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Saudi Arabia’s Reach in Yemen: Fighting for Regional Dominance

Posted on September 16, 2015June 12, 2019 By James Dorsey 3 Comments on Saudi Arabia’s Reach in Yemen: Fighting for Regional Dominance
Saudi Arabia’s Reach in Yemen: Fighting for Regional Dominance

By James M. Dorsey The war by Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies against Houthi rebels in Yemen has become a debilitating sectarian conflict that has reduced large parts of the impoverished country to rubble and potentially destabilising the region. The kingdom has framed its approach in stark sectarian terms that has sparked intolerance towards…

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Gaza children memorialize Syrian baby on Turkish beach

Posted on September 7, 2015September 29, 2018 By Mohammed Asad No Comments on Gaza children memorialize Syrian baby on Turkish beach
Gaza children memorialize Syrian baby on Turkish beach

The image of a lifeless Syrian infant, Aylan Kurdi, that washed up on a Turkish beach has focused the attention of the world on the plight of children. Aylan and most of his family drowned while fleeing Syrian violence. But children in Gaza and the West Bank can’t flee the violence by Israel terrorists. Four year old Ali Saad Dawabsheh was…

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What’s really behind protests against Sterling Heights mosque?

Posted on September 1, 2015September 1, 2015 By rayhanania 4 Comments on What’s really behind protests against Sterling Heights mosque?

Hundreds of people turned up at a Planning Commission meeting in Sterling Heights on August 13, 2015 to protest the building of a mosque in their community in a scene repeated throughout the country over the past two decades. Is the issue traffic congestion, or is it a more sophisticated form of anti-Islamic religious prejudice?…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Ray Hanania, religion

The Middle East: Who says popular quest for change has been quelled?

Posted on August 28, 2015September 24, 2018 By James Dorsey No Comments on The Middle East: Who says popular quest for change has been quelled?
The Middle East: Who says popular quest for change has been quelled?

By James M. Dorsey A series of recent mass protests in several Arab countries have called into question suggestions that civil wars, brutal crackdowns and military coups and interventions have quelled popular willingness to stand up for rights in the Middle East. The protests, although focussed on specific social and economic demands, fundamentally have the…

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Community protests building of mosque in Detroit suburb

Posted on August 28, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania 6 Comments on Community protests building of mosque in Detroit suburb
Community protests building of mosque in Detroit suburb

A proposal to build a mosque in Sterling Heights, a suburb of Detroit, has attracted a lot of anger and protests from the public including Middle East Christians who were among the most vociferous in their opposition. The protests included complaints about traffic but also addressed issues of racism and stereotypes against Muslims. Mosque issue will…

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Let the Bikers draw Muhammad Cartoons in Arizona

Posted on May 29, 2015 By Mike Ghouse No Comments on Let the Bikers draw Muhammad Cartoons in Arizona
Let the Bikers draw Muhammad Cartoons in Arizona

By Mike Ghouse Let this be clear to my fellow Americans, we all have a collective responsibility to communicate and understand different values and learn to respect the otherness of others.     Let the Bikers draw cartoons of the Prophet, look to this as an opportunity to follow the practice of the prophet, he was a…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Mike Ghouse, religion

Civil rights activists target RE/MAX convention in Vegas

Posted on February 18, 2015June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Civil rights activists target RE/MAX convention in Vegas

By Ray Hanania Civil rights activists from around the country are targeting a convention being held by RE/MAX Realty in Las Vegas beginning March 2 to protest their ongoing support of illegal Jewish-only settlements in occupied Palestine that discriminate against Christians and Muslims. The annual convention will bring RE/MAX representatives from around the world to…

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BDS protests against Israeli Apartheid in Houston planned Saturday

Posted on September 5, 2014September 5, 2014 By rayhanania No Comments on BDS protests against Israeli Apartheid in Houston planned Saturday

BDS protests against Israeli Apartheid in Houston planned Saturday Sept. 6 Houstonians Are Invited to Join the Worldwide Movement to Save Palestine: Educational Gathering on Boycotts, Divestments, and Sanctions (BDS) Against Israeli Apartheid This Saturday The community will gather to spread awareness about the worldwide Boycotts, Divestments, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement, which calls for conscious…

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