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We Cannot Let Fear Turn Into Hate: Iran's Nobel Peace Laureate, Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Speaks

Kiri Westby | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Shirin Ebadi, Fearmongering, Fear, Hate, World, President Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, Naropa University, Denver, Clash of Civilizations, Iran, Samuel Huntington, Politics, Peace, Kiri Westby, Living, Boulder Colorado, 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize, Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Living News
Kiri Westby

Last Friday I went to hear a keynote address from Iran's only Nobel Peace Laureate, Dr. Shirin Ebadi. I was blown away.

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Repositioning America: Obama's Cairo Speech as the Ultimate in Event Marketing

William Bradley | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, 9/11, Iraq, America, Dick Cheney, Iran, Jihad, Event Marketing, Muslim, Modernity, Indonesia, Guantanamo Bay, Saudi Arabia, Marshall McLuhan, Neoconservative, Islam, Bibi Netanyahu, Hosni Mubarak, Tradition, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Samuel Huntington, African American, Cairo, Israel, Afghanistan, Kenya, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Torture, Paletine, King Abdullah, Riyadh, Al Jazeera, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
William Bradley

Not only did no one throw shoes at Obama, the crowd of 3,000 in Cairo gave him a standing ovation. Watching the speech, I had the feeling that the world might be changing again.

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Have You Ever Heard of the 'Muslim Effect'?

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: Shirin Ebadi, Islamophobia, Islam, Orhan Pamuk, Orhan-Pamuk, Moderates, Samuel-Huntington, Muslims, Muslim, Muhammad Yunus, Clash of Civilizations, Osama Bin Laden, Mohammed Yunus, Foreign Policy, Iran, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

An American list of the top 100 intellectuals was dominated by Muslims in the top 10; the only other American list dominated by Muslims is the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list.

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Revisiting the "Clash of Civilizations"

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obituaries, Samuel Huntington, Middle East, Ideological Warfare, Iran, War on Terror, Clash of Civilizations, Politics News
Marcia DeSanctis

Huntington theorized that, with the end of the Cold War and the removal of ideology as a source of conflict, it would be cultural and religious differences that would now propel history.

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