As the results from the Florida presidential recount were being tallied Wednesday, Muslim Americans paused to assess future relations with a new U.S. legislature, weighing gains and losses of friends and foes within the new Senate and Congress.
OIC Foreign Ministers Open
Meetings In Qatar Foreign ministers of
member nations of the Organization of the Islamic Conference
(OIC) opened their meetings at the Sheraton Doha hotel this
morning in preparation for the upcoming Islamic summit
convening on Sunday.
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton now holds a new title: New York State U.S. Senator. She gained the victory after defeating Republican Rick Lazio on Tuesday winning 56% of the vote to Lazio’s 44%. She is the first First Lady, present or former, to hold an elected political office.
Qatari officials announced Thursday afternoon that the Israeli trade office in Doha would be closed in protest of the escalating Israeli repression in the Occupied Territories, and in solidarity with the position of Islamic country members in the OIC towards the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.
Another Clinton Enters The Political Arena
