Month: October 2010
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News and Analysis (10/15/10)
The State of Israel should take heed to the fact that its policies play a key role in bringing together Hezbollah and Ahmadinejad: Ahmadinejad Speaks In Rebuilt Lebanese Town Near Israel (LA Times) The Israeli army told the villagers to clear out of Al Arakib “temporarily in 1951,” but the state then declared the village…
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On Early Translations of Qur’an into English
Regarding the discovery of an 18th century English translation of the Qur’an by a Massachusetts church, The Islamic Society of North America has distributed the following e-mail advisory: “Now and then we get news about ancient copies of the ‘Quran’ being discovered. We proudly announced that first Muslim congressman had used one from Jefferson’s collection.…
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News and Analysis (10/14/10)
“If the allegations prove true, they could tarnish the push for detention reform by President Barack Obama. His administration has ushered in improvements in detainee conditions in Afghanistan”: Report Details Afghans’ Abuse Claims at Secret U.S. Jail (AP / News-Gazette) A move by the Egyptian regime to clamp down on text messages months before the…
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News and Analysis (10/13/10)
“The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled last summer that it was legal for federal authorities to secretly plant GPS devices on a car, even if it is parked in a private driveway”: Student Says He Found an FBI Tracking Device on His Car (NY Times) According to a “recent poll ……
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News and Analysis (10/12/10)
“NATO said initially [Linda] Norgrove was killed by her captors. On Monday, however, alliance officials said new information indicated Norgrove may have been killed by a U.S. grenade”: Full Probe Vowed in Captive Briton’s Death (AP / Washington Post) “The government is targeting an American citizen for death without any legal process whatsoever, while at…
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News and Analysis (10/11/10)
The banned party’s decision to run is called “a slap in the face” to their former ally Mohammed Baradei, who had called for a boycott: Egypt’s Opposition Muslim Brotherhood to Run in Parliamentary Election (VoA) “Many investigations in Europe have centered on mosques where extremist preachers incite hatred of non-Muslims, intelligence officials said”: Germany Steps…
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Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin: An Update
[When Jamil Al-Amin who had been transformed from the fiery proponent of violence into the man credited with cleaning up Atlanta’s crime-ridden West End by his conversion to Islam was arrested for “cop-killing” the Muslim community was stunned and suspicious of a frame-up. Recent shocking developments in the handling of his incarceration outlined by human…
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News and Analysis (10/8/10)
“Evidence? Explanations? Common sense? No need. They, after all, are paid a salary by the Israeli taxpayer in order to invent new kinds of punishment and torture”: Israel Is Now Punishing Palestinians Shamelessly (Haaretz) Notwithstanding the threat of assassination, a TV pblic service announcement shows the reclusive Nasrallah “emerging from hiding to plant a tree”:…
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News and Analysis (10/7/10)
In a debate in New York, Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan to writer Christopher Hitchens: “He has more of a problem with religion than with Islam”: We Need Discussions, Not Debates (Huffington Post) “”Everyone has their opinion, ‘Oh no that’s haram [forbidden], you can’t do that. But for me, it’s always about finding that balance and still…
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News and Analysis (10/6/10)
“[F]aced with dwindling buying power, many Iranians are reconsidering their faith in the currency, a shift that could prove to be more significant than the sanctions”: Sanctions Begin to Compound Iran’s Severe Economic Problems (Washington Post) “With the advent of easy-to-use media like YouTube, the truth is coming to light about a culture of humiliation…
