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Iran: Omid Blasts Off
Reaching even greater heights, this week Iran launched its first-ever domestically made satellite into orbit…
Transcript: Erdoğan at Davos
Turkish PM Erdogan lambastes Shimon Peres at Davos World Economic Forum for Israel’s Gaza invasion.
The Muslim World and Darwinism
Hampshire College has been awarded $50,000 by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a grant-making foundation, to plan and host a conference on Darwin and evolution in the Muslim world.
U.S. Needs Iran’s Help in Afghan War
“KABUL (Reuters) – As Afghanistan moves centre-stage in U.S. foreign policy, the new administration will need more than a troop surge to defeat the Taliban and bring peace: it will also have to engage Iran, its long-time foe sitting in the wings.”
The Presentation of a One State Solution
The Palestinian-Israeli ongoing conflict is atop the agenda of all peacemakers. The recent horrific invasion of Gaza by the Israelis has made this topic even more timely…
Corpses Gone, Fish Lure a Fisherman Back to the Tigris
BAGHDAD — His eyes only leave the end of his line to tell stories about the fish he’s caught in the Tigris over the last year.
Is This Insanity?
California is often identified as the world’s eighth largest economy, and it is broke.
Controversial Bestseller Shakes the Foundation of the Israeli State
What if the Palestinian Arabs who have lived for decades under the heel of the modern Israeli state are in fact descended from the very same “children of Israel” described in the Old Testament?
A Muslim Initiative to Deal with the Current Economic Crisis
Muslims and How They might approach the attack of the huge economic crisis.
This Time It’s Different
While I could attempt to provide even more rationale for why I think the long term could be more painful than the Wall Street consensus portends, an article I saw in a recent Financial Times newspaper does a great job of presenting this alternative view.
Celebration of Arts A Fun Dawah Event
The crowd screamed, clapped and sang along with the artists brought in by Wayne State University last Friday, for the Celebration of Arts.
MSA Dinner
MSA Michigan Muslims Banquet at Washtenaw Community College
Community News (V11-I7)
Abdullah Lawal breaks record / Symposium on Islam at Montana State on Feb.18 / Kashmiri journalist bags US fellowship
Houstonian Corner (V11-I7)
Masjid Mumineen Relief Project / Ideology of Peace Artwork–Jimmy Engineer
Indian Muslims Demand Justice
NEW DELHI: With parliamentary elections likely to be held in two-three months, the Indian Muslims have started raising their voice with a new aggressiveness and force.
When Did We Stop Caring About Civilian Deaths During Wartime?
The mere monitoring of bloody conflict assumes precedence over human suffering…
Gaza Under Siege
Thoughts on the crisis in Gaza
For First Time US Professors Call for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
In the wake of Operation Cast Lead, a group of American university professors has for the first time launched a national campaign calling for an academic and cultural boycott of Israel.
Blair: Hamas Should Be Part of Peace Process
Hamas should be part of the Middle East peace process, said Tony Blair…
