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Christmas comes early for Gatlinburg residents hit by wildfires

December 27, 2016February 10, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Christmas comes early for Gatlinburg residents hit by wildfires Rocky Top Sports World Hosts Hundreds…And Unlikely Christmas Party As wildfires grew closer to the city of Gatlinburg and surrounding areas, the Rocky Top Sports World facility transformed from a world-class sports complex to an emergency community shelter. In a matter of hours, the Rocky Top Sports World…

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USS Liberty Veterans: Christmas Email and New Year Letter

December 25, 2016January 2, 2017 Eileen Fleming No Comments

USS Liberty Veterans Association President’s New Year Mission Letter and a survivors Christmas Email follow: By Eileen Fleming On Christmas Eve, USS Liberty Veteran and speaker Don Pageler emailed the following piece written by a peacekeeping soldier stationed overseas: The Night Before Christmas T’was the night before Christmas, He lived all alone, In a one…

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Arab Americans prepare to celebrate Christmas twice

December 23, 2016June 12, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Arab Americans prepare to celebrate Christmas About half of Arab Christians celebrate the religious and secular holiday along with most mainstream Christians on Dec. 25, but the other half celebrates Christmas according to the old calendar two weeks later on Jan. 7. By Ray Hanania Christmas is both a time of Christian religious renewal as well…

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Christmas and Milad-un-Nabi celebrated together for first time in History

December 24, 2015December 24, 2015 Mike Ghouse No Comments

First time in history – Celebration of birth of Jesus and Prophet Muhammad on the steps of Lincoln Memorial. Washington, D.C., December 22, 2015 – For the first time in the history of Christianity and Islam, the Christians and Muslims are jointly celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ and Prophet Muhammad, and it is on…

American Arabs, Mike Ghouse

Christ Consciousness and Christmas Cries

December 22, 2015December 27, 2019 Eileen Fleming 1 Comment

Two millennia ago Jesus embodied the Christ Consciousness. This year’s Christmas cries from the Holy Land come by way of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from his annual Christmas press conference: In a few days we will celebrate the birth of Christ; Christmas, the mystery of the Incarnation, the mystery of the Eternal Word who…

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War on Christmas, Liberation Theology and Yogi Jesus

December 1, 2015December 27, 2019 Eileen Fleming 3 Comments

In support of a war on Christmas of ungodly commercialism, greed and willful ignorance; Liberation Theology and “The Yoga of Jesus” present us with great gifts for the self that could bless all others. By Eileen Fleming On Tuesday from Jerusalem a call for a war on Christmas as celebrated in the west came by…

American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Palestine & Jordan

Obama calls for end of racism against Arabs

January 20, 2015January 20, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

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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Celebrating the Baptism of Christ on the Jordan River

January 18, 2015January 18, 2015 Maria Khoury No Comments

By Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D. It was simply a most glorious celebration of the Epiphany on the Jordan River today according to the Old Julian calendar. There were hundreds of priests, nuns and thousands of people from all walks of life coming to the precious site where over 2,000 years ago “…the heavens were…

Arab World, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Features, Israel, Maria Khoury, News, Palestine & Jordan, religion, Spotlight

A Letter from Bethlehem at Christmas

January 8, 2015 Maria Khoury No Comments

By Maria Khoury Christ is Born! Glorify Him! I thought you might like to see how Bethlehem looked like this Christmas. with prayers and good wishes from the very land of Christ’s birth. All Christian denominations in Palestine agreed to celebrate Christmas on the new calendar December 25th since the early 90’s and celebrate the Holy…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Features, Maria Khoury, Palestine & Jordan, religion

O Little Town of Who Cares?

December 28, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

By Ray Hanania Every Christmas, I always hear the same conflicting arguments. On the one hand, people tell me, “Stop saying ‘Happy Holidays.’ It’s ‘Merry Christmas’. If you don’t like it, move.” The point being that they presumably are proud of being Christian. And, since Christmas is a Christian holiday, they want people to acknowledge…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Palestine & Jordan, Ray Hanania, Spotlight

Israel’s Wall in the Little Town of Bethlehem

December 18, 2014October 9, 2018 Eileen Fleming No Comments

By Eileen Fleming Banksy, the graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter depicts 21st century Bethlehem reality onto holiday greeting cards and informational cards with this message: Towering walls and militarized fences now encircle Bethlehem, turning the 4,000-year-old city into a virtual prison for its Palestinian Christian and Muslim citizens. Bethlehem has…

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