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Egypt Islamists vow to protect churches on Christmas

CAIRO - Egypt's powerful Muslim Brotherhood said on Wednesday it would protect churches during Coptic Christmas in

Coptic Christians have been the target of frequent attacks

Muslim Brotherhood has decided to form committees to prevent deadly attacks on churches during Coptic Christmas in January.

January in a bid to prevent deadly attacks on Christian places of worship.

"We…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 29, 2011 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Season of rape in Somalia: ‘Climate of fear’ sweeps IDP camps

NAIROBI - The number of reported rapes in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Mogadishu, the Somali

Incessant suffering

Women’s rights activist says rape is on increase yet government is not addressing it, giving attention it deserves.

capital, has risen sharply, creating "a climate of fear", according to a civil society source.

"We have had the problem of rape in…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 26, 2011 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Sheikh Dr. Ruhul-Haqq Ellard ....إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون، أولئك عليهم صلوات من ربهم ورحمة وأولئك هم المهتدون

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 25, 2011 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Sudan army kills leader of most heavily armed group in Darfur

Sudan's army killed a key rebel leader from the Darfur region Sunday, state media reported, three days after

Ibrahim was key player in early days of conflict

State media report killing of Khalil Ibrahim, head of Justice and Equality Movement, in fighting in west Wadbanda, North Kordofan.

By Abdelmoneim Abu Edris Ali – KHARTOUM

anti-government forces said they had begun advancing on the…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 25, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

It’s the right moment for churches to pay attention to Israel’s occupation

In his book Kairos for Palestine, Rifat Odeh Kassis deals with a topic that is as fresh as the destruction of a…

Woman walks in front of wall reading "merry Christmas from Bethlehem Ghetto"

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 25, 2011 at 11:00am — No Comments

If there is no struggle there is no progress

""If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor

freedom and yet depreciate agitation are [the ones] who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightening... Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 24, 2011 at 7:00am — No Comments

Jesus was Palestinian and why it matters

Because of modern alarmist reactions to the word “Palestine,” many non-Arabs and non-Muslims take

By Jehanzeb Dar…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 23, 2011 at 6:30am — No Comments

Hidden victims of Iraq conflict: Women expect little change for better

With US forces having completed their pullout, Iraqis are hopeful their country will regain its lofty status in the Arab

Backwards march: From freedom to discrimination

Women remain victims of violence, trafficking, forced marriage at young age, kidnapping for confessional, criminal reasons.

By Amelie Herenstein – BAGHDAD

world, but one group expects little to change for the…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 22, 2011 at 4:00pm — No Comments

A Strategy for Israel in the Nineteen Eighties

This essay was translated into English by Israel Shahak, an anti-Zionist Israel Jew, and disseminated on 13 June

by Oded Yinon, translated by Israel Shahak | KIVUNIM / Palestine with Provenance | February 1982…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 22, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

Zakat U.S.A. Monthly Income Statement

ZAKAT U.S.A.

Zakat USA Fund . P.O. Box 1241, Conley, Ga. 30288-7018

Email: zakatinusa@gmail.com Webb: zakatusa.wordpress.com/about

Income…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 20, 2011 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Libyan commander takes legal action against Britain over ‘RENDITION’

LONDON - A Libyan commander who fought Moamer Gathafi's forces is taking legal action against Britain, alleging it

Belhaj is head of military council in Tripoli

Libyan commander is suing Britain, alleging it was complicit in ill-treatment, illegal rendition to Libya in 2004.

was complicit in his ill-treatment and illegal rendition to Libya in 2004, his lawyers said Monday.…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 19, 2011 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Frederick Douglass September 25, 1883

Many people wonder why some are so hard on President Obama. Did Frederick Douglass predict the answer many years ago?

“Though the colored man is no longer subject to barter and…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 17, 2011 at 9:30am — No Comments

2nd Annual Modest Muslimah

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 16, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

US sexual violence reaching critical point

US sexual violence reaching critical point…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 16, 2011 at 7:30am — No Comments

Lebanon’s Children: Voices of the Unheard

Lebanese refugee children in Chouf.…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 15, 2011 at 5:00pm — No Comments

'All-American Muslim' sells out, despite Lowe's withdrawal

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Ad time for next Sunday's "All-American Muslim" episode is apparently sold out, despite

"All-American Muslim" is an eight-part series that follows five Muslim families living in Dearborn, Michigan

Lowe's decision to pull its commercials from the TLC reality series, a TLC network spokeswoman said.

Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons announced his intentions Monday…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 15, 2011 at 3:30pm — No Comments

We're Turning The Tide‏

Last week was a game changer. We issued our call for voting rights in the streets of New York, at the United Nations

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and across the nation through the media. The far right is now on the defensive about their attack on voting rights.

In collaboration with Brave New Foundation, the NAACP has put together a new video about the impact of the voting right attacks on communities of color. Please take a moment to watch and spread the message to…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 14, 2011 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Jon Stewart on TLC's Disappointingly Terror-Free All American Muslim

How Harmful Is TLC....…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 14, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

CAIR Asks Lowe's to Address Anti-Muslim Hate Prompted by TV Ad Pull-Out

WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/13/2011) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on Lowe's, the

Community leaders seek meeting with company to discuss decision to pull spots from TLC's 'All-American Muslim'

world's second largest home improvement retailer, to address the anti-Muslim hate rhetoric prompted by that company's decision to pull its…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 13, 2011 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Iran, the Revolution and the Language of War

A few days ago, I revisited a lecture given by Fred Halliday, FBA, an intellectual giant among scholars of Middle East

Where is Iran's nuclear program going? I do not know.

By Deepak Tripathi

and Cold War history, at the London School of Economics in 2009. His topic was “The Islamic Republic of Iran After 30 Years.” For nearly a quarter century, Halliday was professor of International Relations at the LSE and recognized…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 12, 2011 at 11:30pm — No Comments