Category: Ray Hanania

Salaita hires powerful civil rights legal team, demands reinstatement at UIUC

September 9, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

Salaita hires powerful civil rights legal team, demands reinstatement UIUC By Ray Hanania Steven Salaita, who was fired before he could begin a new teaching position at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said he is the victim of a nationwide campaign to silence critics of a foreign country, Israel, and demanded that the university’s reinstate his tenured appointment…

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Christian Arab presence in Bethlehem in Crisis

September 9, 2014November 30, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Christian Arab presence in Bethlehem in Crisis By Ray Hanania The issue of Christians in the Holy Land continues to be a topic that is twisted and distorted for political purposes with Muslims and Jews both arguing they do more for the increasingly deteriorating presence in traditionally Christian areas like Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Beit Sahour in the Israeli…

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Podcast Interview: Naomi Shihab Nye on books, writing and journalism

September 8, 2014June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Podcast Interview: Naomi Shihab Nye on books, writing and journalism By Ray Hanania This week on Talk of the Town Radio (Sept. 5, 2014) I interview author and writer Naomi Shihab Nye. The show is broadcast every Friday at 4 pm CST on WCEV 1450 AM and on YahalaVoice.com radio. Naomi discusses her writing and…

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Kerry appoints Shaarik Zafar Special Rep to Muslim Communities

September 4, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Kerry appoints Shaarik Zafar Special Rep to Muslim Communities By Ray Hanania U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Wednesday announced the appointment of Shaarik H. Zafar as the State Department’s new “Special Representative to Muslim Communities” in the United States and the international community. The appointment was made at a closed ceremony at the Dean Acheson…

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American Arab and Muslim groups denounce ISIS beheadings

September 3, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

American Arab and Muslim groups denounce ISIS beheadings By Ray Hanania American Arab and Muslim organizations in the United States this week were among the voices denouncing the brutal murders of two journalists in the past two weeks including the horrendous decapitation James Foley and Steven Sotloff. Statements were released by many groups, but surprisingly, many…

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Finding the elusive Moral High Ground in Israel-Gaza War

September 3, 2014April 13, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Finding the elusive Moral High Ground in Israel-Gaza War By Ray Hanania Creators Syndicate, August 28, 2014 Two-States, the plan to establish a Palestinian State on lands Israel occupied during the 1967 War, seems like an impossible task given the increasing animosity between Israelis and Jews, and Palestinians and Arabs. Yet, I have mixed feelings and…

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Christian Baptists raise funds for needy in Iraq and Gaza

September 1, 2014November 30, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Christian Baptists raise funds for needy in Iraq and Gaza By Ray Hanania Eron Henry of the Baptist World Alliance discusses fundraising efforts to help Christians who are being targeted by religious extremists in Iraq and in Syria. Henry, during an interview with Talk of the Town radio Friday August 29, 2014, said that the…

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Coca Cola’s Name campaign is not #ShariaCoke but #Shareacoke

August 30, 2014August 30, 2014 rayhanania 1 Comment

Coca Cola’s Name campaign is not #ShariaCoke but #Shareacoke Take the survey below: Should Coca Cola add the name Mohammed to the list of Names? By Ray Hanania Calm down people. Coca Cola has a brand new marketing gimmick that has raised a few eyebrows, but it is not endorsing “Sharia Law” or taking sides in the emotion-driven…

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US Baptists raise funds to help oppressed Iraqi Christians

August 29, 2014August 29, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

US Baptists raise funds to help oppressed Iraqi Christians The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) sent an initial sum of US$20,000 to assist with Christians displaced inside Iraq. Funds given by the BWA will be used to help provide food and other urgent relief supplies to approximately 500 Iraqi Christian families who fled Mosul and Karakosh…

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David Cameron’s failed policy on terrorism and extremism

August 29, 2014August 29, 2014 rayhanania No Comments

David Cameron’s failed policy on terrorism and extremism By Ray Hanania British Prime Minister David Cameron is the poster child of government officials who have no idea how to confront the growing threat of extremism and terrorism, but what do you expect from a politician who compromised his ethics to suck up to Rupert Murdock’s…

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Tearing Icon of the Virgin Mary from Hawaii to be displayed in Phoenix

August 25, 2014October 9, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

Holy Myrrh-Streaming Iveron Icon of Hawaii in Phoenix This Weekend Icon Connected to Numerous Miracles The Holy Myrrh-Streaming Iveron Icon of Hawaii will be on display August 30th through September 1st at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Phoenix, Arizona. This event is open to the public. The Icon features an image of the Holy…

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Shallal says door not closed to another political run for office

August 25, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Shallal says door not closed to another political run for office By Ray Hanania Washington D.C. businessman and activist Anas “Andy” Shallal said he is not adverse to running for office again, saying his recent run for mayor of Washington D.C. was “successful” even though he failed to win the nomination of the Democratic Party…

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Deir Yassin Remembered recites names of murdered Gazans

August 25, 2014April 13, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Deir Yassin Remembered recites names of murdered Gazans By Ray Hanania More than 2,100 Palestinians have been murdered by Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip since the Israeli military assault was launched on July 8. The vast majority are civilians and were intentionally targeted by Israeli soldiers and missile strikes, a common practice that…

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Obama, Kerry mourn murdered journalist James Foley

August 20, 2014October 13, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Obama, Kerry mourn murdered journalist James Foley By Ray Hanania President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry issued a blistering attack against the religious terrorist organization ISIS over the brutal beheading of independent journalist James Foley. Foley, 40, was murdered by ISIS, killed by a terrorist who covered his face but spoke with fluent British…

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Lincolnwood Mayor defends display of Palestine Flag in Chicago suburb

August 15, 2014August 20, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

The Mayor of Lincolnwood Illinois, Gerald Turry, defended the decision of the Human Relations Commission to rebuff complaints from a handful of activists demanding that the Palestine Flag be removed from a display of ethnic national flags placed on Lincoln Avenue in the north suburban Chicago community. Lincolnwood has displayed ethnic flags representing the various…

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Palestine Flag will remain on display in Chicago suburb, village rules

August 13, 2014April 13, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania An effort to respect the ethnic diversity of residents who live in the tiny suburb of Lincolnwood, Illinois just north of Chicago exploded into hate rhetoric and name calling when protesters demanded that the suburb remove the Palestine Flag from its display of flags along Lincoln Avenue. The flag display was started…

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Why Smith defeated Tlaib in Michigan legislative Democratic primary

August 11, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania Dennis Denno, the chief of staff to Michigan State Senator Virgil Smith said that Smith defeated fellow Democratic challenger State Rep. Rashida Tlaib because she lacked strong connections to the senate district in a radio interview Friday on Yahala Voice “Talk of the Town” Radio.. Tlaib represented a nearby State House seat…

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Wise, University of Illinois guilty of violating Illinois Hate Crimes Laws in Salaita firing?

August 8, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Wise, University of Illinois guilty of violating Illinois Hate Crimes Laws in Salaita firing? By Ray Hanania A “Hate Crime” occurs when a victim is intentionally singled out because of his or her identity. Isn’t that what happened this week to Dr. Steven Salaita, a Palestinian professor who was fired because he criticized the government…

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