November 2011 Blog Posts (68)

 From 1831 until 1840, French political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville traveled throughout the United States

                              Imam Khalid Fattah Griggs

 recording his observations of the religious, social, and political life of the American people. His masterful sociological treatise of early America, Democracy in America, published in 1835, introduced a characterization of the nation that…

  Every Muslim who has the means must make the journey to Mecca at     least once in his or her life time.  This is a duty owed to Allah Most High. 

                 Click:  Hajj Pictures Boston Globe Dhul Hijjah 1432 /…

Q: Why Tom Friedman? And can you talk a little about how the book is organized?

Why Tom Friedman?

(Belén Fernández’ book…

Thomas Friedman’s predilection for double standards favoring Israel is visible time and again, as is his predilection for

In Thomas Friedman’s world,…

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WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday heralded the movements of Arab Spring and said the



Clinton says US is prepared to work with rising Islamist groups, such as Ennahdha which enjoyed recent election victory in Tunisia.

United States was prepared to work with rising Islamist groups in the region, such as those who enjoyed a recent election victory in Tunisia. The United States shares "their desire to see a Tunisian democracy…

Hasbara is the Hebrew word for a particular type of pernicious propaganda first employed by early Zionists leaders to

By Ira Glunts

explain the unexplainable actions of the Jewish administration in Palestine. In recent years, hasbara has been disseminated by certain Christian fundamentalists who believe supporting Israel brings them closer to God, and also by many members of the United States Congress who have been co-opted…

Herman Cain's emergence as the GOP candidate who could take on Barack Obama in 2012 lets people know a

Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke assesses the African-American frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination

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When the police arrived at his father’s apartment, 1-year-old Christopher lay on the floor holding his 3-week-old brother

Following Tunisia’s first fair and free elections on October 27, the Western media responded with a characteristic

                         'La Tunisie Vote'. (Aljazeera)

By Ramzy Baroud

sense of fear and alarm. For many, it seemed that the ghost of the Islamic menace was back to haunt ‘Western values’ throughout the Arab world. The narrative employed by media outlets was no more than cleverly disguised Islamophobia,…