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issue 153
2.19.2015  |
TOPSTORIES 
Deputy
Spokesperson Marie Harf maintains that the root cause of the Islamic State
(ISIS) is unemployment and poverty. More 
VOICES FORHUMAN RIGHTS 
A
young Kurdish activist who is assisting refugees from the Islamic State and
fighting for women's rights and religious tolerance. More
MORENEWS |
The Muslim man asked two people at a bus
stop if they were Muslim. When they answered 'no,' he stabbed both of them
before fleeing the scene. |
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Shouting “Allahu Akhbar,” God is great, the
group that had gathered at the site where the killer El-Hussein died said
they are “brothers” to El-Hussein. |
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Hussein Jawad Parveez, Chair of the
European-Bahraini Organization for Human Rights, was seized by regime forces
at 1:30 am Monday morning. |
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The West must 'fight the discourse of the
Muslim Brotherhood in our country' and scrutinize foreign funding of mosques,
Valls stated. |
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Evidence presented by Iraq’s ambassador to
the UN that the Islamic State is harvesting human organs was given to the
Security Council. |
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The murder of 20-year-old psychology
student Ozgecan Aslan has triggered a wave of introspection and anger in
Turkish society. |
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ISIS' latest video showing Copts being
beheaded also claims that the church is waging a war on Muslims, which makes
this atrocity a 'defensive' action. |
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The
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QUOTABLEQUOTES 
"Our
society was built on embracing the rights of everyone to be free. It is
incongruous with our values to blindly coddle a medieval mindset that
castigates women to second class citizens and believes that a man or a family’s
honor is more valuable than the life of a daughter or wife."
- Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser
Founder and President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy
Founder and President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy
RECOMMENDEDREADING
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By Michael Weiss and
Hassan Hassan
American journalist Michael Weiss and
Syrian analyst Hassan Hassan explain how these violent extremists evolved
from a nearly defeated Iraqi insurgent group into a jihadi army of
international volunteers who behead Western hostages in slickly produced
videos and have conquered territory equal to the size of Great Britain. |
READERSWRITE
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 (Re:
State Dept. Official: ISIS Terror Motivated by Joblessness) Many other groups
of people in USA are impoverished and need jobs, but don't resort to
terrorism.
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