Month: September 2006

  • News and Analysis Updates (9/20/06)

    UN agency head predits humanitarian disaster: US Resolve Prolongs Gazan Despair (BBC) Commentator Shira Herzog think Israeli policy is predicated on fallacies: If Hamas Falters (Jordan Times) All sides condemn attacks on Palestinian Churches: In the Name of Security, But Not for Its Sake (Haaretz)

  • News and Analysis Update (9/19/06)

    CAIR releases data showing a significant increase in anti-Muslim incidents Surge in Anti-Muslim Incidents Reported (Washington Post) Falsely accused by Canada, deported to the Middle East by the US and tortured by Syria—Canadian Muslim is vindicated but still demands justice against those responsible for his mistreatment… Canadian Was Falsely Accused, Panel Says (Washington Post) …Op-ed:…

  • News and Analysis Update (9/18/06)

    Muslims caught in the ‘crossfire’ as violence continues in Sri Lanka: Muslims Hacked to Death in Sri Lanka, Rebels Blamed (Reuters/Washington Post) Sorry for the reaction, but is the Pope also sorry for his words? Pope ‘Sorry’ About Reaction to Islam Remark (Washington Post) Debate over who should be considered a moderate Muslim and by…

  • News and Analysis Updates (9/15/06)

    Does the Whiite House have a learning disorder? Perhaps a “No administration left behind left behind” program would help. CIA Learned in ’02 That Bin Laden Had No Iraq Ties, Report Says (Washington Post) Evidence obtained by torture just isn’t reliable. ‘Alternative’ CIA tactics complicate Padilla case (Christian Science Monitor) Colin Powell and Condi Rice…

  • News and Analysis Updates (9/14/06)

    To change anti-Muslim media reporting, “Muslim investors must invest in the large media institutions of the world, which generally make considerable profits, so that they have the ability to affect their policies via their administrative boards.” Islamic Group Urges Muslims to Invest in Media (Reuters/Washington Post) US is in a diplomatic mess in East Africa:…

  • News and Analysis Updates (9/13/06)

    Talk of Palestinian Unity government may be premature: Hamas, Abbas in Disharmony over Unity Policies (Reuters) Columnist Richard Cohen marvels over the administration’s lack of regret over handing America’s sworn enemy his biggest victory… Bin Laden’s Victory (Washington Post) … while Henry Porter thinks that they are about to hand him another one: Even a…

  • News and Analysis Updates (9/12/06)

    Rebiya Kadeer: Muslim, Uighur, female, activist, businesswoman, and now Nobel Prize nominee China Muslim Activist: from Unknown to Nobel Nominee (Reuters/Washington Post) A diverse group steps out to defend the nomination of Maher Hathout, chairman of the Islamic Center of Southern California, against opposition by the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles Plans to Honor…

  • News and Analyses (9/11/06)

    The Palestinian political crisis may be ending … Abbas: Fatah, Hamas Agree to Form Gov’t (Chicago Tribune) … but the humanitarian crisis rages on: Palestinians Forced to Scavenge for Food on Rubbish Dumps (The Independent) We’ve been told the secret prisons are closed, yet… CIA Still Hiding ‘Ghost’ Captives (London Times)

  • News and Analysis Updates (9/10/06)

    A voice ungagged: ENEMY COMBATANT by Moazzam Begg (Washington Post book review) “During the calamity of September 11, two crimes were committed: one was the killing of innocent people and the second was making this crime in the name of Islam”: Khatami Says 9/11 Attackers Will Not Go to Heaven (AFP) Former National Guard sergeant…

  • News and Analysis Updates (9/07/06)

    Dangerous long-term effects of injustice, oppression, and occupation: 24 years after his brothers were killed during the Isreali invasion of Lebanon, man snaps and attacks tourists in Amman: Typical of a New Terror Threat: Anger of a Gunman in Jordan (NY Times) Amnesty International criticizes Turkey for its continuing use of torture Turkey ‘Unfair Trials’…

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