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Western Media should not treat Islam as a target of its insults in the name of freedom of press

January 10, 2015January 10, 2015 Ali Younes 13 Comments

By Ali Younes Muslims and Islamic organizations across the world condemned in strongest terms, and rightly so, the massacre against the journalists and editors of the satirist French Magazine Charlie Hebdo, even when at the same time disagreed and disapproved with Charlie Hebdo’s insults against the Muslim faith. Western media acts free of any legal…

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Muslim Council of Imam’s condemns Paris massacre

January 9, 2015January 9, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

MMCC Imam’s Council Condemn the Paris shootings The Imams Council of the Michigan Muslim Community Council deplores the actions of the misguided Muslims who in the name of our faith took the lives of 12 people. The terrorists stormed the Charlie Hedbo magazine offices yesterday killing journalists, including its founder, Charlie Hebdo, and its current…

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Muslim community helps Detroit in water crisis

January 9, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Detroit’s Muslim community helps those in need during water crisis: Giving water is the best form of charity, according to the Prophet (PBUH) MMCC and Islamic Relief-USA gave $100,000 to Detroit residents this week to help with the water crisis. Over 25,000 Detroit residents have had their water shut off since last year due to aggressive…

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Amnesty International blasts Israel on ICC response

January 7, 2015 rayhanania 1 Comment

Retaliation Against Palestine’s Welcome Accession to ICC Must Stop Israel, the USA and EU member states must refrain from punishing or threatening Palestine for taking the positive step of granting the International Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction over crimes under international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), Amnesty International said today. Amnesty International welcomes Palestine¹s…

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Saudi Arabia hosts conference on competetiveness

January 7, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Riyadh to Host Saudi and International Academics, Business and Political Leaders for the 8th Global Competitiveness Forum This year’s theme ‘Competitive Governments’ draws together an impressive group of over 50 speakers from 22 different countries to discuss the positive impact national competitiveness can have on local, regional and global economic and social development. The Global Competitiveness Forum…

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Is a Military Coup d’état imminent in Yemen?

January 7, 2015January 7, 2015 Ali Younes No Comments

By: Gamal Gasim, Ph.D Is Yemen on the verge of a rapid and dramatic change through an imminent military coup d’état? It has been difficult to follow the dramatic events unfolding in Yemen since the Houthis entered the capital city, Sana’a, on September 21, 2014; but when looking carefully at the trajectory of events in…

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Snow Storms Threatens Syrian Refugees

January 7, 2015January 7, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Severe weather may take lives among displaced in the Middle East. Storms, snow and freezing cold are threatening lives among exhausted Syrian refugees in the Middle East. Norwegian Refugee Council fears that the insufficient assistance may have fatal consequences for refugees and internally displaced from Lebanon to Northern Iraq. “Similar weather conditions two years ago led…

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Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas in Gaza Strip

January 7, 2015April 13, 2019 Mohammed Asad 3 Comments

By Mohammed Asad Orthodox Christians from around the world celebrated Christmas today, Jan. 7, 2015. The Orthodox Christmas is celebrated on the basis of the old Julian Calendar and often comes within a week or two of the traditional Christmas on Dec. 25 of each year. Orthodox Christians are mainly from Middle East and Mediterranean countries…

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Attorney Stanley Cohen defends his fight for Arab Americans

January 5, 2015 rayhanania 2 Comments

By Ray Hanania New York Attorney Stanley Cohen said he would continue to stand up and defend the rights of American Arabs and Middle East Arabs who have been falsely accused of terrorism or complicity in terrorism charging that Arabs and Muslims are targeted by American racism. Cohen also provides some inside information on the murder…

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American Arab leader urges Israeli Arabs to vote

January 5, 2015January 5, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania View image | gettyimages.com Ziad Asali, the President of the American Task Force on Palestine, the nation’s most influential pro-Palestinian lobbying group in the United States, called it imperative that Israel’s Arab civilians participate and not boycott the next Israeli elections which are scheduled for March 17. Asali said that those who urge a…

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UAE names 83 terrorist groups including two from US

January 3, 2015January 3, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania The United Arab Emirates designated 83 Muslim organizations around the world as “terrorist organizations” including two American groups with prominent public profiles, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim American Society (MAS). It is one of the most unusual attacks against American Muslims from an Arab World Government. Both CAIR…

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Ft. Wayne Arab store owner shot and killed

December 31, 2014December 31, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

A Ft. Wayne, Indiana store owner of American Arab heritage, Moath Nasser, 21, was shot and killed in his convenience store on Monday December 29, 2014, was originally from Dearborn, Michigan. Ironically, a video posted online showed him in a physical altercation with two customers in his store, Big Al’s Grocery, at 620 McKinnie Avenue,…

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Santa Claus visits homeless in destroyed Gaza city

December 31, 2014December 31, 2014 Mohammed Asad No Comments

By Mohammed Asad Santa Claus walking around New Year’s Eve among destroyed houses in Shujaiya (Shu’jaiyya, Shejaiya, Shuja’iya) in the Gaza Strip to draw a smile on the faces of the children in the face of the world’s silence on the destruction of thousands of homes in the Gaza Strip by Israel’s military last August (2104). The secular symbol…

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ISIS will not negotiate with Jordan to free captured pilot.

December 25, 2014December 26, 2014 Ali Younes No Comments

By Ali Younes According to New York attorney Stanley Cohen, the Islamic State or ISIS will not be interested in negotiating with the Jordanian government to free its captured Jordanian pilot. Not any time soon at least. This is because, he argues, the way Jordan handled the negotiations to save American aid worker Peter Kassig. Jordanian…

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Gaza students call for speedier repair and rebuilding of schools

December 23, 2014December 23, 2014 Mohammed Asad No Comments

By Mohammed Asad Students in the Gaza Strip held protests this week to urge a speedier repair and rebuilding of the dozens of schools that were destroyed by Israel’s military this past summer during its assault on the civilian population. More than 2,200 people were killed with more than 90 percent civilians, including about 500 children,…

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Civil Rights agency urges expanding racial profiling ban

December 21, 2014December 21, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

The United States Commission on Civil Rights today announced that it has sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder recommending that the revised DOJ guidelines applicable to law enforcement officials should not exclude the Department of Homeland Security from compliance with the guidelines. The letter states: “We commend the efforts of the Department of…

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Minnesota Settlement clears way for Muslim prayer center

December 21, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today welcomed a federal agreement over the rejection of the planned Abu Huraira Islamic Center in St. Anthony Village, Minn. CAIR: St. Anthony Islamic Center Squabble Ends in Settlement “This settlement sends a clear message that there are consequences to denying people their constitutionally-protected rights,”…

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Etihad Airlines unveils first Airbus and Boeing 787

December 21, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has capped an incredible 12 months by unveiling its first Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 aircraft to more than 200 of the world’s media in Abu Dhabi. The doors to the airline’s two new flagship aircraft – in the distinctive new ‘Facets of Abu Dhabi‘…

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