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Islamophobia bankroller behind organizer of Israel junket for US “Muslim leaders”

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Source: electronicintifada.net

By: Ali Abunimah

An organization sponsoring a controversial visit to Israel by a number of American Muslim “leaders” is funded by one of a handful of major financiers of extreme Islamophobic groups in the United States.

Internal Revenue Service filings show that the Jerusalem-based Shalom Hartman Institute has received generous funding from the Russell Berrie Foundation in recent years.

This foundation was named in the 2011 Center for American Progress report “Fear, Inc.: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America” as one of the top seven donors to anti-Muslim hate groups in the United States.

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Sheikh Khalid Yasin – Unity in The Community @ Jacobs Center, San Diego (Video)

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Mind Body Connection

Source: http://www.collective-evolution.com

The connection between your mind and body is very powerful and although it cannot be visually seen, the effects your mind can have on your physical body are profound. We can have an overall positive mental attitude and deal directly with our internal challenges and in turn create a healthy lifestyle or we can be in negative, have self destructive thoughts and not deal with our internal issues, possibly even cloak those issues with affirmations and positivity without finding the route and in turn we can create an unhealthy lifestyle. Why is this?

Our emotions and experiences are essentially energy and they can be stored in the cellular memory of our bodies. Have you ever experienced something in your life that left an emotional mark or pain in a certain area of your body? Almost as if you can still feel something that may have happened to you? It is likely because in that area of your body you still hold energy released from that experience that is remaining in that area. I came across an interesting chart that explores some possible areas that various emotions might affect the body.

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Ferguson: National Guard Troops Sent In As Violence Continues (Video)

info-pictogram1 Missouri Governor Jay Nixon lifts the curfew in Ferguson, Missouri just hours after deploying the Missouri National Guard. The role of the Guard will be limited but troops will protect the police command center. This all part of the fallout after the police shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown.

Are You On The US ‘Terrorist’ List? (Video)

info-pictogram1 One million people worldwide have been swept up by TIDE, the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment. It’s a list of people suspected of being terrorists that’s managed by the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center. But how easy is it to get on the list, and are we step closer to a world where everyone’s a suspect?