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Muslim Women Gain Higher Profile in U.S.

ATLANTA — Around Sept. 11, 2001, not long after she founded the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta, Soumaya

Khalifa heard from a group whose name sounded like “Bakers Club.” It wanted a presentation.

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Kendrick Brinson for the International Herald Tribune…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 14, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments

Women Around The Messenger....Book To Read...

This is the "women's lib" age as the West preform to term it. But is it true? Is it not a lip-service age turning women practically to "dolls" or something like "real-life dolls"?

Women entering the fold of Islam played an enviable prominent role, side by side their counterparts, in shaping and developing the Muslim society as a model from the onset, emancipating humanity, men and women, from the shackles of deep-rooted ignorance. Women in Islam have a very special…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 13, 2011 at 5:51pm — 1 Comment

Gaza-Egypt gates fully shut

Gaza's lone gateway to freedom has been closed for two weeks, with the ongoing turmoil in Egypt keeping thousands

Closed until further notice

Gaza struggles as its lone gateway to freedom has been closed for two weeks.

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 12, 2011 at 7:23am — No Comments

US ties Lebanese bank to money laundering, Hezbollah

The United States accused a Lebanese bank Thursday of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in drug proceeds…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 12, 2011 at 12:03am — 1 Comment

Everyone has a price: Money woes drive Gazans to collaborate with Israel

Mahmud regrets the day he took cash from an Israeli soldier for his wedding. It cost him a life sentence in a Gaza jail

Unthinkable consequences

Dozens of Palestinians jailed by Hamas for passing on information to Israel about armed groups operating in Gaza Strip.

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 11, 2011 at 11:53pm — No Comments

Mohamed Ahmed Al-Tayeb Imam AlAzhar

Forty-eighth named Grand Imam of al-Azhar by Hosni Mubarak, the new highest dignitary of Sunni Islam is a…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 11, 2011 at 10:03pm — No Comments

Game over for Mubarak’s 30-year rule

Cairo's streets exploded in joy on Friday when President Hosni Mubarak stepped down after three-decades of

People's power ousted Mubarak

Embattled Egyptian leader steps down, hands power to Supreme Council of Armed Forces to protesters’ joy.

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 11, 2011 at 9:00pm — No Comments

National Association Of Muslim American Women

National Association Of Muslim American Women…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 11, 2011 at 10:00am — No Comments

Mubarak clings to power, delegates presidential authorities to VP Suleiman

Furious Egyptian demonstrators vowed to launch their most spectacular protest yet in Cairo on Friday after President

Clashes In Egypt....

Oh God, he is staying…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 11, 2011 at 7:00am — No Comments

In Casablanca, only Jewish museum in Arab world

A white building tucked into a residential neighbourhood of this cosmopolitan city holds a treasure trove few here know

The Jewish museum attests to the religious tolerance of fellow Moroccans

Jewish museum assembles mixture of objects that attest to rich history of…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 10, 2011 at 4:55pm — No Comments

Second independence: Algeria opposition to rally for 'change'

ALGIERS - Ignoring a government ban against rallies in the capital, Algeria's opposition plans massive pro-democracy

'We want a second independence'

Ignoring ban against rallies in capital, Algeria's opposition plans massive pro-democracy…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 10, 2011 at 4:44pm — No Comments

Is it the end of Mubarak 30-year rule?

CAIRO - Egypt's armed forces said on Thursday they have started taking "necessary measures to protect the nation" and

Their struggle has paid off

Egyptian army says takes necessary measures to protect nation', support people’s legitimate…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 10, 2011 at 10:56am — No Comments

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood splits opinion

They have been hailed as "friends of the poor" but also branded "fanatics loyal to Iran". Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood --

Liked or feared for their zeal

Egypt's largest opposition force seen as 'friends of the poor' by some, 'fanatics loyal to Iran' by…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 10, 2011 at 10:42am — No Comments

Sadr City; a city of contrasts

Contradictions are evident everywhere you go in this impoverished district of Baghdad.

Some are less obvious than others as Sadr City undergoes…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 10, 2011 at 8:36am — No Comments

Reform demands mounting in Morocco

RABAT - Emboldened by the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, demands for political reforms are now mounting in

Stick appraoch to disperse a peaceful protest against unemployment in the 21st century

Morocco pressured to step up political reforms in country of stark economic…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 10, 2011 at 8:25am — No Comments

Wanted: A Khomeini-like to run Egyptian revolution

TEHRAN - The Egyptian uprising needs a leader like Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who led the 1979 Islamic revolution

Khomeini led the 1979 Islamic revolution which toppled shah

Ex-Iranian President Rafsanjani says Egyptian uprising needs leader like Khomeini, calls on…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 10, 2011 at 8:14am — No Comments

Atlanta Support Rally - in Solidarity with the Egyptian People

Time	Saturday, February 12 · 12:00pm - 3:00pm

Location	Infront of CNN Center 190 Marietta Street Northwest Atlanta, GA We will be going out tomorrow (February 12, 2011) to celebrate our newly founded freedom, and to call…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 9, 2011 at 6:30am — No Comments

Arab regimes struggle against uprising spread

From talks with the opposition to promises not to stay in power forever, Arab regimes are taking steps aimed at

The domino effect

Protests about lack of political rights, freedom of expression, corruption, unemployment high food prices have sprung up in several Arab…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 8, 2011 at 9:31pm — No Comments

Egypt protests draw largest crowd yet in defiance of Mubarak regime

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators flooded Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square and towns across Egypt on Tuesday, in

Getting stronger and stronger

Hundreds of thousands of protesters across Egypt in biggest show of defiance to Mubarak since revolt began.

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 8, 2011 at 9:17pm — No Comments

The Arab Military Is Not the Solution

BOSTON -- Two of the most interesting things going on these days around the crisis in Egypt are happening outside

Arab leaders are trying pre-emptive measures to quell the spread of unrest. World leaders want the Egyptian military to solve the crisis. But it is hard to understand how the military can be the solution when the military has been the heart of the problem, says Rami G.…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 7, 2011 at 9:49pm — No Comments