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17-Year-Old Girl In Egypt Dies After FGM: Leave. Our. Girls. Alone.
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Hesham A. Hassaballa
In the Name of God: The Extremely and Eternally Loving and Caring I first learned of this news while reading a tweet from writer and activist Mona Eltahawy. A private hospital in Egypt has been shut down after a 17-year-old girl died from complications of female genital mutilation: Suez governor Ahmed Al-Hitamy shut down a…
Politics Should Never Get In The Way of Hajj: Iran and Saudi Arabia Should Think Of The Pilgrims
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Hesham A. Hassaballa
In the Name of God: The Extremely and Eternally Loving and Caring I saw a similar article come through on my smartphone, and my disbelief prompted me to look up the story: Iran and Saudi Arabia have failed to resolve a row over the Hajj pilgrimage and Iranian citizens will not travel to Mecca this…
Nothing “Islamic” About ISIS: How Those Barbarians Defame Islam
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Hesham A. Hassaballa
In the Name of God: The Infinitely Compassionate and Merciful Lord That I condemn ISIS with every cell of my body goes without saying. Their barbarism knows no bounds, and I pray that the Lord brings to an end their reign of terror and inhumanity. The murder of American photojournalist James Foley, who was exposing…
Thank God They Were Caught
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Hesham A. Hassaballa
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Thank God they were caught. Two men – with extensive criminal backgrounds – were arrested on charges of plotting to attack a military processing center in Seattle, Washington. According to the complaint: Both men are U.S. citizens and converts to Islam, according to the charges. Abdul-Latif…
Collective Blame Never Good
By
Hesham A. Hassaballa
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful The radicalization of citizens in our prisons is a real potential threat. Protecting the country against this and other threats is very important. Violent extremism must be stopped wherever it may be. But, to blame it wholly on Islam and single out American Muslims does no…
Justice Will Always Win
By
Hesham A. Hassaballa
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful At long last, the criminal behind many of the worst atrocities of the Bosnian War – Ratko Mladic – was arrested today in Serbia. At long last, man behind the massacre of Muslims in Srebrenica; the man behind the brutal siege of Sarajevo; the man who commanded systematic…
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