Word: arabism
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...acknowledgment of Arab journalists by Western institutions such as the Nieman Foundation was a new trend and an honor, she added...
...only path, and it is our moral duty. The two groups involved in this age-old conflict are both predominantly Muslim—one is collectively known as Baggara, and the other includes different African tribes such as the Zaghawa, Masalit, and Fur—although the former is Arab and the latter is not. In recent years, the Sudanese government has been predominantly Arab. In the western region of Sudan known as Darfur, the genocide is carried out by Arab militia groups known as Janjaweed and not Sudan’s central government. Despite the government?...
...between al-Qaeda and Hamas has become a matter of public record. It is not yet clear who was responsible for Monday's triple bombing in Dahab, but the Hamas-led Palestinian government instantly condemned "this criminal act which flouts our religion, shakes Palestinian national security and works against Arab interests". Strong stuff, particularly from a government that only last week had labeled a Tel Aviv suicide bombing by Islamic Jihad a "legitimate act of self-defense...
...Hamas statement could be read as a product of the pressure on the movement to distance itself from terrorism from even those Arab regimes that have stepped in to fund the Palestinian government. But Hamas is not typically prone to do the bidding of others, and could just as easily have remained silent on a bomb attack in Egypt. And viewed against the Hamas reponse to Osama bin Laden's latest tape, it appears to suggest a growing rift between the standard-bearers of Islamist politics in the Palestinian territories and the jihadists-without-borders element who would turn...
...Laden's statement sought to portray him as a champion of the Palestinians against a Western "crusade" and, in passing, castigated Hamas for its decision to enter the Palestinian parliament and other Arab or Islamist moderates for even considering dialogue with the West. Hamas responded by saying that while Bin Laden was entitled to his own opinions (the implication being that in the case of the Palestinians he should keep them to himself), "We are interested in good relations with the West and we call on the Western countries to reconsider their stance towards the Palestinian cause and the Muslim...