He said My Lord! because Thou hast bestowed a favor on me, I shall never be a backer of the guilty.

He said My Lord! because Thou hast bestowed a favor on me, I shall never be a backer of the guilty.

And you did not expect that the Book would be inspired to you, but it is a mercy from your Lord, therefore be not a backer up of the unbelievers.

And you did not expect that the Book would be inspired to you, but it is a mercy from your Lord, therefore be not a backer up of the unbelievers.

Say thou if the mankind and the jinn leagued together that they might produce the like of this Qur'an, they could nor produce the like thereof, though one to the other were a backer.

Say thou if the mankind and the jinn leagued together that they might produce the like of this Qur'an, they could nor produce the like thereof, though one to the other were a backer.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, formerly Putin s strongest backer in Europe, is reported to have described him as delusional. (The last straw for her apparently was his attempt to blame the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on the Ukrainian government.)

Simultaneously, there has been considerable erosion of support from Musharraf s strongest external backer, the United States. After he seized power, America welcomed Musharraf s willingness to fight al Qaeda and the Taliban on his territory in exchange for large infusions of military aid.

Cooperation between Sunnis and Shias will be vital to defeat the extremism of the Islamic State, as well as to bridge gaps between combatants in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Lebanon. Iran must demonstrate that it is a responsible player in the region not simply a backer of Shia power.

Likewise, those Arab governments unhappy with the state of affairs in Syria can do more to bring about change. They could suspend all ties with Syria, and they should scale back commercial and diplomatic relations with Russia, the regime s most important external backer, until the Kremlin alters its policy.

France, the US, the UK, and Turkey have recognized the Syrian National Coalition as Syria s future interim government, despite reports that two thirds of the SNC s 263 founders are linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. The SNC s outgoing leader, Moaz Al Khatib, has publicly criticized America s decision to blacklist Jabhat al Nusra as has the SNC s key backer, Turkey.

With unemployment rising, income dropping to record low levels, and internal tensions escalating, fighting between supporters of Hamas and Fatah began. Attempts to reconcile the parties began in Gaza, before moving to Cairo, Damascus, and finally Mecca under the supervision of Saudi King Abdullah, whose country has been a financial backer of the Palestinians for decades.

The recent developments reflect the widening rift between Erdoğan s government and the Gülen movement, led by Fethullah Gülen, a self exiled Islamic preacher currently residing near Philadelphia. The Gülen movement was an important backer of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its efforts to establish civilian control over the military during the AKP s first two terms in office.

The US government s misguided move from potential mediator and problem solver to active backer of the Syrian insurrection was, predictably, a terrible mistake. It put the US in effective opposition to the United Nations peace initiative then being led by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, whose approach was to call for a ceasefire followed by a negotiated political transition.

Indeed, Ahn Cheol soo, a successful entrepreneur turned pro reform professor at Seoul National University and the main backer of the city s new mayor, has now rocked South Korean politics by dropping broad hints that he might become a presidential candidate. Ahn has already become a lightning rod for all of the country s anti Park and anti President Lee Myun bak forces, attracting young people as well.

The Iranian government had been a major backer of Shiite militia groups, including the Mahdi Army, led by radical cleric Muqtada al Sadr. But the Iranians also had close ties from the beginning with elements of the Shiite led coalition government. In 2008, following Maliki s military operation to clean out militia groups in Basra, Iran s leaders seem to have decided that this two faced strategy had run its course.