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America's Plague! |
Islamophobia is a curse that must be confronted
While Islam-bashers in the U.S. Congress,
media, academic and other circles are sometimes
careful to claim that their hostility to Muslims or
Arabs or Islam is limited to the “extremists,” the
goal and the impact of these campaigns is,
nonetheless, in fact to demonize entire countries
and communities. Aref Assaf writes
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In The Flight of the Intellectuals,
Paul Berman argues that it is not violent
Islamists who pose the greatest danger to
liberal societies in the West but rather their
so-called moderate cousins, such as Tariq
Ramadan. Such a reading of contemporary
Islamism, however, misses the many nuances of
the movement and the real battles between
reformers and Salafists.
Marc Lynch
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The United States, Israel And The Retreat Of Freedom
The world is suffering from a "freedom recession"
according to a new report from the American think
tank Freedom House. Freedom House's approach to
Israel provides the starkest example of the abyss
into which liberal thinking has fallen on the
relationship between colonialism and freedom.
Israel, we are told, "remains the only country in
the [Middle East] region to hold a Freedom in the
World designation of Free."
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The ultimate teachable moment |
Teaching about
9/11
Aref Assaf
While we laud the State’s effort to develop
a supplemental curriculum to be offered in public
schools about the significance of the horrific
attacks, we however believe the effort would be
incomplete without active participation of and
consultation with our community. We have qualified
Arab and Muslim organizations, educators and
academics whose expertise and views of the world is
pivotal to a more compressive, accurate
interpretation of the "ultimate teachable moment" in
American history.
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"Every Deed Begins with a Word"
Dalia Mogahed is a member of US President Obama's
Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood
Partnerships. The devout Muslim counters criticism
of Obama's Cairo speech by pointing out that it
represents only the first stage in what will be a
long dialogue process.
By Amira El Ahl |
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The
Iceberg facing Public Diplomacy: A triangle of
arrogance, ignorance, and obnoxious management
It is very important to assess how audiences in
the region perceive the Arabic TV services of
International Satellite Broadcasters such as
Deutsche Welle, France 24 and Russia Today. Most of
the time, foreign Arabic-speaking channels fail "to
win the hearts and minds" of the Arab public.
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Dunkin
Donuts says Halal is not kosher
A story of bias when Dunkin Donuts does not
require the sale of pork in Kosher certified
establishments but holds firm against Muslims-owned
establishments. For over 20 years, Arab-American
businessman Walid Elkhatib has run a Dunkin' Donuts
franchise in a suburb of Chicago. Now, however, the
Dunkin Donuts corporation has decided to single him
out for his faith, revoking his franchise.
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Tracking Transience is all
about taking the intrusive "counter-terror" measures
introduced after 9/11 one step further, to the point
of absurdity.
Tracking Transience can be seen
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The eye
of the beholder
"Art is
in the eye of the beholder," as the saying goes.
What is deep and profound to one is just a
meaningless mess of images to another; or in
some cases, smut. The same goes for terrorism —
one man's terrorist is another man's freedom
fighter, and the distinction is based as much on
perception and personal bias as it is on facts.
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Privacy Statement from American Arab Forum |
The autumn/winter edition of
Banipal Magazine is dedicated to the
memory of Palestinian poet Mahmoud
Darwish.
Click here for more...