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- Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 303 - The War over the Veil in Tunisia - 11/23/06
Introduction Ramadan 2006 may well be remembered as the Ramadan of the veil. In remarks widely reported in the Arab press, former U.K. foreign secretary Jack Straw described the veil as "a visible statement of separation and difference"; in the ensuing controversy, British Prime Minister Tony Blair lent his support to Straw and made similar comments. In a related development, a teaching assistant in the U.K., Aisha Azmi, was suspended for refusing to remove her veil when teaching. However, the ...
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- Special Dispatch No. 1363 - Islamist Websites Monitor No. 23 - 11/21/06
Mujahideen in Lebanon Accuse Hizbullah, Iran, and Syria of Attempting to Wipe Out Lebanese Sunnis On November 19, 2006, an Islamist website posted a statement by a group calling itself "The Mujahideen in Lebanon" accusing Hizbullah of attempting to wipe out Lebanese Sunnis and eradicate Sunni Islam in Lebanon. The statement says: "Death squads have already been formed in Beirut, on the instructions of the Iranian religious authorities. These death squads , which are an 'Alawi i.e. Syrian ...
- Special Dispatch No. 1337 - Iranian President Ahmadinejad: The West Should Pick Up the Zionist Regime ‘By the Arms and Legs’ and Remove It from the Region; U.N. Resolutions Are Illegitimate; America & England are Enemies of the Iranian Nation - 10/27/06
The following are excerpts from an address delivered by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which aired on Jaam-e Jam 1 TV on October 20, 2006 . In the address, Ahmadinejad stated that the U.S. was extorting the entire world using the Holocaust as a pretext and that the West was being held hostage by "the Zionists" by means of the Holocaust, and instructed it to pick up " the Zionist regime by the arms and legs, and remove it" from the Middle East. He further claimed that the U.N. Security ...
- Special Dispatch No. 1307 - The Islamist Websites Monitor No. 1 - 10/04/06
The Islamist Websites Monitor, which focuses on the major jihadi websites, is a new initiative of MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Studies Project. It will be regularly releasing translated news, analysis, and videos from these websites. The URLs of the sites will be available upon request. The following is the first release of the Islamist Website Monitoring Initiative: The Dean of the Shari'a Academy of America Dr. Al-Sayed Al-Seely 1 Praises Those Who Carried Out the September 11 Attack On ...
- Special Dispatch No. 1299 - Egyptian President Mubarak: ‘We Must Take Greater Advantage of New... Energy Sources, Including Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy’: Renewed Debate in Egypt on Egyptian Nuclear Program for Peaceful Purposes - 09/26/06
Statements by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his son Gamal Mubarak at the annual conference of the ruling NDP party sparked renewed debate in Egypt on Egypt's nuclear program for peaceful purposes. Immediately following the conference, Egypt 's Supreme Energy Council convened to discuss the nuclear issue. In 2003, MEMRI published a three-part Inquiry and Analysis reviewing the public debate on the development of nuclear energy in Egypt during 1998-2003. The following is a review of the ...
- Special Dispatch No. 1271 - Iranian Statements on the Occasion of the Inauguration of the Arak Heavy Water Plant - 08/31/06
Shortly after Iran gave its reply regarding the E.U. incentives package, Iran announced the inauguration of several plants for heavy water production in Arak, and conducted an extensive-call-up military drill, named "Zarbat-e Zol Faqar," which began on August 22, 2006. 1 Statements by senior Iranian officials on the occasion of the inauguration of the heavy water plants in Arak emphasized that Iran does not pose a threat to any other nation, Israel included. On the other hand, several Iranian ...
- Special Dispatch No. 1259 - Traditionally Moderate Egyptian Intellectuals Reflect on the War in Lebanon: Support for Hizbullah, Criticism of U.S., Israel, & Arab Regimes - 08/23/06
During the war in Lebanon, three prominent Egyptian intellectuals known for their reformist views expressed support for Hizbullah as well as fierce opposition to the positions of the U.S., Israel, and the Arab regimes. The following are excerpts from articles by Dr. Sa'd Al-Din Ibrahim, the director of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies in Cairo; by Koran researcher Dr. Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd, who was forced to leave Egypt after receiving death threats; and by reformist Islamic thinker ...
- Special Dispatch No. 1258 - Lebanese Professor: ‘To Be a Shi'ite Now…’ - 08/22/06
In an article published on August 7, 2006 in the Lebanese daily Al-Nahar, Mona Fayyad, a professor at the Lebanese University, attacked the uniform pro-Hizbullah, pro-Iran thinking expected of and imposed upon Shi'ites in Lebanon. 1 In the days following its publication, several reactions to Fayyad's article were published in Al-Nahar and on the Internet. The following are excerpts from an English translation of Fayyad's article that was posted on the Internet, 2 and excerpts from the reactions ...
- Special Dispatch No. 1249 - Arab Media Accuses Iran and Syria of Direct Involvement in Lebanon War - 08/15/06
The war between Israel and Hizbullah has revealed profound disagreement in the Arab world between countries that support Hizbullah and those that oppose it, headed by Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The disagreement was reflected in the Arab media, which published articles supporting Hizbullah along with harsh criticism and accusations against it. One of the accusations leveled against Hizbullah was that the organization does not serve the interests of the Lebanese people, but acts in the service of ...
- Special Dispatch No. 1244 - Russian, Iranian, and Syrian Reactions to the War in Lebanon – August 11, 2006 - 08/11/06
The following are Russian, Iranian, and Syrian reactions to the crisis in the Middle East: Russian Reactions On August 10, 2006, the website of the U.S.-based Al-Watan newspaper quoted the head of the Middle East Research Institute in Moscow, Dr. Yevgeny Satanovsky, as saying: "What is happening now in Lebanon is the beginning of the first Iran-Israel war. The events in Lebanon are only a test of Iranian strength by means of its proxy, Hizbullah, before Iran becomes a superpower in the region ...
