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A TALE OF TWO ALEXANDRIAS

MARCH 5, 2011 Over the past six decades, Egypt’s second city has morphed from cosmopolitan oasis into Islamist stronghold By MARC CHAMPION And LUCETTE LAGNADO Odette and Elie MorenoFifty years ago, women in Alexandria strolled to the beach in their bikinis (above, sunbathers at Sidi Bishr beach in 1959) Colette Frege Haggar remembers how, in […]

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CHRISTIAN MINISTER IS GUNNED DOWN IN PAKISTAN FOR CITICIZING ISLAM BLASPHEMY LAWS

MARCH 3, 2011 Killing of Christian Is Second of a Blasphemy-Law Critic; Puts in Question Effectiveness of U.S. Support for Moderates By ZAHID HUSSAIN And TOM WRIGHT ISLAMABAD—Suspected Islamic militants shot dead the most senior Christian in Pakistan’s national government, in the latest sign that political moderates backed by the U.S. are failing to rein

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MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD HAS LONG BEEN ORGANIZING TO TAKE OVER EGYPTIAN PROFESSIONAL GUILDS OF MEDICINE, ENGINEERING, LAW AND JOURNALISM

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Professional Islamists The Muslim Brotherhood’s long march through the institutions. Stephen Schwartz February 21, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 22 The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, or al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun, is more than a radical network, comparable to al Qaeda; more than an ideological phenomenon, like the followers of Khomeini in the 1979

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LIBYA DEATH TOLL SURGES IN CRACKDOWN

MIDDLE EAST NEWS FEBRUARY 21, 2011, 6:54 A.M. ET By CHARLES LEVINSON and TAHANI KARRAR-LEWSLEY CAIRO—Violent clashes between protesters and security forces snowballed in cities throughout eastern Libya Sunday, as the country’s leader, Moammar Gadhafi, struggled to crush an uprising aimed at ending his 42-year rule. Human Rights Watch said it had confirmed 233 deaths

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IRAN’S GREEN MOVEMENT LIVES

FEBRUARY 19, 2011 By AMIR TAHERI ‘Hang them! Hang them!” the mob shouted while goose-stepping towards the podium. Some beat their chests and others raised clenched fists. “Allah is the greatest!” chanted the turbaned clerics. This was the scene Tuesday in the Islamic Majlis, Iran’s ersatz parliament. Members raged against the “heads of sedition,” calling

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GEORGE WASHINGTON – THE ORIGINAL AMERICAN IDOL

FEBRUARY 19, 2011 When King George III heard Washington had refused to be king, he said, ‘If that is true, he must be the greatest man in the world.’ By JOHN R. MILLER Today we merge Washington’s birthday with the birthdays of other presidents and submerge them all in clothing and appliance sales. But it

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The Christian Chick-fil-A versus the New York Times

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com Michelle Malkin February 2, 2011 4:00 A.M. A Christian Business in the Left’s Crosshairs It’s Chick-fil-A vs. the New York Times. Here’s a modest proposal for liberals who say they support job creation: Stop smearing successful, law-abiding private companies whose values don’t comport with yours. I’m looking at you, New York

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ACLU – FREEDOM TO BE CHRISTIAN BUT BANNED FROM ACTING CHRISTIAN

Secularists and the ACLU strip First Amendment of meaning By Robert Knight    The Washington Times February 18, 2011 Christians, Orthodox Jews or anyone with traditional views of sex and marriage should be barred from state university counseling programs unless they agree to violate their beliefs. That’s the gist of theamicus brief the American Civil Liberties

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