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Shadia: Extremists don't speak for everyone
A variety of things enrage me about some so-called Muslims. Sometimes those things are so atrocious that I can't fathom how these people (or governments) count themselves as Muslim. You might know what I'm talking about. It's the violent protests...Tags: Religion and Belief, Twitter, Inc., Qur'an, Human Interest, Islam
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Shadia: My kind of Islam
Unlike Muslims who were born and raised in America, I thankfully didn't have to go to Sunday school to learn about my religion. Born in the '80s, I grew up in a place where my religion was part of the society and the community in which I lived in. I...Tags: Religion and Belief, Qur'an, Abusive Behavior, Islam, Religious Texts
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Reporter's Notebook: Free 'my' Egypt
Anyone who knows me knows how passionately proud I am to refer to the River Nile of Egypt as my mother, the Great Pyramids as my uncles. And they also know that even though I love my Egyptian roots and culture, I am proud to call myself an American, too....Tags: Elections, Facebook, Human Interest, Government, Heads of State
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Toys for dance
Eddie Garcia won't sigh or change the subject Thursday if you ask him what Michael Jackson was like. He's used to it.
The dancer and choreographer, who worked on Jackson's tours for the "Bad" and "Dangerous" albums, plans to lead an intermediate and...Tags: Dance, Michael Jackson, Toy Industry, Los Angeles, Entertainment
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Seven Egyptian soldiers freed by captors in Sinai
CAIRO — Seven Egyptian soldiers who had been abducted in the Sinai last week were set free by their captors early Wednesday amid conflicting reports as to how their release was secured. Many local news websites reported that tribe leaders in the...
Tags: Kidnapping, Armed Forces, Egypt, Mohamed Morsi
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Egypt's border with Gaza stays closed as protest continues
CAIRO — Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip remained closed Sunday as the families and colleagues of seven Egyptian soldiers who were kidnapped in the northern Sinai Peninsula last week continued a sit-in. A video was briefly posted on YouTube...
Tags: Kidnapping, Armed Conflicts, Egypt, Hamas, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Supporters of abducted soldiers keep Sinai-Gaza border shut
CAIRO — The families and colleagues of seven Egyptian soldiers who were kidnapped last week in North Sinai kept Egypt’s borders with the Gaza Strip closed Sunday for the third day in a row. Nearly 170 demonstrators have gathered inside the...
Tags: Fatah, Kidnapping, Israel, Egypt, Mohamed Morsi
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The Benghazi talking points
The furor over the Benghazi talking points continues. Republicans still see them as the main event in a campaign to embarrass President Obama. The president, for his part, calls them a "sideshow." Finally, on Wednesday, the White House released more...
Tags: Elections, Benghazi, U.S. Congress, Al-Qaeda, U.S. Department of State
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Morale hits a new low on Egypt stock market
CAIRO — His phone doesn't ring and his charts are gloomy. But every day Mostafa Ismail, a financial broker with a hangman's demeanor, steps into the Egyptian stock exchange hoping for positive blips. They are rare in a nation where revolution...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Credit Ratings, Economy, Business and Finance, International Monetary Fund, Mohamed ElBaradei
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Mubarak back in court; retrial postponed
CAIRO — The retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak was postponed Saturday until June 8 after prosecutors told a Cairo criminal court that they intend to present new evidence of his responsibility for the deaths of hundreds of protesters during...
Tags: Trials, Judges, Defendants, Hosni Mubarak, Court Preliminary
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Egyptian youth movement leader arrested
CAIRO -- Prominent youth activist Ahmed Maher was arrested on Friday as he sought to leave the Cairo international airport, members of his April 6 youth movement said. Maher, who helped lead the revolution that ousted longtime President Hosni Mubarak,...
Tags: Police Arrests, Demonstration, Crime, Law and Justice, Mohamed Morsi, Hosni Mubarak
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Egyptian Cabinet shuffle strengthens Muslim Brotherhood
CAIRO -- President Mohamed Morsi reshuffled his Cabinet on Tuesday, strengthening the Muslim Brotherhood’s hold on power and angering the opposition amid Egypt’s economic turmoil and political unrest. The naming of nine new ministers...
Tags: Elections, Religion and Belief, International Monetary Fund, Judges, Political Dissent
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