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the new Exodus: Christians flee the occupation of the Holy Land
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Aziz Poonawalla
The narrative among Islamophobes and other partisans is that Islamic intolerance and Palestinian terrorism has forced Christians out of the Holy Land, but the reality is quite different, as reported by CBS’ 60 Minutes: The report is only 15 minutes long and is absolutely worth watching (or reading the show script). In a nutshell, the…
17 years later: The Oklahoma City bombing
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Aziz Poonawalla
On April 19th 1995, Timothy McVeigh carried out the first major successful domestic terrorist attack on United States soil: the total destruction of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in downtown Oklahoma City. Looking at Twitter today I see some references to Holocaust Remembrance, a lot of political blather about dogs and cookies, and other…
Tenth Anniversary of the Gujrat riots
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Aziz Poonawalla
Ten years ago, muslim extremists attacked civilians on the Sabarnati Express train at Godhra. The attackers were brought to justice later, but the attack spurred large-scale communal violence, murder and rape against muslims in Gujrat that was horrific and savage beyond anything that had been seen previously. An explicit pogrom against muslims, especially women and…
Transcript: text of address to the United Nations by Mahmoud Abbas
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Aziz Poonawalla
This speech is quite simply a tour-de-force. President Abbas lays out the clear grievance: the settlements, are the sole obstacle to peace. He reiterates the commitment of the PLO and the Palestinian people to the peace process, and continuing diplomacy with Israel, and again renounces violence. And he rightly notes that the Israeli settlement policy…
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