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Exiled Egyptian cleric Ahmed Subhy Mansour, whose teachings have earned him dozens of death "fatwas" from fellow Muslim clerics, uses the English translation for al Qaeda - meaning "the base" - to describe a plan to defeat Osama bin Laden and other terrorists, who he says have seized control of Islam.
Suppose you have here [in the United States] a base to counter al Qaeda in the war of ideas?" Sheik Mansour asked during a recent luncheon at The Washington Times.
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...GHARIB; a.k.a. KHALAILAH, Ahmed Fadeel; a.k.a. KHALAYLEH, Fedel Nazzel; a.k.a. MOU... of Justice (individual) [IRAQ2] AL-MANSOUR, Dr. Mohamed (a.k.a. MANSOUR, Mohamed), Ob. Heslib...
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - A state security court in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday sentenced five activists who have campaigned for political freedoms in the oil-rich Gulf federation to prison terms of up to three years.
The UAE has faced an outcry from rights groups over the trials, which were held in the country's highest court that normally tries terrorism suspects and has no recourse for appeal.
... panel sentenced one prominent blogger, Ahmed Mansour, to three years in prison. The others rece...
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By Michael Slackman
The New York Times
... morgue at Salmaniya Medical Complex: Ali Mansour Ahmed Khudair, 53, with 91 pellets pulled from his...
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MANAMA, Bahrain, Aug. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To meet the country's growing industrial demand, Bahrain has launched an extensive business park initiative to develop land for the hundreds of new businesses that have registered in recent months.
The demand [for industrial land in Bahrain] exceeds supply 10 fold, there is a tremendous demand for industry," Industry and Commerce Minister Dr. Hassan Fakhro said.
... site is owned by the private sector company Ahmed Mansour Al Ali Company and will be regulated by th...
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SANAA, Yemen - Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh flew to Saudi Arabia for medical care after he was wounded in a rocket attack on his palace, a senior government official said today. Saleh's abrupt departure threatened to deepen the crisis in his impoverished nation shaken by months of protests seeking to end his 33-year rule.
His departure followed intense pressure from his powerful Gulf neighbors and longtime ally Washington to step down. He had agreed to transfer power several times, only to step back at the last moment. Saleh might never return, given the opposition by large segments of the population and a powerful tribal alliance that took up arms after peaceful protests failed to persuade him to step down.
... appeared that Vice President Abed-Rabbo Mansour Hadi was in charge. Saleh also has been widely bellieved to be grooming his son, Ahmed, as a successor. Ahmed was believed to have stayed...
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...LOWENKRON: Okay. QUESTION: Ahmed Mansour (ph), Al Jazeera. The report mentions Moro...
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...AUTHOR: Mansour, Ahmed. PUBLISHER: Olive Branch Press. PUBLISH DAT...
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MANAMA, Bahrain, Sept. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bahrain's Ministry of Health Released the following statement in response to the sentencing of former employees of the Salmaniya Medical Complex:
Doctors and other medical professionals had their sentences reviewed on Thursday. After consideration by authorities, the charges and sentences were handed down following the forcible occupation of Salmaniya Medical Complex, unlawfully controlling the entrances and exits of all divisions and departments, using force and threats, and other actions.
... staff to 15 years in prison: Ali Issa Mansour Akri; Ali Hassan Alsdda; Nader Mohammed Hasan Diwaani; Ahmed Abdel-Aziz Hassan Omran; Mahmoud Abdel-Wahab, Ibra...
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Media plays a fundamental role in the formation of national identity, most famously detailed in Benedict Anderson's theory of the imagined community. In the Arab world, a media revolution is contributing to the emergence of a reawakened regional Arab consciousness. A comparison of data from the first major regional survey of Arab journalists and the results of various public opinion polls in the region indicate that Arab journalists stand on the borderlands of Arab identity, shaping an emerging "imagined" watan [nation] that, in some ways, transcends the traditional lines in the sand that define the nation-state.
... like you, we need freedom like you," Ahmed Mansour, host of the Al-Jazeera program Bela Hodoo...