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Bush’s New War Budget

The President’s FY 2009-13 budget plan, which he will submit to Congress next week, includes $70 billion to cover only the cost of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq through

Algerian MSP Condemns Algiers Suicide Attack

A suicide bombing blast targeted a police station in a town near the Algerian capital on Tuesday Jan, 29th, killing at least four including three policemen, and critically wounding twenty

Hamzawi: Muslim Brotherhood Denounces Violence, Seeks Political Participation

Amr Hamzawy, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said that there are several reasons for the current standoff between Egyptian government and Washington. He saw in

MB Bloc’s Mediation Allows 70-truck Aid to Gaza

10 members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) parliamentary bloc for governorates of Cairo, Alexandria, Monofiya, Damietta , Ismailia, Suez and Asyut went to Al-Salam bridge and talked with authorities to

INTERFAITH LEADERS CALL FOR INTERVENTION IN GAZA

As the growing humanitarian crisis continues in the Gaza Strip, interfaith leaders in Southern California held a press conference and a vigil to call for an end to the collective

The American Media and Islam: A Journalists Opinion

When I became a Muslim eight years ago, I toyed with the idea of writing a first-hand account of my observations and experiences. But you know how it goes. A

Islamophobia in the Presidential Elections

Forty-five percent of Americans would not want a Muslim president, according to a poll conducted by the Pew Research Center in August 2007. That compares to 25 percent who said

Islamophobia in the Presidential Elections

Forty-five percent of Americans would not want a Muslim president, according to a poll conducted by the Pew Research Center in August 2007. That compares to 25 percent who said

The PeaceMaker

I have succeeded in making peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. In an interview preceding the Annapolis Conference, Palestinian Authority (PA) negotiator Saeb Erakat claimed that peace could be

A break in the siege

It is 4:30 Friday morning and al-Arish’s souq is alive and packed with people. When asked where they are from, the inevitable reply with a broad grin is "I am