Jewish-Muslim-relations
Independent Bangladeshi Journalist’s House Broken Into, Police Do Nothing
February 10, 2010
<!–[endif]–>Late last month, the Dhaka home of Bangladeshi journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, publisher and editor of that country’s largest weekly newspaper, The Weekly Blitz, was broken into. Police in Dhaka...
Maverick Iraqi Politician Claims Iran Could Go Nuclear Within Weeks
December 27, 2009
Iraqi parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi is warning that Iran is much closer to attaining nuclear capability than most sources, including the International Atomic Energy Agency and the US State Department, believe. In fact, he predicts the Iranians...
Abandoned Under Obama
November 12, 2009
Earlier this month, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, a self-described “Muslim Zionist,” traveled to the U.S. to address audiences in New York City and at Yale University. Publisher of the largest English-language weekly...
Anti-Jihadist Muslim Featured in Today’s American Spectator
November 10, 2009
Today The American Spectator features on its front page my piece on anti-jihadist Muslim Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury.
Choudhury will appear before a Bangladeshi court tomorrow to defend himself against charges of blasphemy,...
Muslim Anti-Jihadist Takes New York, New Haven By Storm
October 31, 2009
Yes, there is such a thing as a pioneering Muslim anti-jihadist, and this week I got the excellent opportunity to spend time with one.
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, editor of The Weekly Blitz, a Zionist and general interest newspaper...
Listen to Heather Robinson on SecureFreedom Radio
June 26, 2009
Yesterday on WTNT Radio in Washington D.C. I discussed Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, a Bangladeshi journalist who refuses to be silenced by militant Islamists. Listen to the podcast here.
...Journalist Pushes On In Bangladesh Despite Harassment; His US Supporters Keep Faith With Him
June 20, 2009
Journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, who was physically attacked and beaten in February by thugs he believes were members of the Bangladeshi government’s ruling party, has recovered from his injuries.
But this independent...
Dissident Watch: Mithal al-Alusi
May 30, 2009
Spring 2009
Amid growing conservatism and ethnic and sectarian populism in Iraq, parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi, a Sunni Arab, has become the country’s chief advocate for liberal values including a free market, free press, religious...
Bangladeshi Journalist, Champion of Free Speech in the Muslim World, Attacked
February 28, 2009
On Monday, a gang of thugs stormed the newspaper office of The Weekly Blitz, an independent newspaper based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and physically attacked its editor, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury.
Choudhury, 39, advocates normalized...
Champion of Jewish-Muslim Relations Beaten by Thugs in Bangladesh
February 22, 2009
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, a Bangladeshi journalist who has labored to build bridges between Israel and his country, was beaten this morning in the Dhaka offices of his newspaper, The Weekly Blitz, by thugs he believes to be members of the...