Copyright 2008 The New York Sun Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:44:12 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Steven Stalinsky :: Stories from The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/authors/Steven+Stalinsky istoll@nysun.com (Ira Stoll) webmaster@nysun.com en-us STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/islamist-threat-arrives-in-switzerland/55439/ Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 EST "Salman bin Fahd Al-Odah is a preacher of global influence and is one of the senior figures of the fundamentalist Islamic Wahhabi movement in Saudi Arabia as well as a close associate of Osama bin Laden. He was imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for his extremist ideologies from 1994 until 1999. Even after his imprisonment, he adopts the call to armed struggle against the infidel Western countries in his writings." - A report filed by the Ministry of Justice in Switzerland, May 2007 In another sign of... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/muslim-friend-of-america/55011/ Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 EST "I am one of the supporters of the alliance with America. … I support the strengthening of the alliance with America — military, cultural, and economic alliance — because I believe that the Gulf has no future without this alliance. All the leaders of the … Gulf Cooperation Council have declared that their alliance with America is strategic." — Abd Al-Hamid Al-Ansari on Al-Arabiya TV, May 1 A leading intellectual from the Arab and Muslim world, Abd Al-Hamid Al-Ansari has a long list of... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/mullah-gets-his-wish-for-martyrdom/54539/ Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00 EST "The America of today is not the America of the past. … [It] has sunk so low that even the widows now want to participate in the war against it, and wish to defeat the U.S. … We will bring shameful defeat upon the Jews and the Christians. The cries you are now hearing from them once a day, you will hear them 20 times a day." — Mullah Dadullah, Al-Jazeera TV, March 2 The demise of the Taliban's top military commander, Mullah Dadullah, is certainly a victory in the war on terror. The one-legged... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/islamist-left-alliance-a-growing-force/54077/ Wed, 9 May 2007 00:00:00 EST "Where else can you sit down in a single evening and listen to senior people from Hamas, Hezbollah, the Muslim Brotherhood, people from the revolutionary left and the antiwar movement from around the globe?" — British Trotskyite John Rees at the Cairo Anti-War Conference, April 2007 Over the past year, multiple international conferences have featured leaders of the anti-global left and Islamist groups working together. Go to any anti-war or anti-globalization demonstration in the West and... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/war-crime-warrants-revive-darfur-conspiracies/53740/ Thu, 3 May 2007 00:00:00 EST The International Criminal Court in Amsterdam yesterday issued arrest warrants for a Sudanese minister and a militia leader suspected of war crimes in Darfur. The warrants against the Sudanese humanitarian affairs minister, Ahmed Haroun, and a Janjaweed leader, Ali Muhammad Ali Abd al-Rahman (also known as Ali Kushayb), detail 51 counts of murder, rape, torture, and forced displacement of villagers, among other crimes. Yet even as the genocide in Sudan officially becomes a crime against... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/hamass-western-cheerleaders/53151/ Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EST " 'Israel will exist, and will continue to exist, until Islam abolishes it, as it abolished that which was before it.' [From the words of ] the martyr, Imam Hassan al-Banna, Allah's mercy be upon him." — Opening paragraph of the Hamas Covenant Since the Palestinian Arab unity government was established in March, some in the West have made a concentrated effort to speak in defense of "a new, improved Hamas." Diplomats from European coun tries, led by Norway, have begun to meet regularly with... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/dancing-with-the-muslim-brotherhood/52777/ Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EST "We ask Allah that the elimination [of America] will be at the hands of our mujahideen brothers, [and] that Allah will give them martyrdom for His sake, [and] will bring victory to Islam." — Muslim Brotherhood children's affiliate, Awladnaa. net, April 2006 During the past few weeks, a diplomatic mess has spilled out into the halls of the U.S. Congress and Egyptian parliament. As the April 23 edition of Newsweek put it, "A brief encounter at a Cairo cocktail party could signal a shift in Bush... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/hamas-tv-prepares-for-intifada-iii/52322/ Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EST Some Hamas leaders have been speaking in Arabic of "a coming stage" against Israel. Many Middle East analysts are also discussing a possibility of an "Intifada III." Unlike the first two "uprisings," the Palestinian Arabs now have press and broadcast apparatuses at their disposal. Leading up to the Palestinian Arab parliament elections in January 2006, and following the Arab satellite TV revolution led by Al-Jazeera, the terrorist organization Hamas launched its own TV network named after the... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/word-games-that-hamas-plays/51375/ Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST "I am confident that the siege will be partially broken, which will give our people an opportunity to be prepared for the forthcoming stage." — Khaled Meshaal, Asharq Al-Awsat, February 2 Has Hamas moderated? Or are the Palestinian Arab organization's leaders following in the footsteps of Yasser Arafat, discussing peaceful intentions in talks with the West while declaring jihad in Arabic? During a press conference in Tehran with President Ahmadinejad on March 4, the political leader of Hamas... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/iran-goes-berserk-over-300/51039/ Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST "The film is an insult to the rich Iranian culture … it is surprising that Hollywood … has begun to propagate hatred and terror in the world." — Press release from the Iranian embassy in Paris, March 22 Over the past few years, the Iranian government has produced films, TV movies, and music videos about Israelis stealing the eyeballs of Palestinian Arab children, the Statue of Liberty as Satan, and President Bush as the reincarnation of Hitler, among countless others in the same vein. Hollywood... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/al-jazeeras-dirty-little-secret/50403/ Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST "Al-Jazeera Satellite Network, the Greatest Arab Media Organization." — Ikhwanweb.com, the Web site of the Muslim Brotherhood, October 25 Since the war on terror began, many Arab reformists have spoken out against "the culture of hate" that has incited its people to terrorism. The TV network Al-Jazeera is often at the center of this criticism. Arab reformists who have witnessed first-hand incitement on Al-Jazeera often discuss its connection to the Ikhwan movement, aka the Muslim Brotherhood... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/irans-ahmadinejad-and-the-darfur-deniers/49967/ Wed, 7 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST "That Sudanese public radio is still calling Israel 'the enemy' … is a good reason why the … Zionist groups all over the world, especially in America, are dedicating so much attention to the issue of Darfur when it is not the only humanitarian crisis in the world." — The secretary-general of northern Sudan's ruling National Congress Party, Ibrahim Ahmed Omar, February 2007 Here are the latest facts about Darfur. In three years, more than 200,000 have been killed — some estimate 450,000 — and... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/americans-bow-down-to-anti-us-ayatollahs/49574/ Thu, 1 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST Iran is growing "stronger day by day" and is in its "strongest position ever," the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is warning. In a recent show of this strength, the Iranian military held war games and launched its first rocket into space — one that could be used to build intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching Britain. President Ahmadinejad is also up to his old tricks, boasting to an audience in the Iranian town of Talesh on February 22 of the Zionists'... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/iranian-military-targets-american-forces/48978/ Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST "We say to America that if it ignites the fire of war, it will doubtless engulf the White House more than it burns others." — The Iranian defense minister, Mustafa Najar, on Al-Jazeera TV, February 6 The head of the ground forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Nur Ali Shushkari, told Iranian government news agencies earlier this week that one of its commando units had engraved its emblem into the side panel of an American warship stationed in the Persian Gulf. The point of Mr. Shushkari's bold... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/irans-top-strategist-in-his-own-words/48638/ Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST Western policy-makers are all familiar with the names Khomeini, Khamenei, Khatemi, Rafsanjani, and now Ahmadinejad. But what about Yahya Rahim Safavi? Chances are, most do not recognize his name — but they should. Yahya Rahim Safavi is the major general in command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of Iran. He has been a force in the Iranian military since he rose to fame as a young leader in the Iraq-Iran war of 1980–88. In December, General Safavi's name was included in U.N. Security... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/iran-attempts-to-stifle-internal-dissent/48382/ Fri, 9 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST Iranian opposition to President Ahmadinejad is on the rise following a series of recent setbacks, including election losses for his candidates and criticism of his handling of the nuclear crisis. As discontent increases, however, Mr. Ahmadinejad's regime is going to spectacular lengths to purge and silence its opposition, much as Nazi Germany did in consolidating its power. This purge includes the banning of books, reformist papers, Web logs, and satellite TV channels, as well as working... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/irans-economic-crisis/47772/ Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST Iran's civil society is experiencing major breakdowns, the country's reformist press and Web loggers are reporting. Signs of growing economic instability include high inflation, rising prices, food shortages, and long lines at gas stations. In the first week of January, 150 deputies at the Majlis, Iran's Parliament, openly criticized President Ahmadinejad's handling of such issues. The same week, a group of 54 influential Iranian professors wrote an open letter to the government about its... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/arabic-tv-network-broadcasts-jihadi-porn/47237/ Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST Following in the footsteps of Al-Jazeera and Al-Manar, the Arabic-language TV network Al-Zawraa is grabbing headlines in the West. The station was founded by a Sunni former member of the Iraqi parliament, Mishaan al-Jabouri, who was indicted in February 2006 for allegedly embezzling millions of dollars designated to protect oil pipelines in Kirkuk but funneled instead to Sunni insurgents. The channel, whose name means First Channel in Arabic, started out broadcasting music videos and other... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/qaedas-successful-recruiting-efforts/47019/ Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST In response to reports that recruitment into America's armed forces is at its lowest level in years, Secretary of Defense Gates has called for increasing the Army and Marine corps by 92,000 troops over the next five years. On the other hand, Al Qaeda and other Islamist terrorist groups seem to have an unlimited pool of recruits. This is because their followers are brainwashed — through messages that they receive in schools and mosques as well as on television — that if they give their lives for... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/middle-east-press-cheers-the-rise-of-russia/46581/ Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST Many articles in the Middle Eastern press have been discussing Russia's growing influence and activities in the region, which are in direct opposition to American policy and are playing a negative role in the war on terror. To date, it is unclear what the American government is doing about it. One thing is for certain: Russia has big plans for itself in the Middle East. Earlier this week, an unnamed Russian Defense Ministry official was quoted by Itar-Tass detailing Russian contracts of... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/middle-east-conspiracy-theories/46074/ Thu, 4 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST "I think if the U.S. did not exist some of us would have invented it. … It is because we are used to hanging all our problems and catastrophes on America. … We add Israel to America." — A former Kuwaiti oil minister, Ali Baghli, Kuwaiti daily Al-Seyassah, March 30 On her winter vacation to Saudi Arabia in December, a professor at Brandeis University whose work has been promoted by the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C., Natana DeLong-Bas, gave an interview to Asharq Al-Awsat. "I do not find any... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/conspiracy-theories-bloom-in-arab-and-iranian/45751/ Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST A program on Hezbollah's Al-Manar television network last week announced that Israel "murdered" a Lebanese parliament member, Pierre Gemayel, " with the help of "four American experts" who work at Beirut's airport. The announcement was quickly reported on by other Middle East press outlets, including Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. Conspiracy theories in the Arab and Iranian press regarding America, Israel, Jews, Christians, and Zionists have been extensively documented in this column... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/holocaust-deniers-victory/45473/ Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST President Ahmadinejad of Iran was absolutely right to boast that "now there is serious debate about the Holocaust in the media and also political and popular meetings." The international press has paid rapt attention to every one of Mr. Ahmadinejad's statements on the Holocaust. He is given unprecedented space in newspapers, TV, and magazines such as Time, whose current edition includes a "second exclusive" interview in three months. As the New York Times reported on Thursday, now Mr... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/holocaust-deniers-anoint-irans-ahmadinejad/44987/ Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST "For 60 years, talking about the Holocaust was a crime in the West, but now there is a serious debate about the Holocaust in the media and also in the political and popular meetings." — President Ahmadinejad of Iran, December 9, Iran state TV This week, the Islamic Republic of Iran is holding its third conference devoted to denying the Holocaust since President Ahmadinejad came to power. Much more than just insulting the memory of 6 million lies behind why Holocaust denial has become state... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/mideast-chess-match-plays-out-in-lebanon/44672/ Wed, 6 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST "Lebanon, a country that was supposed to become the main base of Western culture in the Arab world, has turned into a base of jihadi and resistance cultures." — Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, July 17 Since Friday, the streets of Beirut have been filled with Hezbollah supporters calling for the ouster of the pro-Western government of Prime Minister Siniora. The events currently playing out in Lebanon could be considered the fruits of seeds that were first planted 22 years ago... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/americans-should-beware-of-the-sheik-of-al-jazeera/43939/ Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST "O God, destroy the Zionist, the American, and the British aggressors. O God, shake the ground under them." — Sheik Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi, Umar Bin-al-Khattab mosque, Doha, Qatar, March 7, 2003 As the new Al-Jazeera English network strives to separate itself from its mother channel, its American employees should denounce their co-worker Sheik Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi and his statements against their country. Sheik Qaradhawi is considered Al-Jazeera's religious authority. He has hosted one of the... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/al-jazeera-in-english-part-ii/43556/ Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST "I say to Iraqis, whoever cannot slaughter [a sheep] … should take an American soldier and slaughter him." — Abd Al-Karim Abd Al-Razzaq, Al-Jazeera, November 22, 2005 On November 25, 2005, Al-Jazeera covered an anti-American demonstration of enraged people cursing America and President Bush. "Down with fascist America!" "Bush is a criminal! … He should collapse and be trampled on!" "Al-Jazeera … exposed Bush and his despicability!" the crowd chanted. Such scenes are not uncommon in the Middle... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/new-al-jazeera-and-9-11/43168/ Wed, 8 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST "… Men like bin Laden will not allow the Islamic world to bow down under the infidel enemies' tyranny, under the tyranny of America. … Osama bin Laden is a jihad warrior who implemented the principles of Islam. … Allah guarded his soul until he reached a point where he became a hero." — Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs preacher Abdallah bin Matruk Al-Haddal, Al-Jazeera, January 2002 Just in time for its 10th anniversary, Al-Jazeera is reportedly set to launch its English-language network... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/arabs-and-iranians-root-for-the-democrats-again/42657/ Wed, 1 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST "The Muslims of America need to get organized and make sure they get out to vote for Democrats for both the House and the Senate. … Every Muslim in the Middle East who has a relative in the U.S. should get the message across to their relatives." — Skip Conover, host on Muslim-American Bridges TV, Arab News, October 19 As the November 7 midterm elections approach, Iranian and Arab officials and journalists are hoping the Democrats will win control of the House and Senate. It should be noted that... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/western-press-ignores-irans-hate-filled-quds-day/42232/ Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EST It is disturbing when the entire leadership of one nation, along with hundreds of thousands of its citizens, comes out with celebrations and parades every year that call for the annihilation of another country. It is more twisted that no world leaders or international bodies, including the United Nations, have denounced the activities surrounding Quds Day, an Iranian holiday introduced by Ayatollah Khomeini that is marked on the last Friday of Ramadan. While the world was focusing on North... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/national/islamic-tv-channel-expands-its-us-audience/41877/ Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EST Bridges TV, an American-Islamic TV channel "seeking to improve the image of Muslims in the United States" and to "offer a unique perspective on the Middle East and the war on terrorism," has extended its availability into six states, creating a potential audience of nearly 2 million. The network's programming includes a mix of entertainment, sports, news, documentaries, and advertisements from companies like Ford, with an emphasis on religious programs. The channel says it has been endorsed by... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/influence-of-a-man-who-denies-the-holocaust/41443/ Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EST "There was never a single execution gas chamber under the Germans.… So all those millions of tourists who visit Auschwitz are seeing a lie, a falsification." — Robert Faurisson, Sahar TV, February 2005 He exposed the "big lie of the alleged Holocaust." He proved that "the 'Diary of Anne Frank' [is] a fraud" and that "the gas chambers were fabricated." When Arab and Iranian TV networks such as Al-Jazeera and Sahar need someone to discuss the "big lie of the alleged Holocaust," they go to him... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/conspiracies-abound-in-the-middle-east-press/40890/ Wed, 4 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EST Controversies in the Middle East are surrounded by conspiracy theories that proliferate in the region's press. Recent conspiracies have involved the identity of the person behind the cartoons of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, the genocide in Darfur, and the true perpetrators of terrorist attacks worldwide. The latest Middle East conspiracy was hatched September 12, following Pope Benedict XVI's contentious speech in Germany on Islam. Influential Middle East press and broadcast outlets and prominent... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/verse-of-the-sword/40419/ Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EST "Islam, as portrayed in the encyclopedia of Islam, in the Koran, and the Hadith, was spread by means of the sword. The sword played a major role in spreading Islam in the past, and it is the sword that preserves Islam today. Islam relies upon jihad in spreading the religion. … Spreading Islam by means of the sword is a duty incumbent upon all Muslims." — Coptic priest Zakariya Boutrus, Al-Hayat TV, June 16, 2005 The Austrian-Iraqi Association for Development held its first conference on... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/ahmadinejads-bully-pulpit/40007/ Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EST "We are in the process of a historical war between the world of arrogance and the Islamic world." — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, October 26, 2005 According to his official Web site, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has met with more than 30 heads of state in Iran and more than 60 other high-ranking world leaders in 15 countries, as well as with heads of terrorist organizations, since he became president of Iran a little over a year ago. Over this period, Mr. Ahmadinejad has used his "bully pulpit" to make... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/jewish-musicians-son-joins-al-qaedas-ranks/39535/ Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EST It seems inconceivable that some 28 years ago in California a little-known psychedelic Jewish musician and his wife gave birth to Adam Pearlman, who would become one of America's most notorious traitors in the war on terror. This Southern California boy has emerged as a leading instigator of a religious war between Christians and Jews on one side and the Muslim world on the other. News outlets reported on September 8 that a sealed indictment accused Adam, now known as Al Qaeda operative "Azzam... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/terrorists-promise-more-attacks-like-9-11/39161/ Wed, 6 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EST Last year, to mark the fourth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001, this column included translated proclamations by Al Qaeda leaders promising the future killing of millions of Americans and the collapse of America, as well as statements by Arab writers calling the war on terror "a chapter in World War III." Some pundits have chosen to reject such analogies. But, as Osama bin Laden wrote in his "Letter to the Muslims of Iraq and [Islamic] Nation" on December 27, 2004: "The conflict... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/national/arab-press-says-jews-perpetrated-9-11-attacks/38781/ Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EST "Is it conceivable that Muslims did the killing on 9/11? Yes, they did. They killed 3,000 people." — Ahmad Al-Rub'i, a former Kuwaiti minister of education, Al-Rai TV, March 27 Twelve days from now will mark the fifth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. Since the attacks, the Middle East Media Research Institute has documented what the Arab and Iranian press has said about that day. Its response to the attacks was immediate. "When the towers collapsed … my lungs filled with air. I... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/arab-press-outlets-mixed-on-hezbollah-victory/38370/ Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EST Qatar's emir, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, surprised many on Monday when he praised Hezbollah's actions against Israel as "the first Arab victory, which we have wanted for many years." While the general consensus has been that Hezbollah is the undisputed victor of its recent conflict with Israel, this opinion is not entirely shared by the Arab press. Some leading writers have said Hezbollah actually lost, and they are comparing the declaration of victory by the terrorist organization's... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/islamic-leaders-urge-children-to-be-bombers/38023/ Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EST "Young Israelis dream of being inventors, and their role models are the Israeli innovators who made it to the Nasdaq. Hezbollah youth dream of being martyrs, and their role models are Islamic militants who made it to the Next World." — Thomas Friedman, New York Times, August 9 The act of infanticide, the practice of intentionally causing the death of an infant, is rarely practiced today. Yet in the Middle East, it has taken on a new form. Under the direction of some leading Muslim religious... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/iran-and-hezbollah-want-to-force-jews-to-exit/37557/ Wed, 9 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EST "All those Jews who came here [to Israel] from all over the world must return to the places from where they came. The Jews from Germany should return to Germany." — Ikrima Sabri, a former Palestinian Authority mufti, Die Welt, January 2001 Jews should leave Israel and "return" to "where they come from." This is one of the aims of Hezbollah and Iran's war against Israel. The strategy to destroy the Jewish state is based on a plan in which Hezbollah, with weapons provided by Iran via Syria, will... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/islamic-republic-is-hezbollahs-aim/37184/ Wed, 2 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EST "An Open Letter: The Hezbollah Program," the terrorist organization's manifesto, was published by the Lebanese daily Al-Safir on February 16, 1985. It emphasized "the necessity for the destruction of Israel," as well as Hezbollah's other main objective, an Islamic regime in Lebanon with laws based on Shariah and with non-Muslims called upon to "embrace Islam." Some Middle East analysts claim that Hezbollah gave up its aim of creating an Iranian-style Islamic republic in Lebanon years ago. They... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/hezbollahs-nazi-tactics/36717/ Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EST "Just like Hitler fought the Jews, we are a great Islamic nation of jihad, and we too should fight the Jews and burn them." — Hisham Shamas, political science student, at a symposium hosted by Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV at Lebanon's largest and only government-run university, Universitι Libanaise, November 29, 2005 In June 1944, a Red Cross delegation was invited by Nazi Germany to Theresienstadt, a "spa town" where elderly German Jews could "retire" in safety, according to Nazi propaganda... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/arab-world-divided-over-hezbollah/36281/ Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EST "Hezbollah is not waging the battle of Hezbollah or of Lebanon. We are waging the battle of the [Islamic] nation, whether we like it or not, whether the Lebanese like or not." — Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, Al-Manar TV, July 16 In the aftermath of Hezbollah's attack on Israel, it appears Arab regimes are dividing into two camps. On one side are those standing with Hezbollah and Iran, such as Syria and Yemen (and the Lebanese ambassador to America, who was removed from his position... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/muslim-religious-figures-must-challenge-al-qaeda/35870/ Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EST For the West to win the war of ideas, Muslim religious figures must openly challenge the ideology of Islamism and Al Qaeda. One such figure is Sheik Abd Al-Muhsin Al-Abikan, a member of Saudi Arabia's Shura Council and consultant for the Saudi Ministry of Justice. He is well-known for publicly battling against militant Islamist ideologies and for speaking out against Al Qaeda, jihad in Iraq, and suicide attacks. On the one-year anniversary of the London bombings of July 7, 2005, Sheik Abikan... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/murderous-mufti-slips-in-and-out-of-america/35424/ Wed, 5 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EST A Palestinian Authority official, Sheik Ikrima Sabri - known over the past 12 years as the mufti of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third-holiest shrine - was quietly removed from his position last week. The reason: ongoing provocative Friday sermons. His comments in support of Hamas and criticism of Mahmoud Abbas were enough to have him finally ousted. Sheik Sabri's sermons can be described as anti-Semitic and anti-Western. Therefore, it was somewhat surprising that he came to America on a... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/jihadi-porn-puts-beheadings-online/35231/ Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EST "The slaughter of that American [Nicholas Berg] under the slogan 'Allah Akhbar.' You know, in schools today ... 6-and 7-year-old children are shown how to slaughter, and the children have to shout 'Allah Akhbar.' There are thousands of terrified children ... who cannot sleep at night. ... Can anything good come out of this generation? Murder has become our folklore." Hisham Al-Iqabi, Al Mustakillah TV June 9, 2004 Since the war on terror began, there has been a proliferation of jihadi and... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/saudi-billionaire-princes-hate-tv/34836/ Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EST The world's fifth-richest man, billionaire Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal Abd Al-Aziz, launched the new Arabic Islamic channel Al-Resalah on March 1. The Saudi Gazette reported on March 7 that Prince Al-Waleed said his new channel was family-oriented and created to "counteract the misconceptions about Islam" and to project it as a religion of tolerance. The channel's advisory committee is made up of leading Saudi religious figures from the Senior Ulema Commission, Muslim World Congress, and... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/must-see-iran-tv-ii/34445/ Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EST Senator Santorum, a Republican of Pennsylvania, and Senator Bayh, a Democrat of Indiana, will host a MEMRI-sponsored event tomorrow at the U.S. Capitol about Iranian government-controlled television. Building on last summer's "Must See Iran TV," MEMRI again has put together a critical set of translated clips from Iranian television programming that emphasize themes associated with Iran's nuclear aspirations, its acquisition of offensive weapons, anti-Americanism, and statements by leading... STEVEN STALINSKY http://www.nysun.com/foreign/iranian-sermon-primer/34016/ Wed, 7 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EST Sermons airing on Iranian TV channels starring the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei; the secretary of the Guardian Council, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati; the head of the Iranian Assembly of Experts, Ayatollah Ali Meshkini; the head of the Iranian Expediency Council, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and a handful of other ayatollahs appear on any given Friday night in Tehran and on Saturday in Qom. It should be noted that the words of the Iranian ayatollahs who run the country carry significant...