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  • Syria - The Truth And Why You Should Care
    Let's just put the situation in the simplest context and explain why half of the world's account and story about Syria is wrong (you can guess which Staterun media I'm referring to). To put it simply, Syria is just on the verge of being another Iraq (with the new ploy and claims of chemical weapons usage) and likely almost entirely false charges against the legitimate government of Syria. The Syrian people, or at least the majority of them don't want the instability and su...
  • The Stealth Crusade
    The Stealth Crusade By Barry Yeoman | Wed May 1, 2002 12:00 AM PST At 8 o'clock on a warm Monday morning in January, 20 students file into Rick Love's classroom at Columbia International University in South Carolina. Eyes glassy from writing papers all weekend, they clutch Styrofoam cups of Folgers a...
  • McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam
    McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam By David Corn | Wed March 12, 2008 12:00 AM PST Senator John McCain hailed as a spiritual adviser an Ohio megachurch pastor who has called upon Christians to wage a "war" against the "false religion" of Islam with the aim of d...
  • Uighurs and China's Xinjiang Region
    Uighurs and China's Xinjiang Region Author: Preeti Bhattacharji, Research Associate Updated: July 6, 2009 ...
  • Rights report targets Canada over missing women, land claims
    Rights report targets Canada over missing women, land claims Last Updated: Thursday, May 28, 2009 | 8:47 AM ET Comments40...
  • Racism accusations fly over man in Sudan denied emergency passport
    Racism accusations fly over man in Sudan denied emergency passport Last Updated: Friday, April 3, 2009 | 8:08 PM ET Comments360...
  • Israel pounds Gaza tunnels as U.S. Mideast envoy arrives in region
    Israel pounds Gaza tunnels as U.S. Mideast envoy arrives in region Last Updated: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 | 7:27 AM ET Comments71...
  • Israel pulling out of Gaza; Hamas ceases fire - at least for now
    Israel pulling out of Gaza; Hamas ceases fire - at least for now Published: Sunday, January 18, 2009 | 8:03 PM ET Canadian Press NewsItem/NewsComponent/NewsLines/ByLine GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli troops began to withdraw from Gaza Sunday after their government and Hamas militants declared an end...
  • UN headquarters in Gaza City hit by Israeli artillery
    UN headquarters in Gaza City hit by Israeli artillery Last Updated: Thursday, January 15, 2009 | 5:58 AM ET Comments189...
  • TIME Magazine: The Bible & The Apocalypse
    The biggest book of the summer is about the end of the world. It's also a sign of our troubled tim...
  • Time Magazine Explains the Israel & Palestine Situation - "The End: How It Got That Way"
    Monday, Jul. 01, 2002 The End: How It Got That Way By DAVID VAN BIEMA Calamity is the mother of end-of-the-world prophecy. This is true as millions of Americans, many rattled into an End Times frame of mind by Sept. 11, line up to buy the latest installment in the Left Behind series, The Remnant. It was true when the first prophecies of the End appeared in the Hebrew Bible in response to a great national catastrophe in 586...
  • Charges dropped against 5 Guantanamo detainees
    Charges dropped against 5 Guantanamo detainees U.S. defence secretary calls for swift closure of prison Last Updated: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 | 8:11 PM ET Comments20...
  • Israeli soldiers told to be careful what they post on Facebook
    Israeli soldiers told to be careful what they post on Facebook 11/04/2008 11:12:00 AM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM - Israel...
  • Israel's anti-Arab parties
    Israel's anti-Arab parties By Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank ...
  • Olmert declares victory in Israeli election, vows compromise
    Olmert declares victory in Israeli election, vows compromise Last Updated Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:55:21 EST CBC News Acting Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert said he's willing to make painful concessions and give up land to Palestinians as he claimed victory in the election Tuesday. His centrist Kadima party has captured the largest share of votes in Isra...
  • Israel will establish borders in 4 years: Olmert
    Israel will establish borders in 4 years: Olmert Last Updated Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:35:40 EST CBC News Israel will set its own permanent borders within the next four years in the absence of a negotiated settlement, Israel's acting prime minister said in a published interview Friday. INDEPTH: ...
  • Pakistani cleric announces big reward for killing Prophet cartoonist
    Pakistani cleric announces big reward for killing Prophet cartoonist 10:54:59 EST Feb 17, 2006 ...
  • Israeli troops, Jewish settlers clash
    Israeli troops, Jewish settlers clash JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press AMONA, West Bank - Thousands of club-wielding troops in riot gear and on horseback clashed with stone-throwing Jewish protesters Wednesday as they began dismantling homes in this illegal West Bank settlement, officials said. Dozens of people were wounded. It was the first forced evacuation of Jewish settlers since last summer's pullout from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, a...
  • 'My kidnappers were not criminals'
    'My kidnappers were not criminals' by Monday 26 December 2005 7:36 PM GMT Susanne Osthoff said that her captors wanted humanitarian aid A former German hostage who spent 24 days in the hands of unknown captors in Iraq has said her kidnappers are not criminals and have demanded humanitarian aid for Sunni Arab regions. Speaking to Aljazeera satellite channel, Susanne Osthoff said her captors told her not to be afraid as her kidnapping was ...
  • Catholic patriarch calls for dismantling of Israel's security wall
    Catholic patriarch calls for dismantling of Israel's security wall Last Updated Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:52:15 EST CBC News Israel's top Roman Catholic has said Bethlehem has become an "immense prison" since the West Bank barrier was built, calling for its dismantling as he joined thousands of pilgrims for midnight mass on Christmas Eve. * INDEPTH: Israel's separation barrier Michel Sabbah stands at the altar during the Christmas Midnight...
  • Israel, Palestinians argue over tourist access to Bethlehem
    Israel, Palestinians argue over tourist access to Bethlehem Last Updated Wed, 21 Dec 2005 18:30:20 EST CBC News It may be best known as the birthplace of Jesus, but some Arab merchants say the Israeli army is making it harder for tourists to visit Bethlehem. This Christmas season, it's expected about 80,000 Christian pilgrims will visit the historic West Bank town. But locals say the presence of a towering concrete wall and metal gate controlled by the...
  • Row builds over Jerusalem voting
    Row builds over Jerusalem voting by Wednesday 21 December 2005 8:53 AM GMT Shaath said without voting in Jerusalem there would be no election The Palestinian Authority says will cancel 25 January parliamentary elections if Israel goes ahead with plans to bar Jerusalem Palestinians from voting. "If the Israelis insist on not allowing us to conduct the elections in Jerusalem, then there will be no elections at all," Nabil Shaath, the Pales...
  • Elections may be cancelled if Israel bars Palestinian in Jerusalem from vote
    Elections may be cancelled if Israel bars Palestinian in Jerusalem from vote 06:52:14 EST Dec 21, 2005 AMY TEIBEL JERUSALEM (AP) - The Palestinian Authority will cancel Jan. 25 parliamentary elections if Israel goes ahead with its plan to bar Palestinians from voting in disputed Jerusalem, a senior Palestinian official said Wednesday. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has been under growing pressure from his Fatah Party to postpone the vote, amid concer...
  • Israeli court upholds guerrilla's right to claim compensation for torture
    Israeli court upholds guerrilla's right to claim compensation for torture 11:44:49 EST Dec 20, 2005 JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli court on Tuesday upheld a Lebanese guerrilla leader's right to demand compensation for torture he says he underwent in an Israeli prison. Israel abducted Mustafa Dirani in 1994, hoping to use him as a bargaining chip for information on Ron Arad, an Israeli airman whose jet was downed over Lebanon in 1986. Israel claims Dirani's Amal ...
  • Scholar: There is no clash of civilisations
    Scholar: There is no clash of civilisations by Firas Al-Atraqchi in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday 20 December 2005 2:07 PM GMT Armstrong was in Cairo as a guest of the American University One of the foremost authorities on monotheistic religions and traditions, Karen Armstrong's writings on Islam have come into public focus following 9-11. Born in 1944, Armstrong began her journey to faith as a Roman Catholic nun but left her order in 1969 when s...
  • Iraq election body rejects fraud claims
    Iraq election body rejects fraud claims by Tuesday 20 December 2005 8:40 AM GMT Al-Dulaimi demanded a new election be held in Baghdad Iraq's Electoral Commission has rejected a call from the biggest Sunni bloc to rerun last week's vote in Baghdad after partial results showed the ruling Shia Alliance with a big majority in the capital. Adnan al-Dulaimi, one of the leaders of the National Concord Front coalition, said the group rejected th...
  • Israel approves building of hundreds of new homes in West Bank
    Israel approves building of hundreds of new homes in West Bank settlements 09:20:19 EST Dec 14, 2005 JOSEF FEDERMAN JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has approved construction of hundreds of new homes in West Bank settlements, the Defence Ministry said Wednesday, confirming what would be a violation of the U.S.-backed peace plan. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon scrambled to quell a political uproar following a Newsweek report quoting a Sharon aide as sayi...
  • Muslim convert lashes out at teachers
    By GREG MCARTHUR Monday, December 5, 2005 Page A11 A 21-year-old Cornwall man recently suspended by his adult Catholic high school after an argument over his Muslim cap says his conversion to Islam isn't being taken seriously because he is white. But the school board says Yousaf Antoine, who recently went by the name Jody Antoine, is allowed to wear any religious headgear he wants, as long as he gives teachers advance notice about his new faith....
  • Muslim clerics demand release of captive Westerners
    Muslim clerics demand release of captive Westerners Last Updated Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:21:58 EST CBC News A group of influential Sunni Muslim clerics in Iraq and Palestinian activists issued separate pleas Wednesday for the release of two Canadians and three other Westerners being held hostage in Iraq. Palestinian activists called for the release of Harmeet Singh Sooden, above, and other captives, saying they helped Palestinians in the West Bank. (CP Photo/Chris...
  • Failed Jordan hotel bomber had three brothers killed by U.S. forces in Iraq
    Failed Jordan hotel bomber had three brothers killed by U.S. forces in Iraq 04:20:54 EST Nov 15, 2005 PAUL GARWOOD AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - The Iraqi woman who failed in her bid to blow up an Amman hotel had three brothers killed by U.S. forces, while Jordanian officials unveiled tough new anti-terror measures Tuesday. The killings of Sajida Mubarak al-Rishawi's three brothers in Iraq's volatile Anbar province is being considered as a possible motivation b...
  • Israeli defence minister: no peace with Palestinians in this generation
    Israeli defence minister: no peace with Palestinians in this generation 10:28 AM EDT Oct 28 STEVE WEIZMAN JERUSALEM (AP) - Expressing growing frustration with Mahmoud Abbas, Israel's defence minister dismissed the Palestinian leader as "a one-man show" bereft of support from his own people and said he sees little chance that a peace deal can be reached with the Palestinians in the present generation. Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz's remarks were publishe...
  • Canada joins world in expressing dismay over Iranian leader's attack on Israel
    Canada joins world in expressing dismay over Iranian leader's attack on Israel 11:25 AM EDT Oct 27 JILL LAWLESS LONDON (CP) - Governments around the world, including Canada, expressed shock and scorn Thursday at the Iranian president's call for Israel to be "wiped off the map," and several summoned Tehran's envoys in their capitals for a reprimand. However, Israeli calls for Iran to be suspended from the United Nations over the remarks by President Mah...
  • Israel Supreme Court bans military use of Palestinian civilians as 'shields'
    Israel Supreme Court bans military use of Palestinian civilians as 'shields' 12:23 PM EDT Oct 06 JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday banned the military's practice of using Palestinian civilians as "human shields" in arrest raids, saying it violates international law. The court ruled in response to petitions by human rights groups. In August 2002, the court had issued a temporary injunction against the practice. Human rights groups have said t...
  • Israel accused of skewing elections
    Israel accused of skewing elections by Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank Monday 03 October 2005 1:39 PM GMT The Israeli army is targeting Palestinian civil servants The Israeli army is cracking down on civil servants and community leaders, including elected local government officials, throughout the West Bank, in what some believe to be a bid to force Hamas out of upcoming Palestinian elections. Palestinian sources told Aljazeera.net that ...
  • Israel repeats threat to hamper polls
    Israel repeats threat to hamper polls by Wednesday 21 September 2005 9:46 AM GMT Minister Silvan Shalom addressed the UN General Assembly Israel has reiterated threats to hamper January's Palestinian election if the Islamic movement Hamas stands, despite being urged by the US to cooperate in organising the polls. "We will not allow Hamas to take part in the elections," Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told public radio in an interview on W...
  • Israel orders Palestinian land seized
    Israel orders Palestinian land seized by Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank Wednesday 24 August 2005 4:27 PM GMT The Israeli barrier in Maale Adumim has Palestinians worried Israel has issued orders to seize Palestinian-owned land to link a main Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank to Jerusalem, officials say, a step that could isolate Palestinians from Jerusalem. An Israeli government spokesman on Wednesday said orders were issued t...
  • US televangelist wants Chavez killed
    US televangelist wants Chavez killed by Tuesday 23 August 2005 6:56 AM GMT Chavez has emerged as one of America's harshest critics US televangelist Pat Robertson has called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez while a radio host has been fired by a Washington station after he refused to apologise for calling Islam a terrorist organisation. Calling Chavez a "terrific danger" to the US, Robertson, founder of the Christ...
  • US church rebukes Israel for barrier
    US church rebukes Israel for barrier by Sunday 14 August 2005 7:09 AM GMT The wall is splitting the church's Jerusalem assembly into three A five-million-strong US church has rebuked Israel for building a separation barrier along the West Bank, becoming the second major US Protestant denomination to reject policies implemented by the Jewish state. The resolution titled "Peace Not Wall" was adopted on Saturday on a 668-269 vote by members...
  • Settler-funding a billion dollar question
    Settler-funding a billion dollar question by Friday 12 August 2005 7:05 AM GMT Some believe $60 billion has been pumped into settlements Israel's illegal effort since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war to fill the West Bank and Gaza Strip with Jews has grown from the scattered actions of zealous squatters into a network of 142 settlements that house nearly 240,000 people. Now that Israel plans to spend $2 billion to dismantle just 25 of these enc...
  • Israel to expand West Bank settlement even as it quits Gaza Strip
    Israel to expand West Bank settlement even as it quits Gaza Strip 10:13 AM EDT Aug 04 AMY TEIBEL JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel announced plans Thursday to expand a settlement near Jerusalem, its latest effort to consolidate control over parts of the West Bank even as it prepares to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. The plan to build 72 housing units in the Beitar Illit settlement are liable to put Israel on a collision course with the U.S. government, which oppo...
  • Al-Qaida's deputy threatens more attacks in Britain in videotape
    Al-Qaida's deputy threatens more attacks in Britain in videotape broadcast 09:54 AM EDT Aug 04 CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Al-Qaida deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri threatened more destruction in London, saying in a videotape broadcast Thursday that British Prime Minister Tony Blair would be to blame. "Blair has brought to you destruction in central London, and he will bring more of that, God willing," al-Zawahri said in the tape, which was broadcast on the Arab all-ne...
  • Jewish leaders worried by escalating Israel-Vatican spat over terror
    Jewish leaders worried by escalating Israel-Vatican spat over terror comments 01:09 PM EDT Jul 29 NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) - Jewish leaders said Friday they were worried by an escalating spat between the Vatican and Israel over papal pronouncements on terrorism and urged both sides to tone down the rhetoric to avoid any lasting damage to relations. Rome's chief rabbi, Riccardo Di Segni, said the dispute was "only damaging for both parties" and...
  • Palestinians protest Gaza smokescreen
    Palestinians protest Gaza smokescreen by Laila El-Haddad in Gaza Thursday 28 July 2005 12:40 PM GMT Six Palestinian protesters were wounded by Israeli forces Palestinians have burned rubber tyres along the trail of the Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank in a symbolic protest against its ongoing construction under the smokescreen of the Gaza pullout. Black smoke seen rising along the wall's path from the areas of Marda to Qalandi...
  • Dozens killed in Iraq violence
    Dozens killed in Iraq violence by Tuesday 24 May 2005 2:29 AM GMT Escalating violence has killed about 610 people since 28 April A string of car bombs and attacks in a continuing wave of violence has killed at least 49 people and wounded more than 130 across Iraq. A Baghdad restaurant popular with the police, a Shia mosque, and the home of a community leader near Mosul were among the sites that came under attack on Monday. ...
  • Bloody Week in Iraq; One US Airstrike Destroys an Ambulance............
    Bloody Week in Iraq; One US Airstrike Destroys an Ambulance, A Separate US Airstrike Kills a Journalist on Live Television by Eric Jaffa September 15, 2004 Overview of recent violence, from NNN ("84 Killed, 90 Injured In Unabated Iraq Violence," September 13, 2004): At least nine people were killed in American attacks on militant positions in the restive Iraqi city of Falluja on Monday morning, taking the death toll to 84 in the una...
  • Top Israeli official says barrier meant to ensure Jewish majority in Jerusalem
    Top Israeli official says barrier meant to ensure Jewish majority in Jerusalem 02:06 PM EDT Jul 11 KARIN LAUB JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's separation barrier in and around Jerusalem is meant to ensure a Jewish majority in the disputed city, a cabinet minister acknowledged Monday, contradicting government claims that the divider is solely a temporary security measure. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved final details of the 65-kilometre Jerusalem barrier, ...
  • Israel accused of redrawing borders
    Israel accused of redrawing borders by Sunday 10 July 2005 12:04 PM GMT Palestinians have reacted angrily to the Israeli plan Israel's approval of a new route for its West Bank separation barrier is part of a political agenda designed, under the pretext of security, to mark the state's borders, a Palestinian official has said. Ziyad Abu Ziyad, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, was reacting to the move by Tel Aviv to extend...
  • EU envoy says Jerusalem barrier raises humanitarian concerns
    EU envoy says Jerusalem barrier raises humanitarian concerns 12:09 PM EDT Jul 11 KARIN LAUB JERUSALEM (AP) - The separation barrier Israel is building in Jerusalem raises humanitarian problems for Palestinians and could complicate future negotiations on a final peace deal, the visiting European Foreign policy chief said Monday, after meeting with Israeli leaders. Israel's Cabinet on Sunday approved final details of the Jerusalem barrier, which will cut...
  • US 'admits' torturing prisoners
    US 'admits' torturing prisoners by Friday 24 June 2005 2:04 PM GMT A committee is preparing for hearings in May 2006 Washington has for the first time acknowledged to the United Nations that prisoners have been tortured at US detention centres in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan and Iraq, a UN source says. The admission was made in a report submitted to the UN Committee against Torture, said a member of the 10-person panel, speaking on condit...
  • Watchdog: Israeli military probe of Palestinian civilian
    Watchdog: Israeli military probe of Palestinian civilian casualties a sham 02:26 PM EDT Jun 22 AMY TEIBEL JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military's investigation of Palestinian civilian casualties is a farce and encourages soldiers to think they can act with impunity, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a report Wednesday. The military said there was no basis to the charge. "All allegations claiming that innocents or terrorists h...
  • Israel signals renewed assassinations
    Israel signals renewed assassinations by Wednesday 22 June 2005 6:44 AM GMT Israel says it will resume its attack on Palestinian fighters Israel has resumed an assassination policy against resistance fighters from the Islamic Jihad group, confirming Palestinian reports of a failed Israeli missile strike in Gaza a day earlier. "There was an attempt in Gaza to intercept an [Islamic Jihad] activist yesterday. It was unsuccessful," Public Se...
  • Israel to build 700 new settler homes
    Israel to build 700 new settler homes by Sunday 19 June 2005 1:41 PM GMT Illegal West Bank settlements continue to expand Israel has announced that it will seek tender offers within months for 700 new homes in the occupied West Bank, as furious Palestinians accused the government of trying to change the face of Jerusalem. A spokesman for Israel's housing ministry said on Sunday that by the end of the year the ministry would put out to te...
  • Israeli, Palestinian killed in shootings
    Israeli, Palestinian killed in shootings by Monday 20 June 2005 6:13 AM GMT The attack was near Baka al-Sharqiya, 10km north of Tulkarim An Israeli civilian and a Palestinian teenager have been shot dead in the Palestinian territories, the Israeli army and medical sources on both sides say. In the northern West Bank, an Israeli man was killed and a teenager injured when Palestinian fighters ambushed their car, the army and medics said....
  • Israel to build sea barrier off Gaza
    Israel to build sea barrier off Gaza by Friday 17 June 2005 1:17 PM GMT Israel has ignored an ICJ ruling and a UN resolution The Israeli navy plans to build a sea barrier off the coast of northern Gaza, saying it will keep out potential attackers once Israel pulls back from occupied land this summer, military officials say. The navy said the barrier, stretching 950m into the sea, is necessary because of the expected loss of surveillance ...
  • Outgoing chief warns extremist Jews could open fire during Gaza pullout
    Outgoing chief warns extremist Jews could open fire during Gaza pullout 12:22 PM EDT Jun 10 RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI JERUSALEM (AP) - Jewish extremists could open fire on troops during this summer's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, or even carry out a suicide attack to kill the prime minister, the outgoing chief of the Shin Bet security service warned in interviews published Friday. Avi Dichter, who last month ended a five-year term as head of the Shin Bet...
  • Rumsfeld blames Aljazeera over Iraq
    Rumsfeld blames Aljazeera over Iraq by Lawrence Smallman Saturday 04 June 2005 6:48 AM GMT The US defence secretary said television could promote terrorism US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has alleged that Aljazeera is encouraging armed Islamist groups by broadcasting beheadings of foreign hostages in Iraq. Speaking at a security conference in Singapore on Saturday, Rumsfeld said that "if anyone lived in the Middle East and watched ...
  • Israeli army kills Islamic Jihad leader
    Israeli army kills Islamic Jihad leader by Tuesday 07 June 2005 7:54 AM GMT The Israeli army targeted the head of Islamic Jihad in Jenin Three Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers, including a top Islamic Jihad fighter, during an incursion into the northern West Bank town of Qabaty. The military said it entered the Palestinian town on Tuesday morning in an operation to arrest a senior member of the Islamic Jihad group....
  • Israeli troops admit 'eye for eye' killing spree
    http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-06-03T153128Z_01_N03252941_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-MIDEAST-REVENGE-DC.XML Israeli troops admit 'eye for eye' killing spree Fri Jun 3, 2005 11:31 AM ET By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli commandos killed eight Palestinian policemen in "eye for an eye" shootings three years ago that were ordered to avenge comrades slain in an ambush on an army checkpoint in the ...
  • Jerusalem engineer wants to demolish Palestinian homes for national park
    JERUSALEM (AP) - The Jerusalem municipality will push ahead with plans to demolish 88 homes in an Arab neighbourhood in the disputed city to make room for a national park, the city engineer overseeing the project told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The plan has infuriated the Palestinians. It comes at a time of growing Israeli-Palestinian tension over the fate of Jerusalem, a city claimed by both as a capital. The demolition campaign, if approved, would be one of the largest i...
  • Israeli troops face murder accusations
    http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E5899784-19C7-4DA0-B819-93EF113F52DF.htm...
  • South American, Arab leaders endorse declaration on Israel and trade
    This is a rare but great thing to see so many world leaders condemn the occupation of Palestine. It is unfortunate that with over 65 UN resolutions condemning Israeli actions since 1955 that it seems they still have not complied as is evident by the UN's dismay with their refusal to co-operate. http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050511/w051190.html...
  • Why do Muslims come to our country?
    Yes, it's 2017 and this is really a serious question for many in the West, especially Europe and the USA. The last time a similar question was raised, we had the holocaust, millions of lives were lost and the displacement caused a ripple effect in the middle east causing millions more to suffer and perish. So things are not looking too bright but this is an opportunity to educate those who were not aware of the reality for many Muslim countries for decades and longer in recent h...
  • The root of modern day trouble in the Muslim World created by Wahhabism/Salafism from Saudi Arabia
    This article is meant to educate and inform the readers about history and facts about Saudi Arabia's history and current events that affect both non-Muslims and Muslims around the world. Saudi Arabia is home to the world's holiest cites in Mecca and Medinah and should above all be held to the highest standard of Islam and for mankind, but has failed completely on all levels to follow the Qur'an and to be a peaceful and positive force in both the non-Muslim and Muslim world that we are e...
  • My Summary on the Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Violence
    There is no doubt this is based on separatist activity. I have found the claims of the Uighur Protesters contradicted in so many ways. A few interesting facts: 1. Xinjiang has 13 Ethnic Minorities, most of which are Muslims, yet only Uighur's are protesting and they are the majority in Xinjiang http://www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/139389.htm 2. Uighur's are exempt from China's one child policy 3. The two Uighur's killed in the Shaoguan Toy Fac...
  • Response to anti-Islamic attack which calls for persecution of Islam and Muslims
    Dannyboy56 said: The problem about Jihad is that it is a serious and is exists. It won’t go away by itself. Even if a small percentage of the Muslims are turning radical, that small percentage is too much of a threat if that radicalization translates into violence. ==================== Before I start I want people to know I'm responding to the context of how Muslims are treated in the West, not in China. Because in China I never had any problem as a Muslim....
  • Response to Uighur Protests in Vancouver regarding Xinjiang and the Uighur Urumqi Protest
    Bet you were only there as a tourist. Offcourse, you only saw what China wants to present Xinkiang to the world. Suggest you talk to local people, and special those living in south part of Xinkiang next time when you are there. Yes, every religion calls for peace and harmony, but what if you can not pratice your relligion freely, and you are discriminated just because you are a muslim. As a chinese muslim, good for you, you are not practicing your religion th...
  • Comments about Uighur Protest in Vancouver over Xinjiang, China
    I do not agree with people complaining that Uighur's are protesting. It is your right to protest if you want, and there were a lot of people bashing Uighur's for this. I do not agree with some of the racists bashing Uighur's, unfortunately in Canada there are lots of racists who do not like new Canadians. But what I do not understand, is that I cannot find any solid information about why some Uighur's are upset with China. I have heard the accusations, but hav...
  • More comments about the recent Uighur and Han violence in Xinjiang
    I am very saddened at the violence in Xinjiang, where fellow Chinese (Han and Uighur) have been fighting amongst each other. I hope that the people of Xinjiang will not fall into the trap and violence that was set by separtists. Regardless of your ethnic background, China has the policy that "everyone is Chinese" and that achieving peace and harmony can only be done through equal treatment of all citizens. I also do not think it is fair to villify Uighurs ...
  • Allah is GOD in "Aramaic", the language Jesus spoke
    Allah is GOD in "Aramaic", the language Jesus spoke With Ramadan around the corner (generally accepted as tomorrow if the new moon is sighted) I felt like doing some research and it turns out what my friend said is true (god is "Allah" in Armaic") and hopefully the Christians that knock on my door every few months will come back soon (although they promised to visit soon last time we spoke). It is a historical fact that Jesus spoke the "Aramaic" language so n...
  • The Fools they are
    The Fools they are Abriham, Vancouver I had to post this when I saw the article “To Mr. Velk”. I have noticed that same thing. I regularly read the CBC website, and you’re right. The CBC website and even radio and television do a very poor job at reporting. Why is it that every time I switch on CBC, I see the same thing; Muslim terrorist this Muslim terrorist that. This type of reporting is causing all sorts of trouble in the Muslim communities. They never say Christian KKK...

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  • Syria - The Truth And Why You Should Care
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  • The Stealth Crusade
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  • McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam
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  • Uighurs and China's Xinjiang Region
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  • Rights report targets Canada over missing women, land claims
    2009-05-28 18:27:05
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  • Israel pulling out of Gaza; Hamas ceases fire - at least for now
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    2009-01-15 03:13:42
  • TIME Magazine: The Bible & The Apocalypse
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  • Time Magazine Explains the Israel & Palestine Situation - "The End: How It Got That Way"
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  • Charges dropped against 5 Guantanamo detainees
    2008-10-22 01:45:09
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    2008-04-11 23:47:58
  • Israel's anti-Arab parties
    2006-03-29 20:27:45
  • Olmert declares victory in Israeli election, vows compromise
    2006-03-29 05:16:10
  • Israel will establish borders in 4 years: Olmert
    2006-03-10 18:26:21
  • Pakistani cleric announces big reward for killing Prophet cartoonist
    2006-02-17 18:04:42
  • Israeli troops, Jewish settlers clash
    2006-02-02 09:20:00
  • 'My kidnappers were not criminals'
    2005-12-29 15:41:00
  • Catholic patriarch calls for dismantling of Israel's security wall
    2005-12-24 18:02:00
  • Israel, Palestinians argue over tourist access to Bethlehem
    2005-12-22 07:30:00
  • Row builds over Jerusalem voting
    2005-12-21 07:10:00
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