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MAS Freedom's Voting is Power Not Connected to Democratic Party Voting Campaign in Louisiana False accusations against MAS/MASF serve merely to augment an agenda to discredit legitimate Muslim organizations and to perpetuate an unfounded climate of extreme prejudice, suspicion and fear against the Muslim American community. Noted Jewish Physician Author, and Rights Activist Speaks at MAS Freedom Event in Washington, D.C. On May 13, MAS Freedom welcomed Dr. Alice Rothchild, a renowned human rights activist, physician, and author, to speak about the Palestinian displacement and dispossession at the historic Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Washington, D.C.

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Another Berlin Airlift Needed But in Gaza It is surely reasonable enough to expect Arab nations to support their Palestinian brethren, but it seems not all are doing so. Pledges made at Annapolis, Maryland, last November have fallen short of what was promised. Critic Accuses Hollywood of Vilifying Arabs American films and TV dramas shot since the Sept. 11 attacks have reinforced screen images of Arabs and Muslims as fanatics and villains, ingraining harmful stereotypes, argues an author on the subject.

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