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Morocco Bans the Burqa The Moroccan authorities have invoked security reasons to prohibiting the burqa, which is rarely worn by Moroccan women who prefer the hijab. Moroccan authorities have prohibited the manufacture and sale of burqas for security reasons. The measure appears to be motivated by security concerns, where “bandits have repeatedly used this garment…
CAIR Welcomes President Obama’s Decision to End Dormant NSEERS Tracking Program Civil rights group pledges to challenge any Trump administration attempts to revive Muslim registry The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed President Obama’s decision to permanently dismantle the regulatory framework behind the National Security…
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Prominent Muslim group denounces AJC-led coalition The American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) Monday called on the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) “to sever ties with the faith-washing Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council,” which was launched on Nov 14 to address Muslim-Jewish relations. By Ray Hanania The American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) Monday called on the Islamic Society…
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Travel service says fewer Muslims seeking US flights Trumplash? Muslim Searches for USA Flights Plummet Following U.S. Election, Reports CheapFlightsFinder.com Muslims are staying away from the U.S. in droves following the election of Donald Trump. In fact, in the fourteen days since the U.S. presidential election, searches for U.S.-bound flights from Arab countries are down…
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CAIR urges Trump to reject racist rhetoric from aides CAIR Urges Trump to Reject Proposal for ‘Registry’ of Muslims, Talk of ‘Internment’ The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on President-elect Donald Trump to repudiate a prominent supporter who cited the World War II internment of…
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Rebranding ourselves as “Arabs” in the new Trump era Why Arabs need to reinforce their identification as “Arabs” rather than as Muslims in the new era of President Donald Trump. Branding ourselves as Arabs will also help us fight the religious extremists and counter the rising anti-Muslim fears in the West and in the United States …
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Saving Arab Christians in Middle East & America #SaveArabChristians New Facebook Group documents killings of Arabs & Middle East Christians. Please support, share: www.facebook.com/groups/160992707701045 By Ray Hanania I can’t believe that whenever someone brings up the topic of “Saving Arab Christians,” people in the Middle East community get angry and upset. I get angry responses on…
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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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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 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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Obama failed to deliver on promises to Arabs and Muslims President Barack Obama grew up politically in an environment that included many prominent Arabs, Palestinians and Muslims before rising to national politics and becoming president. His background having a father who was raised Muslim (who later converted to Anglicanism and later became an atheist) sensitized…
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UNESCO’s draft resolution titled “Occupied Palestine” sponsored by several Arab countries uses Islamic names and challenges Israel on Jerusalem. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Thursday passed a draft resolution titled “Occupied Palestine” with 24 UNESCO member states voting in favor, 26 abstained, and six countries voted against. The proposal, put…
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Arab Muslims are telling their Pharaohs, get off my back! A’ashora’s Day makes a connection between Judaism and Islam, Arabs have been forced to fast for decades for their freedom and basic civil political rights. By Abdennour Toumi Muslims in the world are observing A’ashora, the first day of a ten-day observance marking the beginning of…
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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,…
Why Muslims and Arabs should vote for Trump. Trump’s loose rhetoric has provoked Muslims and Arabs into an unprecedented level of activism. But that activism will probably disappear if Hillary Clinton is elected president. Clinton represents a continuation of the status quo, where governments officials (Republicans and Democrats) have lied to Arabs and Muslims about equality and…
Eid al Adha, One of the most important Islamic religious holidays, is expected to begin either on Sept. 11, 2016 or Sept. 12, 2016, causing some fear among Americans worried about violence from Al-Qaeda. But the truth is the holiday is less about differences than it is about similarities between Islam and the West By…
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It’s 2011, and Bahrain is a divided society. Can they reconcile?