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We have nothing in common with these people. No compromise, debate, or "meeting in the middle" is possible. We are in a battle with those who hate America: what it was founded on, what she stands for and the people who love her. Power is the only langauge they speak. No outrageous lie exists they are not willing to tell, no horrific way to kill a baby they are too ashamed to partake of, and no height of hypocrisy they will not subcribe to in order to reach their ultimate goal of control over the population of America. Every council...

CAIR ANNOUNCES $10K VIDEO CONTEST TO PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING Two $5,000 prizes to be awarded for ‘Let the Conversation Begin’ videos (WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/22/2007) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today announced an online digital video contest designed to help promote mutual understanding between Muslims and people of other faiths in America and worldwide. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said it will offer two $5,000 prizes for videos up to one minute long that are the most effective in promoting interfaith understanding and communicating the contest theme of “Let the Conversation Begin.”

Remember that day. Remember our fellow Americans who suffered. Remember our resolve as a nation. Remember who did this to us. Remember to cherish your freedom and those who fought to keep us free.

One of the postings on We're Not Afraid, a Web site set up on July 7, the day of the bombings in London. Every momentous occasion seems to have a moblog (read: mob log). But not every moblog is created equal. In 2004, there was Sorry Everybody (sorryeverybody.com), a Web site where hundreds of people posted pictures of themselves apologizing for the re-election of George W. Bush. Now there's We're Not Afraid (werenotafraid.com), a mass pictorial response to the terrorist bombings in London. We're Not Afraid has exactly the same form as Sorry Everybody, but a wholly different tone...

Washington, DC -- Political disputes and not religion, begat violence, says John Esposito, a widely respected American professor and author on the Islamic world, known for his moderate views on Islam. Esposito was awarded Pakistan's highest civilhonor, the Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam, at the Pakistani embassy in Washington. "Prof. Esposito has done more than any other individual in the last three or four decades to promote a better understanding between the Islamic and Western worlds," said Pakistan's ambassador Jehangir Karamat. Esposito used the award ceremony to urge people living in the two worlds to make a better effort towards understanding each other. He...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - President Bush (news - web sites) said Tuesday "we will win" the war on terror, seeking to quell controversy and Democratic criticism over his earlier remark that victory may not be possible. In a speech to the national convention of the American Legion, Bush said, "We meet today in a time of war for our country, a war we did not start yet one that we will win. "In this different kind of war, we may never sit down at a peace table," Bush said. "But make no mistake about it, we are winning and we will...