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The Connection Between Zionism & Organized Islamophobia – The Facts

Now we learn that there is more to that claim than unfounded conspiracy theories. It turns out the main funder of anti-Muslim blogger/anti-Park51 organizer Robert Spencer and his hate site

Human Rights Council opens fifteenth regular session

The Human Rights Council this morning opened its fifteenth regular session, hearing an update by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on the activities of her Office.

The boycott blunder

Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei has called for a boycott of parliamentary elections unless President Hosni Mubarak's government makes reforms. That would be a mistake.

Erdogan and the future of… Egypt

Egypt, like Turkey, is a large and important country. Culturally Egypt is by far the most important Arab state and significantly, the Muslim Brotherhood has its origins there. Quite a

Is This America?

For a glimpse of how venomous and debased the discourse about Islam has become, consider a blog post in The New Republic this month. Written by Martin Peretz, the magazine’s

Learn, Don’t Burn

As a Florida pastor made, and then cancelled, plans to burn copies of the Qur'an today, a leading U.S. Islamic organization has called for support of their "Learn, Don't Burn"

EU court clears Aqsa foundation of terror charges

A European Union court ruled Thursday that the EU acted illegally when freezing the assets of the Aqsa charity foundation’s Holland branch.

Israeli police raid Aqsa Mosque to take off Palestinian flag

A large number of Israeli policemen stormed the main building of the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem in order to remove a Palestinian flag waving on its top.

Prominent rabbi tells Erdogan: There can be no peace without Hamas

A prominent rabbi from a settlement in the West Bank has informed Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that there can be no real peace in occupied Palestine or the

Mr. Obama: Thou shall not lie

In his remarks marking the passage of nine years since the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on 11 September, 2001, President Obama said Americans ought to remain true