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Grand Mufti calls on Muslim countries to resist occupation

The 37Th commemoration of Egypt’s victory over Israel was marked by Egypt’s Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa calling on Muslims to stand up to oppressive occupation and tyranny and to possess

Mosque and myth

The prevailing disputation over the right of Muslim Americans to build a community centre and mosque a short distance from the site of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks has

Declassified: Massive Israeli Manipulation of US Media Exposed

Files declassified in America reveal covert public relations and lobbying activities of Israel in the U.S. The National Archive made the documents public following a Senate investigation.

US Copts protest against construction of NY mosque near Ground Zero

Coptic organizations in the US announced their intention to organize a rally on September 10, in protest to the building of a mosque in New York City, blocks away from

The Arabs and Turkey

There is something in the Arab public space that hampers an objective discussion of Turkey's increasing political involvement in the region, its remarkable stances in favour of Arab causes, and

Is Syria ready for the “Muslim Brotherhood Initiative”?

I find the rapprochement between Syria and Turkey important in spite of all the reservations of the Baath regime. This is more than just a regime issue from the perspective

Noam Chomsky: The Real Reasons the U.S. Enables Israeli Crimes and Atrocities

Noam Chomsky is internationally recognized as one of America’s most critically engaged public intellectuals today. He spoke with Kathleen Wells, a political correspondent for Race-Talk, about Israel and its interplay

Moderate Islamism- Key to Democracy?

director of research at the Brookings Doha Center, argues in a new policy briefing that the U.S. must reassess its policy toward moderate Islamist groups in the Middle East, or

The Islamist Response to Repression: Are Mainstream Islamist Groups Radicalizing?

Today, some of the Middle East’s most prominent Islamist groups are in a state of crisis, racked by internal divisions and struggling to respond to regime repression. With key U.S.

Anti-Semitic Charges Must Not Divert Attention from Zio-Nazism

In recent days and weeks, I have been attacked with unusual ferocity and vindictiveness by the usual shipyard dogs standing guard at the gate of Israeli Nazism. They have called