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Interview: Hezbollah And Hamas on Obama, Netanyahu, Terrorism ... And Oprah

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Netanyahu, Al Qaeda, Mahmoud Abbas, Barak, Emir of Qatar, Islamists, Extremism, Ammar Mousawi, Peace Process, Bernard Kouchner, Palestine, Lebanon, Obama, Hezbollah, Hamas, Shiite, Lieberman, US State Department, Middle East, Usama Hamdan, Cairo, Oprah, Taliban, Khaled Meshaal, Israel, US President, Resistance, Abu Mazen, Hassan Nasrallah, Us, Terrorism, Sunni, World News
Sharmine Narwani

While both groups embrace Islamic values as their core ideology and driving principle, their political actions appear to be driven more by realpolitik than Quranic mandate.

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Muhammad Movie Planned: Film Brings Together Hollywood Producer Barrie Osborne And Banned Muslim Cleric Sheikh Yousef al-Qaradawi

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Uk, Muhammad, Muhammad Cartoon, Alnoor Holdings, Islam, Britain, The Lord of the Rings, Holocaust, Epic, Sunni, Qatar, The Matrix, Gulf Times, Religion, Bridging Cultures, Al-Qaradawi, Suicide Bombings, Terror, Muhammed, Passion of the Christ, Muhammad's Life, Doha, Iraq, Muslim, Al Jazeera, Barrie Osborne, Entertainment News

A movie about the prophet Muhammad is in the works, according to Reuters. According to reports, the $150 million film will bring together a major holl...

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Iran Blames US, Britain For Suicide Bombing

The Guardian | Robert Tait | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

Read More: Shia, White House, Soldiers of God, Revolutionary Guard, Noor Ali Shooshtari, Pakistan, Terrorism, Fars, Irna, Suicide Bomber, Obama, Fars News, Iran, Iran Suicide Bombing, Britain, Sistan-Baluchistan, Baluchistan, Iran Bomb, Jundallah, Iran Boming, Abdol Vahed Mohammadi Saravani, Pishin, Rajab Ali Mohammadzadeh, Us, Sunni, World News

Iran's Revolutionary Guards today vowed to take revenge after blaming Britain and the US for a suicide bombing that killed six of its commanders and 3...

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Camp Bucca: Military Closes Largest Detention Camp In Iraq

AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 09.16.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq, Shiite, Abu Ghraib, Camp Cropper, Insurgency, Ronald Bucca, Soldiers, Kuwait, Enemy Combatants, Fallujah, Camp Taji, Prison, Detention Center, Camp Bucca, Baghdad, Jail, Sunni, World News

CAMP BUCCA, Iraq — The U.S. military on Wednesday closed Camp Bucca, an isolated desert prison that was once its largest lockup in Iraq, as it m...

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Arabia Felix 101: Yemen in the Grips of Unrest

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Ali Abdallah Saleh, Al Qaeda, An-Nahar, Zaidi, Khaled Misha’al, Guantanamo, Lebanon, Iraq, U.S., Hezbollah, Salah Al Shanfara, The Losing Bet, Arabian Peninsula, Shafee Saif, United Arab Emirates, Chatham House, Yemen Times, Saudi Arabia, Al Manar, Najib Ghalab, Ramadan, Al Hayat, Carsten Niebuhr, Nasser Al Waheeshi (Abu Baseer), Palestinian, Sana’A, Yemen, Jihadi, Hamas, Qat, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, Osama Bin Laden, Al Hirak Al Jounoubi (Southern Movement), Abu Bakr Al Qurbi, Al Yaman Al Saeed, Ginny Hill, Kuwait, Arab, Asharq Al-Awsat, Arabia Felix, Afghanistan, Hassan Nasrallah, Sa’ada Province, Sunni, 21st Century, Danish, Moslem, Houthis, Orientalist, Hadramawt, Wahabi, Israel, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Yemen has mounted a tight security plan for the holy Moslem month of Ramadan starting this week in a bid to thwart any new terrorist attacks, the Yemen Times reported.

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Iraq Sunni-Shia Marriage Payment Program Seeks To Mend Sectarian Divide

Huffington Post | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

Read More: Religion, Iraqi Sunni Shia, Foreign Affairs, Sunni, Shiite, Shia, Iraq, Sunni Shia, Iraqi Marriage Program, Sunnis, Advocacy, Shiites, World News

The Iraqi government, in an attempt to mend the ethnic, sectarian divide between Shia and Sunni Muslims that has long plagued that country, is offerin...

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A Woman's Place, in Lebanon

Nadya Khalife | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Switzerland, Hezbollah Lebanon, Lebanon, Grassroots, Free Patriotic Movement, Women and Politics, Sunni, Hezbollah, Christians, Shia, Muslim, World News
Nadya Khalife

Lebanese women won the right to vote in national elections 19 years before women in Switzerland. Yet political participation by Lebanese women remains dismal at the national level.

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Obama is Doing Right by the Iranian People, So Far

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Lebanon, Hugo Chavez, Britain, Afghanistan, Iranian, President Obama, Sunni, Violence, Paramilitary, Hezbollah, Iran, Taliban, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Basij, George W. Bush, Arab, Revolution, United States, Protest, Tiananmen Square, Shiite, Occupied Territories, Mass Movement, Iraq, John McCain, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

The conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and the Occupied Territories, which Bush et al either supported or outright committed, actually strengthened the Ahmadinejad government.

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Lebanon's Election is Obama's First Post-Muslim/Arab World Speech Victory

Ray Hanania | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Christians, Islam, Terrorism, President Barack Obama, Michel Aoun, Shi'ite, Iraq, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Rafiq Hariri, Saad Hariri, Muslims, Middle East, Lebanese Elections, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Speech to Muslim World, Sunni, Maronites, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Ray Hanania

Obama's speech to the Arab and Muslim World is creating a new context in which the people of the Middle East can more clearly see justice without the need for more violence.

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The Struggle for Muslim Minds in Lebanon

Eric L. Lewis | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Iran Election, Lebanon Election, Sunni, Hezbollah, Iran, Iran Elections, World News
Eric L. Lewis

The defeat of Hezbollah not only gives hope for moderation in the region, it also prevents a critical beachhead for an Iranian push for power within the Islamic world generally.

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Congressman Ron Paul Talks Foreign Policy: New Face, Same Policy

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Congress, President Obama, Torture, Ron Paul, Pakistan, Osama Bin Laden, Guantanamo, Cheney, Former Vice President Dick Cheney, Iraq, Congress, Foreign Policy, Iran, Bush Administration Torture, Department of Defense, Lindsay Graham, Neo Con, Afghanistan, President Bush, Republican Party, Sunni, Obama President, Dod, Shites, Politics News
Kathleen Wells, J.D.

Congressman Ron Paul: I think Obama is purely political. I think he has backed down on what he said.

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Afghan Anti-Sunni Books Destroyed

AP | AMIR SHAH and HEIDI VOGT | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Anti-Sunni Books, Sunni, Religion, Freedom of Speech, Islam, Sunni Islam, World News

KABUL — The Afghan government quietly dumped more than 1,000 Shiite texts and other books from Iran into a river after a local governor complain...

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First Milestone Approaches In Iraq Withdrawal Timetable

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

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Chris Weigant

America pulling combat forces out of Iraqi cities is going to have multiple effects within the country. At this point, nobody can accurately predict what those effects are going to be with 100 percent reliability.

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Iraqis Still Unable To Return To War-Ravaged Homes

csmonitor.com | Tom A. Peter | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

Read More: Humanitarian, Homes, Al Qaeda, Violence, Sunni, Diyala Province, Crisis, Iraq, Insurgent, War Wire, World News

HADI SADOUN, IRAQ - When Sheikh Jamal Sadoun, a prominent Sunni accused of working with the US, returned to his once sprawling eight-bedroom farmhouse...

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Morocco Cuts Ties With Iran

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

Read More: Bahrain, Iran, Morocco, Shia, Sunnis, Sunni, Shiite Muslims, Sunni Muslims, Morocco Iran, Iran Morocco, World News

RABAT, Morocco — Morocco cut off diplomatic relations with Iran on Friday, accusing Tehran in a rare public spat of trying to spread Shia Islam ...

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Al-Maliki Pulling Ahead In Iraqi Election Early Returns

english.aljazeera.net | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

Read More: Shia, Elections, Dawa, Iraq, Basra, Sunni, State of Law Coalition, Nassiriya, World News

Early indications suggest Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, has strengthened his position as the country's leader after a strong showing by h...

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We are like a city on a hill

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

This election will show the public's choice, its mandate for the type of leader it wants to deal with complex issues, like why people use terrorism as a tactic to dialogue with those in power.

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My Interview With Deborah Campbell: How Hezbollah's Triumph is Blowback for U.S. Policy

Omid Memarian | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jordan, Syria, The Middle East, John McCain, Terrorism, Deborah Campbell, Terrorist Organization, Olmert, Prisoner Exchange, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Shiite, Barack Obama, u.s. Foreign Policy, The United States, Iran, 2006 War, Saudi Arabia, Doha Agreement, Saudi Money, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Sunni, Politics News
Omid Memarian

Why after the Israel-Lebanon 34-day war two years ago, and particularly after the Doha accord in May, which restored Hezbollah to the Lebanese governm...

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Not a Gaffe: A Fundamental Misunderstanding of Iraq

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain, Iraq, Anbar, Sunni, John McCain Gaffe, Sunni Awakening, Mccain Gaffe Surge, Mccain Surge Gaffe, Cbs Edited Mccain Gaffe, Couric Mccain Gaffe, Politics News
Ilan Goldenberg

This is not controversial history. It is history that anyone trying out for president must understand when there are 150,000 U.S. troops stationed in Iraq. It is an essential element to the story of the past two years.

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McCain Gaffe Alert: Iran

Moira Whelan | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Sunni Shiite, John McCain, John McCain 2008, War With Iran, Sunni, Iran, Nonproliferation Treaty, Shia, Politics News
Moira Whelan

There should be real questions about whether McCain -- as well as his foreign policy team -- has any knowledge of US-Iranian relations.

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McSame As Bush: McCain's Road To Iran

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 04.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Wmd, Therealnews, Real News, Bush, Al Qaeda, Matthew Palevsky, Sunni, Mccain, Iran, Shia, The Real News, Iraq, Home News
Matthew Palevsky

McCain's "straight talk" on the wages of war and Iran has the irony of a recovering alcoholic doing Johnny Walker ads.

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Iraqi Govt To Disband Sunni Groups So They Can't Become Militias

AP | Diaa Hadid | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Iraq's Shiite-led government declared Saturday that after restive areas are calmed it will disband Sunni groups battling Islamic extremists because it...

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All Iraqi Groups Blame US Invasion For Discord, Study Shows

Washington Post | Karen DeYoung | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Bush Administration, Warwire, Anbar Province, Sunni Insurgency, George W. Bush, AQI, Al-Qaida, Iraq Civil War, Sunni, Shiite, Al-Qaida in Iraq, Iraq, War in Iraq, Iraq Insurgency, Politics News

Iraqis of all sectarian and ethnic groups believe that the U.S. military invasion is the primary root of the violent differences among them, and see t...

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