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4 Muslims File Harassment Lawsuit Against FBI, Border Patrol

AP | ED WHITE | Posted 04.13.2012

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DETROIT -- Some Detroit-area Muslims have been held at gunpoint, handcuffed and repeatedly harassed about their religion when returning to the U.S. fr...

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Blogger Praises Corpse-Urinating Soldiers

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 01.13.2012

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Pamela Geller, who has been referred to as the "queen of the Muslim bashers," is not doing anything to shed that title. Geller, the executive direc...

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Daily Show Skewers Broward GOP Over Vote Against Muslim Member

Posted 03.08.2012

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It wasn't the first time the Daily Show has sunk its teeth into the South Florida, but it's certainly one of the funniest: Thursday night Jon Stewart'...

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Islamic Group Condemns Molotov Cocktail Attack

AP | VERENA DOBNIK and COLLEEN LONG | Posted 03.03.2012

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NEW YORK — A police security tower rose into the sky Monday, keeping watch over a globally prominent Islamic cultural center that was firebombed...

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Florida Muslim Denied Membership In County Republican Party

McClatchy | Marc Caputo | Posted 11.27.2011

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MIAMI -- Islam and tea party activism clashed at a raucous meeting Monday night when a group of Broward County Republicans blocked a Muslim activist a...

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Is 9/11 Coloring Book Anti-Muslim?

Posted 11.01.2011

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A 36-page "graphic novel coloring book" created by a St. Louis, Mo., publisher is attracting international attention -- and has reportedly sold out of...

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NYPD's Cooperation With CIA Lacks Effective Oversight, Civil Liberties Groups Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 10.31.2011

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Last week the Associated Press came out with an explosive -- or "underwhelming," depending on your point of view -- article about the NYPD's collabora...

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GOP Rep Peter King: HIgh-Ranking Feds Squashed Muslim Group Terror Case

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Peter King, Muslim Radicalization, Holy Land Foundation, Rep. Peter King, Terrorism, Cair, Muslims, Anti-Muslim Bias, Pete King, Peter King Muslims, Eric Holder, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The House Homeland Security Committee chairman is demanding to know why the Justice Department squashed a prosecution of Islamic advocac...

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Muslim Cops Put Faith, Lives On The Line

Posted 05.26.2011

Read More: Radical Islam Hearings, Counterterrorism, Rep. Peter King, American Muslims, Muslim Police Officers, House Radicalization Hearings, Muslim Cops, Islam in America, Cair, NYC Policeman's Benevolent Association, Religion News

By Omar Sacirbey Religion News Service (RNS) When Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy Baca asked Sgt. Muawiya "Mike" Abdeen to set up a liaison unit to ...

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Muslims And ACLU Sue FBI Over Mosque Surveillance

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muslims Sue FBI, Muslim-American Relations, Religious Discrimination, Muslims in America, Cair, Mosque Surveillance, Islam in America, Religion News

By Omar Sacirbey Religion News Service (RNS) Is sending a secret informant into a mosque in search of terrorists proactive policing, or a violation o...

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Is Proxy Detention the Obama Administration's Extraordinary Rendition-Lite?

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anwar Al-Awlaki, Doj, George W. Bush, Yemen, Obama, Reprieve, Diplomatic Assurances, Gulet Mohamed, Muslim, Cair, Glenn Greenwald, Sharif Mobley, Proxy Detention, No Fly List, Torture, Extraordinary Rendition, Sana'A, Politics News

While the U.S. may legitimately ask questions of passengers flying to or from Yemen, is it outsourcing those interrogations to countries known to engage in torture?

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Shilling for the Israeli Occupation: The ADL's New Mission Statement?

Ahmed Rehab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zionism, Jvp, Adl, Mas, Cair, Abe Foxman, Anti-Israel, Israel, Jewish Voice for Peace, Answer, Anti-Defamation League, Politics News

An organization that describes itself as "the nation's premier civil rights/human relations agency" is spending its resources decrying American organizations that are not blindly supportive of a foreign government it likes to align itself with.

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Swiftboating Sestak on Israel

Joel Rubin | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new right-wing attack group is threatening to swiftboat Sestak as "weak" on Israel because he supports active American diplomacy to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Will Smith's Last Pharaoh vs. Egypt's History by Hollywood

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will Smith's upcoming movie sheds light on long forgotten Egyptian history. If you want to know the true story of the Last Pharaoh of Egypt, you'd better pay attention to what's going on in Egypt today and in the near future.

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A Revolution in the Making?

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 05.25.2011

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A sense of frustration, hopelessness and repression seems to be haunting Egyptian youth and the older people as well, struggling to make ends meet. The result has impacted Egyptian society.

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The Truth About Muhammad and Freedom of Speech

Josh Shahryar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Muhammad, Islam, Everybody Draw Muhammed Day, Cair, US Consitution, Muhammad Cartoons, First Amendment, Nihad Awad, Sharia, Religion News

In my years as a journalist and commentator on Islam, terrorism, the Middle East, and human rights, I have read tons of news and opinion. Go through t...

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Is Egypt's Economy in Crisis?

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Egypt is undergoing a severe liquidity crisis caused by the loss of hard currency from few sources: tourism was a key source of foreign exchange and the main engine of growth.

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Thirty Years after Khomeini: Will Egypt Turn into another Iran?

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Liberties, William J. Bennett, Europe, Jews, Congress, America, Tom Hanks, Ann Coulter, Liberals, Steven Speilburg, Fiction, Oprah Winfry, 9/11, Middle East, George W. Bush, Obama, Aladdin Elaasar, Movies, Conservatives, Adc, Pyramids, Jewish, Robin Wright, Patriot Act, Hosni Mubarak, North Africa, Adl, Will Smith, Book Clubs, War on Terror, The Last Pharaoh, Senate, Human Rights, Cairo, Romance, Bill Clinton, Arab, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Christianity, Teachers, Copts, Stephenie Meyer, Hot, Islam, USA, Dick Morris, The Twilight Saga, Best Seller, Iran, Tolerance, Fareed Zakaria, Amity Shlaes, Jerome R. Corsi Lynne Cheney, Inside Egypt, Egypt, Cair, Dick Cheney, Jon Stewart, Librarians, Nile, John McCain, Africa, Mark R. Levin, Nancy Pelosi, Arabia, Thomas L. Friedman, Bin Laden, Non Fiction, Barack, Sarah Palin, Harry Potter, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Saul Alinsky, World News

The 83-year-old President Mubarak of Egypt has been in power since 1981. Concerns about his health draw much greater attention to the question of who will next rule the nation of Egypt.

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Risky Business in the Arab World

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Liberties, William J. Bennett, Europe, Jews, Congress, America, Tom Hanks, Ann Coulter, Liberals, Steven Speilburg, Fiction, Oprah Winfry, 9/11, Middle East, George W. Bush, Obama, Aladdin Elaasar, Movies, Conservatives, Adc, Pyramids, Jewish, Robin Wright, Patriot Act, Hosni Mubarak, North Africa, Adl, Will Smith, Book Clubs, War on Terror, The Last Pharaoh, Senate, Human Rights, Cairo, Romance, Bill Clinton, Arab, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Christianity, Teachers, Copts, Stephenie Meyer, Hot, Islam, USA, Dick Morris, The Twilight Saga, Best Seller, Iran, Tolerance, Fareed Zakaria, Amity Shlaes, Jerome R. Corsi Lynne Cheney, Inside Egypt, Egypt, Cair, Dick Cheney, Jon Stewart, Librarians, Nile, John McCain, Africa, Mark R. Levin, Nancy Pelosi, Arabia, Thomas L. Friedman, Bin Laden, Non Fiction, Barack, Sarah Palin, Harry Potter, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Saul Alinsky, Books News

Why is it hard for Arab and Muslim writers, professors, intellectuals and average persons to speak out against suicide bombers, Jihadists, anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism in their countries?

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A Tale of Two Terrors: Times Square vs. Jacksonville

Ahmed Rehab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, ACT! For America, Mas, Islamophobia, Cair, Muslims, Counterterrorism, Times Square Bomb, Isna, Anderson Cooper, Terrorism, Faisal Shahzad, Mpac, Bill Maher, Sioa, Politics News

The total lack of attention and concern in response to a recent attack on a mosque in Jacksonville, Florida reveals a troubling double standard in how we address terrorism in this nation.

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Airport Body Scanner Fatwa: TSA Scans Violate Modesty, Muslim Groups Say

Detroit Free Press | By Niraj Warikoo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Fiqh Council of North America, Islam, Underwear Bomber, Tsa, Homeland Security, Travel, Qaran, Privacy, Airport Body Scanners, Pat Downs, Fatwa, Modesty, Cair, Detroit, Scanners, Muslims, Quran, Full-Body Scanners, Michigan, Home News

Saying that body scanners violate Islamic law, Muslim-American groups are supporting a "fatwa" -- a religious ruling -- that forbids Muslims from goin...

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CAIR's Assistance In Terror Arrests Being Underplayed

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pakistan Terror Arrests, Fearmongering, Pakistan, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Cair, Eat the Press, Media News

This week, five Pakistani men from Northen Virginia were arrested by authorities in Pakistan, where they are being questioned on suspicion of having l...

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Dear Capitol Hill: We Confess, Muslims Want to Serve America

Salam Al Marayati | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Conyers, Conservatives, Cair, American Muslims, Neoconservatives, Muslims, Gop, Mccarthyism, Right Wing, Political Satire, Loretta Sanchez, Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus, Interns, Politics News

What's next? Muslims trying to infiltrate the Congress by scheduling lobby days, or by simply meeting with their members of Congress?

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As Threats Increase, Sometimes It Is The Informants That Go Wild

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Neo-Nazi, Cair, Terrorism, Hal Turner, First Amendment, Informants, Right-Wing Extremism, Fbi, Al Qaeda, Politics News

While the conduct of a couple of loose-cannon informants can be a headache for the FBI and the butt of jokes, behind the scenes authorities are increasingly concerned about evolving threats from across the ideological spectrum.

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Anti-Muslim Challenger Vies For Minnesota Congressional Seat

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Keith Ellison, Anti-Muslim, Cair, Muslims, Lynn Torgerson, Minnesota Congressional Race, St. Cloud, Minnesota Politics, Torgerson, Politics News

Lynne Torgerson, an independent challenger to Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), the first Muslim elected to Congress, has strong feelings about Islam, and they...

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