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by Hany Ghoraba • November 9,
2017 • Special to IPT News
Inciting
sectarian strife against Egypt's Coptic Christians is not a novelty.
Islamist propaganda targeting the Coptic Church, businesses and doctrine
thrived for decades and often led to violence and prosecution. Earlier
this month, a young Islamist killed a Coptic priest in the streets of
Cairo.
by Scott Newark • November 8,
2017 • Special to IPT News
Thanks
to excellent reporting by Andrew Duffy of the Ottawa Citizen,
Canadians recently learned of a disturbing decision from Ontario Superior
Court Justice Robert Smith that acquitted a man of sexual assault against
his former
wife because the man and his then wife believed that their
religion and culture entitled him to have sex with her
whether she consented or not.
November 7, 2017 • IPT News
It's
never fun when one of your favorite celebrities gets accused of
wrongdoing. The home team quarterback faces a DUI, or a politician gets
caught with his hand in the cookie jar. You can choose to face reality
that the hero may not warrant your devotion, or try to pretend you never
saw it.
by Patrick Dunleavy • November
7, 2017 • Fox News
When
you're getting dressed in the morning, you look for a shirt in your
closet – not your refrigerator. When you want to
go out to dinner, you look for a restaurant – not a dentist's
office.
by Abigail R. Esman • November
6, 2017 • Special to IPT News
From
the moment news broke of Harvey Weinstein's sexual aggressions, men and
women alike rushed to express their
disgust and disappointment.
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November 9, 2017 •
Al Jazeera
Saudi Arabia's
official news agency SPA quoted a source in the foreign ministry on
Thursday as saying: "Due to the situations in the Republic of
Lebanon, the official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated
that the Saudi nationals visiting or residing in Lebanon are asked to
leave the country as soon as possible.
November 9, 2017 •
i24 News
Former U.S.
Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton called upon the Trump
administration on Wednesday, to stop postponing President Donald Trump's
commitment
during the 2016 presidential campaign to move the U.S.
embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
November 9, 2017 • Israel
Hayom
Senior
legal officials have revealed to Israel Hayom the names of some of the
organizations Israel is likely to sue for damages once an anti-boycott
law goes into effect.
November 8, 2017 • Associated
Press
A
prosecutor is formally declaring for the first time that the man probing
Argentina's worst terror attack was murdered and didn't kill himself, a
member of the prosecution team said Wednesday. The opinion presented to a
judge by prosecutor Eduardo Taiano reignites a case that shook Argentine
politics with suspicions of high-level homicide in
the 2015 death of crusading prosecutor Alberto Nisman.
November 8, 2017 • The
Portland Mercury
If
civil liberties advocates get their way, Portland's latest city council
might be the third in a row to consider the city's involvement with
federal anti-terror investigations.
November 8, 2017 • CTV News
A
Montreal-born woman involved in the legal challenge against Quebec's Bill
62 says she lives in constant fear when she leaves home wearing her
niqab. 'I am always scared because I don't know what will happen when I
go out," Marie-Michelle Lacoste told a news conference Tuesday.
November 8, 2017 • The
Algemeiner
Iranian
control of a strategically significant Kurdish area near the border
between Iraq and Syria represents a grave security threat to Israel, a
senior Kurdish security official told
The Algemeiner on Wednesday.
November 7, 2017 • Tablet
Tuesday,
the House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled
"Examining Anti-Semitism on
College Campuses."
November 7, 2017 • Agence
France-Presse
Nine
suspects were arrested in a series of anti-terror operations carried out
around France on Tuesday, with French media reporting a planned attack on
the city of Nice had been thwarted.
November 6, 2017 • Al-Monitor
The
Syrian Center for Anti-Extremist Ideology opened its doors Oct. 28 in the
city of Marea in the northern Aleppo countryside. The inauguration was
attended by Free Syrian Army (FSA) commanders, local activists,
administrators and lecturers at the center, which received its first
batch of students the next day.
November 6, 2017 • New York
Daily News
Mayoral
candidate Bo Dietl on Monday tweeted a picture showing Mayor de Blasio
with activist Linda Sarsour, wearing a head scarf, and questioning
whether he could be trusted to protect the city from terror.
November 6, 2017 • The
Washington Free Beacon
Israel's
government waged financial warfare on terror groups like Hamas and
Hezbollah, which became a model for most states battling terrorism today,
according to members
of a once secret Israeli task force called Harpoon.
November 6, 2017 • Palestinian
Media Watch
Fatah
posted a cartoon on Facebook depicting British Prime Minister Theresa May
with a pig's snout and carrying a Star of David, in response to her
statement in British Parliament defending the Balfour Declaration. She
said that Britain is "proud of the role that we played in the
creation of the State of Israel, and we will certainly mark the centenary
with pride."
November 6, 2017 • Newsday
As
a Muslim committed to fighting Islamism, I appeal to you: The need for
strong surveillance of Muslim communities in the West has never been
greater. Islamism preys and nests among us, including in Muslim
communities.
November 6, 2017 • The
Jerusalem Post
The
recent political shakeup in Saudi Arabia has great implications for the
country's future, especially on its relationship with funding terrorist
organizations.
November 5, 2017 • The
Algemeiner
A
former Syrian diplomat who accused Israeli officials of trafficking
children's organs is now working as a professor at state-funded Rutgers
University in New Jersey, The Algemeiner
has learned.
November 5, 2017 • USA
Today
My
lecture against squeezing out free speech from colleges got me smeared.
The students who smeared me got a safe space complete with coloring books
and markers.
November 4, 2017 • New York
Post
The
279 firefighters who graduated from the FDNY Academy last month include
the son of a firefighter killed on 9/11 — and the son of a terrorist.
Rookie firefighter Omar Ahmed Sattar, 30, is the eldest son of Ahmed
Abdel Sattar, who was convicted in 2005 of "soliciting crimes of
violence" and conspiracy to murder Jews.
November 3, 2017 • Bloomberg
The
Obama administration's selective releases portrayed Tehran as an enemy of
the extremists. There's more to it.
November 3, 2017 • Reuters
A wealthy Turkish gold trader charged in
the United States with violating U.S. sanctions against Iran sought
support from and invoked the name of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to
advance his business, U.S. prosecutors said.
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