Category: Islam

The human propensity to follow

The Milgram Experiment in Syria By Robin Yassin-Kassab, June 10, 2012 … It has thrown students out of top-floor windows. It has shelled cities from the land and from the air. It has raped women and men and tortured children to death. Now with the massacres at Howleh and Qubair – in which Alawis from …

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Cleaving society

The Islamophobia Industry Strikes in Kansas By Nathan Lean, 06/01/2012  3:21 pm … Just like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Republican Governor Sam Brownback had a feeling he was not in Kansas anymore. At least not the Kansas that he once knew. His Sunflower State was teeming with unfamiliar creatures and though not tin-men …

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Coordinated, systematic racial discrimination

Christians of the Holy Land By Ben White, 26 Apr 2012 06:36 … A recent report by CBS show 60 Minutes on “Christians of the Holy Land” has received a lot of attention, not least for the embarrassing contribution by Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren. It is interesting that Israel (and its advocates) …

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Stars of David. Everywhere.

Being a Jew in Palestine By Beth Miller, April 20, 2012 … The first people I told were Safa and Imad. Good friends, they lived near me  in the Aida Refugee Camp and invited me for lunch every Friday. I knew they were  religious Muslims. Imad had told me that Israeli soldiers had killed his …

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A newfound “philozionism”

Don’t be fooled. Europe’s far-right racists are not discerning By Anne Karpf, Tuesday 27 March 2012 14.30 EDT … On Saturday, in the Danish city of Aarhus, a Europe-wide rally organised by the English Defence League will try to set up a European anti-Muslim movement. For Europe’s far-right parties the rally, coming so soon after …

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A whiff of terror

Church’s mock raid leaves teen traumatized By Ed Komenda, Monday, March 26, 3:52 PM … MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — The men burst into the church classroom and ordered the 15 teens in the youth group to the floor. They covered the teens’ heads with pillowcases and bound their hands. One man waved an unloaded gun, and another …

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They attach epic importance to their work

Christians Called To Serve Jewish Settlers By Nathan Jeffay, March 25, 2012 … Psagot, West Bank — It is a typical, even  stereotypical, West Bank settlement scene: bearded young men pruning vines while  enthusing about the Chosen People’s God-given right to this region. But in this  case it is Jesus, and not Jewish identity, that …

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