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Canada’s Muslims, Not of One Mind

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by Daniel Pipes Macdonald-Laurier Institute November 2011 Comment on What Do Muslim Canadians Want? The Clash of Interpretations and Opinion Research By Christian Leuprecht and Conrad Winn Macdonald-Laurier Institute November 2011 Press release: http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/much-good-news-and-some-worrying-results-in-new-study-of-muslim-public-opinion-in-canada/ Text: http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/files/pdf/What-Do-Muslim-Canadians-Want-November-1-2011.pdf In their study for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, “What Do Muslim Canadians Want? The Clash of Interpretations and Opinion Research,” […]

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Cyprus on the World Stage

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by Daniel Pipes National Review Online October 11, 2011 Cyprus, an island near Turkey and Syria of roughly 1.3 million inhabitants, finds itself on the cusp of momentous change. As it belatedly makes its grand debut on the world stage after domestic Greek-Turkish communal issues have consumed its first 51 years of independence, it faces […]

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Assad: Western Intervention Will Cause an Earthquake

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Syrian President Bashar Assad has warned the West of an “earthquake” across the Middle East if Western powers intervene in Syria. Speaking to the British Sunday Telegraph newspaper, Assad said western countries “are going to ratchet up the pressure, definitely.” “But Syria is different in every respect from Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen,” he added. “The history […]

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Case Study: How Mainstream Media Whitewash Terror

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U.S. headlines on Gaza missile attacks Saturday often made it appear that “militants” simply are responding to Israeli defensive measures. The violence began last Wednesday with a missile attack on southern Israel, but most American media implied that Israel’s counterterrorist retaliation was a provocation for Saturday’s multiple terrorist attacks on major urban centers. One of […]

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Obama’s Misplaced Mideast Optimism

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by Daniel Pipes National Review Online October 25, 2011 Confidently commenting on the execution of Libya’s long-time dictator, Barack Obama stated that “the death of Mu’ammar al-Qaddafi showed that our role in protecting the Libyan people, and helping them break free from a tyrant, was the right thing to do.” About his own decision to […]

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UK Immigration Board: Ra’ed Salah ‘Undesirable,’ Should be Deported

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Ra’ed Salah, the head of the Islamic Movement in Israel’s northern branch, is “undesirable” and can be deported from the United Kingdom, a British immigration board decided Wednesday. Salah, the board decided, was a troublemaker who, if allowed to remain in the country, might very well result “in the unacceptable behaviour of fostering hatred which […]

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Iranian Chessmaster Expelled, Refused to Play Israeli

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An Iranian chessmaster has been expelled from an international chess tournament after refusing to play an Israeli opponent. Top Iranian Grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem Maghami refused to play Ehud Sachar for political reasons at the Corsica Masters championship. Shachar, a FIDE Master, was Maghami’s scheduled opponent in the fourth round of the competition. “Politics has no […]

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Obama Succeeds: Libya’s new leader declares an Islamic state

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Posted By Blake Hounshell In February, when Libya erupted in spontaneous protests that quickly turned into an armed revolt, Muammar al-Qaddafi and his son Seif al-Islam had a ready response: This was an al Qaeda-backed uprising, a plot to install “Islamic emirates” paying homage to Osama bin Laden. The world scoffed (especially after the Qaddafis […]

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