Why ISIS Attacked Paris But Not Other Cities
Why ISIS is able to attack Paris and European targets but will be very difficult to do the same in the United States
“Fear-Mongering of the Worst Order” from GOP and Some Democrats
Fear-Mongering of the Worst Order from GOP and Some Democrats Republicans in Congress and on the campaign trail are using the terrorist attack on Paris to attempt to enact new immigration and refugee restrictions in the United States, using fear-mongering. Donald Trump and Rep. Steve King (R-IA), two of the men most responsible for the…
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Fears of rising anti-Arab, anti-Muslim hate in America
AHRC urges the Arab and Muslim American community to be vigilant, and to report suspicious activity to the authorities: In light of the drastic increase of bigoted and misinformed anti- Muslim rhetoric and Islamophobia that recently increased as a result of the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris, AHRC urges the Arab and American community to…
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Victims of terrorism climb according to Global Terrorism Index
Victims of terrorism climb according to Global Terrorism Index 32,658 people were killed by terrorism in 2014 compared to 18,111 in 2013: the largest increase ever recorded Boko Haram and ISIL were jointly responsible for 51% of all claimed global fatalities in 2014 Boko Haram has overtaken ISIL as world‘s deadliest terrorist group Countries suffering over 500 deaths…
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Leaders of G20 Vow Joint Action Against Global Terrorism
“World’s top 20 industrial powers met in Turkey, seeking to overcome differences on a range of issues primarily the Syrian conflict, refugee crisis and climate change” — Halil Danismaz, President of the Turkish Heritage Organization The world was once again unified over the weekend not only for the condemnation of the terrorist attacks in Paris…
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What do Arabs dream about, new website explores
Arab countries‘ political, social and economic realities affect their nationals‘ dreams. We spend a third of our lives sleeping. What if we can unlock the mystery of what happens in our subconscious minds when we’re asleep? Are our dreams connected to one another? Does our local environment influence what we dream? What if we had…
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New Book: Understanding the suicide bomber phenomena
New Book: “The Making of a Palestinian Suicide Bomber” by Author Mitri I. Musleh analyzes why suicide bombings exist, how to stop them They make the international news all the time, and yet they’re still an enigma to Western culture. The world became more accustomed to suicide bombers after the World Trade Center attacks on…
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Islamic way of dealing with ISIS Terrorism
Washington, DC, November 17, 2015 — We have tried the Bush way and Obama way of handling terrorism, neither has worked, the first one created more of it, and second one has not mitigated it either. Mike Ghouse, a moderate Muslim offers the Islamic way of handling terrorism. Here is the plan. After due preparations…
IMAGINE a Thanksgiving of Real Peace: Paix, Salaam, Shalom
Thanksgiving season took a left to the liver on Friday night in the worst peacetime attack in France since World War Two. By Eileen Fleming Friday night in France three Islamic State jihadist cells coordinated near simultaneous attacks in bars, a concert hall and soccer stadium in unconscionable acts of revenge for French military action…
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Battle of Paris: the French capitol after the ISIS terror attacks
By Abdennour Toumi Paris, France — Across the mythical French capital, from Paris’ northeastern banlieue to Republic Square, symbol of liberty and conviviality, a pleasant evening to enjoy. On Friday the 13th, do you remember eleven months ago, a policeman was shot dead in the street in the eleventh arrondissement before twelve satiric journalists were…
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Targeted Paris stadium symbolizes pitfalls of war against the Islamic State
By James M Dorsey Zouhair, a security guard of immigrant background, was one of several security officers, who on Friday prevented three of the Paris suicide bombers from entering the city’s Stade de France stadium. The bombers were forced to blow themselves up outside the stadium and at nearby McDonald’s. Little is publicly known about…
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Paris violence: ISIS terrorists need to be stopped
The horrific atrocities committed by ISIS (Daesh) in Paris this week are outrageous acts of terrorism that must be confronted by the world. The world needs to understand the true nature of this terrorist group and look at it beyond the normal madness of stereotypes and religious racism By Ray Hanania This week, in what…
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Israel continues to provoke violence through violence
Israeli military and armed settlers and civilians have been provoking more protests from Palestinians by targeting Palestinian protesters with lethal force. Dozens more civilian protesters have been seriously injured by Israeli gunfire By Mohammed Asad The Palestinian Ministry of Health report that 20 civilian protesters against Israel’s illegal settlements and against Israel’s military violence were…
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Bahraini players’ support for Salman raise more questions than answers
By James M Dorsey Bahraini soccer players have sought in recent statements to absolve Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president and world soccer body FIFA presidential candidate Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, a member of the Gulf island’s ruling family, of any moral or direct responsibility for the arrest, dismissal and abuse of hundreds of…
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Proud to be a veteran, anyway
American Arabs celebrate Veterans Day even if the rest of the nation doesn’t want to see our service as important and sits by silently while we are discriminated against By Ray Hanania One of the smartest things I did was to enlist in the military back in 1973. My draft number was in the low…
Freedom for Pollard and Vanunu
According to a bill proposed in the Knesset on Tuesday, Israel will pay for its agent Jonathan Pollard’s “reasonable living conditions” for the rest of his life following his expected release after 28 years of a 30-year prison sentence on November 20. The conditions for Pollard’s parole have not yet been revealed; but it’s expected…
Embattled World Cup host Qatar sends mixed messages
Embattled World Cup host Qatar sends mixed messages By James M. Dorsey Embattled World Cup host Qatar is sending contradictory messages as it struggles with demands to improve migrant labour conditions and mounting questions about the integrity of its successful FIFA bid, confronts the fall-out of dropping energy prices, and seeks to project itself as…
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Fighting Back: An Answer to the Escalation
By Dezeray Lyn Since October 1st from Gaza to the OPT, casualties are rising almost daily as are injuries, arrests, raids and the outrageous closure of the Tel Rumeida neighborhood in Hebron along with segregated Shuhada Street by military order. A crisis within a crisis is slowly devouring the Tel Rumeida neighborhood in Israeli military…