Word: arabize
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...ugly side of fear never sleeps for long, and so Arab Americans and Muslims were attacked at their stores and homes. In Salt Lake City a small Pakistani restaurant, Curry in a Hurry, was damaged by arson. Word of the hate attack spread quickly, and the next day the place had its busiest day ever from patrons who wanted to support this Pakistani family and its business. People came with signs saying PEACE NOT HATE...
...middle names and dates of birth. Still, using the FBI's list of names, Saudi newspapers have tracked down the families of most of the suspected hijackers. The reporters have found that relatives often haven't seen the men in several months or more. The kingdom's Daily Arab News reported last week that at least five of the hijackers told their families several months ago that they were going on jihad. Four months ago, Hamza Alghamdi, 20, one of the men who torpedoed Flight 175 into 2 World Trade Center, called his parents and asked for their prayers...
...Arab authoritarianism has produced reliable allies for the West, but it has also created an environment conducive to the growth of Islamic terrorism. Stopping Bin Laden and his ilk requires an immediate consensus among widely different regimes on the need to stamp out the scourge of terrorism. But a long-term solution to the problem of terrorism emanating from the Middle East may require a profound shift in that region's politics...
...Where the Bush administration had previously kept its distance from the deteriorating situation, the needs of the antiterrorism coalition have made Arafat's and Sharon's dilemmas Washington's, too. In his first meeting with an Arab head of state since the September 11 attacks, President Bush received a strong pledge of support from Jordan's King Abdullah, but also a passionate plea for Washington to do more to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Arab allies on whom the U.S. will rely heavily in the intelligence war on Bin laden face strong domestic resistance against working too closely...
Rita Hamad ’03, representing the Society of Arab Students, also spoke of the double burden that Arab students have had to bear in grieving with the rest of the nation about the attacks because they have also had to deal with others’ suspicion...