All Entries Tagged With: "Moderate Arabs and Muslims"

Quote of the Day

“‘Sprouts can cause bouts of flatulence in animals and humans. But I don’t think any of us were prepared for a smell that strong.”
- Michael Riozzi of Chessington Zoo in Surrey, after the zoo apologized to visitors for the stench coming from a gorilla enclosure after feeding the animals sprouts.

The Palestinians of Sderot

The Guardian has an interesting article about palestinians who assisted Israel and have now forged a new life in Israel. In Sderot of all places.
From a plastic chair on his front porch Samir looked out over a garden neatly planted with rose bushes. In this house Samir, his wife, and five of their children are [...]

A Vestige of Hope

 Now for something a lot more positive.
The time for violence has come to an end, and the era of peace and dialogue between Muslims and Jews has begun – that was the message delivered by Maulana Jameel Ahmed Ilyasi, secretary-general of the All-India Association of Imams and Mosques, during an interview with Ynetnews.
Ilaysi’s organization represents [...]

A Real Moderate

Ha’aretz has a fascinating article and interview with Magdi Allam, an Egyptian-born Muslim-Italian writer and journalist, who passionately defends Israel’s right to exist, and condemns the Islamic fundamentalism death cult.
It’s not every day that a Muslim intellectual puts his own head on the line to defend Israel’s right to exist. But that is exactly what [...]

Breath of Fresh Air

It is emails like this that vindicate my decision to pursue blogging as a hobby:

Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:49:11 +0300 From: “E S” <xxxxx@gmail.com>   To: “israellycool@yahoo.com” <israellycool@yahoo.com> Subject: Regarding israellycool
 
I’ve been a frequent visitor to your site for a while, and I learned quite a lot about Israel from it. It convinces me that [...]

All Hail the Sheikh

Believe it or not, the Quran acknowledges that G-d promised the land of Israel to the Jewish people. So does Al Qaida.
 
What???
 
Yes, that’s what I said. And it was also news to me, until I read this fascinating Jerusalem Post article about Sheikh Prof. Abdul Hadi Palazzi, a moderate and knowledgable Muslim.

At a time [...]

Between a Mosque and a Hard Place

I found this via Instapundit:

Some 20,000 people took to the streets in the western German city of Cologne on Sunday, waving German and Turkish flags, to protest against the use of violence in the name of Islam.
 
The marchers had two starting points — a mosque and a cathedral — and converged in the middle of [...]

Wanted: More Like Him

The man on the right is Yunis Owaidah, a PLO Arab who is proud of the fact that he “collaborates” with Israel.  
 
The Jerusalem Post have a fascinating article on him, which I implore you all to read, if you have not already done so. Here is an appetizer:

Owaidah explained that he decided to work with [...]