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March 29, 2016 |Muslims are studied but not known!
My mail and emails are filled daily with hundreds of studies, academic journals, new books and articles from numerous publications focusing on Muslims. Everything about the Muslim subject is studied and parsed to the minute detail with volumes upon volumes of subsequent publications citing and re-examining what everyone had said on every topic. The volume…
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March 15, 2016 |US Presidential Election: the Pandering for Israel Festival!
On March 9, 2016 CNN hosted yet another Republican debate which witnessed the candidates outdueling each other in who is in support of Israel and is ready to embrace their agenda. Pandering to Israeli supporters is a full time job for politicians in the U.S., even more so during the presidential elections every four years…
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March 15, 2016 | Huffington PostTrump and the Islamophobia Imaginary
“I think Islam hates us,” was Donald Trump’s response to Anderson Cooper’s question to the candidate if “Islam is at war with the West.” Trump added, “But there is a tremendous hatred. And we have to be very vigilant. We have to be very careful, and we cannot allow people coming into this country who…
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March 9, 2016 |Revisiting Al-Ghazali: Revelation and Reason!
On March 4-5, 2016, Zaytuna College hosted the Revisiting Al-Ghazali: Reason and Revelation Conference , which examined the work and contribution of one of the most influential scholars in Islamic history. Research papers and discussions revolved around a number of issues in Al-Ghazali’s works with an eye toward understanding and appreciating the unique approach present in…
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March 2, 2016 |Trump: Bigotry’s Triumph at the Polls!
The results of Super Tuesday primaries brought the Republican Party the unthinkable: the possibility of Trump being the nominee going into the 2016 Presidential elections. While it is still too early in the contest, the writing on the wall is clear for everyone to read and no one seems able to stop Trump’s steam train. …
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February 24, 2016 |Palestine: Where the Disabled Are Not Spared!
The video images of Majed al-Fakhouri, a Palestinian man in al-Khalil, who is 53 years old, disabled, and bound by a wheelchair of being thrown to the ground by an Israeli soldier is sickening and alarming to say the least. Majed’s “crime” was that he saw a youngster, 13 years old girl, Palestinian Yasmin al-Zaro,…
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February 17, 2016 |Voting is Pursuing the Collective Good in Civil Society!
As the US election cycle gets intensely underway, so will the debate on the worthiness of voting in contests that are increasingly determined by big funders and narrow special interests. Increasingly, the political process and elections outcomes are determined by the candidates’ financial resources rather than the quality of ideas he/she brings to the arena….
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February 10, 2016 |
Putting Humpty Dumpty Together Again!
“Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again.” The well-known nursery rhyme, “Humpty Dumpty” is set as a riddle for children with the answer being an egg falling down from a wall. Indeed, if an egg…
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February 3, 2016 |
Israel’s Grand Theft of Muslim Endowments in Jerusalem
On January 31, 2016, Israel’s right wing cabinet approved by a 15-5 vote the creation of a mixed-gender plaza to resolve the long standing dispute concerning women’s access to the Wailing Wall. The head of the Jewish Agency, Natan Sharansky claimed that the building of the new plaza will not cause any structural damage to…
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January 29, 2016 | Daily Sabah
Flint: Racism & water
Flint, Michigan is a microcosm of U.S. political and economic elites’ entanglement with structural racism and the persistent disregard for the lives, health and well-being of African Americans, people of color, working class and poor whites. The city’s residents have been surviving on the margins of society and eking out a living on limited opportunities…
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