Category: Ray Hanania

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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Hypocrisy on Obama being a Muslim, and anti-Arab racism

September 18, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

Donald Trump is being attacked for not correcting a supporter who claims President Obama is a Muslim. But very few Republican candidates or many in the mainstream American news media have demanded the same of other candidates. Trump may not be John McCain, but he is no different than most of the Republicans running for president. So why only attack…

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The violence by Israel’s soldiers and settler terrorists

September 16, 2015June 12, 2019 rayhanania 1 Comment

Israel has recruited its soldiers, armed settlers and biased news media to defend its oppression of Palestinian civilians in the Occupied West Bank of Palestine. The Israelis enter areas, take lands and resources like water wells and destroy Palestinian buildings, and give the assets to the armed settler fanatics. And they wonder why Palestinians throw stones…

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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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Israel, one of the only countries refusing to help Syrian refugees

September 11, 2015September 11, 2015 rayhanania 2 Comments

Not surprisingly, Israel has surfaced as one of the only countries int he world not to help the millions of refugees that are fleeing from the terrorism of the Islamic State and Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad. And, Israel is building a wall to block them from entering their occupied nation, but not along the Syrian…

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FX Tyrant series based on anti-Arab racism and stereotypes

September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

The Cable TV series from FX Tyrant is driven by anti-Arab racism and stereotypes. Not surprisingly, the series is produced by an Israeli who has no compunction to portray Arabs in as negative a light as possible to further libel Arab culture and their just claims against Israel. The real story of greed, betrayal, immorality and…

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9/11: We will never forget, but will we ever learn?

September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Anger and emotion following the terrorist attacks after Sept. 11, 2001 prevented most Americans from thinking with reason and common sense back then. But as time goes on, more and more Americans are recognizing that our failure to act responsibly after 9/11 has helped create a much more dangerous world, not a safer one. We will…

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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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Americans are not traveling to the Middle East

August 29, 2015October 2, 2018 rayhanania 2 Comments

While Americans are among the most traveled people on the planet, one place they are avoiding is the Middle East and Arab countries. At one time, the Middle East was a favored destination to Americans but these days with the rising Islamic extremism, the violence and continued conflicts, tourism to the Arab World from the…

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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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War rages between U.S and Arab World Airlines

August 26, 2015June 12, 2019 rayhanania 2 Comments

Three of America’s top airlines — American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Airlines — have launched a campaign to block the commercial services of Qatar Airways, Emirates Airlines and Etihad Airways which provide direct flights to popular destinations in the gulf, such as Dubai. They complain the Arab airlines receive subsidies from their governments, but they are silent about subsidies…

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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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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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Israeli leaders who challenge Israel’s extremists

August 18, 2015August 18, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Although fanatic extremists who embrace violence and terrorism have control of Israel’s government, many moderate Israelis who oppose the rising stridency of the Israeli conservatives continue to push for peace and justice. The same battle is being waged here in America among American Jews speaking out against extremism, not just in the Arab World but in their…

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Palestinian Film “The Wanted 18” speaks to Israeli occupation

August 16, 2015August 16, 2015 rayhanania 1 Comment

In the award-winning documentary The Wanted 18, directors Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan bring to life a remarkable story of nonviolent resistance during the First Intifada. The animated documentary speaks to the reality of the Israeli occupation on Palestinian civilian life. You need to support it By Ray Hanania The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true…

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Interview with Eileen Fleming on her new ebook

August 16, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania 2 Comments

Writer and columnist Eileen Fleming sits down with The Arab Daily News to discuss her new eBook, “Heroes, Muses and the Saga of Mordechai Vananu.” Eileen’s ebook will be released this week on Kindle and speaks to the ongoing saga of the oppression of Vanunu by Israel’s government By Ray Hanania In this exclusive interview…

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