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Viva Palestina to lead largest US convoy into Gaza July 4th

In a press release on 3rd July 2009,  Viva Palestina says: "British anti-war MP George...

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Palestinians 'barely surviving in Gaza'

Six months after the Israeli offensive and two years into a blockade, the Palestinians...

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Michael Jackson: the soundtrack of a generation

If the fascination with celebrity reflects a longing to escape from the mundane then in...

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British MP Galloway organizing aid convoy to Gaza from the U.S.

Nearly 700 people packed a catering hall in Brooklyn’s Arab community May 26 to welcome...

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Opinion

Memo to the ‘Do Something’ Brigade

The Guardian Council’s conclusion that there were “discrepancies” but no major fraud in the June 12 presidential elections reaffirms Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the winner but does little to heal the...

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Yes, Talk

President Obama has gone about as far as he should go in condemning the government of Iran for its crackdown and repression of a popular movement for change in Iran....

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Shedding our own blood to please Israel

The unnecessary death of six Palestinians, including two resistance fighters, by Palestinian hands in Qalqilya on Sunday, 31 May, will be an indelible and everlasting stigma of shame on the...

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What a Difference a Decade Can Make

When Benyamin Netanyahu last came to Washington as Prime Minister of Israel the setting was quite different. Back then, President Bill Clinton was distracted, beset by scandals that culminated in...

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America's 'Emerging Church'

In the last half of the 20th century, Evangelicalism swept the American religious scene.

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Gaza Disowned: The Pope, Israel and ‘Reconciliation’

“Gaza is not on the Pope’s itinerary, nor will it be. There will be no change in these plans. But I’ll say it very clearly, the Pope is absolutely not...

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The Community

“Allahu akbar’’ Prayer call to herald mosque’s opening

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At midday today, a local Muslim will clamber 185 feet up a ladder inside the narrow minaret atop the domed brick mosque and recite Islam’s haunting call to prayer,...

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Ellison says Mecca trip was within House ethics rules

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St. Paul, Minn. — The office of U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., issued a statement today insisting his trip to Saudi Arabia last year was within House rules.

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FBI plans to continue mosque monitoring despite concerns in Orange County

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The FBI plans to continue using informants to monitor mosques in America despite strong criticism over such programs leveled this year by Muslim American leaders in Orange County.

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New Jersey Muslims react to Obama's speech

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New Jersey reaction to President Obama's address to the Muslim world:

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Vandals spray death threats, racial slurs on O.C. mosque

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In the 13 years since a plain-looking, single-story mosque was built on a quiet Cypress street, the local Muslim American community had found what they believed was a peaceful place...

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Culture

Seinfeld star in Israel tells youth to "imagine" peace

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American Jewish actor Jason Alexander, from the hugely successful television comedy series Seinfeld, was in Jerusalem on Wednesday to attend a OneVoice meeting where he spoke about a project in...

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Jordan spared water crisis this year

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AMMAN - Jordan may have been spared a major water crisis this year but the outlook is not good in the parched kingdom, and a range of measures and projects...

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Children of Gaza, a Cry Against Hatred

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Palestine, a land of peace and hospitality, not of war and violence: this is the message that Palestinian children are launching through the slogans they have created for the campaign...

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European Muslim women: against all odds

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In April, US President Barack Obama appointed a Muslim woman who wears the hijab (headscarf) to his White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. The move has become...

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Queen sees Twitter role in promoting education

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Jordan's Queen Rania said on Wednesday that the online social network Twitter could help her campaign to promote quality education around the world, including for girls.

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Feature

US leaves cultural imprint on Iraq

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Sipping tea and smoking from a water pipe at Shahbander, a favoured haunt for Baghdad's...

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Needle sharing rife among Egypt drug users

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The prevalence of HIV among intravenous drug users (IDUs) in Egypt is relatively low, but...

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Gaza story: boy and artificial leg

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His room is ready; the walls have fresh paint and my kids prepared a basket...

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The 1967-war revisited

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In June 1967, when Israel  launched the 6-day-war on Egypt, Syria and Jordan, Khalid...

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Too many Syrians!

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DAMASCUS - When Sheikh Abu Abbas addresses worshippers in a mosque in the north-eastern coastal...

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