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Al Qaeda Memo Re: Women as Human Shields

John Bobey | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Islam, Women, Navy SEAL, Facebook, Human Shields, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Marriage, Goldman Sachs, 72-Virgins, Mob Wives, Mtv, Corporations, Rachel Maddow, Public Relations, Madrassa, Christiane Amanpour, Memorandum, Torture Memos, Comedy News
John Bobey

To clarify once and for all, when it comes to the use of human shields, our official a Qaeda policy says YES, you can use them, but please, NO women.

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Peace Through Moderation to Intro Counter-Extremism Strategies at Harvard Club

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rotary International, Marc Gopin, Juan Mendez, Times Square Bomber, Pakistan, Extremism, Moderation, Thought Leaders, International Security Program, Global Citizens, Program in Coexistence and Conflict, Ethiopia, Eritrea, London, The Stewardship Report, Mari Fitzduff, International Civil Society Action Network, Program on Negotiation, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, Karin Von Hippel, Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, Chic Dambach, Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, Harvard Law School, George Mason University, International Alert, Soliya, Faisal Shahzad, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, John W. McDonald, Lucas Welch, Alliance for Peacebuilding, Search for Common Ground, Philanthropy, Washington DC, Paul Stevers, Nonviolence, New York City, Harvard Club, Daily Kos, Center for International Conflict Resolution, Kiran Khalid, Times Square, Cnn, Columbia University, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Madrassa, Center on Religion, Islamabad, Cairo, New York Times, Brandeis University, Peace Through Moderation, CharityHelp International, Global Peace Index, National Peace Corps Association, Terrorism, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, New York News
Jim Luce

The near-tragedy in Times Square reminded us that hatred is both home-grown and foreign-born. With this is in mind, a distinguished panel will discuss...

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Karachiites Stopped From Breaking Shaving World Record

Saad Khan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karachi Taliban, Karachi, World Mass Shaving Record, Karachi Shaving, Jamaat-Ud-Dawah, India Shaving Record, Madrassa, Jamaat-E-Islami, World News
Saad Khan

In a despicable event, the citizens of Karachi were stopped from holding a shave-a-thon to break the world record of mass shaving.

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"If You See Something Say Something" -- The Failed Times Square Bombing and the Price of Oil

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Times Square, World, Opec, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Madrassa, Clinton Presidential Library, Oil, New York Times, Times of London, GeorgeW. Bush, George H.W.Bush, Faisal Shahzad, Carlyle Group, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Saudi Arabia, through OPEC, is extorting billions from the world's consumers through the manipulation of oil prices, the very source of the monies being funneled to madrasas around the world.

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Crumbs of Wisdom from The Bread of Angels

Jan McGirk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Syria, Damascus, Harvard, Depression, Monastery, Pilgrimage, Cambridge, Eat Pray Love, Romance, Madrassa, Elizabeth Gilbert, Suicide, Texas, Faith, Fulbright Scholar, Doubleday, Stephanie Saldana, Books News
Jan McGirk

The complex emotional struggles that Saldana recounts in a vivid memoir of her year as a Fulbright scholar in Syria, hooked the imagination of this cynical former Middle East reporter.

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Bangladesh Arms Cache Raises 'Concern' In UK

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arms Cache, Terrorism, Bangladesh, Foreign Affairs, England, Madrassa, Mosques, Bangladesh Violence, Bangladesh Madrassa, Arms, Mosque, Advocacy, World News

The British body responsible for overseeing charities says that it is "seriously concerned" over alleged UK links to an arms haul in Bangladesh....

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Sam Stein

Kerrey Says Obama Attended A Secular Madrasa

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muslim Links, Attacks, Obama Muslim, Indonesia, Obama Madrassa, Democratic Primary, Madrassa, Bob Kerrey, 2008 Campaign, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Politics News

Former senator Bob Kerrey, who recently endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, said during a television appearance on Monday that her ...

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