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Breaking News Republican Ben Carson Says Muslims Unfit To Be President
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said on Sunday that Muslims were unfit to be president of the United States, arguing their faith was inconsistent with American principles. “I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that,” Carson told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” The…
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Breaking News Curt Schilling Suspended by ESPN After Comparing Muslims to Nazis
ESPN has removed Curt Schilling from coverage of the Little League World Series after the retired pitching star sent a tweet on Tuesday comparing the percentage of Muslims who are extremists to the percentage of Germans in 1940 who were Nazis. The tweet had a picture of Adolf Hitler with the text: “It’s said that…
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Opinion A Book, a Joke, a Graduation Gift: One Week in Israeli Xenophobia
We’ve all been talking about Michael Oren’s audacious new book “Ally” and his . But Michael Oren is hardly the only Israeli citizen making enemies out of the President of the United States. Take Judy Nir Moses, the wife of Israeli Minister of Interior Silvan Shalom. She’s a media personality, part of a weekly talk…
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Opinion How Dare Michael Oren Psychoanalyze Barack Obama?
Michael Oren has a new book to sell — a memoir called “Ally” about his years as Israel’s ambassador to Washington. To maximize sales, the former diplomat is apparently willing not only to blow up what remains of the very fragile Obama-Netanyahu relationship, but also to further divide the American Jewish community over its relationship…
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Breaking News Dutch Muslims Hold More Negative Views of Jews
The Dutch government postponed indefinitely the release of a survey suggesting that anti-Semitism is more prevalent among Muslim youths than Christian ones. The Verwey Jonker Institute submitted the synopsis for its government-commissioned report on anti-Semitism among youths last month for publication to the Dutch Social Affairs ministry, which has kept is under wraps past the…
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Breaking News Did Islamic Radical Plan To Behead Pamela Geller?
The organizer of a May event in Texas highlighting cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed said on Thursday that she was the target of a man who federal prosecutors said had intended to behead police officers in Boston. However, Boston Police Commissioner William Evans said it did not seem that Usamaah Abdullah Rahim had developed a…
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News Meet Robert Shillman, the Tech Mogul Who Funds Pamela Geller’s Anti-Islam Push
Robert Shillman heads a publicly traded American technology company called Cognex Corp with a market value of $4 billion. He also says he is a big supporter of last Sunday’s Prophet Mohammad cartoon contest in Texas that was attacked by two gunmen who opened fire before being shot dead by police. In a telephone interview…
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Life The Feminist Hipster Muslim Series You Didn’t Know You Were Waiting For
Shopping for vibrators, reverse catcalling, detox cleanses — all set in the environs of Brooklyn? It may sound like an episode of “Broad City” but this comedic duo may be even edgier than Abbi and Ilana. The web series which began its second season this month, follows the adventures of Shugufta and Fatima, “two Hijabis…
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