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Iran 'investing' heavily in Arab revolt

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that Iran is directly or indirectly communicating with opposition

Talk to Hezbollah to talk to Hamas to talk to Egypt Muslim Brotherhood

Clinton: Iran, directly or indirectly, communicating with opposition groups in…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on March 3, 2011 at 7:04am — No Comments

Libyan rebels repulse deadly Gathafi offensive

Libyan rebels fought intense battles to repel Moamer Gathafi's forces from the key eastern oil port of Brega

Libyan rebels remain in full control

Pro-Gathafi forces fail to recapture key Libyan eastern towns following fierce fighting that left ten…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on March 2, 2011 at 10:12pm — No Comments

FBI Sued for Warrantless GPS Surveillance of Calif. Muslim

WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/2/11) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today filed a civil rights lawsuit

Suit says bureau violated student's First, Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights

against the FBI on behalf of a California Muslim who found a secret GPS tracking device that was placed on his car without first obtaining a warrant.

CAIR announced the filing of the lawsuit at a Capitol Hill news conference in…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on March 2, 2011 at 2:31pm — No Comments

Too many rattles around: Qatar to hold consultative council elections

DOHA - Qatar will hold soon consultative council elections, Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jaber al-Thani

Also under pressure to reform

Qatar pledges to 'achieve popular participation' as protests reach two Arab Gulf states.

said…

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

A woman leading change in Yemen

With two presidents unseated in Tunisia and Egypt and highly publicised protests across Libya, the recent

Karman, speaking up for Yemeni society as a whole

Journalist Tawakkul Karman, other female human rights activist, inspiring Yemeni men during uprising.

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on March 2, 2011 at 6:00am — No Comments

Gaddafi Burning the House Down

My visit to Libya in the late 1990's was as Kafka-esque as the life and times of its then Brother Leader, Colonel

He is a man crazy enough to burn the house down before he leaves.…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on March 1, 2011 at 4:16pm — No Comments

Eyeing Arab revolts, Palestinian youth launch 'unity' revolution

As Arab regimes face unprecedented uprisings, Palestinian youths have launched their own 'revolution' -- seeking to

'The People Want the End of the Division'

Young Palestinians – via rallying, Facebook and Twitter - demand reconciliation between bitterly divided Fatah and…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on March 1, 2011 at 3:51pm — No Comments

It's cool to be Arab...

The popular revolts shaking the Arab world have injected a sense of pride in peoples across the region often labelled as

The colors of revolution

Popular revolts shaking Arab world inject sense of pride in peoples often labelled as 'terrorists' or…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on March 1, 2011 at 3:35pm — No Comments

The face of the revolution

Young and unassuming, Fethi Terbil is the Libyan lawyer who dared to challenge Moamer Gathafi and whose arrest

A revolutionary without ambitions

Libyan Lawyer hero of anti-Gathafi revolt: Fethi Terbil.

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 28, 2011 at 11:56am — No Comments

Women join uprising in conservative Libya

In a whirlpool of paint, Najah Kablan is busy making banners for the uprising against Libyan leader Moamer Gathafi's

'We were unafraid because we are all united'

Libyan women make strong contribution in anti-regime demos, create artistic ammunition for…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 28, 2011 at 11:42am — No Comments

Pressure mounts as Gathafi loses west Libya towns

Pressure mounted Monday on Libyan leader Moamer Gathafi as anti-regime forces overran towns in his traditional

Tripoli is next

Libyan protest leaders establish transitional 'national council' in several eastern and western cities seized from regime.

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 28, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 26, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments

'Kind' Netanyahu condemns Gathafi 'for firing blindly on civilians'

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday condemned the "appalling" violence in Libya

Blind hypocrisy

Israeli PM - whose country stands accused of having long record of shooting at peaceful protesters – condemns Libya violence.

, where protesters…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 26, 2011 at 12:59pm — No Comments

Analysis: Morocco will be spared revolts sweeping other MENA countries

Morocco will be spared mass demonstrations sweeping other Middle Eastern and North African nations as long as the

Bolder and speedier reforms

Analysts stress Morocco has to embark on bolder, speedier reforms to fulfill Moroccans’ demands.

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 25, 2011 at 5:53am — No Comments

Till September: The PA's Meaningless Deadlines

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his supporters in the Fatah party want us to believe that dramatic

PA wants to stall until September. But will Palestinians wait that long?

By Ramzy Baroud

changes are underway in the occupied Palestinian…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 25, 2011 at 5:46am — No Comments

Bahrain protesters show no sign of retreat

Bahrain protesters showed no sign of retreat Thursday as an anti-government uprising entered its 11th day and

'We want a government elected by the people'

Bahraini uprising enters its 11th day as pro-democracy protestors insist regime must meet pre-conditions for…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 24, 2011 at 10:53pm — No Comments

Gathafi accuses protesters of bin Laden links

TRIPOLI - Libyan leader Moamer Gathafi spoke Thursday to the elders of a town west of the capital where he said a

Libya's dissident-held east vowed to march on Tripoli

Ten people killed as pro-government forces attack rebellious Libyan town of…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 24, 2011 at 10:46pm — No Comments

Community Masjid of Atlanta Roof Building Fundraiser: Go to http://www.weraisetheroof.org

As-salaamu-Alaikum Wa Rahmatulah Wa Barakatu and Greetings of Peace to all our Friends:

Throughout the months of February and March of 2011, the members of the Community Masjid of Atlanta have pledged to raise $15,000 in order to complete the roof at the West End Community Center. The Community Center stands on the corners of Lucille Avenue and Holderness Streets in the Historic West End of Atlanta. This building, first erected at the beginning of the last…