President Bush speaks to the press during his visit to the Mosque at the Islamic Center in Washington, D.C., on Monday, September 17, 2001. (Photo: Chuck Kennedy)

Why I Miss George W. Bush

Today, fully 83 percent of Republicans agree with Dr. Carson that a Muslim shouldn’t be president. Only half (49 percent) of G.O.P. voters in Iowa think Islam should be legal in the United States.

by Mehdi Hasan

Archives for November 2015

UN Passes Five Resolutions In Favor Of Palestine

The resolutions endorse the return to peace talks, denouncing settlements in disputed East Jerusalem and in support of the work of the UN Committee fighting for the rights of the Palestinian people.

UN Passes Five Resolutions In Favor Of Palestine

New York, New York (IMEMC) – The overwhelming majority of General Assembly of the United Nations, Wednesday, voted on five draft resolutions in favor of Palestine. The decision comes after the Assembly discussed the two articles, “the Palestinian

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Outrage Over Saudi Death Sentence Of Palestinian Poet

The sentence has drawn condemnation from rights groups, cultural figures and social media, with the hashtag #FreeAshraf appearing in response to reports about it.

Outrage Over Saudi Death Sentence Of Palestinian Poet

Hundreds of writers around the world have joined human rights groups in urging Saudi Arabia to release a poet who faces a death sentence on charges of apostasy for his poetry. Palestinian poet and artist Ashraf Fayadh, 32, was sentenced to death by a court in the southwestern Saudi city of Abha this month on a series of blasphemy charges,

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Don’t Bomb Syria! Thousands Protest Proposed UK Military Action

Mass protests have taken place in London and many other cities across the country urging the government not to conduct airstrikes in Syria.

Don’t Bomb Syria! Thousands Protest Proposed UK Military Action

‘Don’t Bomb Syria’ signs were plentiful, as thousands of protesters took to the streets of the British capital to make their voices heard, in a rally organized by the Stop the War coalition. The demonstration in London started outside Prime Minister David Cameron’s residence at 10 Downing Street. The rally was against a planned vote in

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Pittsburgh Muslim Taxi Driver Shot On Thanksgiving In Alleged Hate Crime

The victim came to the US from Morocco only five years ago with hopes to become a teacher and raise a family.

Pittsburgh Muslim Taxi Driver Shot On Thanksgiving In Alleged Hate Crime

Pittsburgh police are investigating the Thanksgiving Day shooting of a Muslim cab driver in Hazelwood that the victim and leaders of the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh are describing as a hate crime. The driver, a 38-year-old Moroccan immigrant who has requested anonymity out of fear for his safety and who has not been identified by police, said

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Environmental Activists ‘Being Killed In Record Numbers’ After At Least 116 Die In 2014

Activists have died opposing logging, hydropower, mining and land disputes

Environmental Activists ‘Being Killed In Record Numbers’ After At Least 116 Die In 2014

At least 116 environmental activists died last year while campaigning against mining, logging, water and land grabs, according to a report. The number of deaths is rising, UK-based group Global Witness reported, with two people dying on average every week – up a fifth on 2013. Some have been shot by police during protests or gunned down by

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70,000 Moderate Fighters in Syria? It’s Another Cameron Photoshop

David Camreon is once again working overtime to sell a new war to the British public.

70,000 Moderate Fighters in Syria? It’s Another Cameron Photoshop

Not since Hitler ordered General Walther Wenck to send his non-existent 12th Army to rescue him from the Red Army in Berlin has a European leader believed in military fantasies as PR Dave Cameron did last week. Telling the House of Commons about the 70,000 “moderate” fighters deployed in Syria was not just lying in the sense that Tony Blair lied –

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Robert Fisk

Robert Fisk

Robert Fisk is the multi-award winning Middle East correspondent of The Independent, based in Beirut. He has lived in the Arab world for more than 40 years, covering Lebanon, five Israeli invasions, the Iran-Iraq war, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Algerian civil war, Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, the Bosnian and Kosovo wars, the American invasion and occupation of Iraq and the 2011 Arab revolutions.

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