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It’s feast or famine in the Arab world, which is why climate change–NOT a hunger for freedom–may be what’s behind the revolutionary movements in the Middle East that have become known as the "Arab Spring."

In the April 8th edition of the New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman writes that "the Arab awakening began in Tunisia with a fruit vendor who was harassed by police for not having a permit to sell food–just at the moment when world food prices hit record highs." He goes on to remark that it began in Syria and Yemen with similar situations.
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Nidal Hasan, the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood massacre, will soon face a military trial and could, if convicted, be sentenced to death. Hasan was radicalized by jihadist websites on the internet, which brings up concerns about Al Jazeera, the Arab TV network that is now being broadcast in the US. However, a new study shows that despite the fears of some Americans, Arab television networks such as Al Jazeera do not promote anti-American feelings among all their viewers.
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A UN study has found that most of the young men and women inArab countries want to leave home and move to the West.”Remarkably, 51 percent of older youths expressed a desireto emigrate to other countries, clearly indicating theirdissatisfaction with current conditions and future prospectsin their home countries,” the report says. This is happeningat a time when the U.S. and other western countries aretightening their visa restrictions against Arab immigrants,as a result of terrorist threats, meaning that few of themwill be able to fulfill their dreams.
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There must not be an anti-Arab, anti-Palestinian or anti-Moslem backlash in our country. The Moslem Faith is a rich and profoundly civilizing one; it offers as valid a journey toward God as the other world religions. It has a very different viewpoint toward certain things than other religions, most especially in the way it defines the social roles of men and women, and this is hard for non-Moslems to understand or accept.

But it does not advocate the kind of brutality and evil that are being enacted in its name.
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