Featured Blog Posts – September 2010 Archive (33)

Public servant Bassem Mohammed al-Tamimi is from al-Nabi Saleh, a small village about 20 kilometers

Jody McIntyre writing from al-Nabi Saleh, occupied West Bank, Live from Palestine,

Public servant Bassem Mohammed al-Tamimi is from al-Nabi Saleh, a small village about 20 kilometers northwest of Ramallah. As coordinator of the local Popular Committee, Tamimi has played a leading role in al-Nabi Saleh's demonstrations against the…

American history does not begin with 9/11, yet the worldview of so many in the United States since then has

(Haymarket Books, Chicago – Illinois, 2010)

Book review of Tom Engelhardt's 'The American Way of War: How Bush’s Wars Became Obama’s'.

By Mamoon Alabbasi –…

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Lebanon announced they would celebrate the Islamic holiday of

Marked by several days of festivities

Most of Arab Gulf countries to celebrate end of holy month of Ramadan Thursday…

Ramadan Pictures From Iran 2010

Ramadan In Iran More Pictures

I’ve had mixed emotions and jumbled thoughts about the Park51

By: Abu…

The Obama administration, emerging as a strong voice on international human rights issues within the UN, has

The Obama administration, emerging as a strong voice on international human rights issues within the UN, has submitted its first appraisal of the United States’ own human rights record, writes Barbara Crossette

submitted its first appraisal of the United States' own human rights record, admitting to gaps in social and…

GAZA CITY - Israeli warplanes Saturday launched three strikes against the southern Gaza Strip, killing one,

The air strikes follow the firing of a rocket from Gaza into Israel

One killed, three injured in three Israeli air strikes targeting smuggling tunnels at Rafah, former Hamas base.

wounding…

Writers often romanticize their subjects. At times they even manipulate their readers. A book - or any

(Potomac Books, 2010)

Book review of: Rich Wiles' 'Behind the Wall: Life, Love and…

RIYADH - Some 600,000 Muslims crowded into the Grand Mosque in Islam's holiest city of Mecca for

More than a million worshippers in the mosque and surrounding areas

Mecca, Medina swollen with worshippers from around world undertaking minor…

President Barack Obama’s instruction to “turn the page” on the Iraq War has set off a new wave of

Rather than any accountability, the neocons and other hawks have retained positions of influence in Washington. Their jobs at prominent think tanks and their access to influential op-ed pages also ensured that when the…

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the Coalition of

African American Muslims (CAAM):

What: Press Conference

When: Thursday, September 2, 2010 1:00 pm

Where: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20045

Why: The controversy…

Muslim men and women across the world are currently observing Ramadan, a month long celebration of self-

2010. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary) #

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Muslim girls offer prayers before having their Iftar (fast-breaking)…