Summary
IT'S almost certain there will be another bloody showdown in Syria today. "Days of rage," as street protests are often called in the Arab world, invariably take on a special volatility following Friday prayers in the Middle East.
Over the years I've lost count of the times I've seen young Muslims, be they Palestinians, Egyptians or Libyans, take to the streets and frontlines of their respective struggles against occupation and tyranny after a call to action by the Imam during Friday prayers.See the full content of this document
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Let's Ditch Doublespeak and Turn Screw On Syria
On one such occasion a few months ago in the Libyan city of Benghazi, following the funeral of three young rebel fighters killed by Gaddafi forces, I saw others leap into trucks and head off for the battlefields around Adjabiya and Ras Lanuf, fired up by the words of their local religious lead...
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