Islam

By Nashid Abdul-Khaaliq | Ascertain the Truth | March 1, 2009

Most western Middle East experts see Islam as a problem for the West — a source of terrorism, religious fanaticism, unwanted immigrants — and they see their job as helping to change the Middle East so it’s no longer a problem for us. Eric Walberg, however, recognizes that this is another instance of the Big Lie.

 
James Petras
 
Introduction

 
By JAMAL KANJ*

by FRANKLIN LAMB
Damascus

Remarks to the 22nd Annual National Council’s Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.; President emeritus, Middle East Policy Council)
 
I come before you this morning at this important conference with many questions and no answers.

Saudi ‘House of Pseud’ thrives on deception
 
 
 
By Finian Cunningham

“Jerusalem the Red Line”

Hamas chief calls for massive armed resistance to protect it… but how?
 by Stuart Littlewood
The other day Hamas’s political chief, Khaled Meshaal, criticised the Palestinian Authority for “criminalizing armed resistance”.
He claimed that, by dropping the armed resistance option, Arab States and the PA had lost the ability to deter Israel and its never-ending violations.

Islamophobic Injustice
 
Paul Balles
Sami Al-Arian’s story is one of the most appalling tales of brutal, horrifying, unjust treatment of a Palestinian victimized by Americans.
Al-Arian, born as a Palestinian refugee in Kuwait, went to America in 1975.
According to his website biography, he began teaching computer science at the University of South Florida in 1986, and was active politically in Muslim causes.

Obama’s Al-Qaeda Rebels To Christians: “Convert To Islam Or Be Beheaded”
Christian Nuns at Convent in Maaloula
Syrian rebels have taken control of historic Christian villages near Damascus. A new report from a ministry worker confirms that rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad for control are imposing Islamic law, giving Christians the choice to convert or die.