http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/arabworld/ en-us Sat, 2 Jan 2010 06:13:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419364/posts The Vatican's top cleric in the heart of Muslim Arabia tends to a flock of 2 million Christians spread around six desert nations. But he has to do it quietly: Most of them must still pray in secret and are forbidden to display crosses and other symbols of their faith. n this image taken Tuesday... From his base in the emirate of Abu Dhabi on the Persian Gulf, Archbishop Paul Hinder travels the Arabian Peninsula, even slipping in and out of Saudi Arabia - the birthplace of Islam, where restrictions on Christians are the toughest. Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419364/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 06:13:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419223/posts (IsraelNN.com) A delegation of the Rabbinical Congress for Peace (RCP) met with U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mr. James Cunningham, today and called for a reassessment of the entire U.S. policy vis-à-vis the Israelis and Palestinians. The rabbis told Ambassador Cunningham that it was time to try the Biblical approach to the dispute over the Land of Israel. Going Biblical "Who knows, Mr. Ambassador, maybe this is your defining moment." Rabbi Dov Lior, the Rabbi of Kiryat Arba-Hevron, said: "G-d gave the US the power and influence to affect the rest of the world and supporting Israel is the key to... Aurtz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419223/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:31:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415202/posts The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has signaled its intent to consider a rash of foreign military sales to Egypt, including the transfer of anti-tank missiles. The government of Egypt has also requested anti-ship missiles, engine upgrades for its fleet of F-16 jet fighters and Fast Missile Crafts worth an estimated $1.18 billion. The proposed sale is expected to "contribute to the foreign police and national security objectives of the United States by helping to improve the security of a friendly country which has been and continues to be an important force for political stability and economic progress in the... Space War http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415202/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:28:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406590/posts U.S. and the Arab and Muslim World       December 10, 2009 Special Dispatch No.2687 Official Friday Sermons from Sudan: Our Son Obama Hussein is Taking the Same Path as His Predecessor and Has Succumbed to Zio-Christianity; He Should Acknowledge That the Jews Carried Out 9/11; The Twin Towers Will Be Rebuilt in Israel; Hurricane Katrina was Allah's Curse of the Jews on America; America Must Follow Benjamin Franklin's Warning Again The following are official Friday sermons by Sudanese Sheikh Abd Al-Jalil Al-Karouri, the imam of the Shahid Mosque in Khartoum and a member of the Sudanese Islamic... MEMRI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406590/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:25:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396676/posts A foreign policy of penance has won America no friends. By FOUAD AJAMI 'He talks too much," a Saudi academic in Jeddah,... It was the norm for American liberalism during the Bush years to brandish the Pew Global Attitudes survey that told of America's decline in the eyes of foreign nations. ... 2009 bring findings from the world of Islam that confirm that the animus toward America has not been radically changed by the ascendancy of Mr. Obama. In the Palestinian territories, 15% have a favorable view of the U.S. while 82% have an unfavorable view. The Obama speech in... http://online.wsj.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396676/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:00:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360461/posts Muslim "extremists” are “spreading lies” by alleging that Israel is digging underneath the Temple Mount to cause the collapse of the mosques, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Cabinet Monday morning. The Arab world, including the Palestinian Authority, has increasingly accused Israel of the same charges over the past several years, and many Muslim and Arab leaders have told the Arab world that the Temples never existed. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360461/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:01:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355509/posts ARAB STATES LAUNCH SECRET MOVES WITH CHINA, RUSSIA, FRANCE TO STOP USING DOLLAR FOR OIL TRADING... DEVELOPING... Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355509/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 22:12:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339163/posts Saddam Hussein killed more Arabs and Muslims than any other Middle Eastern leader in recent history. He committed genocide against the Kurds, launched wars of aggression against Iran and Kuwait, launched missiles at Israel and Saudi Arabia, tortured innocents without compunction and imposed totalitarianism in Iraq. His regime brought unprecedented war, terror and misery to the region. Why, then, does the Butcher of Baghdad remain such a heroic figure to so many Arabs? Saddam Hussein, at the opening of his trial. Photo: AP [file] Two decades ago, famed historian Bernard Lewis wrote a prescient piece in The Wall Street Journal... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339163/posts#comment Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:23:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337020/posts It was the furies of the Arab world, not Afghanistan, that struck America eight years ago today. ArticleThe road that led to 9/11 was never a defining concern of President Barack Obama. But he returned to 9/11 as he sought to explain and defend the war in Afghanistan in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Phoenix, Ariz., on Aug. 17. "The insurgency in Afghanistan didn't just happen overnight and we won't defeat it overnight, but we must never forget: This is not a war of choice; it is a war of necessity. Those who attacked America on... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337020/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:40:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2321479/posts The world's first Muslim cartoon superheroes have taken the Arab world by storm, and now they are headed for British television screensNamed the 99, as each possesses one of Allah's 99 attributes, the characters include a burka-clad woman named Batina the Hidden and a Saudi Arabian Hulk-type man named Jabbar the Powerful. They have proved a hit from Morocco to Indonesia and were recently named as one of the top 20 trends sweeping the world by Forbes magazine. Now they are being brought to British television by Endemol, the production company behind Big Brother, with a mission to instill Islamic... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2321479/posts#comment Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:29:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317834/posts Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, several hours before his scheduled meeting on Monday with U.S. President Barack Obama, said that the Arab world will not make any gestures towards Israel until a regional treaty is signed. A Middle East peace pact must include Israeli agreement on the Arab demand for the right of millions of foreign Arabs to immigrate to Israel and the demand that the Palestinian Authority have control over all of eastern Jerusalem, Egyptian officials said. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317834/posts#comment Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:22:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2313259/posts Seventy-one senators have signed an AIPAC-backed letter to US President Barack Obama supporting his effort to encourage Arab states to normalize relations with Israel. It comes after Americans for Peace Now and other left-wing pro-Israel groups - including Brit Tzedek v'Shalom and J Street - made a battleground of the document, which was circulated by Sens. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) and James Risch, (R-Idaho). They called on senators not to sign it unless it is amended to include mention of steps that all the parties in the Middle East need to take towards peace - especially Israel's need to stop settlement... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2313259/posts#comment Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:41:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310425/posts THE supposedly "moderate" Palestinian party remains steadfast in its refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. But then, this week's Fatah gathering in Bethlehem won't even help promote the creation of a new Palestinian state. All of which leaves the Obama plans for the Middle East looking like a road map to nowhere. It's been 62 years since the UN General Assembly partitioned British-mandated Palestine into two states, defining one as Arab and the other as Jewish. Egypt signed on to peace 30 years ago, and in 1993 Yasser Arafat "recognized" Israel in the Oslo agreement. Six years ago,... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310425/posts#comment Fri, 7 Aug 2009 12:43:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310219/posts ‘It made me feel so jealous,” said Abdulmonem Ibrahim, a young Egyptian political activist, of the recent upheaval in Iran. “We are amazed at the organization and speed with which the Iranian movement has been functioning. In Egypt you can count the number of activists on your hand.” This degree of “Iran envy” is a telling statement on the stagnation of Arab politics. It is not pretty, Iran’s upheaval, but grant the Iranians their due: They have gone out into the streets to contest the writ of the theocrats. In contrast, little has stirred in Arab politics of late. The... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310219/posts#comment Fri, 7 Aug 2009 03:18:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308994/posts WHAT ails the Arabs? The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) this week published the fifth in a series of hard-hitting reports on the state of the Arab world. It makes depressing reading. The Arabs are a dynamic and inventive people whose long and proud history includes fabulous contributions to art, culture, science and, of course, religion. The score of modern Arab states, on the other hand, have been impressive mainly for their consistent record of failure. They have, for a start, failed to make their people free: six Arab countries have an outright ban on political parties and the rest... The Economist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308994/posts#comment Wed, 5 Aug 2009 20:35:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303324/posts It's not easy living in an Arab state. Egyptians stay away from government hospitals; illiteracy among women in some countries can top 50 percent A new United Nations report presents a bleak and sometimes scary picture of a citizen's life in the Arab countries. One out of every five people in the region lives on less than $2 a day; the illiteracy rates are very high; and, for the most part, public health services cannot be relied on at all. HaAretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303324/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:04:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291640/posts RIYADH/LONDON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will seek to reassure Gulf Arab states this week that U.S. dollar assets they hold in large quantities remain a strong investment. A recent decline in Saudi foreign assets shows the purchase of U.S. treasuries by Washington's Gulf allies, five having currencies pegged to the dollar, at levels seen in the past decades should no longer be taken for granted. Geithner, offering assurances on the United States' ability to pull out of recession, is combining a visit to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the Arab world's largest and second-largest economies, with... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291640/posts#comment Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:41:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281469/posts CAIRO — The rancorous dispute over Iran’s presidential election could turn into a win-win for Arab leaders aligned with Washington who in the past have complained bitterly that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was destabilizing the region and meddling in Arab affairs, political analysts and former officials around the region said. The good-news thinking goes like this: With Mr. Ahmadinejad remaining in office, there is less chance of substantially improved relations between Tehran and Washington, something America’s Arab allies feared would undermine their interests. At the same time, the electoral conflict may have weakened Iran’s leadership at home and abroad, forcing it... The NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281469/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:37:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280965/posts Bahraini royal mourned him publicly, young Lebanese held a candlelight tribute, Egyptian musicians hailed him as an inspiration. Beyond his global reach, Michael Jackson held a special place in the Muslim world, as one of the first major Western entertainers to break through cultural barriers in the 1980s. Some made a connection with the pop icon because of rumors, never substantiated, that he had converted to Islam. Others embraced him as one of their own after he sought refuge in the Gulf emirate of Bahrain in 2005, following a bruising trial on child molestation charges in the U.S. "God have... The Contra Costa Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280965/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:50:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280881/posts "CAIRO – A Bahraini royal mourned him publicly, young Lebanese held a candlelight tribute, Egyptian musicians hailed him as an inspiration." "Beyond his global reach, Michael Jackson held a special place in the Muslim world, as one of the first major Western entertainers to break through cultural barriers in the 1980s." ""Religion is a big part of identity in this part of the world, and the idea he became Muslim boosted his popularity," said Egyptian cultural critic Tarek el-Shinnawi." Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280881/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:03:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274767/posts Arab states are watching intently as Iran's political convulsions continue, seeking clues to how the unfolding crisis will affect the strategic picture in the Middle East, especially the key issue of the Islamic republic's nuclear ambitions. In a region where democratic politics are the exception, there is nervousness about the implications of people power on the streets of Tehran. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is deeply unpopular – but mass protests worry all autocrats. Recently emerging from their own political upheavals, savvy Lebanese see much of themselves in the people politics unfolding in Tehran. "It reminds me of our protests," said Haitham Chamas,... UK Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274767/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:09:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2258580/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Saudi Arabia on June 3 for talks on Iran's nuclear program and Washington's renewed push for a Middle East peace plan, the White House said on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, is a staunch U.S. ally in the region and has been a key player in the drive for a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which Obama has declared a top foreign policy priority. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Obama would meet Saudi King Abdullah and would also discuss terrorism. The visit comes at a time when... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2258580/posts#comment Tue, 26 May 2009 21:08:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257942/posts Washington - As President Obama prepares for the highly anticipated speech he will deliver to the Muslim world from Cairo in early June, new polling from Arab countries suggests he has his work cut out for him. Only a small percentage of Arabs appear to have been won over by Barack Obama. There has been some slight improvement in US standing during the past year, based in part on the departure of President Bush and in part on Obama's policies, such as announcing a withdrawal from Iraq and a desire to shutter the Guantánamo detention facility. But one new poll... The Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257942/posts#comment Mon, 25 May 2009 20:10:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248237/posts Obama more popular than U.S. among Arabs: survey Sun May 10, 2009 7:02pm EDT By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's popularity in leading Arab countries far outstrips that of the United States, suggesting he could be able to boost goodwill in the region toward his country, a survey showed on Sunday. Obama, set to give a major speech to the Muslim world in Egypt next month, "currently enjoys widespread optimism among citizens of that region that he will have a positive effect on their own country, the Middle East, the United States and indeed the world," the... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248237/posts#comment Mon, 11 May 2009 00:15:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2231957/posts Fascism in the Arab world (part 9) Very deeply dyed in black: Sir Oswald Mosley and the resurrection of British ...‎ - Page 47by Graham Macklin - History - 2007 - 205 pages   Some British fascists were also eager to fight the Jews in Palestine, a development noticed after Jamal Nasir of the Arab Office addressed a group of fascists in Hampstead, as a result of which the 43 Group learned  that some were visiting the Arab League Office in Eaton Square, London in order to join the Arab Legion' with the express intention of 'killing Jews... Azzam Pasha,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2231957/posts#comment Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:03:48 GMT