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March 15, 2015 | Daily Sabah
ISIS beheading Islam through its actions!
The recent videos showing ISIS members destroying Mosul’s museum and with it the loss of Iraq’s and world cultural and historical heritage are woefully sickening. The actions are undertaken supposedly on the basis of Islamic interpretation and an attempt on the one hand to destroy idols and on the other adhering to a strict prohibition…
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March 14, 2015 | Turkey Agenda
Zaytuna College: Accreditation and the Context of Education in America
A historical moment was ushered on March 7, 2015 as Zaytuna College and through it the American Muslim community received initial accreditation from WASC Senior College and University Commission. Zaytuna’s accreditation occasion is monumental and opens a much-needed space for Muslims at America’s academic table and with it the ability to offer unique perspectives toward…
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March 9, 2015 | Daily Sabah
Zaytuna College: An academic address for Muslims in America
March 4, 2015, stands as a historic date for American Muslims, as the WASC Senior College and University Commission granted initial accreditation to Zaytuna College, thus becoming the first Muslim liberal arts college to be accredited in the United States. The commission’s letter commended the “institution’s achievements” and praised Zaytuna leadership for “implementing a variety…
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March 5, 2015 | Turkey Agenda
Netanyahu’s Speech: A Theater of the Absurd
Netanyahu’s speech on March 3, 2015 to a joint Congressional Session was a frontal assault on President Obama’s Iran policy. The speech was a direct attempt at derailing the on-going negotiations and the desire to prevent Obama and the US from signing a nuclear deal with Iran. According to the Prime Minister such a deal…
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March 1, 2015 | Daily Sabah
Netanyahu and eroding Israel’s standing in America
Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me,” goes a well-known American saying and is an apt description for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempt at selling another war in the Middle East, a push for a military attack on Iran. Netanyahu’s visit and planned speech to a joint session of…
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February 28, 2015 | Turkey Agenda
Islamophobia Network: The Fringe Dominating the Center
Clearly, the recent events in Europe, U.S. and the Muslim World have brought renewed attention to Islam and the status of Muslim citizens and immigrants in the West. For some, the idea of Islam and the West are an odd coupling that don’t belong to the same category and are structurally set on a constant…
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February 23, 2015 | Daily Sabah
Islam in countering violent extremism
In an L.A. Times editorial and a speech given at a three-day White House Summit focusing on Countering Violent extremism, U.S. President Barack Obama declared that the effort is “a battle for hearts and minds,” of the Muslim world. Obama maintained in the editorial: “Groups like al-Qaida and ISIS promote a twisted interpretation of religion…
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February 16, 2015 | Turkey Agenda
North Carolina , Paris, Norway & Reinforcing Extremes
The attacks on Charlie Hebdo on Jan. 7th, 2015 and the murder of Deah Barakat, his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha in North Carolina point to extremists capturing and shaping the global narrative. What is occurring is a process by which the actions and rhetoric of extremists from one side…
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February 16, 2015 | Daily Sabah
Designer babies or playing God?
On Feb. 3, 2015 the British parliament voted to permit a new and highly controversial experimental medical procedure allowing genetic material from three individuals – two women and a man – for the “creation” of a healthy baby. Immediately after the story broke a number of ethical concerns emerged and the slippery slope that the…
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February 9, 2015 | Daily Sabah
‘President’ Netanyahu addressing ‘America’s Knesset’
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner’s invitation to ‘President’ Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress comes at a critical period as Republicans have taken over both the House of Representatives and the Senate and are determined to reverse almost every law adopted during Barack Obama’s presidency. From immigration and healthcare to financial oversight,…
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