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Ramadan Tariq - First visit to US in six years
Once-Banned Muslim Scholar Tariq Ramadan on His First Visit to US in Six Years, President Obama and Why Muslims Should Make Their Voices Heard
We speak with leading Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan, who was banned from entering the United States for six years. In 2004, Ramadan had accepted a job to become a tenured professor at the University of Notre Dame, but nine days before he was set to arrive, the Bush administration revoked his visa, invoking a provision of the PATRIOT Act. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lifted the travel ban earlier this year. This week, he arrived in New York for the first time since 2004. Tariq Ramadan joins us in our studio to talk about the ban, his thoughts on President Obama, the importance for Muslims to make their voices heard, and much more. [includes rush transcript]
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/9/ once_banned_muslim_scholar_tariq_ramadan
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Web Chat with Egyptian Activist on the Ground
Khaled Saeed, a 28-year old man, refused to show Egyptian police his ID in a random raid on an Internet cafe in Alexandria. In response, the police dragged him out into the street and beat him to death, in plain view of witnesses.
It turns out that Saeed had posted a video exposing police officers doling out the spoils of a drug bust. The Egyptian Ministry has claimed that Saeed is a drug addict, and his cause of death was choking on a joint -- this despite numerous eye-witness accounts and videos of the incident.
Today at 12:30, Human Rights First is hosting a chat with Nora Younis, an award-winning activist in Egypt, to discuss this case and the broader question of government repression in Egypt. Nora was at protests following the murder and watched as police came down on protesters with further violence. Join us here or on ustream at 12:30. Send us your questions on Twitter @humanrights1st #khaledsaeed.
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Richard Falk, Huwaida Arraf & Norman Finkelstein on the Freedom Flotilla
In the middle of the night Monday, Israeli commandos boarded ships in the "Freedom Flotilla" attempting to bring humanitarian aid to residents of still-blockaded Gaza. The aggressive response by Israel turned deadly, after with at least nine activists killed. The international community has reacted with shock and outrage; protests have erupted around the world outside Israeli embassies, with protesters even teargassed in Paris. Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled a meeting with President Obama and headed back to Israel to do damage control, and Turkey, from where the flotilla departed, has recalled its ambassador and issued a travel warning to its citizens.
Huwaida Arraf was on one of the ships; she joins us via phone from Ramallah, along with Norman Finkelstein, to tell us what happened to her and offer some analysis on the situation. Then we speak to Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, for more on the international reaction and the U.S.'s involvement.
Finally, Laura reminds us all of some words on the U.S./Israel relationship from General David Petraeus.
Source: GRITtv
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Dan Bull - Nothing On Jews [an open letter to Benjamin Netanyahu]
I'm not the kind of guy that you would likely see
criticising anybody, unless I believed
that they deserve to be told I disagree
with something that they've done specifically
Now I'm alright with some types of piracy
but not the violent type you find on the high seas
Why fight your allies in times of peace
then hide behind a pile of lies like you were trying to police?
So it's okay for you to go crazily
overboard with excessive use of force?
Though sticks and stones may break your bones
they don't provoke a massacre with no remorse
But never mind that, don't give it another thought
'cause provididing aid's clearly an act of war.
You should do anything, no matter how debauched
to stop support from ever getting to your ports.
I knew a Jewish girl, and she was a pearl.
What I'm trying to say is that I've got no hatred
I've got nothing on Jews, baby.
This is aimed at The Jewish State, yeah
It's like I have witnessed Zionism's Rennaissance
You and your mates in the States really get along.
They veto anything that doesn't let you get what you want
even if it's sending planes to bomb Lebanon.
Or a naval blockade dawn raid with every weapon drawn
treating aid workers as agents of Hezbollah.
Your reputation is tainted for evermore
Stop... have a think about it
You've attacked Lebanon, you've attacked Egypt
Even to Syria you're dealing blows
You've attacked Jordan, you've had a war with
every bordering country I know.
British Israeli relations are so low
so I hope I don't become another Shlomo.
This song's never going to win a MOBO
even though I flow like the oil to the shores of the Gulf coast
or the blood in the waters of your coast
I knew a Jewish girl, and she was a pearl.
What I'm trying to say is that I've got no hatred
I've got nothing on Jews, baby.
This is aimed at The Jewish State, yeah
To Zion
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