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Ramzy Baroud

Palestinian-American journalist, author and former Al-Jazeera producer. Editor-in-Chief of the Palestine Chronicle. His work has been published in leading newspapers and journals worldwide. He has written several books, including The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People’s Struggle, 2006; and My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story to be released in 2010.

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Voting in Switzerland

The Hypocrisy of Al-Demoqratia

by Ramzy Baroud

14 December 2009

In banning minarets a fortnight ago, Switzerland has turned the spotlight on the double-standards of lofty Western principles when they are applied to minorities. The vote was a declaration of hatred, a pledge of hostility to Islam and Muslims, and an admission of Europe’s belief that Islam is (...)