With the school year back in full swing, do you know what your children are learning? In thousands of public school districts across the United States, without ever knowing it, taxpayers pay to disseminate pro-Islamic materials that are anti-American, anti-Israel and anti-Jewish.
More than any other Arab leader — and even more than his father, the late King Hussein — Abdullah has attached his fate to the West.
\”I would never have imagined that a Muslim, a president of Pakistan and, more than that, a man in uniform would ever get such a warm reception from the Jewish community,\” Musharraf said as he ascended the platform to excited applause.
Interfaith Passover seder participants dine in a banquet hall at Wilshire Boulevard Temple. The April 29 seder grew out of an 11-day interfaith trip to Israel and the West Bank in February.
Ahmed Nassef didn\’t hug me, but I would have let him. I\’d heard of him, had read stories about him and had tried unsuccessfully to contact him several months ago.\n\nLast weekend, I was in Washington, D.C., to speak at a Hillel Conference, and guess whose name was also on the speakers\’ roster?\n\nWhen my talks were done, I went to his. The college students were already packed into the room, and I understood why.
One hundred imams and rabbis from 20 different countries came together for four days of discussion about religion, peace, justice and dignity. Meeting in plenary sessions and breakout groups, over meals and during evening cultural programs, this conference was a public attestation of the possible.
"Europe becomes more and more a province of Islam, a colony of Islam." So declares Oriana Fallaci in her new book, "La Forza della Ragione" ("The Force of Reason"). And the famed Italian journalist is right: Christianity\’s ancient stronghold of Europe is rapidly giving way to Islam.
The evening was billed as, \”A Journey Along the Cradle of Muslim Civilizations: Based on the Eleventh Century Travels of Nasir Khusraw.\” It was presented by His Highness Prince Aga Khan Shia Imami Ismaili Council for Western United States. Since Sept. 11, we have all been pursuing a continuing education in Islam, but this name, Ismaili, was new to me. The woman who extended the invitation, Dr. Nur Amersi, the council\’s communications chair, explained that the Ismaili are a small sect within the Shi\’a denomination of Islam.
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