"...if "terrorism" is going to be used as an umbrella term so large that it covers attacks on military troops occupying a country, then the word becomes nothing more than an instrument of propaganda."

"Eager to blame someone else for the slowdown in negotiations, U.S. trade representatives have pointed their fingers at the less fortunate countries of the South, such as Brazil and Argentina. The plain fact is, however, the United States is currently as much a stumbling block as any of the less developed and protectionist countries in South America."

"We are not bystanders; our children's futures are on the line. We beg the world to intervene and impose a just solution today, for our sake and for theirs."

"Not everyone in the Jewish community, here or in Israel, supports a policy of expanding settlements on Arab land, targeted assassinations that usually result in horrific "collateral damage", and building massive walls/fences to keep populations apart."

"Amal Karim informed soldiers that her bag contained a copy of the Holy Qu’ran. Despite her pleas, a soldier grabbed her bag and hurled her Qu’ran to the ground."

"The mechanism is very simple, particularly when the media does not question official stories, especially those coming from the military."

"Muslims tend to believe that Qur'anic guidance is for them only, but this is a misguided view because the Qur'an itself says: "Wherewith Allah guides all who seek His Good pleasure to ways of peace and safety and leads them out of darkness." (5:16) At another place it says that it is a guidance and instruction for those who are conscious of Allah (3:138). Thus the message of Allah is universal and infinite."

"India’s abysmal record on the persistence of caste-based and inter-religious discrimination and violence, with the lower castes and the minority religions (like Islam) facing the brunt of the oppression, over half-a-century after independence from British colonial rule, must resonate with Israel’s similar record of oppression of the Palestinians."