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Breeding intolerance: Turkish soccer fans disrespect ISIS victims

November 28, 2015August 20, 2019 James Dorsey No Comments

Turkish fans twice in two months disrupted moments of silence for victims of Islamic State attacks in Ankara and Paris in a demonstration of the kind of intolerance bred by religiously-cloaked authoritarianism in countries like Turkey and Saudi Arabia

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Turkey

Cleveland Browns bench American Arab Johnny Manziel

November 27, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

American Arab quarterback Johnny Manziel benched by the Cleveland Browns over off-field behavior. By Ray Hanania American Arab football star Johnny Manziel was benched Wednesday as the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns after another incident described by team management as “unacceptable” off-field behavior. Manziel, the son of a wealthy Texas wildcatter who immigrated from…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Features, Ray Hanania, Sports

Magen David Adom criticized for racism against Palestinians

November 26, 2015November 27, 2015 Mohammed Asad No Comments

By Mohammed Asad The Magen David Adom, the so-called emergency and ambulance service for the “Democratic” State of Israel, has been proven to be discriminatory and driven by hatred. The MDA has intentionally delayed emergency treatment to Palestinian Christian and Muslim victims and have often allowed the victims to die rather than provide them medical…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Mohammed Asad, Palestine & Jordan, Video

Original Statue of Liberty design was Arab woman

November 25, 2015November 28, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Lots has been written about the French sculptor who designed the Statue of Liberty, the gift to America from France, but little was noted about the original concept which may have been based on an earlier design the sculptor did of an Arab woman in Egypt By Ray Hanania Americans have short memories, usually driven…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Features, Paris, Ray Hanania

Professor Bayram Balci Analyzes Turkish elections

November 24, 2015November 24, 2015 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Professor Bayram Balci Analyzes Turkish elections Exclusive to The Arab Daily News: Q&A with Bayram Balçi Professor at l’Institut d’études politiques de Paris.   By Abdennour Toumi   Professor Bayram Balci is a non-resident scholar in Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program, where his research focuses on Turkey and Turkish foreign policy in Central Asia and the…

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Yale Law students protest restrictions on Syrian refugees

November 23, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

Yale Law Students Urge Democratic Members of Congress to Oppose Harmful and Discriminatory Refugee Legislation The Yale Law School Chapter of the American Constitution Society (ACS) sent a letter today (Monday Nov. 23, 2015) imploring House Democrats to publicly change their position on HR 4038 and urge Senate Democrats to oppose this legislation with their…

American Arabs, News, Syria

Syrian refugees: heroism of Rev. Jesse Jackson

November 23, 2015November 28, 2015 rayhanania 1 Comment

What many Americans want to do to Syrian refugees, America did to Jews fleeing Nazi persecution just prior to the start of World War II. One civil rights leader, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson believes that it is “unAmerican” to prevent Syrian refugees from seeking refuge in America By Ray Hanania There is a running…

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Le Bâton de Guerre of President Hollande on Terror

November 23, 2015November 23, 2015 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

By Abdennour Toumi This law of exception was never repealed in spite of numerous criticisms leveled at its questionable constitutionality and its relevance to personal liberty. A week after the murderous attacks, which resulted in 130 deaths and 352 wounded in Paris and Saint-Denis, President Hollande delivered a speech on November 16th before in joint…

Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Paris, Terrorism

Gaza children celebrate World Children’s Day

November 22, 2015February 10, 2017 Mohammed Asad No Comments

By Mohammed Asad Palestinian children take part in a festival to mark “World Children’s Day” in Gaza City on Nov. 22, 2015.

Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Israel, Mohammed Asad, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

VanunuLeaks, ISIS and Israel’s Nuclear Weapons

November 21, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

On Thursday a study by ISIS the US based Institute for Science and International Security reported, “Israel developed its first nuclear weapon shortly before the 1967 Six Day War” corroborating an LBJ ‘VanunuLeak’ to this American in 2005. By Eileen Fleming David Albright is a Physicist and President of the non-profit Institute for Science and…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary

Israeli officer convicted of brutally beating Palestinian released

November 21, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

No justice in Israel for Christians or Muslims, which is why Israel is increasingly being identified by its own actions as an Apartheid State. Palestinian “suspects” are murdered and brutalized with no justice, while Israeli “suspects” are soft-peddled and whitewashed by Israel’s judicial system to hide the truth about today’s Israeli society. By Ray Hanania…

American Arabs, Arab World Politics, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, News, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania

Terrorism media coverage in Paris/West vs Beirut/Arabs

November 20, 2015June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Why is there a difference between the coverage by the mainstream Western and American news media of the terrorism in Paris on Friday Nov. 13 compared to the absence of media coverage of the terrorism in Beirut the day before? The reasons involve a twisted form of journalism applied by Western journalists that distinguishes between…

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War on Terror is the dumbest idea ever floated

November 19, 2015 Mike Ghouse No Comments

Mike Ghouse Indeed, war on Terror is the dumbest idea ever floated, there is another way to handle it; the Islamic way If a thief breaks into your home, would you ask him his religion? And if he were to says, he belongs to your faith; would you let him get away? When a terrorist…

Arab World, Mike Ghouse, Syria

Bernie Sanders offers reasoned approach to Middle East peace

November 19, 2015April 13, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

For a long time, I supported the election of Hillary Clinton as President. I supported her against Barack Obama and for a longtime believed we needed to elect her to help restore reason and sanity to dealing with the Middle East. But the Clintons’ views on the Middle East have changed much and I believe…

American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, US Arab Politics

British police arrest Libyan accused in officers 1984 killing

November 19, 2015February 10, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Detectives have today, Thursday, 19 November arrested a man in connection with the fatal shooting of WPC Yvonne Fletcher in April 1984 and two others on suspicion of money laundering. Officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) carried out the arrests shortly after 09:00hrs. A man, who is in his 50s [A], was arrested…

Arab World, News, North Africa

Soccer: Jihadists seek to exploit widespread sense of abandonment

November 18, 2015September 24, 2018 James Dorsey No Comments

By James M. Dorsey Stadia have re-emerged as a preferred jihadist target in the wake of last weekend’s Islamic State (IS) bombing of the Stade de France stadium, a shootout five days later with jihadist militants in a Paris suburb adjacent to the stadium, a reportedly foiled plot against a stadium in the German city…

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Are anti-Muslim, anti-Arab stereotypes driving views on Paris terrorism

November 18, 2015November 20, 2015 rayhanania 1 Comment

In my weekly column at Creators Syndicate, this week, I analyze the factors that may be driving what I believe is the racism that is driving the Western response to terrorism in Paris and Beirut. Why is Daesh/ISIS terrorism in Paris different from Daesh/ISIS terrorism in Beirut? By Ray Hanania It’s a hot topic these…

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Palestinians protest Israeli violence with creative talents

November 18, 2015 Mohammed Asad No Comments

Palestinians protest Israeli violence with creative talents By Mohammed Asad Palestinian youths play music and paint murals during an event to show solidarity with the Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem, in Gaza city on November 18, 2015. The surge in violence across Israel, Jerusalem and the Israeli-occupied West Bank has been fueled in…

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