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I’m a Former U.S. Ambassador and an American Muslim
Posted December 8th, 2015 at 4:11 pm (UTC-5)
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‘We Will Prevail’
Posted December 6th, 2015 at 8:52 pm (UTC-5)
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President Barack Obama gave a rare address from the Oval Office Sunday night on last week’s mass shootings in San Bernardino, California – deemed an act of terror – that killed 14 people at a work holiday party. While acknowledging that the U.S. is confronting a terror threat at home, he tried to reassure the country by vowing that “we will overcome” such acts of terror. He called for stricter laws on assault-style weapons, and reiterated his decision not to engage U.S. troops in a ground war against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
‘We Will Not Be Terrorized’
Posted December 6th, 2015 at 8:48 pm (UTC-5)
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In his usual Saturday address, President Barack Obama vowed to fight acts of terror following the deadly mass shooting at a holiday party in San Bernardino, California.
Voices of Moderation Struggle to Drown Out Extremism
Posted December 1st, 2015 at 3:24 pm (UTC-5)
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The terror attacks in Paris have sparked yet more tortured debate about Islam – both inside and outside Muslim communities. Very few dispute the notion that the vast majority of Muslims do not subscribe to the ultra-fundamentalist beliefs —and violence — of the Islamic State. But the voices of moderation are often unheard, creating a deep frustration among Muslims. Attacks on the scale of Paris strike fear in everyone. And it begs the question: Who owns Islam?
America’s Politicians are Feeding the Islamic State Narrative
Posted November 17th, 2015 at 3:27 pm (UTC-5)
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[I]f U.S. politicians define Islam as the problem and cast aspersions on Muslim populations in the West, they are feeding the Islamic State narrative. They are materially undermining the war against terrorism and complicating the United States’ (already complicated) task in the Middle East.
Paris Terror Attacks: We Muslims Must Hunt Down These Monsters Who Make a Mockery of Our Religion
Posted November 16th, 2015 at 9:29 am (UTC-5)
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My dear Muslim brothers and sisters, it is time to make our voices heard: we must rise up massively and tell the barbarians who ordered, executed or condoned the acts of mass murder just committed in Paris that from now on we will take the lead in fighting and hunting them down…
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I am a Muslim and there is nothing Islamic about killing innocent people in Paris, San Bernardino, or anywhere else in the world. True Muslims know that the ruthless violence of so called Islamic Jihadists goes against the very tenets of our religion.