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“Greater Israel” - Is it Still a Reality? • 02.26.08

The notion of “Greater Israel” is discussed and debated often – even among Muslims. Muslims in general believe that Israel wants to take over territory from Muslim and Arab lands and expand its current country boundaries to form a bigger country called “Greater Israel”. This article briefly reviews the notion of “Greater Israel” and examines the facts behind Israel’s goal of establishing “Greater Israel”.

The goal behind establishing “Greater Israel” has been to settle Jews in the land as defined in the Jewish Hebrew Bible. In their holy book, it says in the chapter of Genesis (15:18-21): (more…)

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Jerusalem - Sacred for Muslims, Jews and Christians • 02.25.08

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The city of Jerusalem and other surrounding cities are sacred to all three religions of the world: Muslims, Christians and Jews. The following are some questions and answers related to the sacred sites of the three religions that are in located in Jerusalem and the surrounding cities. For any fact based contributions and feedback, please post your comments at the end of the article below.

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Pride of Baghdad - Book Introduction • 12.24.07

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Pride of Baghdad is a fiction novel by a famous novelist Brian Vaughan about four lions that escaped the Baghdad zoo during the 2003 bombing of Baghdad. The lions’ roaming of the city for sometime before American soldiers gunned them down, attempts to portray the life in the city of Baghdad during wartime. Although a fiction novel, numerous narratives are based on real time stories in Iraq.

The theme of the story is based on freedom and analyzes the topic in the eyes of the lions roaming the dangerous environment after being freed rather than being captive and caged safely.

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