OK: Governor Won’t Disband Advisory Council
Gov. Brad Henry does not plan to disband his Ethnic American Advisory Council despite a lawmaker’s call for him to either abolish or overhaul the group. “The council should either be reformed to reflect its apparent mission or preferably disbanded,” said Rep. Mike Reynolds, R-Oklahoma City, in a prepared statement. Reynolds and several other law […]
Secret History of the Impending War with Iran
In the years after 9/11, Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann worked at the highest levels of the Bush administration as Middle East policy experts for the National Security Council. Mann conducted secret negotiations with Iran. Leverett traveled with Colin Powell and advised Condoleezza Rice. They each played crucial roles in formulating policy for the region […]
The Cost of American Bellicosity Toward Iran
The Bush administration last week proceeded with its controversial decision to brand a branch of Iran’s armed forces – the Quds unit of the Revolutionary Guards – as a terrorist organization and impose new sanctions on Iran. Israeli officials have welcomed this American escalation of pressures on Iran, apparently considering it a foreign-policy achievement for […]
Bush Should Seek Dialogue with Iran
As citizens of this blessed and beautiful land, Americans are called to save our country and the rest of our human family from a possible “World War III.” The declaration last Thursday by the Bush administration of the harshest sanctions against Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and calling Iran “the world’s leading state sponsor […]
TX Muslims Sue FL Islamophobe for Defamation
Islamic organizations in North Texas are seeking libel damages in a lawsuit against Joe Kaufman, leader of the Florida-based Americans Against Hate.Kaufman visited Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington on Oct. 14 to lead a protest against Muslim Family Day, an event celebrating the end of Ramadan, a period of holy days on the Islamic […]
FL Muslims Help the Homeless
It began with a few turkey sandwiches. Sohaib Khan grew tired of watching drivers whiz past a clutch of beggars on a corner near his home. So last year, he and some friends delivered 40 sandwiches to homeless residents who hang out at Stranahan Park in downtown. They haven’t stopped since. That first gesture was […]
TX: Fallout over Protest of Muslim Day Persists
The shockwaves continue from a small protest this month against a Muslim Family Day at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. A court hearing is set for today on a request for a preliminary injunction against the Florida man who organized the protest. And appointment of another of the protesters to a Carrollton board has […]
MI: Furor Over Anti-Islam Speaker at University
The president of Iran isn’t the only Holocaust denier to win a platform on an American college campus. At Michigan State University Friday, Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party who was convicted in 1998 for incitement of racial hatred over material denying the Holocaust, was brought to campus for a speech denouncing […]
Parties Divided by Language on Terror
When it comes to fighting terrorists, there are few questions that divide Democrats and Republicans more than what to call them. To GOP presidential contenders, they are Islamic extremists, jihadist Islamists or Islamofascists. The Democrats in the race prefer terms that are simpler, vaguer and less provocative. They rarely attach an Islamic label when characterizing […]
Richardson: I’d Close Guantánamo Camps
Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson told Arab Americans that he has the diplomatic experience to work for peace in the Middle East. The New Mexico governor and former United Nations ambassador said ”solutions imposed from outside almost always fail.” He added that he would talk with Iranian, Syrian and Iraqi leaders to try to stabilize […]