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Fundamentalism Evangelical Christian Nationalism and Trump’s Triumph

November 14, 2016January 13, 2019 Eileen Fleming 1 Comment

Fundamentalism is based in fear and intolerance and fundamentalism is an attitude of heart. A fundamentalist is a person who considers whether a fact is acceptable to their faith before they explore it… The antithesis of fundamentalism is curiosity, which when explored always enlarges ones point of view beyond what one thought they already knew!…

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Twitter Censorship #USSLiberty #Vanunu

November 12, 2016November 12, 2016 Eileen Fleming 1 Comment

On Saturday this author reporter discovered Twitter had censored weeks of my Tweets with the hashtags: USS LIBERTY and Vanunu by inserting “Tweet Unavailable” at the retweets. ALL the Tweets remained available at my Twitter Wall HERE BUT weeks of Tweets had disappeared at the hashtag wall for USS Liberty which I discovered the day…

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Reason not emotion with Trump can save Palestine

November 10, 2016June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Reason not emotion with Trump can save Palestine Many Muslims and Arabs have made the mistake of approaching the 2016 Presidential election with their emotions rather than common sense, reason and an understanding of the American political system. Instead of attacking President-elect Donald Trump, Muslims and Arabs should be working to meet with him, work…

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Trump’s path to victory through corrupt news media

November 9, 2016June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Trump’s path to victory was through the corrupt news media Donald Trump won the presidency by ignoring the media bigotry, bias and attacks, and concentrating on connecting with the majority of Americans. His base not only included the so-called “lower educated” White males but also a large segment of women, hispanics, many Christian Arabs and Muslims,…

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Crucial Choices for Arab American Voters

November 7, 2016 Ghassan Rubeiz No Comments

Crucial Choices for Arab American Voters Arab American have a crucial choice ahead of them but many are not taking it seriously By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz Arab Americans are unanimous in their love for hummus and tabouli but not in their choice of presidential candidates. According to the Arab American Institute 60 % percent of…

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Arabs prepare to celebrate Heritage in Illinois

October 28, 2016June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Arabs prepare to celebrate Heritage in Illinois Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley declared November Arab American Heritage Month in 1991, kicking off an annual commemoration of the contributions made by American Arabs to this country, the state of Illinois and to the City of Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel killed the event but American Arab leaders are…

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Election: A Moral Dilemma For Arabs, Muslims

October 10, 2016September 25, 2018 Managing Writer No Comments

Election: A Moral Dilemma For Arabs, Muslims By Jon Mroz Last night an undecided Muslim-American woman, Gorba Hamid, asked Donald Trump what he would do to fight Islamaphobia. With all the venom, prejudice and xenophobia flung at the Muslim and Arab communities from the far Right, you may wonder how Ms. Hamid c ould possibly be…

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Don’t call me MENA, call me Arab

October 8, 2016June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Don’t call me MENA, call me Arab President Obama is considering placing an all inclusive category called “MENA” (Middle Eastern and North Africa) on the US Census forms going out soon to identify the nation’s 2020 demographic population, but I think the designation should be sweet and simple “Arab.” I’m not MENA, I am Arab and I…

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John Hagee and What Jesus Really Said

October 4, 2016October 4, 2016 Eileen Fleming No Comments

John Hagee is the founder and National Chairman of the Christian-Zionist organization Christians United for Israel/CUFI. John Hagee also founded Cornerstone Church, is the CEO of his non-profit corporation, Global Evangelism Television and the President and CEO of John Hagee Ministries, which reaches 150 million households. John Hagee recently wrote: Christian support of Israel usually comes…

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ADC Michigan head walks fine line of effectiveness

September 29, 2016September 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

ADC head walks fine line to make Michigan chapter effective. Fatina Abdrabboh might be the one person who can navigate successful among the many diverse and conflicting voices and interests in the widely divided American Arab community to achieve the primary goal in America, to stand up for the civil rights of Arabs and Muslims. But it won’t…

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UNITY Ethnic Journalists host conference in Chicago

September 27, 2016September 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

UNITY Journalists of Color host 2 day conference at Loyola University, Water Tower UNITY Journalists of Color host 2 day conference at Loyola University, Water Tower From 8 am – 10 pm Loyola University – Water Tower Campus Schreiber Center, Wintrust Hall, 9th Floor, 16 E. Pearson Street Chicago, IL 60611 UNITY: Journalists for Diversity will host a…

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Arab group website hacked in Dearborn

September 16, 2016September 16, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

Arab groups website hacked in Dearborn. American Human Rights Council website hacked by radical extremists. Hate group suspected in Internet attack. Police are investigating By Ray Hanania The American Arab civil rights group “American Human Rights Council” (AHRC) reported on Friday that it’s website was hacked by an extremist group and replaced, at least briefly,…

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Zogby predicts most American Arabs will vote Democrat

August 23, 2016September 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Zogby predicts most American Arabs will vote Democrat. Most Americans Arabs will probably pull Democratic ballots in the Nov. 8, 2016 presidential election contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the longtime American Arab political activist predicts It is unlikely that Donald Trump will get even twenty percent of the Arab American vote this election….

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Top iTunes podcasts on Arabs, Middle East

August 16, 2016August 20, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Top iTunes podcasts on Arabs, Middle East. Podcasts offer an easy way to avoid the biases and bigotry of the mainstream American news media. All you have to do is create an account at iTunes (most people already have one), and “subscribe” (usually for free) to the podcast on your Apple or Android device. It’s that…

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Bank of America sued for bias against Arabs

August 12, 2016August 12, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

Life for Relief and Development accuses Bank of America in Federal Court for Discriminating Against Arab-American Charity Witness asserts a pattern of Arab-American account closures A lawsuit alleging that Bank of America discriminated against a Michigan-based Arab-American charity is winding to a close. Closing arguments are set for Friday. [Editor’s note: Bank of America is the…

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Media Inquiry To Clinton Trump Stein Johnson RE: USS Liberty

July 28, 2016July 28, 2016 Eileen Fleming No Comments

What Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Jill Stein and Gary Johnson have in common is: Their individual Press Offices have failed to respond to this Media Inquiry regarding the USS LIBERTY emailed on July 24, 26 and 27: Dear Presidential Candidates, Thank you for your swift response to this YES or NO Question: Do you support…

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USS Liberty Veterans & 49 years Post Traumatic Stress

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016 Eileen Fleming No Comments

USS Liberty Veterans are teaching Americans how to help treat Post Traumatic Stress and End 49 years of USA Govt. Coverup On the 49th anniversary of Israel’s June 8 attack on America’s then premier Spy-Ship which killed 34 Americans and physically wounded 70% of the crew, USS Liberty Veteran, Donald Pageler told the crowd in Berkeley,…

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Oktoberfest in Taybeh and Taybeh to USA

July 13, 2016October 13, 2018 Eileen Fleming No Comments

Oktoberfest in Taybeh will be celebrated September 24-25, 2016 FDA approves Taybeh Golden Beer label for import to USA by 2017 By Eileen Fleming Taybeh is the last all-Christian and self-sufficient community in the West Bank. “Taybeh” means delicious when referring to food or drink. “Taybeh” means “kind” and “good” when referring to people or…

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