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The terrorist attack of January 7 that killed 12 staff and police officers at the Paris headquarters of the tabloid paper Charlie Hebdo should be a turning point in our war against the increasingly ugly crime of terrorism.
We used to believe it is a crime to organize, support and give political cover to terrorist organizations. Things have changed.
As long as the US supports some terrorist organizations and condemns others in order to advance its own political agenda, humanity will be plagued by a persistent evil that beheads, kills, maims, terrorizes and destroys everything in its path.
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper is trying to convince Canadians that he is against terrorism while his national spy agency, CSIS, is engaged in supporting terrorism abroad. Moreover, Harper now claims he cannot fight terrorism at home unless Bill C-51, legislation that gives sweeping new powers to police and CSIS, is passed.
Believed to be the last directly revealed divine testament, the Holy Qur'an uses stories and biographies to make specific teaching points, to illustrate important facts of life, and to impart foundational lessons in spiritual discernment.
An important point driven home by the Qur'an is that you don't have to be personally or directly appointed by the Almighty to be a messenger or prophet; just strive to be good and do good work.
Except for that of Jesus, the Qur'an doesn't mention the death of any other individual.
Millions of Canadians were pleased to be rid of Stephan Harper with the October 19 federal election.
Creative works in music, literature, film, theatre or painting usually come with little or no comment by their originators; it is left up to the person receiving the art to reflect and form a personal impression of it.
Two recent soccer matches in Turkey were supposed to open with public minutes of silence to remember victims of the terror attacks in Paris and Ankara. Instead, the gesture of respect was shattered by voices shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is Great) in support of ISIS, which has once again claimed responsibility. The Turkish media, but not the Western media, reported the incident.
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Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and the author of several books focussing on the Middle East including 'The Hundred Years' War On Palestine'. He explains some of the basic facts of the struggle for Palestinian independence and the creation of the Zionist project of Israel.