements and its time is coming soon...!

Russia says will veto "unacceptable" Syria resolution:

Russia said on Wednesday it would veto any U.N. resolution on Syria that it finds unacceptable, after demanding any measure rule out military intervention to halt the bloodshed touched off by protests against President Bashar al-Assad's rule.The political violence in Syria has killed at least 5,000 people in the past 10 months and activists say Assad's forces have stepped up operations this week on opposition strongholds, from Damascus suburbs to the cities of Hama, Homs and the border provinces of Deraa and Idlib.Arab and Western states urged the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to act swiftly on a resolution backing an Arab League plan calling for Assad to hand powers to his deputy and defuse the 11-month-old uprising against his family's dynastic rule."If the text will be unacceptable for us we will vote against it, of course," Russian U.N. envoy Vitaly Churkin told reporters in Moscow via a videolink from New York. "If it is a text that we consider erroneous, that will lead to a worsening of the crisis, we will not allow it to be passed. That is unequivocal," he said. His remarks came hours after Russia's envoy to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov, said there was no chance the Western-Arab draft text could be accepted unless it expressly rejected armed intervention. Russia and China, both veto-wielding Security Council members, have resisted a Western push for a resolution condemning the Syrian government's crackdown on unrest.

Once again world powers are gathering to devour another Muslim country, just as they did to Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan. The rulers of the Muslim ummah have capitulated and surrendered their souls to their Western masters out of fear of losing this dunya. The messenger of Allah(saw) said, "The People will soon summon one another to attack you as people when eating invite others to share their food." Someone asked, "Will that be because of our small numbers at that time?" He replied, "No, you will be numerous at that time: but you will be froth and scum like that carried down by a torrent (of water), and Allah will take the fear of you from the breasts (hearts) of your enemy and cast al-wahn into your hearts." Someone asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what is al-wahn?" He replied, "Love of the world and dislike of death." [An authentic hadith recorded by Abu Dawud and Ahmad]

America again accuses Pakistan of aiding the Taliban:

A leaked US military report states that Pakistan still provides assistance to the Taliban in Afghanistan and this has overshadowed a high-level visit by Pakistani officials seeking to mend relations with Kabul. The secret report, based on interrogations of thousands of captured fighters, says Pakistan's intelligence agencies continue to help direct Taliban attacks, according to the BBC and The Times, which obtained copies. The reports surfaced on Wednesday as Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan's foreign minister, arrived in Kabul on the first high-profile visit since ties were strained to breaking point following the murder of Burhanuddin Rabbani, the former Afghan president, in September. The document includes insurgent prisoners' claims that most of Pakistan's support came from ISI-sponsored Punjabi militant groups based in North Waziristan and Baluchistan, close to the border with Afghanistan. They provide "electronics expertise, remote detonators, advanced explosives, mines and suicide vests," according to the account of the report in the Financial Times. The report says that Pakistan is aware of the location of Taliban leaders and that it continues to manipulate them "unabatedly." "Senior Taliban leaders meet regularly with ISI personnel, who advise on strategy and relay any pertinent concerns of the government of Pakistan," it said. The testimony in the leaked report will reinforce a belief among diplomats that Pakistan has yet to abandon its time-worn strategy of playing a double-game in Afghanistan by encouraging Taliban attacks in Afghanistan while simultaneously seeking US aid to fight Pakistani militants battling its own army.

The leaked report comes days after the Pakistani leadership reopened NATO supply lines and provided clandestine support for drone attacks. How much proof does the Pakistani leadership need for it to understand the undeniable fact that the American crusading war machine is hell-bent on the destruction of Pakistan? And yet Pakistani leaders continue to provide all forms of assistance and betray the people of Pakistan. Allah says: " O you who believe! Betray not Allah and His Messenger, nor betray knowingly your Amanat (things entrusted to you, and all the duties which Allah has ordained for you). "[TMQ 8:27]

China boosts police numbers to suppress the Islamic revival in Xinjiang:

China will boost police forces in its western Xinjiang region, state media said on Monday, in an effort to tackle unsanctioned religious activities in the region, which has been beset by ethnic strife and sometimes violent unrest. Authorities will recruit 8,000 new police officers. "Security patrols, management of the migrant population and cracking down on illegal religious activities" will be among their main duties, Xinhua said, citing an unnamed Communist Party spokesman in Xinjiang. Xinjiang is home to the Uighur ethnic group, a Turkic-speaking Muslim people who account for just over 40 percent of the region's more than 21 million population. The government blamed the incidents in Kashgar and Hotan - both in the majority Uighur southern part of Xinjiang - on religious hardliners and separatists who want to establish an independent state called East Turkestan for their people.

Over the past decade, China has intensified its efforts to break the zeal and the moral of the Muslims of Xinjiang. The government has poured money and men to thwart the Islamic revival but it has been in vain. Allah says:" Verily, those who disbelieve spend their wealth to hinder (men) from the Path of Allah, and so will they continue to spend it; but in the end it will become an anguish for them. Then they will be overcomed"[TMQ 8:36].