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BOULDER– Iranian attorney and 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi urged the United States to center its policy toward Iran on human rights in a speech Friday that kicked-off a two day symposium here at Naropa University Friday night. A fearless defender of women’s rights in Iran and a harsh critic of the patriarchal readings of Islam dominant in the Middle East, Ebadi took issue with the “clash of civilization” posture that has characterized West-Middle East relations over the past 30 years. She highlighted the value of greater cultural exchange and spoke on Iran’s pursuit of nuclear power. She also congratulated President Obama on joining the world’s club of Nobel winners. She saw the surprise award as encouragement for the U.S. to further pursue peace and dialogue as part of the international community.

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., spoke at the conservative Take Back America conference this weekend in St Louis. She told attendees it would be easy to “defund the left” and warned that “President Obama’s czars want to give away American sovereignty.” She said Obama’s policies have made the greenback so weak that “the international community [...]

CRAZYLAND USA — Center for Security Policy founder, former Reagan Administration arms control adviser and Washington Times Op-Ed writer Frank Gaffney was apparently driven out of his mind by the “revelations” he found buried in the President’s Cairo speech, arguing in the paper today that the speech proved Obama is a Muslim and that even if it didn’t exactly prove Obama is a Muslim, well, then it proved that Obama’s sympathies lie with Muslim extremists!

The BBC News posted a fascinating word cloud visual depiction of President Barack Obama’s historic speech in Cairo today.

Arguing with someone (cough … Rush Limbaugh) that Obama capitulated to Islam over Western concerns? Whip this out.

Members of Colorado’s Muslim community Monday praised former Secretary of State Colin Powell for his interview on NBC’s“Meet the Press” Sunday in which the retired Republican Army general endorsed Democrat Barack Obama and condemned his own party’s attempts to portray Obama as a Muslim associated with terrorists.