By IMEMC | – – Israel’s domestic security agency Shin Bet, on Thursday, cautioned that a Jewish terror organization is seeking to “violently overthrow” the Israeli government, Israeli media reported. Israeli soldiers at the Israeli outpost of Achiya near the Palestinian village of Duma on Aug. 4, 2015, a week after a deadly arson attack […]
Archives for December 2015
41% of Trump Supporters want to bomb Aladdin and Jasmine
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Public Policy Polling asked US voters if they favored bombing “Agraba.” Some 30% of Republicans said “Yes!” Obviously, this is a a little bit of a trick, since voters being asked such a question assume it is a real policy issue. But wouldn’t you want to […]
Rural Fury over Arabic Script in World Cultures Module forces closing of Augusta, Va. Schools
AJ+ | (Video news report) | – – “VA’s Augusta County School District shut down over security concerns posed by parents who were angry about an Arabic calligraphy lesson. Officials didn’t mention a specific threat, but said that the “tone and content” of messages pouring in from the community and beyond was cause for extra […]
It Begins: Congress turns Iranian-Americans into 2nd Class Citizens
By Elham Khatami | (NIAC) | – – Now I’m a Second-Class Citizen I was lucky. My parents immigrated to the United States from Iran before I was born. They settled in Pittsburgh and built the humble beginnings of a successful life for themselves and their children. I was born as the first American in […]
Where are women’s voices in the Syria peace talks?
Lisa Davis | (OpenDemocracy) | – – The US may be tempted to congratulate itself for wrangling Russia to the table for today’s meeting on Syria’s peace talks. Yet an indispensable party is missing: Syrian women. Today, we face the prospect of a Middle East peace conference with disappointment at its delay and frustration that, yet again, […]
Israelis shoot 78 Palestinians & repress Santa Claus Protest in Bethlehem
Ma’an News Agency | – – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Friday shot and injured at least 78 Palestinians, two critically, when clashes broke out across the occupied Palestinian territory for the second day in a row. Medical sources told Ma’an that a Palestinian was hit with live fire in the chest during clashes […]
Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Wheaton College suspended a tenured professor of Political Science for quoting Pope Francis that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. So, do they? History Buff blog asked me what I thought, and this is what I told them: “Hebrew, the language of the Hebrew Bible, […]
Dutch Pranksters tell People Bible verses are from Qur’an & Hilarity Ensues
RT | (Video report) | “Dutch pranksters have conducted an experiment aimed at testing public prejudice towards Islam. They took to the streets and read extracts from a book which they claimed was the Koran. Then came the big reveal. What people had originally believed were extracts from the Koran were actually being read from […]
Fearmongering against Muslims is a Bipartisan Sport & Hurts us All
By Olivia Alperstein | (Otherwords.org) | – – Representative Loretta Sanchez’s bogus claims about Muslims reflect the kind of prejudice that holds America back. Representative Loretta Sanchez voiced the fears of a growing number of Americans when she spoke recently with Larry King as details about the San Bernardino shooters emerged. “We know that there […]
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