Taking lessons from Malaysian extremists
BosNewsLife: Islamists Burn, Loot Algerian Church
Islamists burned and looted a Protestant church in northern Algeria in an attack that was fueled by violence against Christians elsewhere in the Muslim and Arab world, church officials said Monday, January 11.
The Pentecostal oriented Tafat Church, which is located in an apartment block in the city of Tizi Ouzou [...]
Enchanting music from Nass Marrakech
I really, really like the music that the Morroccon group Nass Marrakech dishes out. This is a song from their excellent album “Bouderbala“, entitled L_Ham. You need an updated version of Flash to view the widget below.
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Nass Marrakech represents a new generation of musicians dedicated to keeping the Gnawa tradition alive and [...]
The price of peace in Israeli cities
Israeli tactics collide with peace process Suicide bombings in Israel have dropped off so significantly that the nation’s security officials now dare to speak openly of success. But the very steps they are taking to thwart bombers appear to collide head on with the government’s agenda of achieving peace with the Palestinians.
It is a classic military-political [...]
The demise of Israeli Arabs
For Israel’s Arabs, 60 years of regret
As Israel toasts its 60th anniversary in the coming weeks, rejoicing in Jewish national rebirth and democratic values, the Arabs who make up 20 percent of its citizens will not be celebrating. Better off and better integrated than ever in their history, freer than the vast majority of other [...]
Money, martyrs and mongers
Not only does Saudi Arabia provide money and martyrs for the Iraqi theater of war, help now arrives from the theological front:
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: Over 30 prominent Islamic clerics from Saudi Arabia on Monday called on Sunni Muslims around the Middle East to support their brethren in Iraq against Shiites and praised the insurgency.
The clerics [...]
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