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• Saudi Arabia seeks to curb flu and stop protest at haj

  
  FaithWorld — Authority: 631
  More than two million Muslims gather this week for the annual haj pilgrimage to Islam’s holy city of Mecca, where Saudi authorities hope to minimize spread of the H1N1 virus and prevent any political demonstration. (Photo: Saudi security official at a checkpoint between  Jeddah and Mecca, 21 Nov 2009/Caren ...
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• What happened today?

  
  Roads to Iraq — Authority: 474
  What happened today is a dramatic twist in the events, the Kurds and the Shiites are in one front to face the Sunnis. seats from Nineveh, Salahuddin and Tamim provinces are given to the Kurds. We don’t know what is Hashimi’s reacion because his website is blocked (see previous post) but there are some reports say ...
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• Yemen On The Brink

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 624
  by Stephen Brown While the fighting in Afghanistan continues to dominate news coverage, one Middle Eastern country has emerged as a leading flashpoint of Islamic terrorism. Yemen, most recently in the headlines as the home of Anwar al Awlaki , the exiled imam who fled to the country after inspiring Fort ...
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• Maliki has succeeded to achieve the required votes

  
  Roads to Iraq — Authority: 474
  Confidential information, available from Friday and Saturday’s meetings among political Blocs and parties, reveal that the Parliament is going to veto Al-Hashemi’s veto despite the call of Jalal Talabani to discuss the veto positively. Shiite parties will use the Federal Court opinion and Sistani’s concerns to ...
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• Iraq Clerics Aide Urges End to Political Crisis

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 624
  BAGHDAD — A top aide to Iraqs Shiite spiritual leader on Friday urged the countrys fractious political blocs to solve a crisis over a key election law that threatens to delay national polls planned for January. Sheik Abdul-Mahdi al-Karbalaie , the representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the ...
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• Iran and Plutonium

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 624
  Debka is reporting that IAEA inspectors turned up evidence that Iran has a plutonium program in addition to its uranium program fro making nuclear weapons. The IAEA experts discovered 30 metric tons-IS of heavy water hidden in 600 tanks, each holding 13 gallons, according to the report they handed in last ...
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• Editorial: Iraq’s Election Law Morass

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 912
  American officials need to help resolve the impasse over election laws in Iraq, and Iraqis must learn how to forge reliable compromises.
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• Nasrallah Re-Elected to Lead Hezbollah

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 624
  BEIRUT -- The militant Hezbollah group announced Thursday that Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has been re-elected as the Shiite Muslim groups leader for a sixth term. A Hezbollah statement didnt say when the groups top officials voted to re-elect Nasrallah, who has held the post since an Israeli helicopter ...
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• Current situation and the three options

  
  Roads to Iraq — Authority: 474
  The crisis - The absence of a constitutional provision allowing the extension of the Parliament term until the elections, which means that the country will be without a parliament and Maliki’s government will turn into caretaker government until elections are held. The constitutional crisis may extend beyond that ...
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• Iranian Navy Conducts Operations In Yemen

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 599
  The Islamic Republic of Iran has reportedly committed its naval forces to the Yemeni waters and has stated that, this move is primarily to put a curb on the Somali pirates. However, experts have been concerned about the recent increased naval activity from Iran in Yemen, as such a move could inadvertently raise the ...
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• Iranians and Saudis Fight a Proxy War in Yemen

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 624
  by Ryan Mauro Iran is now waging a proxy war against Saudi Arabia and Yemen by supporting a radical sect of Zaydi Shiites described as the Houthis, after the founder of their movement. The Iranians aren’t merely trying to destabilize Arab countries that are aligned too closely to the U.S.; they are trying to ...
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• Iranians and Saudis Fight a Proxy War in Yemen

  
  Pajamas Media — Authority: 786
  The two heavyweights of the Islamic world square off in Saudi Arabias backyard.
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• Yemen Hosting Al-Qaeda Training Camps

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 624
  The Long War Journal reports that the Arab press has a story about an Al-Qaeda camp that just opened in Al-Jaza in the district of Mudiyah in the province of Abyan, containing 400 militants. They report that a second camp opened in Abyan Province in the spring. Iran is supporting Al-Qaeda elements ...
  1 week ago

• U.N.: Yemens civil war spreads to Saudi Arabia

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 624
  Fighting in northern Yemen has moved into Saudi Arabia, forcing school closures and sending thousands fleeing, according to the United Nations. "Fighting has now spilled into Saudi Arabia, reportedly causing 240 villages to be evacuated and more than 50 schools to be closed, " Sigrid Kaag of UNICEF said in a ...
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• APEC leaders dilute carbon targets

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is jointly hosting a climate change breakfast on the sidelines of APEC in Singapore, though the Pacific rim leaders have watered down climate change targets in their final statement. Climate change has been the big new issue on the usually trade-centred agenda of the Asia Pacific Economic ...
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• Irans Grand Design for Iraq

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 624
  By Amir Taheri The mausoleum of Hussein Ibn Ali, the third Imam of Shiism, in Karbala will soon have a new gate. It took dozens of Iranian artisans several years to make the gate that, according to experts, is a masterpiece of Persian handicraft. At first glance, there is nothing remarkable in that news ...
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• News Analysis: Saudis’ Efforts to Swat Rebels From Yemen Risk Inflaming Larger Conflict

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 912
  A battlefront between the Arab world’s leading Sunni power and Shiite Iran, even at one remove, could dramatically elevate sectarian tensions across the region.
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• NYT > World: Copenhagen Journal: Push to Build Mosques Is Met With Resistance

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 469
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . The difficulties reflect the tortuous path Denmark has taken in dealing with its immigrants, most of whom are Muslim.
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• Copenhagen Journal: Push to Build Mosques Is Met With Resistance

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 912
  Shiite Muslims recently collected money after Friday Prayer for the construction of a grand mosque in Copenhagen.
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• Sunni Iraqi Women Take Over Family Burden

  
  The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues — Authority: 444
  A persistent failure on the part of the Iraqi government is their treatment of the Sunni minority. During Saddam Hussein’s rule, his fellow Sunni enjoyed many privileges and were awarded jobs and power before those from the majority Shiite population. Now, the tables have been turned and Shiites rule. It is ...
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