Tag Archives: Muslims

Paris Attack Wasn’t “Senseless Violence” #CharlieHebdo

COMMENTARY by Jonathan Tobin January 7, 2015 …..But the problem isn’t whether the administration is ready, as it was initially reluctant to do after Benghazi, to speak of terrorism, as it is the president’s refusal to discuss the motivation of … Continue reading

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The Destruction of the Middle East

GATESTONE by Denis MacEoin December 27, 2014 ……There are many wise and sensible Muslims who favour a shift to a more updated way of thinking. Many cannot openly declare their thoughts for fear of reprisals and even execution; others are … Continue reading

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Can Jews and Muslims get along? 60 imams and rabbis meet in Washington to try

WASHINGTON POST by Lauren Markoe November 24, 2014 Frustrated by dangerously high tensions between Jews and Muslims in the Holy Land, 60 imams and rabbis gathered Sunday (Nov. 23) to hatch concrete plans to bridge the gulf between their communities, … Continue reading

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After Gaza war, Muslim-German students threaten to kill Jewish student spokesman

JERUSALEM POST by Benjamin Weinthal November 2, 2014 Anti-Semitic pressure causes school student leader to resign in German city of Offenbach The student spokesman for the the city of Offenbach’s school system, Max Moses Bonifer, resigned his post because German … Continue reading

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What The “Two State Solution” Has to Do with the Rise of Islamic Extremism: Zero

GATESTONE by Khaled Abu Toamen October 20, 2014 The “Arab Spring” did not erupt as a result of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Rather, it was the outcome of decades of tyranny and corruption in the Arab world. The Tunisians, Egyptians, Libyans … Continue reading

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Arab Uprisings May Doom Middle East Christians

MIDDLE EAST QUARTERLY by Hilal Khashan Fall 2014 In April 2011, Vittorio Arrigoni, an Italian activist and “journalist” who had spearheaded the blockade-breaking Free Gaza flotilla was kidnapped from Hamas-held territory and shortly thereafter, killed. His captors and executioners were … Continue reading

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If ISIS Is Not Islamic, then the Inquisition Was Not Catholic

NEW REPUBLIC by Jerry A. Coyne September 13, 2014 As ISIS slaughters its way though Syria and Iraq, it became inevitable that we’d hear from apologists who claim that ISIS is not in fact “true Islam,” and that its depredations are due … Continue reading

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The Islamic State and ‘Religion of Peace’

AMERICAN CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY by Clive Kessler September 26, 2014 ……When apologists, often well-meaning people, retreat into the stock affirmation that Islam is really “a religion of peace”, they are entering a zone of evasion and delusion. Once they offer … Continue reading

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Israel’s most valuable Muslim ally

JEWISH JOURNAL by Rabbi Mark Diamond September 17, 2014 Jews worldwide will soon mark the onset of a Jewish New Year with the specter of rising anti-Semitism in Europe and the Middle East. Amid the preponderance of daily bad news, … Continue reading

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Why Many Arabs and Muslims Do Not Trust Obama

GATESTONE INSTITUTE by Khaled Abu Toameh September 15, 2014 “This is not our war and we should not be taking part in it.” That is how many Arabs and Muslims reacted to US President Barack Obama’s plan to form an … Continue reading

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