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Special Dispatch No. 1157 - Lafif Lakhdar: Religion Within the Limits of Reason - 05/04/06

On March 17, 2006, the weekly magazine of the Israeli daily Haaretz published an intellectual profile of Tunisian-born reformist thinker Lafif Lakhdar, which was titled "The Roots of Jihad." In the interview section of the profile, Lakhdar, a veteran activist, 1 analyzes the roots and goals of Islamism and Islamist movements, and presents his vision of reform in the Arab and Muslim world. Lakhdar, a former columnist for the Saudi-owned London daily Al-Hayat , was fired on the instructions of ...

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 272 - Magazines Iraqis Read - 05/01/06

Introduction In the wake of the fall of the Saddam regime in April 2003, Iraqis experienced a burst of freedoms that had been denied them during the decades of oppressive dictatorship. Within a very short period, there appeared no less than 165 new publication of various sorts - dailies, weeklies, monthlies, and periodicals (though fewer than 100 remained after a year) - as opposed to the four government papers, all of them more or less identical, that appeared in Saddam's time. This freedom of ...

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Special Dispatch No. 1134 - Iraqi Ansar Al-Islam Commander Mullah Krekar in Norway: ‘No Peace Between West & Islam Until Islamic Caliphate is Re-established; Bin Laden & Al-Zawahiri are Good People; Muslims in Europe Increase Like Mosquitoes – By 2050 Europe Will Be 30% Muslim’ - 04/06/06

In the aftermath of the controversy over the cartoons of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, the Internet edition of the Norwegian daily Dagbladet interviewed Kurdish Iraqi Islamist Mullah Krekar. In it, Krekar expounded his views on relations between Islam and the West. Krekar, whose real name is Najm Al-Din Faraj Ahmad, came to Norway as a refugee in 1991, where he established the Islamist Ansar Al-Islam organization. He is currently slated for deportation from Norway. The following are excerpts from ...

Special Dispatch No. 1113 - New York Times Front-Page Profile March 11, 2006: Dr. Wafa Sultan - 03/14/06

Following the February 21, 2006 MEMRI TV clip featuring Syrian-born American psychiatrist Dr. Wafa Sultan on Al-Jazeera TV (in a debate with Islamist sheikh Dr. Ibrahim Al-Khouli) - The New York Times published a front-page profile on her titled "For Muslim Who Says Violence Destroys Islam, Violent Threats." As of March 13, this clip has been viewed on the MEMRI TV website over 3,000,000 times. TO VIEW THIS CLIP, GO TO http://memritv.org/clip/en/1050.htm ; FOR MORE ON WAFA SULTAN, VISIT: and ...

Special Dispatch No. 1091 - Iranian President Ahmadinejad on the ‘Myth of the Holocaust’ & Message to ‘Aggressive European Governments…and the Great Satan’: ‘You Should Be Grateful That Our People has Acted Nobly Towards You so Far, and has Been Patient… Don't Make Us Lose - 02/14/06

The following are excerpts from an address by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which aired on Jaam-e Jam 2 TV on February 11, 2006. TO VIEW THIS CLIP, VISIT: http://memritv.org/clip/en/1034.htm . Mahmoud Ahmadinejad : "The affront to the honor of the Prophet of Islam is in fact an affront to the worship of God, and to the seeking of truth and justice, and an affront to all the prophets of God. Obviously, all those who harm the honor of the prophet of Islam..." Crowd : "Death to Denmark. " ...

Special Dispatch No. 1087 - Hamas Leader Khaled Mash'al at a Damascus Mosque: The Nation of Islam Will Sit at the Throne of the World and the West Will Be Full of Remorse – When It's Too Late - 02/07/06

The following are excerpts from an address by Hamas leader Khaled Mash'al at the Al-Murabit Mosque in Damascus. The address was delivered following the Friday sermon at the mosque, and was aired on Al-Jazeera TV on February 3, 2006. To view this clip, visit: http://memritv.org/clip/en/1024.htm . TO VIEW OTHER CLIPS ON HAMAS VISIT: http://memritv.org/clip/en/151.htm . "We Say to This West... By Allah, You Will Be Defeated" Khaled Mash'al: "We apologize to our Prophet Muhammad, but we say to him ...

Special Dispatch No. 1073 - Arab Columnists Criticize the Justification of Terrorism - 01/19/06

In the aftermath of the November 9, 2005 terrorist bombings in Amman, Jordan, various articles appeared in the Arab media criticizing political justification of terrorism in Arab countries, which, they state, prevents the Arabs from taking anti-terrorism measures. One writer explained that the Amman bombings were unconnected in any way to the war in Iraq or to the Palestinian problem; another accused the Arab media of misrepresenting terrorism in the Arab countries and thus leading the Arab ...

Special Dispatch No. 1067 - Iranian Pilgrims in Mecca at Anti-American Rally: We Express Our Hatred & Disgust to the Center of Evil, the Criminal America… ‘Death to America’ - 01/10/06

The following are excerpts from a rally of Iranian pilgrims in Mecca, aired on Iran's Channel 1 and Al-'Alam TV, on January 9, 2006. The speaker addresses the crowd in front of a backdrop showing the World Trade Center and an American flag in flames. TO VIEW THIS CLIP, VISIT: http://memritv.org/clip/en/991.htm . Crowd : "Israel is the enemy of Allah." Man : "May the hands of the infidels be chopped off." Crowd : "May the hands of the infidels be chopped off." Man : "May the hands of the ...

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 257 - The Trial of Saddam Hussein –an Interim Report - 12/14/05

Introduction On October 19, 2005, Saddam Hussein and seven of his co-defendants went on trial before the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal for crimes committed in July 1982 in the town of Dujail. The tribunal was established by the Iraqi Governing Council on December 10, 2003, to adjudicate crimes committed by Iraqis inside and outside Iraq, including in Iran and Kuwait, between July 1968, when the Ba'th Party came to power, and May 1, 2003, which coincided with the fall of the Saddam regime. The ...

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