By Imam Dr. Zijad Delic /the Canadian Islamic Congress Friday Magazine Being faithful and compliant to the laws of Canada and fulfilling my duties as a citizen do not make me more loyal to my homeland than to God. Neither God nor Canada demands exclusive loyalty. God requires that I worship none but Him, but does not prohibit loyalty to others outside the sphere of worship.

Categories: Canadian Muslims  Faith  Islam  Citizenship  Loyalty  

Added: July 30, 2010

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By LIZ GOOCH / NY Times Some political commentators say the show's popularity reflects the increasing Islamization of this Muslim-majority nation of 28 million.

Categories: Malaysia  Islam  The Ulema  al-Qur'an  Reality TV  

Added: July 29, 2010

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By Nicholas Watt in Delhi and Vikram Dodd / The Gaurdian David Cameron makes strongest criticism of Pakistan yet

Categories: Britain  Pakistan  Terrorism  Taliban  India  

Added: July 29, 2010

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By Robert Booth and Ian Ferguson / The Gaurdian The alliance with Israel is the latest twist in the already extraordinary saga of Khalid's bid to return to power

Categories: Arabian Peninsula  Israel  Iran  United Arab Emirates  Gulf Emirate  

Added: July 29, 2010

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By FEISAL G. MOHAMED / NY Times Bigots of all varieties have claimed an entitlement to their views on grounds of tender conscience.

Categories: Burqa  Religious Bigotry  Philosophy  Freedom of Worship  European Muslims  

Added: July 29, 2010

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By Dr. Habib Siddiqui / Countercurrents.org America has been a land of immigrants. It is its religious tolerance that allowed many Jews and others to find a safe refuge here. There is no better symbol of America's tolerance than a Muslim center near the Ground Zero. Denying such rights to Muslims who now are perhaps the second largest religious community will be a slap to that very American model.

Categories: Mosque  American Muslims  Islamophobia  Tolerance  9/11  

Added: July 28, 2010

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By Simon Tisdall / The Gaurdian Leaked Afghanistan war logs reveal villagers' unenthusiastic responses to US army attempts to build bridges

Categories: Afghanistan  Intelligence Agencies  Human Rights  War Atrocities  The US  

Added: July 27, 2010

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By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach / Global Research Is there anyone comparable to Frederik de Klerk, capable of recognizing that a system founded on injustice could not morally survive? Yitzhak Rabin apparently reached that conclusion. Who is prepared to take up his legacy today?

Categories: Israel  Iran  Middle East  War  

Added: July 27, 2010

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By MARK MAZZETTI, JANE PERLEZ, ERIC SCHMITT and ANDREW W. LEHREN / NY Times The documents, made available by an organization called WikiLeaks, suggest that Pakistan, an ostensible ally of the United States, allows representatives of its spy service to meet directly with the Taliban in secret strategy sessions to organize networks of militant groups that fight against American soldiers in Afghanistan, and even hatch plots to assassinate Afghan leaders.

Categories: Afghanistan  Pakistan  The US  Taliban  Intelligence Agencies  

Added: July 26, 2010

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By Uri Avnery /Gush Shalom In Roman Polanski's movie "Rosemary's Baby", a nice young woman gives birth to a nice baby, which turns out to be the son of Satan. The attractive leftist vision of the one-state solution may grow up into a rightist monster.

Categories: Israel  Palestinians  Jewish Settlements  Apartheid  Democracy  

Added: July 26, 2010

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