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Islam In America
What Does “Islamist” Mean?
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Suzy Shuraym
According to Fahad Arman, writing for the Daily Kos, “the word exists as a stealth slur. It is exists as a piece of coded language.” Read his entire essay here: ‘Islamist’ As Coded Language. He points out that there is no parallel term for Christians (Christianist?), and posits that Islamist “actually means ‘Jihadi’, ‘Towelhead’, ‘Hajji’.”…
Barack Obama and the Middle East
By
Suzy Shuraym
If you’re anywhere in or near Chicago, Illinois, on February 5, 2013, consider scheduling a stop at 5:30 p.m. for a Middle East Forum sponsored by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. “Turmoil and Turbulence: Barack Obama and the Middle East 2.0” is the topic for a presentation including Haleh Esfandiari (pictured), Director, Middle East…
Top Five Islam-Bashing Republicans
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Suzy Shuraym
You have to read this to believe it. How can one of America’s two major political parties get away with this nonsense? It’s got to stop!
Rashad Khalifa: A Murder Trial
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Suzy Shuraym
“It was called the Masjid of Tucson [Arizona], a mosque where Muslims could worship and study the Koran in the Arizona desert under the idiosyncratic tutelage of Rashad Khalifa, its founder. On Jan. 31, 1990, the mosque, at the intersection of Sixth and North Euclid, near the University of Arizona campus, became the scene of…
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