Information ministers of the 22-member Arab League voted to “regulate” television stations that “offend the leaders or national and religious symbols” of Arab countries.
The Cairo document authorises signatory countries to “withdraw, freeze or not renew the work permits of media which break the regulations”.
A spokesperson for the Arab League refused to confirm that the League [...]

Colleges such as Tech receive funds from three sourcees; tuition payments, state allocations, and alumni contributions. Columbia University has invited Holocaust denier and Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to address its students. Columbia is located in a heavily Jewish area, has a large Jewish enrollment, and a large base of Jewish alumni donors.
In an [...]

The late civil rights leader Anne Braden said, “The Political is Personal.”
Building on that theme, featured Tech’s Womens Awareness month speaker, Hibba Abugideiri, presented the model of the modern American Muslim feminist.
In her work, “The Renewed Woman of American Islam: Shifting Lenses Toward ‘Gender Jihad?’”, she observed, “In response to the modern challenges to Islam, [...]

The GTmoonbats story “Is Dying on Your Knees Politically Correct?” appeared to strike a responsive chord on the Powerline News Forum, one of the most active Internet blogs.
During the weeks following the campus murders the story was one of the most active stories on the blog.
Responses included a spirited discussion of the pros and cons [...]

Virginia Tech recently suffered the most massive campus murder in US history. The students and faculty are still trying to rationalize what was fundamentally an irrational act, and Georgia Tech alums decided to lend a hand.
Georgia Tech knows well the threat of terrorism due to the arrest of alleged Muslim jihadist Syed Haris [...]

Opposition to screening of a documentary film about Islamic extremism prompted security concerns yesterday on several college and university campuses.
“Georgia Tech is aware of the sensitive nature of the movie being shown and some added measures have been made to ensure the success of the event,” said university spokesman Matt Nagel.
Ruth Malhotra, [...]

In solidarity with the Tech Pride Alliance, Pakistani Muslims mimiced last night’s Tech Drag Queens for Kids extravaganza at the The Jungle.
Dance performances by transvestites are common during marriage functions in the rural areas of Pakistan.
Small arms and assault rifle fire added a touch of local color to the festivities.
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Islamist Hibba Abugideiri wowed an audience of Tech feminists with her celebration of Muslim support for women’s rights. She believes that many Americans are not satisfied with a completely secular, materialistic society, and are looking for a spirituality of some kind, whether derived from a traditional religion such as Islam or from some less [...]

Georgia Tech’s most famous attendee, former president Jimmy Carter, plans to share his foreign policy expertise with British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. Former President Carter is the founder of The Carter Center, an international nonprofit organization committed to advancing human rights and alleviating unnecessary human suffering.
The prime minister is currently facing an international [...]

Islamicist, Hibba Abugideiri, will be the hts speaker for Tech Women’s Awareness Month. Abugideiri is a historian of postcolonial and Islamic feminism and women in the Middle East.
She is currently an assistant professor at Villanova University. She has published articles in Gender and History, The Journal of Arab Studies, and The [...]