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UAE extends crackdown on Islamists

Reuters | Sep 11, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES DUBAI — The United Arab Emirates has arrested eight Emirati Islamists, including a state prosecutor and a former judge, rights activists said on Tuesday, widening a crackdown on dissidents over alleged threats to state security. Thanks to cradle-to-grave welfare systems, the UAE […]

JEWISH DAILY FORWARD – The Yiddish Quran

The Yiddish Quran Sect Publishes Holy Book for Very Few Readers HAGGAI FRID/COURTESY HAARETZ An Unusual Holy Book: The Islamic Ahmadiyya sect translated parts of the Koran into Yiddish.   By Philologos Published September 09, 2012, issue of September 14, 2012.There was an unusual event in Haifa the other day. Muhammad Sharif Odeh, […]