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CNN recently published an article entitled Study: Threat of Muslim-American terrorism in U.S. exaggerated; according to a study released by Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “the terrorist threat posed by radicalized Muslim-Americans has been exaggerated.”Yet, Americans continue to live in mortal fear of radical Islam, a fear propagated and inflamed by right wing
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Islam has no link with these thugs by Tariq A. Al Maeena
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8/Jul/2012
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There is a war of sorts going on today in Timbuktu in Mali, a West African country. It is a war against culture and civilisation. And those perpetuating it are a band of thugs and criminals who are operating under the cloak of ‘Islamists’. Since the 11th century, Timbuktu, an ancient Saharan trading depot for salt, gold and other resources, had developed into a renowned seat of Islamic learning an
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Beware the lure of credit by TARIQ A. AL-MAEENA
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5/Jul/2012
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It is the height of summer. Many families are traveling about, a substantial number on borrowed money. They have fallen into the trap of being “like the Joneses”. It is not difficult to spot some of them as they draw cash out of machines using their credit cards, rather than their ATM, cards. Others can be seen at grocery stores using credit cards to manage their food bills.
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Olympic verdict misses the starting line by Tariq A. Al Maeena
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1/Jul/2012
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Many feel the late announcement over women’s participation was just a manoeuvre to buy time and avoid direct action in the form of a ban by the International Olympic Committee.Saudi Arabia has finally cleared the air on the issue of female participation in the 2012 London Olympics. The announcement, just over a week ago, by the Saudi Embassy in London said that “the kingdom will permit women to
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When in Rome by Tariq A. Al-Maeena
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28/Jun/2012
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A Wire services earlier this month carried a story about three Saudi women who were barred from entering France after refusing to remove their face veils. According to French police statements, the women who had flown in from Qatar refused to remove their face veils at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris and had been denied entry to France.
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The pretension of political concerns by Tariq A. Al Maeena
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8/May/2012
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US Senator Joe Lieberman was in the region recently raising a racket about the goings on in Syria. Having visited Saudi Arabia and Qatar, he concluded his visit to Leban-on. He expressed his deep concerns for the Syrians battling the government of Bashar Al Assad.Following a meeting with the Lebanese Prime Minister Najeeb Mikati, he said, "I and a number of my colleagues in the US Senate are very
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A Culture of Hate by Tariq A. AL-Maeena
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2/Apr/2012
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It was after the lunch session of the first cricket test match between England and Pakistan in Dubai Sports City Stadium in January of this year that I noticed a large group of schoolchildren, nattily dressed in their uniforms, making way into I enclosure I was seated in. Soon I was surrounded by nine and ten year olds, hooting and hollering whenever something substantial was performed on the
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Rise to your responsibilities by Tariq A. AL-Maeena
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23/May/2011
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Pakistan has been garnering more than its share of news headlines in the local press recently. Following the US raid and killing of Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, a Saudi diplomat was killed in the city of Karachi. The nation is rocked by charges and countercharges between the civilian government, the army, and the various political parties.The chairman of Mustaqbil Pakistan, a movement designed
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