Tweet Adly and Majida Abumayaleh, According to Brooklyn Park Police, there is a rather simple reason the alleged attack on a Muslim couple by a woman wielding a gun was not charged as a hate crime; because neither the victims or the accused attacker said anything about race, prejudice or bias.
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General Al Sisi brings out the worst of Egyptians!
Tweet General Al Sisi brings out the worst of Egyptians! Notes from America: General Al-Sisi brought out the worst of Egyptians French political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) said: “In democracy we get the government we deserve.” He was of course talking about true representative democracy that produces leaders the people want and choose. The assumption here however is that people know what is good for them and they chose freely. The French philosopher was right about one thing; leaders who run or ruin our lives bring out something deep in the people they govern and rule. What he failed to recognise is: this is not only in democracy, but in authoritative regimes…
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… the Coptic Grave
Tweet Notes from America: Muslims and Christians – At war in life, at peace in death On a hot summer afternoon, Standing along with a few hundred Muslims at the Garden of Eden Islamic Cemetery located in a remote corner of a Christian cemetery in Burnsville, Minnesota, mourning the death of one of our friends, the reverences and the respect were not just given by Muslims, but also by the staff and workers at the Christian cemetery. Everyone was taken by the gravity of the situation. Cemetery workers dug the grave, carried the coffin, lowered it into the grave, and waited quietly away until the end of the…