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9/11 Attacks, Twenty Years After: Where is the Wisdom?

Posted on September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 By Imad_Hamad No Comments on 9/11 Attacks, Twenty Years After: Where is the Wisdom?
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9/11 Attacks, Twenty Years After: Where is the Wisdom? By Imad Hamad This September 11 is the 20th anniversary of the 9/11/2001 terror attacks. Twenty years is a long time. What are the lessons of the nation’s response to the attacks? The mistakes? The attacks shocked the country. In response to the vile attacks, George…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Civil Rights, Commentary, Imad Hamad, Opinion, racism

Blinken condemns Pakistan decision to acquit killers of Daniel Pearl

Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on Blinken condemns Pakistan decision to acquit killers of Daniel Pearl
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Blinken condemns Pakistan decision to acquit killers of Daniel Pearl The Pakistani Supreme Court announced this week that it would reverse the conviction of the man accused of masterminding the 2002 murder of Wall Street Journal’s Asia Bureau Chief Daniel Pearl in Pakistan. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken denounced the decision saying he hoped…

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Arab World, News, Terrorism

Eight multinational corporations sued for allegedly financing attacks by al-Qaeda terrorists

Posted on January 4, 2020January 4, 2020 By rayhanania No Comments on Eight multinational corporations sued for allegedly financing attacks by al-Qaeda terrorists
Eight multinational corporations sued for allegedly financing attacks by al-Qaeda terrorists

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Eight multinational corporations sued for allegedly financing attacks by al-Qaeda terrorists Families of Americans killed and injured by al-Qaeda and Taliban terrorists sue eight multinational corporations and Iran for allegedly financing the attacks. The families also filed a lawsuit claiming that Iran has provided material support to the terrorists Two lawsuits were filed today on behalf…

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American Arabs, Business, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, News, Terrorism

Saudis arrest 13 suspects and prevent terrorist attack

Posted on April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Saudis arrest 13 suspects and prevent terrorist attack
Saudis arrest 13 suspects and prevent terrorist attack

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Saudis arrest 13 suspects and prevent terrorist attack Saudi Arabia Foils ISIS Terrorist Attack on Intelligence Center in Zulfi, Arrests 13 Terrorists  Saudi security authorities arrested on Monday 13 terrorists who were planning to carry out criminal attacks, targeting the Kingdom’s security and its capabilities. According to the spokesman of the Presidency of State Security, the arrests were made as a…

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Jordan’s King offers insight into war on terror

Posted on September 26, 2016September 25, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Jordan’s King offers insight into war on terror

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Jordan’s King offers insight into war on terror. Jordan’s King Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein pulled back the veil on some of the myths confronting the Middle East and the failures of the Western World to confront Daesh (ISIS) during an interview on the American TV News program 60 Minutes Sunday (Sept. 25, 2016). The West needs…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Middle East, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, Syria, Terrorism

Role of Muslims to confront terrorism

Posted on April 5, 2016April 5, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on Role of Muslims to confront terrorism
Role of Muslims to confront terrorism

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As violence by extremist Muslims occur around the world, people are trying to understand the factors causing this occurrence in a world that is filled with violence by every religious group and movement. Guest columnist Dr. M. Basheer Ahmed heads up the Muslim Community Center for Social Services, based in Dallas, Texas, and is often asked to address…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, religion, Terrorism

War on Terror is the dumbest idea ever floated

Posted on November 19, 2015 By Mike Ghouse No Comments on War on Terror is the dumbest idea ever floated
War on Terror is the dumbest idea ever floated

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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…

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Arab World, Mike Ghouse, Syria

Paris violence: ISIS terrorists need to be stopped

Posted on November 14, 2015November 14, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on Paris violence: ISIS terrorists need to be stopped
Paris violence: ISIS terrorists need to be stopped

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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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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Europe, Iraq, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, Syria

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

Posted on September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on 9/11: We will never forget, but will we ever learn?
9/11: We will never forget, but will we ever learn?

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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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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Editors Picks, Gulf States, Iran, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, Syria

Through guns Saudi Arabia and Iran “negotiate” in Yemen

Posted on May 28, 2015 By Ghassan Rubeiz No Comments on Through guns Saudi Arabia and Iran “negotiate” in Yemen

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Yemen reflects growing war between Saudi Arabia and Gulf countries, and Iran, and between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslim sects. But divided Arab World can’t keep ISIS in check By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz East Meredith, NY — Saudi Arabia has responded to the coup in Yemen as nothing but another instance of Iran’s “hegemony” in the Arab world,…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Ghassan Rubeiz, Gulf States, religion

Courageous stand by Obama on terrorism and Islam

Posted on February 19, 2015May 1, 2019 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Courageous stand by Obama on terrorism and Islam

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President Obama has begun a debate on the issue of terrorism and Islam asking Americans to recognize that just because the terrorists claim they represent Islam doesn’t make it so. Why give the terrorists what they want? Defeat terrorism by being educated and understanding the facts, as complex as they may be. We are a smart…

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American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Editors Picks, News, Ray Hanania, religion, Spotlight

Muslim Prisoner Details Torture at American Gulag in New Book

Posted on February 4, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Muslim Prisoner Details Torture at American Gulag in New Book
Muslim Prisoner Details Torture at American Gulag in New Book

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Muslim prisoner Mohamedou Ould Slahi offers a poignant story of an innocent man who faces  torture by American soldiers at Gitmo with an inspiring sense of humor. His book “Guantanamo Diary” is a must read for Americans, Muslims, Christians and Jews. By Ray Hanania Most Americans are familiar with the story of Anne Frank, the…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Ray Hanania, Spotlight

Edjteehad in the West: fighting Islamic extremism

Posted on February 2, 2015August 20, 2019 By Abdennour Toumi No Comments on Edjteehad in the West: fighting Islamic extremism
Edjteehad in the West: fighting Islamic extremism

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By Abdennour Toumi Ankara – Turkey — The recent attacks in Paris are but one act in a series of serious threats posed by “homegrown” radicalism from young immigrant Muslim dissenters. This menace has forced Western domestic intelligence to deal with a case that demands vigilant law enforcement on one hand and a general review of Muslim…

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Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, religion, Spotlight

Watch for growing Israeli-Iranian & hezbollah tension in Syria

Posted on January 21, 2015June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Watch for growing Israeli-Iranian & hezbollah tension in Syria
Watch for growing Israeli-Iranian & hezbollah tension in Syria

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By Ali Rizk In August 2013 Israeli defense minister Moshe Yaalon said the following to visiting US joint chief of staff Martin Dempsey: “We must also be prepared for a long conflict and instability in Syria. We cannot let the Tehran-Damascus-Beirut axis of evil to win this fight”. Over a year has passed since then,…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Spotlight, Syria

I Am Not Charlie Hebdo: I Am Not the Terrorists Either

Posted on January 15, 2015August 20, 2019 By rayhanania 1 Comment on I Am Not Charlie Hebdo: I Am Not the Terrorists Either
I Am Not Charlie Hebdo: I Am Not the Terrorists Either

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By Ray Hanania The absence of our story as Arab-Americans may explain why so many Americans hate Arabs and Muslims, especially in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo Massacre. Most Americans lump Arabs and Muslims into one category of spite because, to be honest, most Americans are uneducated and ignorant about the facts. I blame…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, religion, Spotlight

Cairo Institute condemns those who justify Charlie Hebdo attack

Posted on January 14, 2015June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Cairo Institute condemns those who justify Charlie Hebdo attack
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Combating terrorism must include religious reform, which cannot take place in absence of comprehensive political reform The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) condemns the terrorist acts that shook the French capital city, Paris last week, and which took the lives of 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo newspaper, and four others in a…

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Arab World, News, North Africa

Paris in Crisis: A clash of aberration

Posted on January 11, 2015September 24, 2018 By Abdennour Toumi No Comments on Paris in Crisis: A clash of aberration
Paris in Crisis: A clash of aberration

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By Abdennour Toumi Ankara – Turkey — I thought the West had finally gained some understanding of Arabs and Muslims in the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy a decade ago. For instance Americans attended Arabic classes en masse at any nearby community college or state university program. Their interest greatly increased book sales about Arabs and…

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Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, News, Spotlight

Charlie Hebdo, terrorism and the debate on morality

Posted on January 10, 2015June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Charlie Hebdo, terrorism and the debate on morality
Charlie Hebdo, terrorism and the debate on morality

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By Ray Hanania When human life is lost, it is difficult to have an unemotional discussion about the issues that might be involved when morality clashes with emotions. That’s what happened when a group of terrorists murdered 12 people in an attack on the offices of a satire newspaper in Paris last week, and then…

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