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Rising Concerns over Muslim Refugee Resettlement in US: 1330amWEBY Interview with Ann Corcoran
Ann Corcoran’s brief video on Muslim Refugee Resettlement in the US has gone viral since being put up on YouTube on April 20, 2015 by the Center for Security Policy. […]
"The Penalty Phase" At NPR
On NPR various announcers, most of them, to judge by their voices, about 17 years old, have been talking about “the penalty phase” of the Tsarnaev trial. “Penalty phase” sounds […]
Amelia Katzen Reviews ‘Catch the Jew!’
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A Faint Sign Of Cultural Health
A writer at The Atlantic on language instruction in American colleges: “Another challenge emerges when looking at the languages these students are learning, too. In 2013, roughly 198,000 U.S. college […]
The Killing of Osama bin Laden
Seymour Hersh tells
How Eric Holder Treated The Police
Former NYC Police Commissioner Howard Safir, here.
Mithal Al-Alusi: The Saudi Clan Has No Right To Meddle In Iraq
Here. Mithal Al-Alusi is the best of the Iraqi political figures. His two sons were killed to punish him for visiting Israel. He signed the St. Petersburg (Florida) Declaration, a […]
French Attitudes Harden Toward The Muslims In Their Midst
Here. The use of the word “banlieue” (the word “suburb” in English may be the translation, but it is a misleading one, and “outskirts” might be better) to mean, metonymically, […]
Uzay Bulut: Islam, "Islamism," And The Jewish Cemetery In Milas
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Water Problems In Iran And Its Muslim Neighbors
Here. In Iran, the venerable network of qanats is insufficient to meet Iran’s water needs. Climate change is desertifying Iran. The Arabs keep having children, heedless of the state of […]
Moroccan Plane Goes Down In Yemen
Here. Without any ground-to-air missiles, the Yemenis may nonetheless have been able to shoot down one of the attacking Sunni planes. If only two or three more could be shot […]
Bullying
“This book should be required reading…” “This book should be read by all those who…” “The book our generation needs…” “This book is a must-read.” If a book is good, […]
SNL Draw Muhammad Skit
Our Friend Hans Jansen Has Died
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A Little More About that Fortunately-Foiled Jihad Plot in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
From John Silvester of ‘The Age’, a Melbourne newspaper, we learn that the improvised explosive devices were pipe bombs. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/melbourne-teen-arrested-over-alleged-mothers-day-massacre-20150509-ggxuv0.html “…It is understood police seized three pipe bombs from the […]
At least 22 die as Macedonia police battle ‘terrorist’ group
From the The Financial Times reports that Gordana Jankulovska, the country’s interior minister,said ““The police fought together against an exceptionally dangerous terrorist organisation that was a major threat to our state, […]