Suad Joseph, President-elect of MESA, Defends Status Quo of Middle Eastern Women

by Reut Cohen FrontPage Magazine May 21, 2010 [Ed. note: publisher’s title is “Apologist for Gender Apartheid.”] On May 7, 2010, UCLA’s Center for Near Eastern Studies (CNES) and the Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies co-sponsored the lecture, “Rethinking Arab Women as ‘Subjects.’” The talk was delivered by Suad Joseph, a Lebanese-born professor of […]

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Obama Authorizes $205M for Israel’s Iron Dome

  The Obama administration authorized $205 million to allow Israel to complete its Iron Dome short-range missile defense system. “As the president has repeatedly said, our commitment to Israel’s security is unshakable and our defense relationship is stronger than ever,” a statement from the White House said. “The United States and our ally Israel share […]

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No Mosques At Ground Zero

Stop the 911 Mosque Protest As we ponder the outrageous decision of Mayor Bloomberg and company, to approve a 13 story Muslim Center (mosque) at Ground Zero, we thought we should post some sobering pictures of the destruction at Ground Zero . How can these pictures mean so little to Mayor Bloomberg and Community Board […]

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Iran says can destroy Israel in week

Ahmadinejad’s chief of staff says if Israel attacks, ‘Zionists will have no longer than week to live’ Ahmadinejad’s chief of staff says if Israel attacks, ‘Zionists will have no longer than week to live’ Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, said Wednesday that if Israel attacked Iran it would be destroyed within a […]

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Guess Who ‘Enjoys’ US-Israeli Tensions

Who is having an “unusual and enjoyable new experience” watching the US-Israel spat? Q: Who said the following? It has been an unusual and enjoyable new experience to be able to look on as the Israelis argued with their most important ally. The fact that the dispute is over Jewish settlements is even better for […]

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Affirmative Action in Beauty Contests?

by Daniel Pipes May 16, 2010 updated May 17, 2010 News that Rima Fakih, 24, of Dearborn, Michigan, won the Miss USA beauty pageant today prompts me to recall some prior instances of Muslim women winning beauty contests in Western countries. Rima Fakih .     Juliette Boubaaya, 19, was Mlle Picardie in 2009. Julliette Boubaaya.   […]

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Miss USA: Pole-dancing, Hezbollah-supporting agent provocateur?

A very strange development this one is, indeed. But we are besieged by the bizarre these days, including the Ground Zero mosque, which some are suggesting is a “flag of conquest.” Anyway, a thoroughly modern American institution has now been handed to an individual with some particularly odd idiosyncrasies, including having a Muslim background that […]

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