October, 2009

• 10 October

  A call to action

  This morning, Michelle and I awoke to some surprising and humbling news. At 6 a.m., we received word that I’d been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who’ve been honored by this prize — men and women …

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• 9 October

  A culture of fear, By Pankaj Mishra

  

  Liberal spaces within Europe have brought many more Muslim women out of their old confinements Europe is at risk of being ‘colonised’ by its Muslim populations, argue a number of bestselling new books, acclaimed across the political spectrum. How has such hysteria gone unchallenged? Pankaj Mishra on the ‘Eurabia-mongers’ A number of new books are promoting the idea that Europe …

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• 8 October

  Mercaz HaRav – a training centre for illegal occupation, murder and ‘Arabs to the Gas Chambers

  

  Mick Napier, Chair of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign 21 March 2008 A Palestinian killed eight Israeli students in a settler movement training centre, in retaliation for Israel’s massacre of over a hundred Gazans, mostly civilians. Hundreds of the seminary students later chanted “Death to the Arabs” at the gates of their seat of learning.[1] This was somehow missed by …

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• 7 October

  ElBaradei: Ties Shifting to Cooperation

  TEHRAN (Dispatches) — UN atomic agency head Mohamed ElBaradei said here on Sunday that remaining differences between Iran and the world powers could be resolved through diplomacy after the two sides held talks in Geneva last week as he announced that UN experts will inspect Iran’s newly disclosed uranium enrichment plant on Oct. 25. “The relation between Iran and the …

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• 6 October

  No Peace in Mideast With Nukes

  TEHRAN (Press TV) — The UN nuclear agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei said here Sunday that regional and global stability can only be achieved through total nuclear disarmament. “I have always taken the view that the world would only be safe when we have a world free from nuclear weapons,” ElBaradei said in a joint press conference with the head of …

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• 6 October

  The Golden Rule : Very valid, TODAY, among the differing MUSLIM brothers

  EXCERPTS FROM KAREN AMSTRONG: “I say that religion isn’t about believing things. It’s about what you do. It’s ethical alchemy. It’s about behaving in a way that changes you, that gives you intimations of holiness and sacredness.” She points out that religious fundamentalism is not just a response to but, paradoxically, a product of contemporary culture. “We need to create …

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• 5 October

  EXCLUSIVE: Obama agrees to keep Israel’s nukes secret By Eli Lake

  President Obama has reaffirmed a 4-decade-old secret understanding that has allowed Israel to keep a nuclear arsenal without opening it to international inspections, three officials familiar with the understanding said. The officials, who spoke on the condition that they not be named because they were discussing private conversations, said Mr. Obama pledged to maintain the agreement when he first hosted …

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