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Washington, D.C., September 22, 2015 – American Muslims wish a very Happy Yom Kippur to all of our Jewish friends across the globe. Leshana Tova. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year that takes place in the month of Tishri and celebrates Creation. Jews observe the Lunar Calendar, and as such the festivities occur 11…
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Holy Land Principles, Inc. Commissions New Report “Human Rights Focus on Israel-Palestine” The Holy Land Principles, Inc. has commissioned its twelfth Report relating to its campaign for the adaption of the Holy Land Principles — an 8-point corporate code of conduct for the 545 American companies doing business in Israel-Palestine. The 20-page report “Human Rights Focus on Israel-Palestine” is,…
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Washington, D.C., September 21, 2015 – Presidential hopeful Ben Carson stated on NBC’s Meet the Press yesterday, “I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation,” and.” I absolutely would not agree with that.” As an American Muslim, I was hoping that other Republican candidates for President would not out-trump,…
Muslims have become the latest Punching Bag in the Republican Party Presidential Campaign for 2016 Washington, D.C., September 21, 2015 – An unidentified man, who spoke at the Trump town hall meeting in Rochester, New Hampshire, asked the mogul at the meeting on Thursday night. “You know our current president is one. You know he’s…
By Mike Ghouse He is one of the best Presidents we have had in a long time, he turned around misery into success – do you know over 40 Million Americans were unemployed when he took over, which was nearly 12% unemployment rate, now it is down to 5% . He helped survive American auto…
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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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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On Thursday Mordechai Vanunu’s house arrest in virtual solitary was lifted after 7 days without Internet or phone. Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Programme will “continue to monitor his situation.” By Eileen Fleming On Thursday The International Atomic Energy Agency’s General Conference voted down a resolution proposed by the Arab nations, which called…
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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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By James M. Dorsey The war by Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies against Houthi rebels in Yemen has become a debilitating sectarian conflict that has reduced large parts of the impoverished country to rubble and potentially destabilising the region. The kingdom has framed its approach in stark sectarian terms that has sparked intolerance towards…
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On Monday, Presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders engaged in a civil discourse at Liberty University, a leading evangelical Christian college, and built “common ground” beginning with the Bible. By Eileen Fleming Senator Sanders told the Liberty University crowd: I came here today, because I believe from the bottom of my heart that it is vitally…
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By James M. Dorsey A panel in Doha of religious scholars, officials of Qatar’s government-sponsored human rights committee, and international labour activists has called on Qatar to radically alter its controversial labour policies. The call serves to support Qatari government promises of labour reform in response to World Cup-related international criticism and increases moral pressures…
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By Abdennour Toumi Paris, France — As the social season in Algeria heats up, so does the political one. However, President Bouteflika is intelligently focussing on a strategy to move his pawns into his rivals’ zone, in this case the Generals in Ali Khodja Castle He has been using tactics to overcome Algeria’s political turmoil of the 90’s…
By James M. Dorsey Militant soccer fans are on a roll in the Middle East, Europe and Southeast Asia. Fans in Turkey and Egypt have defeated legal efforts to criminalize them as terrorists while Malaysian ultras are tackling corruption in and mismanagement of their country’s soccer association. In Germany, the pitch anticipated the government’s shift…
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International Solidarity Movement human rights monitors spend the afternoon at the Women in Hebron Embroidery Cooperative where Palestinian women are empowering themselves and persisting with grace in a colorful and beautiful way in a community space amidst the horrors of the ongoing military occupation of their home By Dezeray Lyn Silverware clinks on plates, numerous excited voices float above…
Open Letter to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel Mission to UN, Israeli Media and what my fellow Americans need to know about Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower Mordechai Vanunu and USA collusion in Israel’s Nuclear Deceptions by Eileen Fleming Israel’s latest torturing of Mordechai Vanunu has been a non-story in USA Press, but…
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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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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