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Are You Ready to Convert?
In a recently aired video, Al Qaida's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri introduced a speaker, Azzam the American, who invited all non-Muslims, especially in the United States, to convert to Islam and to abandon their 'misguided' ways or suffer the consequences. He called for "...repent and enter into the light of Islam and turn their swords against the enemies of God..." Continued...

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Kurdistan, The Road to Independence.
The Kurds are a culture spanning many nation states and face many conflicts within each in the quest to survive and gain statehood. MEIC will present Kurdistan, The Road to Independence featuring the history and struggle surviving in a geographical nightmare using maps and interviews and analysis on the future and prospects for independence.
Update: Jan. 18th, 2007 - the project is still in progress and MEIC hopes to complete it sometime in 2007.
   

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Armenian: The photo depicts Armenian deportations denied by Turkish officials early 1900's. Courtesy of Al-Ahram Weekly...Click to Discuss.
 
Assyrian: The photo depicts Assyrian voters in northern Iraq seeking recognition after the votes were certified in the Iraqi election. Courtesy of AINA...Click to Discuss.
 
Azerbaycan: The photo depicts one of the few survivors of Khojaly on 25th to 26th of February 1992, also known as the Azeri Genocide reported to be carried out by the Armenian military ... Click to Discuss.
 
Bati Trakya / Thrace ...Click to Discuss.
 
Chechen: The photo depicts After a lull in fighting, residents of Grozny return to their devastated city. Chechnya, 1996....Click to Discuss.
Photo - Laurent Van der Stockt Human Rights Watch
 
Cyprus: The photo depicts Secretary-General Kofi Annan (center) meets with Tassos Papadopoulos (right), Greek Cypriot Leader and Rauf Denktash (left), Turkish Cypriot Leader 10 February 2004, UN Photo/Evan Schneider...Click to Discuss.
 
Hellenes of the Middle East: The photo depicts a small Greek Region in Istanbul (Photo www.megarevma.net)...Click to Discuss.
 
Israel: The photo depicts Anwar Sadat (center), Moshe Dayan (left) and Menachem Begin (right) in Jerusalem Nov. 20 1977....Click to Discuss.
 
Iraq: The photo depicts a USAID Dart team member, delivering an emergency medical health kit to a primary health care center in Baghdad, Iraq photo - USAID(Thomas Hartwell)....Click to Discuss.
 
Kurdistan: The photo depicts An early sunny winter day in Mehabad in 1945. The joy of self determination. Photo Courtesy of Kurdistan Web....Click to Discuss.
 
Sudan: The photo depicts a time of peace January 11, 2005 while tension remains today in Darfur (Photo UN)....Click to Discuss.
 
Turkmens: The photo depicts a Turkmen supporter in Iraq....Click to Discuss.
 
War on Terror: The photo depicts a U.S. Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, Land) observes munitions being destroyed. The SEALs discovered the munitions while conducting a Sensitive Site Exploitation (SSE) mission in eastern Afghanistan. Navy Special Operations Forces are conducting missions in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Tim Turner, USN (Defend America) ....Click to Discuss.

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