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My Life In Kalandia- A
Palestinian Refugee Camp
I just returned from a short visit to Kalandia Camp where I survived 18 years of
my early life. The Palestinian camps have come to represent the painful
Palestinian Nakba, The Catastrophe.
Some 59 refugee camps were established by the United Nations’ UNRWA to house
about 720,000 Palestinians who were expelled from their native villages and
towns in what is now known as Israel. The West Bank and the Gaza Strip are home
to twenty-eight camps, while the rest exist in neighboring Arab countries.
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Islamic
Sharia and Democracy
Muslim
Brotherhood has won the most seats in Egypt's recent parliamentary elections
America's lexicon and political discourse have a new challenge. It is the word
Sharia.
Sharia is a comprehensive regime of laws and guidelines that govern the
religious and temporal lives of Muslims everywhere. Although based on the Holy
Koran and Prophet Mohammad's teachings, Sharia remains a man-made body of laws
subject to ongoing interpretations.
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Hate crimes hurt everyone
I am deeply troubled by the recent
rash of hate and bias attacks on individuals and religious institutions in
New York and in New Jersey. Homes and places
of worship were the subject of firebombing, graffiti and other types of damage.
Such escalation of deplorable acts is a cause for concern to the Muslim
community. They should also be a concern to people of all faiths and ethnic
backgrounds. Read More
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