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The Prophet (pbuh) arrival in Madinah was a turning point for the Muslim community. Abdullah b. Salam, a Jewish scholar, was awaiting his arrival along with the rest of the city. It was a huge celebration – children were singing, drums playing, and everyone was excited to finally see the Messenger …

Anti-Islamist Pastor Terry Jones, who was sentenced to death by an Egyptian court in November 2012 for his ties to a film wrongly protaying Muslims that sparked Islamic riots, is planning a mass Quran burning to mark the 12th anniversary of Sept. 11. A press release from his organization “Stand …

Thucydides, the well-known author of The History of the Peloponnesian War wrote: “The strong do as they can, while the weak suffer what they must.” This summarizes what had been happening in the dark ages of yesteryears, and what is happening unfortunately right now at the behest of “the leaders …

Source : PalestineChronicle | By Uri Avnery Obama in Israel: Every word right. Every gesture genuine. Every detail in its place. Perfect. Obama in Palestine: Every word wrong. Every gesture inappropriate. Every single detail misplaced. Perfect. It started from the first moment. The President of the United States came to …

Source : PalestineChronicle By Stuart Littlewood The day before the United Nations vote on Palestine, UK foreign secretary William Hague was explaining his devious policy to Parliament. “We support a negotiated settlement leading to a safe and secure Israel living alongside a viable and sovereign Palestinian state; based on 1967 …

How should we Muslim react to mockery of our Prophet Muhammad  or should we even react at all? Just like the cartoons few years ago, the Muslim response to the recent film has been very diverse.  From the very mild of responses to the very violent ones, what’s most noteworthy is the enormity of …

  The Most sensible – I almost wrote ‘the only sensible’ – sentence uttered this week sprang from the lips of a 5-year old israeli boy. After the prisoner swap, one of those smart-aleck TV reporters asked him: “Why did we release 1027 Arabs for one Israeli soldier?” He expected, of …

Ponder on the following verse: Allah says in the Quran: “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; and those who are with him are strong against Unbelievers, (but) compassionate amongst each other. Thou wilt see them bow and prostrate themselves (in prayer), seeking Grace from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure. On …

A State for Jews? Published on : 14:33 06/02/2011 By William James Martin for the PalestineChronicle I grew up in North Carolina and was around for the transformation to an integrated society where in the laws of the state and nation became color-blind; and blacks were afforded equal protection under the law. …

As for the gross misrepresentation of reality, Palestinians have used mass non-violent resistance for generations – as early as the long strike of 1936. Non-violent resistance has been and continues to be the bread and butter of Palestinian moqawama, from the time of British colonialism to the Israeli occupation. At …