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		<title>Twenty Years of Illusion about Islamism</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/06/04/9596</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Daniel Pipes*
The broad lines of U.S. government, other government, and generally establishment policy toward Islamism were laid down on June 2, 1992, when Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Edward P. Djerejian delivered a major speech, &#8220;The U.S. and the Middle East In a Changing World,&#8221; at Meridian House [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Arab explains why ‘Arab hatred of Israel is driven by envy and fear’</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/06/04/9591</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Aish.com, an Arab &#8220;Lebanese kid growing up in New Jersey&#8221; eloquently explains why, &#8220;Arab hatred of Israel is driven by envy and fear.&#8221; Lee Habeeb provides some personal history, explaining that he first learned of the virulent, hateful opinions which many Arabs hold against Israel when he wrote his, &#8220;first pro-Israel column for my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are the Negev Bedouin an Indigenous People? - Fabricating Palestinian History</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/06/01/9585</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Havatzelet Yahel, Ruth Kark, and Seth J. Frantzman*
In the last two decades, there has been widespread application of the term &#8220;indigenous&#8221; in relation to various groups worldwide. However, the meaning of this term and its uses tend to be inconsistent and variable. The expression derives from the interaction of different cultures—the meeting between the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arrest mother as accomplice in Texas honor killing</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/06/01/9581</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Phyllis Chesler
On January 1, 2008, two American teenager sisters, 17 year-old Amina Said, and 18 year-old Sarah Said, were shot to death by their Egyptian father, Yaser Said, in Irving, Texas. After a lifetime of being physically and sexually abused by their father, the girls had finally decided to run away.
Sarah had rejected an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq: A satellite state of Iran?</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/31/9578</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi*
How much influence does Iran wield in Iraq? This question has long been a matter of debate and in light of the US troop withdrawal has become all the more relevant, especially with rumors of Iranian plans to have Mahmud Shahrudi, who is an Iraqi-born member of Iran&#8217;s Guardian Council and advocates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bush and Obama Together At Last: In Misunderstanding the Middle East</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/31/9575</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 23:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Barry Rubin
In one of his first statements since leaving office, former President George W. Bush remarked on Middle East developments in an article, “The Arab Spring and American Ideals,” in the Wall Street Journal, May 18. The former president reflects certain American misconceptions about the Middle East that are starting to blow up big-time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Count Palestine Refugees?</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/29/9570</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 02:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Daniel Pipes*
The fetid, dark heart of the Arab war on Israel, I have long argued, lies not in disputes over Jerusalem, checkpoints, or &#8220;settlements.&#8221; Rather, it concerns the so-called Palestine refugees.
So called because of the nearly 5 million official refugees served by UNRWA (short for the &#8220;United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Professional Boycotters Retaliate?</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/29/9565</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 23:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Steven Shamrak
The Jordan Dubai Islamic Bank fired a Christian employee who refused to wear a scarf to cover her hair as part of uniform for female staff. Vivian Salameh said that she, &#8220;refused to wear the partial head cover because it is against my principles,&#8221; and is religious coercion. &#8220;The bank uniform registered at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memorial Day: Honoring Those Who Fight &amp; Fought So We Can Be Free</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/28/9561</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 00:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On this and every day, let us remember, honor, and thank those brave Americans who gave life and/or limb to preserve freedom for America and many other nations.

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		<title>An ‘Imaginary’ President Appeases a Very Real Islam</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/28/9558</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 00:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Raymond Ibrahim*
American intellectual Will Durant&#8217;s The Lessons of History—co-written with wife Ariel and published in 1968, when the Soviet Union posed a threat to the United States—still offers insightful lessons, especially concerning American-Muslim relations.
In the chapter titled &#8220;History and War,&#8221; the Durants posit some hypothetical speeches and approaches concerning war. First, an imaginary U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Louise Arbour undeserving of a place on a Canadian stamp</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/27/9554</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 01:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gary Gerofsky
Louise Arbour is undeserving of a place on a Canadian stamp &#8212; a recent honor bestowed upon her. While she held the important position of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights she exhibited a high degree of hate for Israel and disrespect for the Jewish people. She had a dismal record of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shavou’ot (Pentecost) Guide for the Perplexed</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/27/9550</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 22:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Yoram Ettinger (Based on Jewish Sages), &#8220;Second Thought”
May 23, 2012
1.   Shavou&#8217;ot  (Pentecost) is the holiday of the Torah, which impacted the US Constitution in particular and the state of Western morality, liberty and democracy in general. Shavou&#8217;ot is celebrated by decorating homes and houses of worship with Land of Israel-related fruit, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crash Course in Shavuot</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/26/9546</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 17:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fascinating, big picture overview of the holiday of Shavuot and the Ten Commandments.
From Aish.com
Enjoy this video about the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, commemorating, &#8220;the day that God revealed himself to an entire nation of people,&#8221; when the Jews received a set of wisdom, the Ten Commandments, the fundamental basis for Western civilization.




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		<title>Administrative Amnesties Create More Problems Than They Solve</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/25/9543</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 01:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jessica Vaughan, CIS.org
An article in the May 24 Boston Globe highlights the problems created when the executive branch tries to make an end run around Congress by using its rule-writing authority to allow illegal aliens to remain here in virtual amnesty, but then cannot deliver the green cards. 
Story continues below&#8230;
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The article sympathetically describes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt’s Presidential Elections: What’s at Stake</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/25/9540</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 01:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Raymond Ibrahim*
Egypt&#8217;s long awaited and much anticipated presidential elections—the first of their kind to take place in the nation&#8217;s 7,000 year history—are here. As we await the final results—and as the Western mainstream media fixate on images of purple-stained fingers—it is well to remember that there is much more at stake in Egypt&#8217;s elections [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran’s Growing Presence in Latin America</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/24/9537</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 23:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A briefing by Ilan Berman*
Ilan Berman, an expert on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation, is the vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council and has consulted the CIA and the Department of Defense. He has authored several books, including Tehran Rising: Iran&#8217;s Challenge to the United States [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The IRGC: A terrorist organization supporting Iran’s mullahs</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/24/9533</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 23:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sara Akrami and Saeed Ghasseminejad
In recent years, especially under the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the (Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guard Corps) IRGC has taken over many aspect of Iranian society. The group oppresses Iranian citizens and must be ostracized and punished by the civilized world.
The establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979 was the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Sentence by the State Department Sentences the World to Disaster</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/22/9529</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 02:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Barry Rubin
If I&#8217;ve ever seen a single sentence that spells disaster for the Middle East it&#8217;s this one:
&#8220;&#8216;People say things in a campaign and then when they get elected they actually have to govern,&#8217; [U.S. State Department] spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.&#8221;
The specific context of this statement were remarks by the Obama Administration&#8217;s favorite Egyptian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muslim Persecution of Christians: April, 2012</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/21/9526</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 23:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Raymond Ibrahim*
Considering that Easter, one of the highest Christian holidays, comes in April, Christian persecution in Muslim nations—from sheer violence to oppressive laws—was rampant last month: In Nigeria, where jihadis seek to expunge all traces of Christianity, a church was bombed during Easter Sunday, killing some 50 worshippers; in Turkey, a pastor was beaten [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jerusalem: The Media Myths (Lies) About ‘Two Cities’</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/20/9519</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 22:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite all the archeological/historical evidence of three thousand of years of a flourishing, continuous Jewish presence in their undivided city of Jerusalem, many people are inundated with lies about Arab claims to the city. In reality, the division of Jerusalem began in 1948 when Jordan invaded and physically cut the city into two pieces. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gulf Union Fails to Materialize</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/19/9515</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 17:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jonathan Spyer
Saudi and Gulf leaders held discussions in Riyadh this week on proposed moves toward greater unity. The meeting, however, revealed little genuine enthusiasm for such a project outside of Saudi Arabia itself and beleaguered Bahrain.
But while it is unlikely that proposals for greater Gulf unity will bear fruit, the very fact that they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watching the new state of South Sudan fall into chaos</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/18/9511</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 01:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi*
When the state of South Sudan came into existence last July, with great fanfare, Israel was one of the first nations to recognize it, having provided support for South Sudanese leaders since the 1960s during the first civil war. Indeed, in late December, Salva Kiir Mayardit - the president of South Sudan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California State University, Northridge (CSUN) officials wage political war against pro-Israel, pro-Jewish supporters</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/18/9504</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gary Gerofsky
AMCHA is an organization that wants Jewish students to be treated with the same respect, rights, and concern as all other students on California campuses. The Never Again Group (NAG) of Canada finds the escalating tensions and outright political war between California State University, Northridge (CSUN) officials and AMCHA to be unacceptable and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uncovering Early Islam</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/17/9500</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Daniel Pipes*
The year 1880 saw the publication of a book that ranks as the single most important study of Islam ever. Written in German by a young Jewish Hungarian scholar, Ignaz Goldziher, and bearing the nondescript title Muslim Studies (Muhammedanische Studien), it argued that the hadith, the vast body of sayings and actions attributed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian public must demand politicians and police forces eliminate politics of fear and appeasement</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/16/9495</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 22:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gary Gerofsky
When will the Canadian police return to treating thugs like thugs and citizens with respect by protecting good people against the thugs? It seems that in places where there have been recent protests such as Caledonia, parts of Quebec, and many other places across Canada, violent protestors are treated with respect under the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Clichéd Sentimentality of Jon Meacham on PBS</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/15/9490</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jerry Kammer, CIS.org
When PBS asks someone like Jon Meacham — contributing editor to Time magazine, former editor of Newsweek, television pundit, and author of a Pulitzer-prize winning biography of Andrew Jackson — to write an essay on immigration, the result is likely to be a measure of elite media thinking on the topic.
And so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican Jihad</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/15/9486</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 22:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Raymond Ibrahim*
As the United States considers the Islamic jihadi threats confronting it from all sides, it would do well to focus on its southern neighbor, Mexico, which has been targeted by Islamists and jihadists, who, through a number of tactics—from engaging in da&#8217;wa, converting Mexicans to Islam, to smuggling and the drug cartel, simple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did Muhammad Exist?</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/14/9482</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A briefing by Robert Spencer*
Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch, has released a new book titled, Did Muhammad Exist? An Inquiry into Islam&#8217;s Obscure Origins. On April 24th, Mr. Spencer spoke on his book at a joint meeting of the Middle East Forum and Gatestone Institute in New York City.

Did the Prophet Muhammad really exist, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Our brethren are not alone,” say AFSI members</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/14/9474</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Fern Sidman
Ed. note: This is part 2 and 3 of the series. Click here to read part 1.
Continuing his tour into the heart of the Muslim Quarter of the Old City, Mr. Luria guided the AFSI contingent in to Beit Wittenberg, now owned by Ateret Cohanim. Originally purchased by Moshe Wittenberg in the 1880s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jihad Comes to Egypt</title>
		<link>http://netwmd.com/blog/2012/05/13/9471</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 23:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Raymond Ibrahim*
Considering Egypt&#8217;s presidential elections take place later this month, last weekend&#8217;s Islamist clash with the military could not have come at a worse time.
First, the story: due to overall impatience—and rage that the Salafi presidential candidate, Abu Ismail, was disqualified (several secular candidates were also disqualified)—emboldened Islamists began to gather around the Defense [...]]]></description>
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