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Learn about Israeli xenophobia

 South Tel Aviv Is On Fire!!! (video)

 

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Israel Threatens to Take Action If UN Recognizes Palestinian Statehood!

The Zionist entity threatens the world “if the Palestinian Authority persists in its efforts to gain recognition in September as a state within the 1967 borders, Israel would respond with a series of unilateral steps of its own” (Haaritz, April 8, 2011).

That is if a Palestinian Arab state on a small part of the Palestinian Arab land, even less than a fraction of historic Arab Palestine. This is less than 22% of the Palestinians own historic ancestral homeland is internationally recognized.

The Zionist invading colonizers want to colonize it all and complete its ethnic cleansing, but what Palestinian Arabs want is all of Palestine, an independent Arab Palestine, an integral part of the Arab nation, with full authority on it.

This is inevitable as the future is ours.

There is not a colonized land in the whole world had not been liberated, and Palestine is no exception.

Adib S. Ka'awar

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Media Advisory

MEDIA ADVISORY

U.S. Chamber to Host Senior Egyptian Minister to Discuss Economic Impact of Events in the Country


WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will host a briefing with Egyptian Minister for Planning & International Cooperation, Mrs. Fayza Mohamed Aboulnaga, to discuss events in Egypt, including her analysis of economic changes in the country and international cooperation during the transition. Minister Fayza Aboulnaga is one of Egypt’s most senior ministers.

WHO:

H.E., Mrs. Fayza Mohamed Aboulnaga, Minister of Planning & International Cooperation, Government of Egypt
H.E., Sameh Shoukry, Ambassador of Egypt to the United States
Steven Farris, Chairman of the U.S.-Egypt Business Council
Lionel Johnson, Vice President, Middle East Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

WHAT:

Briefing with Egypt’s Minister of Planning & International Cooperation

WHEN:

Thursday, April 14, 2011 12.30 pm to 2.00 pm EDT

WHERE:

U.S. Chamber of Commerce
1615 H Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20062

RSVP:

Credentialed members of the media are invited to attend. To register, e-mail press@uschamber.com or call 202-463-5682.


The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations.


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U.S. Chamber of Commerce

U.S. Chamber of Commerce | 1615 H Street, NW | Washington, DC 20062-2000
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Oklahoma: Officials to Oppose Anti-Religion, Anti-Business Bill

 

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CAIR

CAIR: Pro Teams Add Religion to Promotional Fan Days (USA Today)
...(CAIR) wants equal time for other religions. "The ultimate test of this kind of policy would be to have a Muslim Family Day -- and gauge the public reaction to it," says spokesman Ibrahim Hooper. "Given the heightened state of anti-Muslim sentiment in our society, I have a feeling there would be some objections to that."

- MEDIA ADVISORY –

CAIR-OK: Elected Officials to Oppose Anti-Religion, Anti-Business Bill

(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 4/8/11) –- On Monday, April 11, the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will hold a news conference with elected officials in the State Capitol Building to express opposition to an anti-religion and anti-business bill (House Bill 1552) to be voted on by the Senate Rules Committee next week.

WHAT: Press Conference Challenging Anti-Religion, Anti-Business HB 1552
WHEN: Monday, April 11, 12:15 p.m.
WHERE: State Capitol Building, 4th Floor Media Room
CONTACT: CAIR-Oklahoma Executive Director Muneer Awad, 405-248-5853, E-Mail: info@ok.cair.com

House Bill 1552 would ban the use of foreign laws in Oklahoma courts. The bill's sponsor, State Rep. Sally Kern, introduced the legislation after a federal judge last year barred the certification of a ballot measure preventing Oklahoma judges from considering Islamic principles (Sharia) in their decisions.

SEE: Sally Kern Bill Unconstitutional, Bad for Business

"Sally Kern did not write this law, and that is why she and members of our House of Representatives were unaware of its motivation and its repercussions," said CAIR-OK Executive Director Muneer Awad. "We have since learned that this law was written by the head of an anti-Islam hate group that has been denounced by the Anti-Defamation League for having 'a record of anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant and anti-black bigotry.'"

David Yerushalmi: A Driving Force Behind Anti-Sharia Efforts in the U.S.
SEE: Who Is Behind Sally Kern's Anti-Religion Legislation

Awad say HB 1552 violates the Bill of Rights and will threaten all international business contracts and companies in Oklahoma.

"When international and national companies are told they cannot choose the terms of their own contract, they will choose a different state in which to do business," said Awad.

SEE: Lawyers Say Anti-Foreign Law Bills Incapacitate Companies Engaged in International Commerce

CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

CONTACT:

CAIR-OK Executive Director Muneer Awad, 405-248-5853, E-Mail: info@ok.cair.com; CAIR-OK Operations Coordinator Nazia Khan, 405-415-6851, E-Mail: nkhan@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, or 202-488-8787, E-Mail: ihooper@cair.com; CAIR Communications Coordinator Amina Rubin, 202-488-8787, 202-341-4171, E-Mail: arubin@cair.com

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Civil Rights Coalition Demands "Shut Down War not Government"

Denounces Islamophobic and Racist New York State Senate Hearings

Muslim Peace Coalition USA Announces mass mobilization for Rally on April 9th

 

Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid, the founder of Muslim Peace Coalition USA has flown in from Chicago to address a press conference organized by United National Antiwar Committee

to demand an end to war and Islamophobia. "War, terrorism and Islamophobia are interconnected and we will be mobilizing thousands of Muslims and their neighbors to oppose war, to condemn terrorism and to fight Islamophobia," Mujahid declared.  "We demand that the wars should be shut down and not the government, We must bring the war dollars home and spend them to fulfill the needs of Americans."  

Dr. Shaik Ubaid, the New York Co-chair of the coalition while welcoming Mujahid condemned the New York State Senate Hearing that is taking place today, and where known Islam-haters are invited to speak, as an Islamophobic and racist media circus and a witch hunt.  "State Senator Ball should have realized after the recent Peter King hearings were denounced by all the moderate voices in the country that his anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim stand will cost him support of all decent Americans," Ubaid said.

Mujahid will announce the support of the tri-state area Muslims for the Saturday anti-war/anti-Islamophobia rally and march in Union Square Manhattan. Recently more than 100 imams and leaders of the Muslim community have issued a statement in response to the Muslim Peace Coalition's appeal for mass mobilization for the April 9th rally. The imams also thanked their neighbors for standing up for the Muslim community during the Peter King hearings.

What  Press Conference

When:   Friday 1 PM

Where: Times Square 43rd Street between Broadway and 7th Avenue

Contact person:  Seemi Ahmed, New York State Co-Chair

Tel: 516-567-0783  email: muslimpeacecoalition@gmail.com

The Muslim Peace Coalition USA is the first of its kind coalition of Muslim organizations and peace activists that is present in 15 states and growing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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