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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/5/stop-corrupt-admissions-at-the-university-of-illinois

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Open Letter,

We are deeply disappointed by revelations of a separate and unequal “clout” admission system that has been in place at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Read the rest of this entry »

http://www.cairchicago.org/inthenews.php?file=hp05092009

By Ahmed Rehab

Apparently, Al Qaeda No. 2, Ayman Al Zawahiri recently sent out an audio message warning Muslims not to be fooled by Obama.

I think I speak for most Muslims around the world and certainly most Muslims in the United States when I say, “Mr. Al Zawahiri, we really don’t care what you think.”

What level of delusion does it take for someone who has brought nothing but fear and destruction to the world to still think that the world wants to hear from him? The only word I want to hear from Al Zawahiri is “guilty” pronounced in a court of law before he is hauled away to serve multiple life sentences.

I have a message for the few Muslims who actually might care what Al Zawahiri has to say: “Don’t be fooled by Al Zawahiri.” What has he done for you lately? What have the Al Zawahiris of the world who claim to fight in defense of Islam actually done for Muslims or Islam? What have they done to educate the illiterate, feed the hungry, heal the diseased, or boost the quality of life anywhere in the Muslim world? Read the rest of this entry »

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-obama-advisor22-2009apr22,0,1997286.story

Noha El-Hennawy 

Reporting from Cairo — Egyptians are cautiously rejoicing over the recent appointment of a veiled Egyptian American Muslim woman as an advisor to President Obama. 

Dalia Mogahed, senior analyst and executive director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, was appointed this month to Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

Arabs are closely watching for signs that the new leadership in Washington is making efforts to improve relations with Islam, which many Muslims believe were severely damaged during the eight years of the Bush administration. The selection of Mogahed is viewed by many in the Middle East as a step by Obama to move beyond the stereotypes and prejudices that Muslims believe they have encountered since the attacks Sept. 11, 2001. Read the rest of this entry »