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Blog Entries by John L. Esposito from 07/2011

Combating Religious Intolerance When Freedom of Speech Enables Hate Speech

| Posted 07.07.2011 | Religion
Read More: Oic, Religious Freedom, Un, Islamophobia, Defamation of Religion, Religious Tolerance, Religion News

Freedom of speech is a precious right that must be guarded carefully. But what happens when that right is used to incite hatred and to feed religious intolerance, such as Islamophobia?

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The Chutzpah of Netanyahu Trumps the Audacity of Hope

| Posted 07.19.2011 | World
Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Benjamin Netanyahu, Obama Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Israel, World News

Media frenzy over the Murdoch scandal, the battle over the U.S. deficit and the fallout from the Arab Spring have totally eclipsed Bibi Netanyahu's assault on Israel's democracy and international law.

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Rhetoric vs. Action in American Diplomacy

| Posted 07.25.2011 | World
Read More: Obama Administration, Arab Spring, Israel-Palestine, American Foreign Policy, World News

Obama's inaugural address and speeches in Ankara and then Cairo were a breath of fresh air and of hope that here was a president who "got it" and was committed to rebuild America's credibility in the Muslim world and beyond.

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