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American Muslim Alleges FBI Had A Hand In His Torture Overseas

Mother Jones | Nick Baumann | Posted 04.17.2012

Last June, while Yonas Fikre was visiting the United Arab Emirates, the Muslim American from Portland, Oregon was suddenly arrested and detained by E...

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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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Muslims Rally In Support Of NYPD Mosque Surveillance

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 03.05.2012

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NEW YORK -- As the imam at the Muhammadi Community Center, a mosque and Islamic center in Queens, Mohd Qayyoom has closely watched reports that the ci...

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What States Have The Most Mosques? Survey Shows Trends Among American Muslims

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Muslim Growth, Mosque Growth, Religion News, Islam, Ihsan Bagby, Mosques, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Muslims, Masjids, US Mosque Study 2011, The American Mosque 2011, Religion News

In the decade since 9/11, American Muslims and mosques have come under a close lens, from congressional hearings on radicalization to campaigns agains...

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Muslims in America 2012 - Who Will They Vote For?

Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, American Muslims, Ron Paul, 2012 Election, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Muslims, Muslim Voters, Politics News

For the vast majority of the electorate, the economy trumps most other issues. Candidates who continue to raise anti-Muslim fears should be seen as irrelevant distractions from the real problems of the economy, jobs, civil rights, education and health care.

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Presidential Ungratefulness

Wilfredo Amr Ruiz | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Council on American Islamic Relations, Malcom X, American Civil Liberties Union, Arab Spring, Legal Muslim Fund, National Defense Authorization Act, Muslim Advocates, Wilfredo Amr Ruiz, Politics News

While America honors the legacy of civil rights color-bearer Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., it is ironic that President Obama betrays his memory. In...

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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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Michigan's Anti-Bullying Law Exemption Dropped By Senator

Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Equality Michigan, Dawud Walid, Gretchen Whitmer, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Rick Jones, Anti-Bullying Law, Gay Bullying, Video, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Muslims, Matt's Safe School Law, Matt Epling, Michigan, Anti-Gay Bullying, Gay Voices News

Michigan-based lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy groups say they are relieved after an area senator agreed to drop a controversia...

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School District Near Deal In Federal Somali Student Civil Rights Probe

AP | CHRIS WILLIAMS | Posted 12.24.2011

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MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota school district must report to the federal government any future allegations of harassment against Somali students as ...

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Some Muslims Question Anwar Al-Awlaki's Death

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 11.30.2011

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The U.S.-led killing in Yemen of al-Qaida cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, the U.S. born imam who was known for his Internet videos preaching violent jihad and...

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Is 9/11 Coloring Book Anti-Muslim?

Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: 9/11 Tenth Anniversary, Video, 9/11 Coloring Book, We Shall Never Forget 9/11, Muslim Americans, Cair, Council on American-Islamic Relations, 9/11, The Kids' Book of Freedom, Controversial Books, September 11 Attacks, Muslim, Osama Bin Laden, Decade After 9/11 - Religion, Decade After 9/11 - Entertainment and Culture, September 11 Anniversary, Chicago News

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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Attorney General Invokes State Secret Rules After Muslims Sue FBI

AP | THOMAS WATKINS | Posted 10.02.2011

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LOS ANGELES — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has invoked state secrets rules to prevent information from being released in a lawsuit filed by...

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Woman 'Shocked' Over Abercrombie & Fitch Headscarf Firing

South San Francisco, CA Patch | Drew Himmelstein | Posted 08.27.2011

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Hani Khan, 20, of Foster City said she had never faced discrimination before being fired from an Abercrombie & Fitch subsidiary at Hillsdale Mall....

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Democrat Announces Alternate Hearings On U.S. Muslims

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religious Freedom in America, Islam, Dick Durbin, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Peter King Radical Islam Hearings, Anti-Muslim Bigotry, Durbin Muslim Hearings, Religious Pluralism, Religious Tolerance, House Radicalization Hearings, Religious Diversity, Religion News

By Richard Yeakley Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Barely two weeks after House Republicans held hearings on the threat posed by radicalize...

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Sheriff Baca, GOP Congressman Clash Over Support Of Muslim Group

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lee Baca, Islamic Radicalism, House Radicalization Hearings, Sheriff Lee Baca, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Los Angeles News

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca shot back at a congressman who warned him during a congressional hearing Thursday that a Muslim group the sheriff ...

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Radicalization Hearings: Most Americans Support Congressional Probe On Muslims

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Islamophobia, Public Religion Research Institute, Muslims in America, Rep. Peter King, House Radicalization Hearings, Radicalization of American Muslims, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Islam in America, Religion News

By Nicole Neroulias Religion News Service (RNS) Americans haven't heard much about upcoming congressional hearings on the radicalization of U.S. Musl...

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Woman Claims She Was Denied Travel On Bus Because She Was Wearing A Burqa

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burqa, Chicago Travel, Islam, Video, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Jacqueline Pasha, Racism, Greyhound Bus, Muslim, Burqa Greyhound, Chicago News

A Chicago woman attempting to visit family in Arkansas was allegedly not allowed to board a Greyhound bus last month because she was wearing a burqa. ...

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Judge Maintains Ruling Against Oklahoma Shariah Ban

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Shariah in Oklahoma, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Shariah in America, First Amendment, Oklahoma Shariah Ban, Separation of Church and State, Islam in America, Oklahoma Sharia Referendum, Oklahoma Sharia Ban, Shariah Referendum, Islamic Law Lawsuit, Religion News

By Omar Sacirbey Religion News Service (RNS) A federal judge on Monday (Nov. 29) issued a temporary injunction against an Oklahoma referendum that so...

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Chicago Suburb Accused Of Chasing Muslim Business Out Of Town

WBEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois, Worth Illinois, Chicago Muslims, Ala Alsherbini, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Chicago, Chicago News

The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is bringing a lawsuit against the village of Worth, Illinois, on behalf Ala Alsherbini...

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A Mosque at Ground Zero: Desperately Seeking George Washington's Wisdom

Carla Seaquist | Posted 05.25.2011

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Let's face the fact: What does it mean to assert that a mosque "desecrates" hallowed ground? It means that the desecrating being done is by people who are evil, unclean. And that is wrong, wrong, wrong.

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Muslim Groups Launch Survey Of American Mosques

Religion News Service | By Omar Sacirbey | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Omar Sacirbey Religion News Service (RNS) Muslim-American organizations have launched what they say will be the most comprehensive survey of mosqu...

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Group Decries Textbooks On Islam As Inflammatory

AP | KATHY MATHESON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, World of Islam, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Muslims in America, Prejudice, Religion, Muslim Prejudice, World of Islam Children's Books, World of Islam Books, Children's Books, Muslims, Discrimination, Muslim, Prejudice Against Muslims, Religion News

PHILADELPHIA — A series of children's textbooks on Islam contains misleading and inflammatory rhetoric about the religion, inaccurately portrayi...

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Don't Let 'Allahu Akbar' Become A Pejorative

Jordan Sekulow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Allahu Akbar, Jihad, Religion, Islam, Nidal Malik Hasan Fort Hood, Muslim Americans, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Jihadism, Muslims, Christianity, Nidal Malik Hasan, Nidal Hasan, Politics News

Democracy's 'War on Islam' is exactly the war Islamic terrorists have been hoping to ignite, and we must not let them succeed. It is time for peaceful, ordinary Muslim Americans to put their collective foot down.

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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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Battle For The West: Local Republican Leader Calls Obama The "Muslim Socialist"

Ryan Rivera | Posted 05.25.2011

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What is it with local GOP officials in New Mexico? Last month, Bernalillo County Republican Party chairman Fernando C De Baca was forced to resign aft...

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