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Michael Bloomberg and New York’s Muslims: a lesson in how Israel courses through Jewish-Muslim relations

Ever since Lawrence Swaim of the California-based Interfaith Freedom Foundation articulated his valuable insight to me that the question of Israel courses through Jewish-Muslim relations, I’ve been coming across stories that fit into that theme. In general, strong support for … Continue reading

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Harvard distances itself from Peretz, but event is still on

Benjamin Sarlin follows up on the ongoing Marty Peretz controversy for the Daily Beast. He reports: Robert Paul Wolff, a professor at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst who is being honored at the same event as Peretz, joined in the criticism. … Continue reading

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Peretz issues 50 percent apology for latest anti-Muslim racism

Editor-in-chief Martin Peretz, who has become the crazy uncle in The New Republic’s attic, says he is sorry for half of his most recent anti-Muslim tirade.  He has been under great pressure, from Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times … Continue reading

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On 9/11 anniversary, Park 51 Islamic center sparks rallies, for and against

    Thousands rallied in Manhattan’s City Hall Park, near the site of Ground Zero, on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks to denounce anti-Muslim bigotry, while blocks away an equal number demonstrated against the proposed Cordoba House Islamic … Continue reading

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Anti-Defamation League condemns the very ‘anti-Muslim sentiment’ it contributes to

A month after the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the “nation’s premier civil rights” agency (in their words), came out against building an Islamic community center blocks away from Ground Zero because “building [it] in the shadow of the World Trade Center … Continue reading

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Keep chewing that qat, Friedman — but spare us the visions

Tom Friedman, refreshed and inspired by his recent jaunt to Yemen, writes: I believe the only way the forces of 1979 can be rolled back would be with another equally big bang — a new popular movement that is truly … Continue reading

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A journalist notions a U.S. attack on Israel

Louise Diamond writes that in evaluating what happened to make a Muslim major apparently take up arms against his fellow soldiers, readers should consider how they’d respond if the US decided to attack Israel, and Jewish American soldiers refused to … Continue reading

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