"The result of this slick and well-funded multi-layer machine is that cause and effect are reversed and Israel’s ethnic cleansing becomes less visible in America. The occupation and colonization become identified as a response to the violence."

"Supporters of the ban also say that it is used by Muslim men to impose oppression on women. This argument is effectively countered by the thousands of Muslimahs in France who have taken to the streets to protest against the ban."

"Muslims are especially vulnerable for their names would be considered a travel risk. Since Osama bin Laden has not been captured yet, it is certain that persons bearing his name and dressed in the attire made famous by constant TV footage of bin Laden would face repeated interrogation at international airports."

"The good news is that the Plame games can still come to an abrupt conclusion if one solitary journalist decides to come clean with the identity of the two White House felons. Novak could wake up on any fine morning between now and next November and decide to do the right thing."

"As an American, I am proud and very grateful to live in a country where something as simple as taking a sick child to an emergency room, can be done so easily and without any thought or hindrances. Yet, also as an American, I am also ashamed and disgusted that my government supports and bankrolls such an abusive and racist country as Israel, whereby something as simple as taking a sick child to seek medical attention, becomes a humiliating and oppressive experience."

"India’s proposal of a Srinagar-Muzzafarabad bus service is a step in the right direction. The next logical step would be to create an open border in Kashmir. Let Kashmiris on both sides of the LOC see how life is on the other side. The final step would lie in creating a blueprint for a plebiscite. The plebiscite would have to be conducted under UN supervision and only when there is a complete end to violence."

"The political history of the two countries shows that in the past the issues between the two countries were being vocalized by the ruling heads and political gurus only to gain or maintain the support from the public."

"Take any politically volatile issue — nuclear tests, the Babri mosque, TADA or the anti-Muslim pogroms engineered and backed by the government — in each the Congress Party has sown the seeds and the BJP has reaped the hideous harvest. The Congress has done hypocritically what BJP does proudly."