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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

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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Jon Stewart and the new Fourth Estate

Posted on February 15, 2015October 4, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Jon Stewart and the new Fourth Estate
Jon Stewart and the new Fourth Estate

By Eileen Fleming   The real impact of Jon Stewart and how the bogus anchor influenced real anchors is a story in progress; but for this reporter it all began when The Daily Show went back on the air nine nights after THAT DAY we call 911. Watch it HERE Jon began by asking, “are…

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Press Release Obama condemns Chapel Hill killings

Posted on February 13, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on Press Release Obama condemns Chapel Hill killings

Press Release Obama condemns Chapel Hill killings: We are all one American Family THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2015 Statement by President Barack Obama ont he Chapel Hill Shootings Yesterday (Thursday), the FBI opened an inquiry into the brutal and outrageous murders of Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, Deah…

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Netanyahu and Congress: Let’s Talk Israel’s Nukes @nytimes

Posted on February 11, 2015October 13, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment on Netanyahu and Congress: Let’s Talk Israel’s Nukes @nytimes

By Eileen Fleming   On Monday at a Likud election rally in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ignored the increasing congressional efforts to dissuade him from speaking before the U.S. Congress on March 3rd claiming: “A bad deal with Iran is forming in Munich that will endanger Israel’s existence. … Therefore I am determined…

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Chicago Arab political group issues election endorsements

Posted on February 10, 2015June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Chicago Arab political group issues election endorsements

On Sunday, February 8, 2015, the American Middle East Voter’s Alliance Political Action Committee met with Mayoral Candidate Jesus Chuy Garcia and the Asian American leadership in Chicago and announced its formal endorsement of Jesus Chuy Garcia for Mayor of Chicago. AMVOTE-PAC’s Chairman, Judge William J. Haddad (Ret.), stated on Sunday that: “Today, AMVOTE-PAC issued…

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Asra Nomani details her fight against extremism

Posted on February 9, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Asra Nomani details her fight against extremism
Asra Nomani details her fight against extremism

By Ray Hanania Author and Muslim feminist rights voice Asra Nomani discusses the fight to confront growing extremism in the Muslim and the Arab World, and the more important battle to strengthen the voices of moderate. Nomani, the author of several books on her life as a Muslim woman, talks about the need to understand how…

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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

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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Setting the record straight: Saudi women’s oppression

Posted on February 1, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania 7 Comments on Setting the record straight: Saudi women’s oppression
Setting the record straight: Saudi women’s oppression

By Sheikha Al Dosary Nothing makes me sicker to my stomach than reading false accusations of any nation that aren’t based on facts, especially when it’s done by a so-called “fair and balanced” media. For the past week, I have been investigating the coverage of President Obama’s visit to Saudi Arabia, which was dominated by…

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Boehner’s Boner Bibi’s Toast Vanunu’s Freedom Soon or Later

Posted on January 31, 2015September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Boehner’s Boner Bibi’s Toast Vanunu’s Freedom Soon or Later
Boehner’s Boner Bibi’s Toast Vanunu’s Freedom Soon or Later

By Eileen Fleming John Boehner’s latest boner –meaning a clumsy or stupid mistake- was inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint Session of Congress two weeks before the Israeli elections in March.  Boehner’s invite inserted Bibi into the middle of the dispute between the President and Republicans over Iran’s nuclear program which…

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Moderate Arab World mourns loss of Saudi King Abdullah

Posted on January 22, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Moderate Arab World mourns loss of Saudi King Abdullah
Moderate Arab World mourns loss of Saudi King Abdullah

By Ray Hanania Saudi Arabia’s moderate leader and monarch, King Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz al-Saud, 90, who has ruled the powerful Arabian kingdom for nearly a decade since 2005 when he succeeded his brother King Fahd, died Friday. His Majesty King Abdullah was succeeded by his brother, Crown Prince Salman who was named the kingdom’s new…

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Obama calls for end of racism against Arabs

Posted on January 20, 2015January 20, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on Obama calls for end of racism against Arabs

By Ray Hanania President Barack Obama delivered his 6th State of the Union Address before a joint session of the U.S. Congress and vowed to use his power of veto to block any partisan effort to undermine the economic gains, social changes, healthcare advances and even foreign policy strategies. Obama specifically called on Americans to…

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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
Cairo Institute condemns those who justify Charlie Hebdo attack

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

Muslim community helps Detroit in water crisis

Posted on January 9, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Muslim community helps Detroit in water crisis

Detroit’s Muslim community helps those in need during water crisis: Giving water is the best form of charity, according to the Prophet (PBUH) MMCC and Islamic Relief-USA gave $100,000 to Detroit residents this week to help with the water crisis. Over 25,000 Detroit residents have had their water shut off since last year due to aggressive…

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AIPAC Commends Obama’s Failure to Recognize Palestine’s Rights

Posted on January 2, 2015September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info 2 Comments on AIPAC Commends Obama’s Failure to Recognize Palestine’s Rights

By Eileen Fleming AIPAC praises failure of UN resolution to recognize Palestine as a state, an effort by Palestinians to kickstart the peace process killed by Netanyahu’s extremist government On December 19, President Obama signed bills to bolster the ‘special relationship’ with Israel, support Syrian rebels, to disrupt Native American land rights, and to protect…

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ISIS and Al Qaida Alliance efforts in Syria Failed

Posted on November 14, 2014April 13, 2019 By Ali Younes No Comments on ISIS and Al Qaida Alliance efforts in Syria Failed

Reported efforts to form an alliance and possible unity between ISIS and Al Qaida to end jihadist infighting in Syria have now officially been declared a failure, as declared by the Chechen Jihadist leader who mediated between the two groups.

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Obama Has Chance to Make Positive Change in Middle East

Posted on November 13, 2014November 13, 2014 By rayhanania No Comments on Obama Has Chance to Make Positive Change in Middle East

Although Democrats have lost control of the Senate, it’s predictable and gives Barack Obama a free hand to impose his own policies to help push peace in the Middle East using his powers as President By Ray Hanania Although President Barack Obama has faced tough pushback on his efforts to achieve a Middle East peace…

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Free Mordechai Vanunu Internationals Petition Obama End Israel’s Nuclear Deceptions

Posted on November 2, 2014September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Free Mordechai Vanunu Internationals Petition Obama End Israel’s Nuclear Deceptions

Free Mordechai Vanunu Internationals Petition Obama End Israel’s Nuclear Deceptions   By Eileen Fleming   For twenty-eight years Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower, Mordechai Vanunu has been saying, “I have sacrificed my freedom and risked my life in order to expose the danger of nuclear weapons which threatens this whole region. I acted on behalf of…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Palestine & Jordan

Jordanian Special Forces are secretly fighting ISIS in Iraq, Syria, sources say

Posted on October 26, 2014April 13, 2019 By Ali Younes 2 Comments on Jordanian Special Forces are secretly fighting ISIS in Iraq, Syria, sources say

Jordanian Special Forces are secretly fighting ISIS in Iraq, Syria, sources say By Ali Younes Sources in Jordan have told the Arab Daily News in Amman that Jordan has dispatched 4000 of its special forces to fight the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL. According to the sources who spoke to this publication…

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