Beyond Blowback: Islam And Terror
Iraqi boys walk on a destroyed street in a neighborhood recently destroyed by US airstrikes which claimed the lives of several civilians in Mosul, Iraq, April 3, 2017. (AP/Felipe Dana)
Iraqi boys walk on a destroyed street in a neighborhood recently destroyed by US airstrikes which claimed the lives of several civilians in Mosul, Iraq, April 3, 2017. (AP/Felipe Dana)
(ZHE) In what we are sure many will see as the most ironic headline of the day, Reuters reports Iran said on Sunday the London attacks were a “wake-up call” and urged Western states to go after ideological and financial sources of terrorism, state media reported, in a thinly veiled reference to Saudi Arabia.
Gilad Atzmon is an Israeli born jazz musician and author that lives and works in England. He is trained in composition and jazz at the Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem. He is a member of the Blockheads, founded the Orient House Ensemble in London, and has recorded and performed with many rock music legends. Gilad also writes on political matters, social issues, Jewish identity and culture. Atzmon is the author of The Wandering Who, A to Zion – The Definitive Israeli Lexicon, and Being in Time: A Post-Political Manifesto.
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The San Diego school district is being sued on behalf of parents who oppose a new anti-bullying policy that specifically protects Muslims, and among other steps, increases the number of lessons about Islam, although the state's curriculum already teaches about Islam. [...]
Long before most people in Europe or North America were familiar with the word ‘jihad’, left-wing terrorism ravaged much of Western Europe.
Groups like West Germany’s Red Army Faction/Baader-Meinhof Gang, America’s Symbionese Liberation Army, Italy’s Red Brigades, Spain’s First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups, Portugal’s FP-25, Action Directe in France and the IRA in Britain were left wing terrorist groups who committed numerous atrocities including targeted killings, bombings, kidnappings and torture on a wide scale.
Bill Maher speaks to the crowd at the 26th Annual Literary Awards Festival, September, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif (Photo: Casey Curry/Invision/AP)
Donald Trump holds a sword and sways with traditional dancers during a welcome ceremony at Murabba Palace, in Riyadh, May 20, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci)
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In a speech that contradicted numerous public statements, President Donald Trump praised the rulers of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf state autocracies for fighting Islamic terrorism in his first foreign trip as president. Despite irrefutable evidence (that
Hussein Abubakr, a moderate Muslim from Egypt, says that most Muslims are moderate, but their leaders are not. His revelations are sobering, especially for truly moderate Muslims who are being swept into the vortex of extremism whether they approve or not. [...]
(ANTIMEDIA) The American public is most likely unaware of the giant stranglehold Saudi Arabia has on the U.S. government.