ACTION ALERT: sign letter to oppose Farouk Hosni to lead UNESCO

Posted on June 1, 2009. Filed under: Citizen journalism, Legislation and campaigns | Tags: , , , , , , |

From ADL: Who could imagine that someone who advocates burning books might lead the international organization that protects the heritage of global civilization? Yet those are the shameful views of Farouk Hosni, the man Egypt wants to lead UNESCO. His outrageous statement, “I’d burn Israeli books myself if I found any in libraries in Egypt,” [...]

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Egyptian intellectual Tarek Heggy calls for new dialogue with Islamic world

Posted on May 14, 2009. Filed under: General, OpEds | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Below is being reposted in its entirety with permission from Tarek Heggy. On April 23, 2009, the Hudson Institute hosted a panel during the Durban Review Conference with an eminent group of Muslim scholars from Egypt, Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany. The following is the speech given by Tarek Heggy, a [...]

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