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The Pentagon Conveyor Belt of Enmity Towards Islam

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  By : Abid Mustafa   “We are not at war with Islam”—President Obama It was only last month that Pentagon officials repeatedly implored Pastor Terry Jones not to burn copies of the Quran fearing that Jones’s inflammatory action could arouse Muslim sentiments and endanger the lives of US soldiers serving in Afghanistan and elsewhere. [...]

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FBI Muslim Scandal: Documents Show San Francisco FBI Office Illegally Collected Information On Local Muslims

Council of American-Islamic Relations California, deputy executive director and staff attorney, Ameena Mirza Qazi, middle, takes questions on a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday released records it obtained from the FBI that it said showed the bureau’s San Francisco division used its Muslim outreach efforts to collect intelligence on religious activities protected by the Constitution. Under the U.S. Privacy Act, the FBI is generally prohibited from maintaining records on how [...]

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NYPD kept secret files to ‘focus’ scrutiny on American Muslims

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said NYPD does not target any particular community or neighborhood despite findings of secret files being kept on businesses owned by American Muslims. (Reuters)

  The New York Police Department kept secret files on businesses owned by second- and third-generation Americans specifically because they were Muslims, according to newly obtained documents that spell out in the clearest terms yet that police were monitoring people based on religion. The NYPD has faced intense criticism from Muslims, lawmakers and even the [...]

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Iran’s Nuclear Program : Between Rhetoric And Reality

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Details have not for the first time resurfaced again of a possible air attack on Iran’s nuclear installations. These specific leaks have emerged from the forthcoming International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report, which is due imminently. Whilst Khilafah.com have addressed the Iran-US nuclear stand-off previously, with an up-tickin rhetoric we thought it would appropriate to outline our view on the issue. It should be remembered that the current [...]

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Israel and US to stage major defense drill

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The Israeli military is gearing up together with US forces for a major missile defense exercise, the Israeli military announced Thursday, as tension between Iran and the international community escalates. The drill is called “Austere Challenge 12″ and is designed to improve defense systems and cooperation between the US and Israeli forces. It follows a [...]

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Washington to sell F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia; deal to boost U.S. economy

The deal will include production of 84 new F-15 aircraft as well as munitions, spare parts, training, maintenance and logistics. (File photo)

The White House said on Thursday a $29.4 billion deal to sell Boeing-made F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia’s air force would support more than 50,000 U.S. jobs and give the American economy a $3.5 billion annual boost. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the government to government deal included production of 84 new aircraft [...]

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Obama marks end of Iraq war at Fort Bragg

President Barack Obama: "You have shown why the US military is the finest fighting force in the history of the world"

US President Barack Obama has marked the end of the Iraq war by applauding the “extraordinary achievement” of US troops in a conflict he firmly opposed. In a speech at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, he paid tribute to the soldiers who served and died in the war, and their families. The last US soldiers [...]

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Arab uprisings also reshape map of US influence

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — About 18 months before the Egyptian uprising that would doom Hosni Mubarak, a US diplomatic cable was sent from Cairo. It described Mubarak as the likely president-for-life and said his regime’s ability to intimidate critics and rig elections was as solid as ever. Around the same time, another dispatch to [...]

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