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Thoughts, comments and reflections of an American Muslim on America, US Foreign policy in the Middle East and the so-called War on Terror; examining the double standards, contradictions and repercussions from a perspective of social justice and human rights.

Autumn Allegory
12 August, 2009

“But the days grow short when you reach September when the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame one hasn’t got time for the waiting game.” - September Song, sung by Frank Sinatra.[1]

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Iran’s Election: Benford vs. Basij
08 July, 2009

“The United States and the international community have been appalled and outraged by the threats, the beatings, and imprisonments of the last few days.  I strongly condemn these unjust actions, and I join with the American people in mourning each and every innocent life that is lost.”--President Barack Obama, 23 June 2009.[i] (More)

A Slight Uptick
03 May, 2009

“Despite the declining levels of violence in Iraq over recent months, the latest strikes reflect what appears to be a slight uptick from March to April of assaults on civilians, U.S. and Iraqi security forces, and the U.S.-backed militias called Awakening Councils or Sons of Iraq.”  --Published by CNN on 23 April 2009.[1]

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A Cascade of Insanity
21 April, 2009

“Last year, oil cost a king's ransom. This year, it's relatively cheap. But don't be fooled. Price isn't the point here. Like it or not, energy is still what everyone who's anyone wants to get their hands on.”-- Brazilian journalist and author Pepe Escobar.[i]

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Armchair Terrorist?
09 March, 2009

“All I am asking for is to be treated like every other person in the United States who is accused of a crime, including terrorism, and to be given a fair trial in an American court," pleaded Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, an alleged terrorist held for over 5 years without a trial in isolation at the U.S. Naval Consolidated Brig in Charleston, South Carolina.[i] (More)

A Revolution of Hope
04 February, 2009

 

“Islam wishes to bring all humanity under the umbrella of justice...It does not take the sword to export this ideology.” - Imam Khomeini.[i]

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Shabbat Shalom!
02 January, 2009

The traditional Saturday greeting among Jews of all varieties from secular to religious, “Shabbat Shalom” literally means “A Sabbath of peace.”  However, on Saturday, 27 December 2008, there was no Sabbath of peace in Gaza, as US-financed Israeli F-16 warplanes[1] unloaded their lethal cargos of US manufactured GB-39 bunker buster bombs[2] on innocent Palestinians.  (More)

‘Tis the Season
09 December, 2008

“Happy, happy Thanksgiving.  May each of you return to work 5 lbs. (2.4 kg.) heavier on Monday,” an anonymous American manager wrote to employees on the day before the holiday.  Contrast the words of this present-day manager to the words of Imam Ali (A.S.) who once said,  “I want to eat the kind of food which the poorest of this realm can afford…I want to live, feel and suffer like them.”[i] (More)

Quantum Change or Short Changed?
26 November, 2008

“In 2008, as in previous election years, serious candidates for the highest office in the land will go to considerable lengths to express their deep personal commitment to one foreign country—Israel—as well as their determination to maintain unyielding U.S. support for the Jewish state,” conjectured John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of Harvard in 2007.[i] (More)

9/11 Seven Years Later and Questions Remain
09 September, 2008

“Why have so few academics and technical experts, such as physicists and engineers, raised questions about the 9/11 gruel that the government has pushed?  Why so little investigation and research about this pivotal event in world history?” – Dr. Morgan Reynolds, Chief Economist, US Dept. of Labor during the 1st term of George W. Bush.[i] (More)

Terrorist Longshoremen?
09 March, 2006

The whole thing is laughable. We have a company, Dubai Ports World, taking over several US ports and the only problem is that the company comes from UAE, through which some of the 9/11 hijackers and financing allegedly passed. Of course, the minute that someone mentions "Arab," there is an immediate picture of an "Islamic Terrorist" in the American's mind, carefully planted by years of incessant propaganda from the corporate media.

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