Olbermann: There is no ‘Ground Zero Mosque’

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Netherlands: Today Islamophobia is the main form taken by racism

By Peter Drucker

August 29, 2010 — Since the rise of Pim Fortuyn in 2002, Islamophobia has played a central role in Dutch politics. Geert Wilders and his Freedom Party have now emerged as a threat to…

Ground Zero for racist hate

“YES, WE can…but should we?”

That’s how The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart revised Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign slogan to better reflect the president’s spoken-out-of-both-sides-of-his-mouth attitude toward the racist hysteria over plans to build an Islamic community center in lower Manhattan…

Israeli Intelligence Infiltrated Throughout Lebanese Government

WMR has learned from its Lebanese intelligence sources that the Lebanese government is coming to realize that Israeli intelligence penetration of all political groups in the country is worse than originally believed.

Israel’s Mossad, once content on penetrating the Christian…

Write to released Guantánamo Prisoners in Europe in Ramadan

Former prisoners speak. Ramadan was more spiritual in Guantanamo. It was our time to be with our brothers – especially the more educated ones. They would talk in low voices from cage to cage. All brothers gave each other Salam.…

‘Ground Zero Mosque’ row reignites after Obama voices support

Making either a brave or foolhardy contribution to a hugely divisive debate that could play a role in the coming mid-term elections, Barack Obama spent the weekend voicing and then revoicing his belief that an Islamic organisation should be allowed…

THE ISLAMIST RESPONSE TO REPRESSION: ARE MAINSTREAM ISLAMIST GROUPS RADICALIZING?

In a new Brookings Doha Center Policy Briefing, Shadi Hamid, the center’s Director of Research focuses on the future of Islamist groups in Jordan and Egypt.

Despite embracing key democratic precepts, modernizing election platforms, and reaching out to the…

Will we soon set watches to Mecca Mean Time? Giant £500million clock being built in Islamic holy city

For over a century, an observatory in a south-east London park has been used as the reference point to set every watch on the globe.

But Greenwich Mean Time is facing a challenge to its claims as the starting point…

Criticism of First Turkish-German Minister Grows

Aygül Özkan was meant to be the hope of a new generation of politicians in Germany. In April she became the first politician with German-Turkish roots to become a minister in a state government. But her first months in…

Islam in Europe now has strong local leadership

There are major changes underway for Muslims in Europe. They go beyond threats to ban the burqa in France or plans to build the largest mosque on the continent in Marseille. They go beyond the Dutch elections last month, which…

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