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Warning! ‘Secretive' Arab world faces HIV epidemic

In an Arab world rife with social stigma, government inaction and often limited access to education and medical care,

HIV epidemic on rise

Number of people needing treatment in Arab region has spiked from approximately 45,000 in 2001 to nearly 160,000 in 2010.

By Natacha Yazbeck – BEIRUT

experts warn that an HIV epidemic is on the rise.

"In the Middle East and North Africa, the…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 7, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Say No to Indefinite Military Detention of U.S. Citizens

(WASHINGTON D.C., 12/6/2011) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is urging American Muslims

and other people of conscience to call on Congress and President Obama to reject the U.S. Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1867), which calls for the arrest and indefinite military detention of American citizens suspected of terrorism without charge or trial.

That…

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Millions of Shiites pilgrims flood Iraq city of Karbala for Ashura rituals

Millions flooded Iraq's shrine city Karbala on Tuesday for Ashura rituals on Shiite Islam's most important day, amid

Number of Karbala visitors reaches about three million

Shiites mourners flood Iraq's shrine city Karbala for Ashura rituals amid tight security after bomb attacks killed 28 people.

By Abdelamir Hanoun – KARBALA (Iraq)

tight security after bomb attacks targeting Shiite…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 6, 2011 at 12:04pm — No Comments

Muslim Brotherhood, Salafists sweep post-revolution election in Egypt

Islamists trounced their liberal rivals in the opening phase of Egypt's first post-revolution election, official figures

Egypt’s future in Islamists’ hands

Islamist parties win 65 percent of all votes cast for parties in the first round of parliamentary elections.

By Samer al-Atrush – CAIRO

showed on Sunday, with one in four voters opting for hardline Salafists.…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 6, 2011 at 11:57am — No Comments

Syria crisis forces Hassan Nasrallah out of his hideout

BEIRUT - Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah vowed Tuesday to arm his fighters more heavily than ever as he

Attempt to prove popularity amid increasing pressure

Increasing pressure on Hezbollah for its support of Assad regime forces Nasrallah to leave his hideout for first time since 2008.

made his first public appearance since 2008 before a frenzied crowd in the southern suburbs of…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 6, 2011 at 11:51am — No Comments

Islamist Egypt: No country for rich men

For decades, Egypt's Westernised elite kept the country's growing religosity at arm's length, but a projected Islamist

Speedy poor taking over soon

Rich, westernised Egyptians weigh emigration as Islamists Brothers and Salafis surge.

By Hania El Malawani - CAIRO

surge in the first post-revolution polls has driven many to think of moving abroad.

Sporting the latest…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 2, 2011 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Nasrallah will not cause 'trouble' to 'American-Israeli tribunal' over funds!

BEIRUT - Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday his militant party would not cause "trouble" over

New realities in MidEast: financing your own demise

Hezbollah rhetoric continues, but Nasrallah has no alternative but to accept financing tribunal.

the premier's decision to fund a controversial UN court, in order to preserve the national interest.

"Even though…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 2, 2011 at 6:30am — No Comments

FBI illegally using community outreach to gather intelligence, ACLU alleges

The FBI is using its extensive community outreach to Muslims and other groups to secretly gather intelligence in

By Jerry Markon,

violation of federal law, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Thursday.

Citing internal bureau documents, the ACLU said agents in California are attending meetings at mosques…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 1, 2011 at 4:30pm — No Comments

ICC begins probe: Libyan women talk of plight under Gathafi

The International Criminal Court Thursday began a probe into sex crimes by Moamer Gathafi's troops during the revolt

Horrific accounts to be revealed

Investigators arrive in Tripoli to look into accusations of how Gathafi loyalists raped, victimised women during revolt.

By Jay Deshmukh – TRIPOLI

against him as three women spoke of their suffering under the slain dictator's rule.…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 1, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments

President Obama Orders Government to Clean Up Terror Training

The White House quietly ordered a widespread review of government counterterrorism training materials last month,

By Spencer Ackerman

following Danger Room’s reports that officials at the FBI, military and Justice Department taught their colleagues that “mainstream” Muslims embrace violence and…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on November 30, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Hotel Uses 'National Security' Defense in Muslim Bias Suit

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/29/11) –- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today termed

Muslim civil rights group calls hotel's defense an 'unprecedented claim'

"unprecedented" a claim by a Washington, D.C., hotel that it had the right to discriminate against a Muslim employee because of a "national security exemption."

In a motion filed yesterday in U.S. District Court for the…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on November 30, 2011 at 12:00am — No Comments

November 29, 1947: War, Ethnic Cleaning Unleashed

November 29, 1947 was the date the UN passed the Partition Resolution partitioning Palestine, more or less equally,

'One thing is certain: Israel is not the victim.' (Nakba archive/file)

By William James Martin

into a Jewish and an Arab state.

In fact, the ethnic cleansing commenced the very next morning when the 75,000 Arab citizens of Haifa were subjected to a campaign of terror jointly by the terrorist group, the…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on November 30, 2011 at 12:00am — No Comments

No Free Speech at Mr. Jefferson’s Library

Here’s the First Amendment, in full: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting

If you happen to be Iranian or Chinese or Syrian, and not terribly fond of your government, and express yourself on the subject, the U.S. government will support your right to do it 110% of the way, argues Peter Van Buren.

the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on November 29, 2011 at 4:09pm — No Comments