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Op-Ed Columnist - Middle East Reality Check - NYTimes.com

azizhp — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:52:32 +0000

Hezbollah is in the Lebanese national unity government, whereas Hamas won the free and fair January 2006 elections to the Legislative Council of the Palestinian Authority, only to discover Middle Eastern democracy is only democracy if it produces the right result. The United States should follow the British example. It should initiate diplomatic contacts with the political wing of Hezbollah.

After Gaza, Israel Grapples With Crisis of Isolation - NYTimes.com

azizhp — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:44:10 +0000

Of course, for Israel’s critics, including those who firmly support the existence of a Jewish state, the problem is not one of image but of policy. They point to four decades of occupation, the settling of half a million Israeli Jews on land captured in 1967, the economic strangling of Gaza for the past few years and the society’s growing indifference toward the creation of a Palestinian state. --ap

5th Annual Brass Crescent Awards Winners - City of Brass

azizhp — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:30:57 +0000

On behalf of both altmuslim.com and City of Brass, we'd like to thank the nearly 1000 people who voted in the Fifth Annual Brass Crescent Awards.

Al Qaeda attack on the Hajj foiled - City of Brass

azizhp — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:43:59 +0000

nothing is sacred to thse barbarians.

Turks & Tolerance by Joshua Treviño on National Review Online

azizhp — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:23:55 +0000

The reality is that Turkish state and society are precariously balanced between three distinct visions: the aggressive chauvinism of its Kemalist founding; the Islamist ambitions of its resurgent religious consciousness; and the secularist ambitions of its burgeoning entrepreneurial and urban classes.

5th Annual Brass Crescent Awards - City of Brass

azizhp — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:54:58 +0000

the 5th Annual Brass Crescent Awards are now underway!

Eid al-Fitr Mubarak - عید مبارک

azizhp — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:11:34 +0000

The US Postal Service and the Empire State Building commemorate the holiday for muslim-Americans. Also, I praise President Bush.

muslims condemn terror... again and again - City of Brass

azizhp — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:49:09 +0000

Discussing and debunking the "silence libel" against muslim-Americans, that we have not denounced terrorism.

Religion Dispatches - Extremist Women Want In

azizhp — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:29:58 +0000

jihadi feminists aren't content to stay home, either. -ap

Lifting the Veil on ‘Black’ Islam « Tariq Nelson

azizhp — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:17:44 +0000

Tariq Nelson summarizes a great article in the Philadelphia press that lauds the Germantown Masjid community for their decision not to bury cop-killing muslim Howard Cain. -ap