Egypt top Sunni cleric Tantawi dies in Saudi
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s highest seat of learning, suffers heart attack while boarding plane.
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Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s highest seat of learning, suffers heart attack while boarding plane.
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Al-Akhbar newspaper devotes a special section (edited by young Lebanese feminist women) for International Women’s Day.
Saudi-funded programs now are ostensibly addressing extremism. They have TV serials dealing with Al-Qa`idah-like terrorists and the efforts of the Saudi government against them. Let me tell you this: they have the sophistication and style of the state propaganda of Enver Hoxa. Kid you not. You see characters delivering ostensibly moderate Islamic speeches and yet Christian and Jews are referred to as “dhimmis”. And the delivery and acting is a notch lower then that of a play staged by toddlers–on crack.
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: “The Planese of Elias Murr: Toward A (real) Defense Strategy for Lebanon”
Iraqi security forces arrest Al-Qaeda operative suspected of recruiting women to carry out suicide attacks.
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My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: “Academic Freedoms: The Dangers of Hariri Totalitarianism“
Lebanese military judge charges 11 suspected members of Al-Qaeda inspired group with forming armed gang.
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“On February 11, 2010, the Kuwaiti government decided to revoke an entry-visa, previously issued to Dr. Madawi al-Rasheed, professor of anthropology at Kings College-London.” (thanks Mohammed)
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