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THE TREACHERY BEHIND THE HAITIAN TRAGEDY, By AMEEN IZZADEEN

The history of any country is replete with lessons that help it to shape a better future. But not Haiti’s. To use a cliché, its history is a history that repeats itself. Military coups are a common occurrence. Poverty is a perpetual enemy which is yet to be defeated. Social ills such as corruption, prostitution, armed gangsterism and narcotics have …

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Message from ISNA president on the Haitian Earthquake, by Dr. Ingrid Mattson

It has been reported that a prominent Christian leader, Pat Robertson, has said that Haiti has been “cursed” by a “pact with the devil.” Fortunately, this is not the mainstream Christian position and my friend, the Reverend Paul Raushenbush, has rejected Robertson’s “blaming the victims” theology. Religious leaders must take a stance against extremist voices in their community, and I …

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What do a billion Muslims think?, By Sara Reef and Zeeshan Suhail

Washington, DC/New York, New York – What do one billion Muslims really think? Despite widespread media coverage of global terrorism by various self-proclaimed “Islamic” groups from America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, little is known about what the majority of the world’s Muslims really think and feel. What do Muslims have to say about violence and terrorist attacks, democracy, …

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The Sun Is Setting on the Two-State Solution, By Peter Marmorek

The Sun Is Setting on the Two-State Solution Perhaps recent leaders of Israel might made better choices had they spent more time reading Sherlock Holmes. Of particular use to them might have been The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet in which Holmes says, “It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however …

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