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Islam-hatred
Muslim Americans eager to take revenge on Trump... at Ballot Box

Muslim Americans eager to take revenge on Trump… at Ballot Box

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TeleSur | – – More than 70 percent of U.S. Muslims said that they will vote for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election, according to a new survey released Thursday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR. The national survey said that 72 percent would vote for Clinton while only four percent […]

Israel/ Palestine
PA welcomes UNESCO resolution  criticizing Israeli policies toward Aqsa

PA welcomes UNESCO resolution criticizing Israeli policies toward Aqsa

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Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Following a controversial UNESCO vote that saw the adoption of a draft resolution that sharply criticized Israeli policies around the Al-Aqsa Mosque, while supposedly rejecting Jewish ties to the holy site — referred to by Jews as the Temple Mount — was received warmly by the […]

Islam-hatred
Trumpists beat Muslim-American Child of frmr Fulbrighter, harass Family out of US

Trumpists beat Muslim-American Child of frmr Fulbrighter, harass Family out of US

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By TeleSur | – – After a series of violent attacks and recrimination, an esteemed Muslim academic flees the U.S. Abdul Aziz returned home from school last week, his face bruised, his body battered, after schoolmates punched him in the face, kicked him in the stomach, and twisted his arm while chanting “Muslim.” Aziz is […]

Fundamentalists
Is the Trump Catastrophe the end of the Religious Right in America?

Is the Trump Catastrophe the end of the Religious Right in America?

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John Feffer | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – The world according to Donald Trump is very dark indeed. The American economy has tanked. Mexico has sent a horde of criminals over the border to steal jobs and rape women. The Islamic State, cofounded by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, is taking over the globe. “Our country’s […]

Children
Michelle Obama:  Trump a Cruel, Lifetime Sexual Predator - "It Hurts."

Michelle Obama: Trump a Cruel, Lifetime Sexual Predator – “It Hurts.”

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Michelle Obama | New Hampshire Speech on Trump | – – Transcript via NPR: – – . . . And now, here I am, out on the campaign trail in an election where we have consistently been hearing hurtful, hateful language about women — language that has been painful for so many of us, not […]

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza, open air Israeli prison, has reached 2 mn. Population

Gaza, open air Israeli prison, has reached 2 mn. Population

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By IMEMC | – – The population of the Gaza Strip reportedly exceeded two million, on Tuesday night, following the birth of Walid Jihad Shaat, from the Rafah district, southern Gaza. Official sources stated, according to Al Ray, that the Gaza Strip broke the barrier of 2 million yesterday evening, when the newborn baby was […]

Authoritarianism
Partial Police? Uniformed Texas Officers Wear Trump Hats

Partial Police? Uniformed Texas Officers Wear Trump Hats

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By TeleSur | – – A dozen police officers face “benign” discipline after they appeared with Donald Trump while sporting his “Make America Great Again” caps in uniform. More than a dozen San Antonio police officers in uniform wore U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” hats during his stop in Texas […]

Boko Haram
Family & Friends, not Religion, Draw People into Terrorist Groups

Family & Friends, not Religion, Draw People into Terrorist Groups

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By Rose Delaney | (Inter Press Service) | – – LONDON (IPS) – A recent study supported by the government of Finland has found widespread misconceptions regarding what drives people to join Islamist militant groups like Boko Haram. Boko Haram is Nigeria’s militant Islamist group, wreaking havoc across the nation through a series of abductions, […]

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Apocalypse Or Bust:  ISIL and the Battle For Dabiq

Apocalypse Or Bust: ISIL and the Battle For Dabiq

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By David Patrikarakos | ( RFE/RL ) | – – The town of Dabiq, in northern Syria, around 25 miles from Aleppo, with its population of just under 3,500, is an unimpressive site for a battle that is supposed to herald the Apocalypse. Yet, according to the Hadith (a collection of reports about the sayings […]

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