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Last week at our mosque, during the long prayers on the special night of Ramadan, Lulut-Alqadr, the Imam prayed as usual for the congregation and all Muslims and for the first time in my 46 Ramadans here I heard him prays for Canada.
"Israel, A Colonial-Settler State?" is the question posed by Prof. Maxime Rodinson and the title of his book published in 1973 in which he answers the question in the affirmative.
Examining any of the world hot spots lead to two important conclusions: it is impossible to achieve a peaceful settlement with justice and the reason is that we are living in the age of American imperialism; exploiting the resources of other countries using American violence facilitated with a super military, political and economical power, and aided with a Western alliance.
Robin Williams, who committed suicide Monday, marked only the latest superstar plagued by demons of depression.
Egypt 2530 is how Egyptians refer to a new Egypt, in reference to two popular uprisings, both supported by their armed forces, that of January 25, 2011 and the other of June 30, 2013. Both successfully got rid of two tyrants, one secular, Hosni Mubarak, and the second is an Islamist, Mohamed Morsy.
Today, many of the best-selling books and published op-eds on Islam present a version of Islam, which is very different from the one I know. Worst still, news coverage highlights the Islam practiced by terrorists and extremists.
Few are the outspoken Palestinian Christians and rarely their views on the Palestinian-Israeli issue are published. Worst still Western Churches and evangelical politicians, like Canada's Prime Minster Stephen Harper, never listen to their voices.
Following the signing of a peace agreement with Israel in 1979, U.S. military aid to Egypt was supposed to come into effect. While some has materialized, now and then as an arm-twisting strategy American pro-Israel factions in both media and politics have never missed an opportunity to deny Egypt that aid.
Last week in Montréal, Martin Couture-Rouleau, 25, ran over two Canadian soldiers with his car, killing Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent.
"When Mohamed Morsi was elected president of Egypt in 2012, many in the country, including me, were hopeful that he would become a democratic president for all Egyptians," said Dr. Ahmed Zewail, the Egyptian-born American Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in his recent Los Angeles Times' op-ed, "Unfortunately, his presidency quickly became a proxy for the Muslim Brotherhood, and under his leadership the country was driven to the edge of civil war. Millions took to the streets on June 30, 2013, to demand change and greater stability for Egypt."
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