Sep 03 2012
In the Shadow of Fiction: How Television Is Making (Up) Muslim History By Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, 31/08/2012 In Channel 4’s Islam: the Untold Story, aired 28 August, British writer Tom Holland – garbed Indiana Jones-style in billowing shirt and trusty hat – treks across the Arabian desert, talking to local Bedouins, and inspecting …
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Sep 03 2012
Why I had no choice but to spurn Tony Blair By Desmond Tutu, Saturday 1 September 2012 The immorality of the United States and Great Britain’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003, premised on the lie that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, has destabilised and polarised the world to a greater extent than …
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Sep 02 2012
Last edited by Monsieur d’Nalgar on September 9, 2012 at 4:18 pm. 1965 was an interesting year. The first American combat troops were sent to South Vietnam, Dylan went electric, Muhammad Ali knocked out Sonny Liston, MLK marched from Selma to Montgomery, and the first Charlie Brown Christmas aired on CBS. And by the …
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Aug 27 2012
The Syrian army would like to appear squeaky clean. It isn’t By Robert Fisk, Monday 27 August 2012 Every day, a new massacre is reported in Syria. Yesterday, it was Daraya. Slaughter by Syrian troops, according to those opposed to Bashar al-Assad. Slaughter by Bashar’s “terrorist” opponents, the Syrian army said, producing the wife …
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Aug 26 2012
Breivik was narcissistic and racist… but sane By Paul Vallely, Sunday 26 August 2012 So he was bad, not mad. It took an Oslo court 10 weeks to decide that the mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is sane and sentence him to 21 years in jail. Had he been declared insane he would have …
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Aug 25 2012
The importance of the Anders Breivik verdict reaches beyond Norway By Tad Tietze, Friday 24 August 2012 15.00 EDT There are many reasons to welcome the verdict in the trial of Anders Behring Breivik: that he is sane and legally responsible for the murder of 77 people – mostly members of the Norwegian Labour …
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Aug 21 2012
A good Jew hates Arabs By Zvi Bar’el, Aug.22, 2012 3:18 AM The young criminals who mercilessly beat Jamal Julani and his cousins simply because they’re Arabs don’t live in settlements, haven’t occupied any cities and haven’t taken control of any terraced hills in the territories. Perhaps they participated in one of those tours …
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