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[14 September 2019] US Congress loaded with anti-China fanatics: Analyst - English
US Congress is full of “anti-China fanatics” so it is not surprising that a bipartisan group of lawmakers have called on the Pentagon to compile and release an updated list of companies with...
US Congress is full of “anti-China fanatics” so it is not surprising that a bipartisan group of lawmakers have called on the Pentagon to compile and release an updated list of companies with ties to the Chinese military, operating in the United States, says American political analyst Mike Billington.
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US Congress is full of “anti-China fanatics” so it is not surprising that a bipartisan group of lawmakers have called on the Pentagon to compile and release an updated list of companies with ties to the Chinese military, operating in the United States, says American political analyst Mike Billington.
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International Quds Day 2020 | Muslim Congress | May 23, 2020 | English
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LIVE | International Quds Day 2020 | Muslim Congress
Honorable Rabbi Yisroei Wsiss, H.I Sheikh Salim Yusufali, H.I Syed Ayleya, & other activists from various cities.
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LIVE | International Quds Day 2020 | Muslim Congress
Honorable Rabbi Yisroei Wsiss, H.I Sheikh Salim Yusufali, H.I Syed Ayleya, & other activists from various cities.
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[29 Jan 2014] The Debate - Fuelling the Carnage (P.1) - English
As if the Syrian talks in Geneva did not face enough challenges, a new one came into the picture, when US Congress approved continued support for what it called moderate Syrian rebels, raising the...
As if the Syrian talks in Geneva did not face enough challenges, a new one came into the picture, when US Congress approved continued support for what it called moderate Syrian rebels, raising the question again about a good and a bad terrorist. It also upped the bar on what type of aid: previously from non-lethal like night goggles, to small arms, as well as some more powerful weapons, such as anti-tank rockets. In this edition of the debate, we\'ll ask doesn\'t this contradict the United States\' role as a sponsor of the peace talks?
Guests:
- National Coordinator, A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, Brian Becker (WASHINGTON).
- Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, Lawrence Korb (WASHINGTON).
Subjects:
1. From non-lethal aid, like nigh vision goggles and army uniforms, to a variety of small arms, as well as some more powerful weapons, such as anti-tank rockets.
- Funded by the U-S Congress, in votes behind closed doors, through the end of government fiscal year 2014, which ends on September 30: THAT MEANS FOR THE NEXT 8 MONTHS.
- Also the issue that arms may fall into the hands of \"bad terrorists\", something US experienced in Afghanistan, Iraq and in Syria.
2. What about the good terrorist/bad terrorist scenario: this differentiation just can\'t apply, especially to the terrorists inside Syria, which the US calls the moderate Syrian rebels?
3. American military aid, now with explicit congressional approval: Doesn\'t it contradict the United States\' role as a sponsor of the peace talks? Whatever happened to US Sec. of State John Kerry saying repeatedly that there is no military solution?
- Russia is working with the US to find a political solution, and suddenly US arms supplies, which contradicts the initiative
4. On terrorists: John Kerry said during opening of Geneva talks: in reference to the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad: \"The Assad regime is a magnet for terrorists. The regime\'s brutality is the source of the violent extremism in Syria today: Is the US completely turning a blind eye to Saudi Arabia\'s support for terrorists?
5. Timeline: Beg. Dec.: the US and Britain announced that they had suspended non-lethal aid: Why? Reports that their aid supplies could end up in hostile hands. Then in late December, reversed that decision: Yet US Congress \"secretly\" approved sending small arms, as well as some more powerful weapons, such as anti-tank rockets, also in Dec.: the US was not telling the truth, or given that this was done in secret, did not want it to be made public?
6. On the Syrian talks in Geneva: According to the divided opposition: the Syrian delegation has accepted the establishment of a transitional government body for the first time: Were it true, how what are the chances for the divided opposition to accept the govt. red line: Assad\'s departure?
7. Syria\'s divided opposition criticized a document presented by the Syrian govt which presented a statement of principles, calling for Syria \'s sovereignty to be respected, rejecting \"foreign interference\" and \"terrorism.\"?
8. Are we looking at u-turn from Turkey on Syria: AS we speak, PM Erodogan is in Iran holding talks with Ian\'s leader, its pres. and FM?
9. What may have happened if Iran was present?
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As if the Syrian talks in Geneva did not face enough challenges, a new one came into the picture, when US Congress approved continued support for what it called moderate Syrian rebels, raising the question again about a good and a bad terrorist. It also upped the bar on what type of aid: previously from non-lethal like night goggles, to small arms, as well as some more powerful weapons, such as anti-tank rockets. In this edition of the debate, we\'ll ask doesn\'t this contradict the United States\' role as a sponsor of the peace talks?
Guests:
- National Coordinator, A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, Brian Becker (WASHINGTON).
- Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, Lawrence Korb (WASHINGTON).
Subjects:
1. From non-lethal aid, like nigh vision goggles and army uniforms, to a variety of small arms, as well as some more powerful weapons, such as anti-tank rockets.
- Funded by the U-S Congress, in votes behind closed doors, through the end of government fiscal year 2014, which ends on September 30: THAT MEANS FOR THE NEXT 8 MONTHS.
- Also the issue that arms may fall into the hands of \"bad terrorists\", something US experienced in Afghanistan, Iraq and in Syria.
2. What about the good terrorist/bad terrorist scenario: this differentiation just can\'t apply, especially to the terrorists inside Syria, which the US calls the moderate Syrian rebels?
3. American military aid, now with explicit congressional approval: Doesn\'t it contradict the United States\' role as a sponsor of the peace talks? Whatever happened to US Sec. of State John Kerry saying repeatedly that there is no military solution?
- Russia is working with the US to find a political solution, and suddenly US arms supplies, which contradicts the initiative
4. On terrorists: John Kerry said during opening of Geneva talks: in reference to the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad: \"The Assad regime is a magnet for terrorists. The regime\'s brutality is the source of the violent extremism in Syria today: Is the US completely turning a blind eye to Saudi Arabia\'s support for terrorists?
5. Timeline: Beg. Dec.: the US and Britain announced that they had suspended non-lethal aid: Why? Reports that their aid supplies could end up in hostile hands. Then in late December, reversed that decision: Yet US Congress \"secretly\" approved sending small arms, as well as some more powerful weapons, such as anti-tank rockets, also in Dec.: the US was not telling the truth, or given that this was done in secret, did not want it to be made public?
6. On the Syrian talks in Geneva: According to the divided opposition: the Syrian delegation has accepted the establishment of a transitional government body for the first time: Were it true, how what are the chances for the divided opposition to accept the govt. red line: Assad\'s departure?
7. Syria\'s divided opposition criticized a document presented by the Syrian govt which presented a statement of principles, calling for Syria \'s sovereignty to be respected, rejecting \"foreign interference\" and \"terrorism.\"?
8. Are we looking at u-turn from Turkey on Syria: AS we speak, PM Erodogan is in Iran holding talks with Ian\'s leader, its pres. and FM?
9. What may have happened if Iran was present?
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[2AQCAMP] Paper Friendly Initiative - English
Here at Muslim Congress, we believe in saving paper and helping the environment.
This video was recorded at the 2nd Annual Muslim Congress Quad State Camp held in 2012, at Three Rivers, Michigan.
Here at Muslim Congress, we believe in saving paper and helping the environment.
This video was recorded at the 2nd Annual Muslim Congress Quad State Camp held in 2012, at Three Rivers, Michigan.
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[20 Dec 2013] Obama says foreign diplomacy would have unintended consequences - English
U-S President Barack Obama has told Congress his country should not impose new sanctions on Iran if it is serious in negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear energy program. Obama-- who has been...
U-S President Barack Obama has told Congress his country should not impose new sanctions on Iran if it is serious in negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear energy program. Obama-- who has been speaking to reporters in his last press briefing of the year-- has refreshed his warnings that any new sanctions against Iran could derail the current diplomatic efforts to resolve the differences with Iran.
Obama says he understands why some U-S lawmakers want to \\\"look tough\\\" on Iran. But he says the U-S must give diplomacy a chance. Obama has further repeated threats that the U-S keeps all options on the table regarding Iran if it fails to comply to the terms of the nuclear deal that Tehran signed with the permanent members of the U-N Security Council plus Germany last month.
Obama says any alternative to the path of diplomacy toward Iran would have unintended consequences for the US. And he added that it would be in the interests of the American people to resolve the Iran issue diplomatically. Obama\\\'s remarks come a day after Congress put a bill on the floor to slap new sanctions on Iran if it breaches the terms of the nuclear deal reached in Geneva last month. The new sanctions would also force the U-S administration to support Israel militarily, diplomatically, and economically in the event Tel Aviv decided to launch an attack on Iran\\\'s nuclear sites.
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U-S President Barack Obama has told Congress his country should not impose new sanctions on Iran if it is serious in negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear energy program. Obama-- who has been speaking to reporters in his last press briefing of the year-- has refreshed his warnings that any new sanctions against Iran could derail the current diplomatic efforts to resolve the differences with Iran.
Obama says he understands why some U-S lawmakers want to \\\"look tough\\\" on Iran. But he says the U-S must give diplomacy a chance. Obama has further repeated threats that the U-S keeps all options on the table regarding Iran if it fails to comply to the terms of the nuclear deal that Tehran signed with the permanent members of the U-N Security Council plus Germany last month.
Obama says any alternative to the path of diplomacy toward Iran would have unintended consequences for the US. And he added that it would be in the interests of the American people to resolve the Iran issue diplomatically. Obama\\\'s remarks come a day after Congress put a bill on the floor to slap new sanctions on Iran if it breaches the terms of the nuclear deal reached in Geneva last month. The new sanctions would also force the U-S administration to support Israel militarily, diplomatically, and economically in the event Tel Aviv decided to launch an attack on Iran\\\'s nuclear sites.
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[Weekly Msg] Successful is He who has Purified His Soul | H.I Mohammad Baig | 21 February 2014 - English
Muslim Congress prays that all of your duas are accepted on this blessed day. Juuma is important for not only the individual\\\'s spirituality but also their society\\\'s spirituality. Since not...
Muslim Congress prays that all of your duas are accepted on this blessed day. Juuma is important for not only the individual\\\'s spirituality but also their society\\\'s spirituality. Since not everyone is able to attend Juuma, each week Muslim Congress distributes a recorded audio sermon by one of our respected ulema.
This message comes to you from H.I. Mohammad Baig
Topic: Successful is he who has purified his soul
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Muslim Congress prays that all of your duas are accepted on this blessed day. Juuma is important for not only the individual\\\'s spirituality but also their society\\\'s spirituality. Since not everyone is able to attend Juuma, each week Muslim Congress distributes a recorded audio sermon by one of our respected ulema.
This message comes to you from H.I. Mohammad Baig
Topic: Successful is he who has purified his soul
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[Weekly Msg] Purification of Soul - A Prerequisite to Gaining Knowledge | Sheikh Ali Nouruddin
Muslim Congress prays that all of your duas are accepted on this blessed day. Juuma is important for not only the individual\\\'s spirituality but also their society\\\'s spirituality. Since not...
Muslim Congress prays that all of your duas are accepted on this blessed day. Juuma is important for not only the individual\\\'s spirituality but also their society\\\'s spirituality. Since not everyone is able to attend Juuma, each week Muslim Congress distributes a recorded audio sermon by one of our respected ulema.
This message comes to you from Sheikh Ali Nouruddin.
Topic: Purification of Soul - A Prerequisite to Gaining Knowledge
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Muslim Congress prays that all of your duas are accepted on this blessed day. Juuma is important for not only the individual\\\'s spirituality but also their society\\\'s spirituality. Since not everyone is able to attend Juuma, each week Muslim Congress distributes a recorded audio sermon by one of our respected ulema.
This message comes to you from Sheikh Ali Nouruddin.
Topic: Purification of Soul - A Prerequisite to Gaining Knowledge
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[Weekly Msg] Struggle Against Our Desires: The Greater Jihad | Maulana Baig | English
Muslim Congress prays that all of your duas are accepted on this blessed day. Juuma is important for not only the individual\\\\\\\'s spirituality but also their society\\\\\\\'s spirituality....
Muslim Congress prays that all of your duas are accepted on this blessed day. Juuma is important for not only the individual\\\\\\\'s spirituality but also their society\\\\\\\'s spirituality. Since not everyone is able to attend Juuma, each week Muslim Congress distributes a recorded audio sermon by one of our respected ulema.
This message comes to you from Maulana Baig:
Topic: Struggle Against Our Desires: The Greater Jihad
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Muslim Congress prays that all of your duas are accepted on this blessed day. Juuma is important for not only the individual\\\\\\\'s spirituality but also their society\\\\\\\'s spirituality. Since not everyone is able to attend Juuma, each week Muslim Congress distributes a recorded audio sermon by one of our respected ulema.
This message comes to you from Maulana Baig:
Topic: Struggle Against Our Desires: The Greater Jihad
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[Weekly Msg] Understanding the Needs of the Next Generation | H.I Sartaj Zaidi
Muslim Congress prays that all of your duas are accepted on this blessed day. Juuma is important for not only the individual\'s spirituality but also their society\\\\\\\'s spirituality. Since not...
Muslim Congress prays that all of your duas are accepted on this blessed day. Juuma is important for not only the individual\'s spirituality but also their society\\\\\\\'s spirituality. Since not everyone is able to attend Juuma, each week Muslim Congress distributes a recorded audio sermon by one of our respected ulema.
This message comes to you from H.I. Sartaj Zaidi.
Topic: \"Understanding the needs of the next generation\"
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Muslim Congress prays that all of your duas are accepted on this blessed day. Juuma is important for not only the individual\'s spirituality but also their society\\\\\\\'s spirituality. Since not everyone is able to attend Juuma, each week Muslim Congress distributes a recorded audio sermon by one of our respected ulema.
This message comes to you from H.I. Sartaj Zaidi.
Topic: \"Understanding the needs of the next generation\"
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[Weekly Msg] The Role of the Soul in Islam | H.I. Abbas Ayleya | 28 March 2014 | English
Muslim Congress prays that all of your duas are accepted on this blessed day. Ju\\\'mah is important for not only the individual\\\'s spirituality but also their society\\\'s spirituality. Since...
Muslim Congress prays that all of your duas are accepted on this blessed day. Ju\\\'mah is important for not only the individual\\\'s spirituality but also their society\\\'s spirituality. Since not everyone is able to attend Ju\\\'mah, each week Muslim Congress distributes a recorded audio sermon by one of our respected ulema.
This message comes to you from H.I. Abbas Ayleya.
Topic: Role of the Soul in Islam.
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Muslim Congress prays that all of your duas are accepted on this blessed day. Ju\\\'mah is important for not only the individual\\\'s spirituality but also their society\\\'s spirituality. Since not everyone is able to attend Ju\\\'mah, each week Muslim Congress distributes a recorded audio sermon by one of our respected ulema.
This message comes to you from H.I. Abbas Ayleya.
Topic: Role of the Soul in Islam.
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Gaza song - Persian
Gaza leader ahmadinejad quran election poll congress brutal victory fight peace war soldier lebanon muslim islam jews advice wisdom community personals video blog commentary...
Gaza leader ahmadinejad quran election poll congress brutal victory fight peace war soldier lebanon muslim islam jews advice wisdom community personals video blog commentary analysis documentary grassroots outreach gotcha! political commercial news
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Gaza leader ahmadinejad quran election poll congress brutal victory fight peace war soldier lebanon muslim islam jews advice wisdom community personals video blog commentary analysis documentary grassroots outreach gotcha! political commercial news
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Characteristics of a Pious Person - English
Characterisitcs of A Pious Person by Imam Ali Presentation given by Shayan Hemani for Self Building Contest by Muslim Congress
Characterisitcs of A Pious Person by Imam Ali Presentation given by Shayan Hemani for Self Building Contest by Muslim Congress
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Cynthia McKinney in an Israeli jail - English
As if we needed any more proof that the international media deliberately avoids exposing anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian injustices, its suspect behavior during recent days has sealed the case....
As if we needed any more proof that the international media deliberately avoids exposing anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian injustices, its suspect behavior during recent days has sealed the case.
Even as we were being force-fed minute details of Michael Jackson's colorful life along with endless speculation as to the true parentage of his children, a former U.S. Congresswomen and presidential candidate, Cynthia McKinney, was languishing in an Israeli jail.
Her 'crime' was boarding the Free Gaza Movement's aid vessel The Spirit of Humanity in Cyprus, in an effort to break Israel's cruel siege of Gaza, which even the U.S. President has condemned.
Like several of her sister vessels, The Spirit of Humanity was attacked by the Israeli Navy in international waters before being boarded by Israeli commandos and dragged along with its crew and passengers towards Israel.
Once there, 21 human rights advocates from the U.S., Britain, Ireland, Denmark, Jordan, Palestine and Yemen, including McKinney, Noble Laureate Mairead Maguire, and documentary filmmaker Adam Shapiro, were incarcerated.
Let's be realistic. If just about any other high-profile U.S. politician on any other mission had been detained within a cell block on foreign soil, the incident would have merited headlines.
However, McKinney's abduction went almost unnoticed. Not only was the story relegated to the back pages, if it ran at all, there was a corresponding absence of comment from Congress and the White House.
McKinney is now home after refusing to sign a statement in Hebrew that she was guilty of a violation, but the mainstream media is certainly not clamoring at her door for interviews.
As far as I can tell, her ordeal has mostly been covered by left-wing outlets such as Democracy Now or Middle East networks including Al Jazeera and Press TV.
A number of McKinney's supporters say the reason for the media blackout was the fact that she is a Black American. But, in fact, it's her cause that's the problem rather than her color.
My analysis is based on the lack of media coverage given to the Viva Palestina aid convoy of trucks and ambulances from London to Gaza, led by British Parliamentarian George Galloway.
The Herculean efforts of hundreds of ordinary Britons to deliver much-needed humanitarian supplies to war-torn Gaza earlier this year was a non-event as far as the media was concerned until Galloway was barred from entering Canada as a result.
Unless you're a person who relentlessly digs on the internet, you probably are not aware that during McKinney's ordeal, Galloway, along with Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic, were meeting up with over 200 Americans in Cairo armed with $2 million (Dh7.35 million) that was raised in the U.S. to buy trucks and medical aid destined for Gaza.
The Egyptian English-language paper Al Ahram Weekly dubs this ""the largest grassroots medical relief effort for Gaza in U.S. history"" but once again, this doesn't merit column inches in either U.S. or European mainstream papers.
In a similar vein, is the way that the horrendous courtroom stabbing of 32-year-old Marwa Al Sherbini was considered inconsequential by the German media until it elicited angry protests in her hometown of Alexandria.
There are so many aspects to this story, which should have been emblazoned across front pages.
First of all it was a blatant race crime, which Germany is normally sensitive about. Second, it begs questions concerning court security.
What were armed officers doing when Marwa was stabbed 18 times and why was her husband shot when he attempted to protect his pregnant wife?
What kind of editors would bin reports of such a horrendous crime carried out in full view of the authorities? What were they thinking?
Purely coincidentally, I was sitting at a table with one of Marwa's uncles in an Alexandria coffee shop when he received a call on his mobile and had to dash off because of a ""family emergency"".
Today, this exceptionally close-knit family is devastated and hurt that the murder of one of their own wasn't initially treated with the weight the crime deserved.
Egyptians are outraged at Germany's disinterest and the inaction of their own foreign office. The numbers who attended her funeral, who gathered outside the German embassy in Cairo and who demonstrated in Cairo and Alexandria speak for themselves.
Because Marwa's dispute with her attacker was based on his objections to her Islamic headscarf, the death of the young pharmacist has become an emblem for the rights of Muslim women at a time when the French President is attempting to ban the burqa. Marwa loved life.
She didn't plan to become a martyr. But in the eyes of Egyptians calling for a mosque and a street in Alexandria to be renamed in her honor, she is a heroine.
If the U.S. and Europe are chronically supine when it comes to Muslim causes, then the governments and media throughout the Arab and Muslim world should embrace them clearly and loudly.
With anti-Muslim hate crimes on the rise, Muslims need a strong united voice on the international stage. Shame on the world's media that appears to be united only in its anti-Muslim bias!
Linda S. Heard is a specialist British writer on Middle East affairs.
(Source: Gulf News
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As if we needed any more proof that the international media deliberately avoids exposing anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian injustices, its suspect behavior during recent days has sealed the case.
Even as we were being force-fed minute details of Michael Jackson's colorful life along with endless speculation as to the true parentage of his children, a former U.S. Congresswomen and presidential candidate, Cynthia McKinney, was languishing in an Israeli jail.
Her 'crime' was boarding the Free Gaza Movement's aid vessel The Spirit of Humanity in Cyprus, in an effort to break Israel's cruel siege of Gaza, which even the U.S. President has condemned.
Like several of her sister vessels, The Spirit of Humanity was attacked by the Israeli Navy in international waters before being boarded by Israeli commandos and dragged along with its crew and passengers towards Israel.
Once there, 21 human rights advocates from the U.S., Britain, Ireland, Denmark, Jordan, Palestine and Yemen, including McKinney, Noble Laureate Mairead Maguire, and documentary filmmaker Adam Shapiro, were incarcerated.
Let's be realistic. If just about any other high-profile U.S. politician on any other mission had been detained within a cell block on foreign soil, the incident would have merited headlines.
However, McKinney's abduction went almost unnoticed. Not only was the story relegated to the back pages, if it ran at all, there was a corresponding absence of comment from Congress and the White House.
McKinney is now home after refusing to sign a statement in Hebrew that she was guilty of a violation, but the mainstream media is certainly not clamoring at her door for interviews.
As far as I can tell, her ordeal has mostly been covered by left-wing outlets such as Democracy Now or Middle East networks including Al Jazeera and Press TV.
A number of McKinney's supporters say the reason for the media blackout was the fact that she is a Black American. But, in fact, it's her cause that's the problem rather than her color.
My analysis is based on the lack of media coverage given to the Viva Palestina aid convoy of trucks and ambulances from London to Gaza, led by British Parliamentarian George Galloway.
The Herculean efforts of hundreds of ordinary Britons to deliver much-needed humanitarian supplies to war-torn Gaza earlier this year was a non-event as far as the media was concerned until Galloway was barred from entering Canada as a result.
Unless you're a person who relentlessly digs on the internet, you probably are not aware that during McKinney's ordeal, Galloway, along with Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic, were meeting up with over 200 Americans in Cairo armed with $2 million (Dh7.35 million) that was raised in the U.S. to buy trucks and medical aid destined for Gaza.
The Egyptian English-language paper Al Ahram Weekly dubs this ""the largest grassroots medical relief effort for Gaza in U.S. history"" but once again, this doesn't merit column inches in either U.S. or European mainstream papers.
In a similar vein, is the way that the horrendous courtroom stabbing of 32-year-old Marwa Al Sherbini was considered inconsequential by the German media until it elicited angry protests in her hometown of Alexandria.
There are so many aspects to this story, which should have been emblazoned across front pages.
First of all it was a blatant race crime, which Germany is normally sensitive about. Second, it begs questions concerning court security.
What were armed officers doing when Marwa was stabbed 18 times and why was her husband shot when he attempted to protect his pregnant wife?
What kind of editors would bin reports of such a horrendous crime carried out in full view of the authorities? What were they thinking?
Purely coincidentally, I was sitting at a table with one of Marwa's uncles in an Alexandria coffee shop when he received a call on his mobile and had to dash off because of a ""family emergency"".
Today, this exceptionally close-knit family is devastated and hurt that the murder of one of their own wasn't initially treated with the weight the crime deserved.
Egyptians are outraged at Germany's disinterest and the inaction of their own foreign office. The numbers who attended her funeral, who gathered outside the German embassy in Cairo and who demonstrated in Cairo and Alexandria speak for themselves.
Because Marwa's dispute with her attacker was based on his objections to her Islamic headscarf, the death of the young pharmacist has become an emblem for the rights of Muslim women at a time when the French President is attempting to ban the burqa. Marwa loved life.
She didn't plan to become a martyr. But in the eyes of Egyptians calling for a mosque and a street in Alexandria to be renamed in her honor, she is a heroine.
If the U.S. and Europe are chronically supine when it comes to Muslim causes, then the governments and media throughout the Arab and Muslim world should embrace them clearly and loudly.
With anti-Muslim hate crimes on the rise, Muslims need a strong united voice on the international stage. Shame on the world's media that appears to be united only in its anti-Muslim bias!
Linda S. Heard is a specialist British writer on Middle East affairs.
(Source: Gulf News
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Treason by Members of the United States Congress-English
It must have been realised that the letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed by nearly 300 members of the US Congress affirming their commitment to Israel would be widely publicised and...
It must have been realised that the letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed by nearly 300 members of the US Congress affirming their commitment to Israel would be widely publicised and fall into the hands of that illegal Apartheid State so the writing and signing of that letter should be considered an act of treason
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It must have been realised that the letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed by nearly 300 members of the US Congress affirming their commitment to Israel would be widely publicised and fall into the hands of that illegal Apartheid State so the writing and signing of that letter should be considered an act of treason