Category: Christian & Muslim

Popular Republican Ben Carson says a Muslim should not be president

September 20, 2015September 20, 2015 rayhanania 2 Comments

So many people have been bashing Donald Trump for failing to challenge a supporter who said that President Obama is a Muslim, while praising the remarkable story of rival candidate Ben Carson, the African American doctor who was the focus of the 2009 movie about his “inspiring” life, “Gifted Hands” and portrayed by actor Cuba Gooding Jr. But it…

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Detroit radio listeners on Sterling Heights Mosque fight

September 11, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Radio listeners in Detroit and Washington DC discuss a wide range of issues from the opposition of Chaldean Christians from the Middle East and mosque fight in Sterling Heights, to the commemoration of the 14th Anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Listeners also sound off on the plight of Syrian Refugees and Israel’s refusal…

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What’s really behind protests against Sterling Heights mosque?

September 1, 2015September 1, 2015 rayhanania 4 Comments

Hundreds of people turned up at a Planning Commission meeting in Sterling Heights on August 13, 2015 to protest the building of a mosque in their community in a scene repeated throughout the country over the past two decades. Is the issue traffic congestion, or is it a more sophisticated form of anti-Islamic religious prejudice?…

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Community protests building of mosque in Detroit suburb

August 28, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania 6 Comments

A proposal to build a mosque in Sterling Heights, a suburb of Detroit, has attracted a lot of anger and protests from the public including Middle East Christians who were among the most vociferous in their opposition. The protests included complaints about traffic but also addressed issues of racism and stereotypes against Muslims. Mosque issue will…

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Palestinian failures come down to absence of strategic PR

August 25, 2015August 25, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

The greatest power in America and the world is strategic communications. It can make the truth look like a lie, and a lie look like the truth. While Israel masters the art of strategic communications, the Arab World has failed to use it resulting in the increasing world stereotypes that are driving the devastation of the…

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What are Christians Doing Today in the Holy Land?

August 25, 2015August 25, 2015 Maria Khoury 1 Comment

How do you explain to the Israeli Authorities the ancient unbroken Christian traditions that should be carried out for pure witness and faith? Christians lucky enough to have permits to enter Jerusalem gathered from all corners of the Holy Land for the annual procession of the icon for the Holy Virgin Mary three days before the special…

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White terrorist convicted in plot to kill Muslims

August 21, 2015August 21, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Upstate New York Man Convicted for his Role in Attempting to Develop Lethal Radiation Device, targeting Arab and Muslim Americans in a case of increasing domestic terrorism and violence by White Americans provoked to hatred by strident racist rhetoric. American racist hate refocusing on Arabs and Muslims By Ray Hanania In the wake of warnings from…

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J Street proves commitment to true Democracy

August 20, 2015August 21, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

When was the last time an Arab organization elected a Jew to head one of its pro-Democracy movements? Or when a Muslim group elected a Christian to lead its fight for justice? Or maybe a Jewish group electing a Muslim to lead its student movement? J Street answered this last one loud and clear By…

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Right wing militias targeting Mosque and Muslim groups

August 19, 2015August 20, 2015 rayhanania 4 Comments

An internal FBI memo obtained by Public Intelligence, the independent news research group, reported last May that extremist and armed American militia groups were planning a campaign of violence targeting Muslim groups, including Muslim and Arab institutions such as mosques and schools. The FBI bulletin was released to police agencies weeks prior to a planned anti-Muslim rally in Phoenix…

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Saudi Arabia and Iran: Volatile Political Geography of Oil and Minorities

August 18, 2015June 12, 2019 James Dorsey No Comments

By James M. Dorsey Discontent is bubbling over among the majority Shiite population in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, home to the kingdom’s major oil fields and petrochemical industry. Disgruntlement is no less in the Iranian province of Khuzestan where up to 90 percent of Iran’s oil reserves are located. Iranian Arabs, who account for approximately…

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Israeli campaign to spread lies exposed by prestigious British group

August 8, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Pro-Israel groups are engaged in a disinformation campaign to discredit organizations that support Palestinian civil rights. The prestigious independent organization Public Interest Investigations has identified a new campaign by extremist pro-Israel groups with U.S. Funding to discredit the important UN Economic and Social Council and the Palestine Return Centre (Center) By Ray Hanania Pro-Israel groups…

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Unmasked: How the FBI became the biggest domestic terrorist threat in America

August 7, 2015September 29, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

A history of abuses by the US Justice Department and the FBI targeting innocent Americans of Arab heritage and the Muslim religion raise serious questions about the role of these agencies and their true agendas. But the incidents suggest that the FBI is the largest real domestic terrorist operation in America By Dezeray Lyn The…

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Should we put Israel in charge of the Kaaba?

July 24, 2015October 2, 2015 rayhanania 1 Comment

Every day, Israeli settlers openly disrespect Islam and Muslims by entering the al-Aqsa Mosque Compound and the Haram al Ash-Sharif near the Dome of the Rock to rally and protest and chant that they will one day destroy these Holy Sites and replace them with their own. And Muslims around the world do nothing about it. Would…

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Middle East Christians get training to reinforce faith

July 22, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

The Ecumenical Institute for the Middle East will launch a new program to bring Christians from the throughout the Arab World together to strengthen their faith in hopes of reinforcing the vanishing Christian presence in the Middle East and Holy land. Participants will come from Levant countries including Palestine, Jordan, Syrian, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq and…

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Canada Coptic Orthodox welcome His Grace Bishop Eklemandos

July 17, 2015July 17, 2015 rayhanania 1 Comment

Coptic Orthodox communities in Eastern Canada welcome His Grace Bishop Eklemandos The General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church will oversee congregations in all of Eastern Canada. The Coptic Orthodox communities in Ottawa, Kingston, Montreal, and Halifax celebrated the arrival of His Grace Bishop Eklemandos, General Bishop over Ottawa, Montreal, and Eastern Canada on Thursday…

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Americans have mixed feelings on Chattanooga attacks

July 17, 2015July 19, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Americans and Arabs expressed frustration and mixed feelings in reaction to the brutal attack against two military installations in Tennessee on Thursday by a 24-year-old Arab and Muslim naturalized citizen. Four U.S. Marines were killed and another was injured in the attack. The killer, Mohammad Youssef (Youssuf) Abdulazeez was shot and killed by military police. But…

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Kuwaiti Muslim from Jordan suspect in murder of 4 US Marines

July 16, 2015July 16, 2015 rayhanania 8 Comments

The FBI has identified 24 year old Mohammad (Mohammod) Youssef Abdulazeez as the shooter who drove to two military installations in civilian areas and fired an automatic weapon from a rented vehicle, killing four U.S. Marines and injuring others on Thursday (July 16, 2015). By Ray Hanania A Kuwait Muslim from Jordan, Mohammod (Mohammad) Youssef (Youssuf) Abdulazeez, 24, has…

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Jewish Settlers set fire to Christian Lands

June 26, 2015July 15, 2015 Maria Khoury No Comments

Jewish violence against Arabs continues with barely a notice from the biased, mainstream American news media. Recently, settlers burned down a wheat field in the Christian village of Taybeh By By Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D. I have survived the Israeli security check one more time in safely returning to the village. My prayer is for peace and stability…