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Most Muslims don’t believe Arabs behind 9/11 attacks: Poll
Less than a month before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York City, a new poll confirms that most residents of major Muslim-majority countries do not believe the United...
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Fighting for Islam a decade after 9/11
The planes crashed into New York City’s World Trade Center when Toshio Rahman was 15 years old. He was attending West Point Grey Academy in Vancouver on that fateful day. The private school’s principal...
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Why don’t Muslims reject terrorism? Actually, they do.
I’ve often found the most open-minded and tolerant North Americans and Europeans stop short when it comes to Muslims. They’re most common complaint about Muslims is they don’t hear enough so-called...
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Text 911: Three-month trial starts in four Canadian centres
When James Henderson called 911 he was desperate to get help for his wife Nancy, who was choking. But Henderson is deaf and when he wasn’t able to communicate the details of the emergency on the call,...
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New York City’s ‘Freedom Tower’ mixes memorial and commerce
We saw two American icons yesterday. They came into view during a boat tour around the island of Manhattan, home of 1.5 million people. The first mythic site was of the Statue of Liberty, a moving...
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George W. Bush draws fire for speech to ‘Jews for Jesus’
Leading Jews are appalled that former U.S. President George W. Bush is speaking this Thursday at a fundraiser for Jews for Jesus, a controversial organization devoted to converting Jews to Christianity...
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VIOLENCE: “Religion is not the problem.” Karen Armstrong (Nov. 17 in Vancouver)
I remember interviewing the gifted Canadian author Mordecai Richler in the 1990s.. The Jewish atheist said religion has been primarily a force for destruction. “Through the ages, it’s probable that...
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Scapegoating religion lets West off hook for violence: Karen Armstrong
What do North Americans and Europeans generally blame for most of the world’s misdeeds? Karen Armstrong says religion is our current scapegoat. “In the West the idea that religion is inherently...
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9/11 paramedic remembers fallen comrades at Peace Arch memorial
Robert Abril doesn’t like talking about 9/11. He tries not to think about that fateful day and shies away from interview requests. “I saw the whole thing up close, and I don’t want to think about it.”...
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