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Imam Al Awlaki Says He Did Not Pressure Accused Fort Hood Gunman Nidal Hasan

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Al Awlak, Islam, Fort Hood, Yemen, Hasan, Afghanistan, Crime, Afghan War, Terrorism, Imam, Email, Ft Hood, Iraq War, Religion, Anwar Al Awlaki, Fort Hood Attack, Nidal Malik Hasan, Iraq, World News

WASHINGTON — A radical Muslim cleric with suspected links to al-Qaida considered himself a confidant of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychia...

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Bloomberg's Office Admits Meeting With Imam Linked To 1993 WTC Bombing Was Mistake

nydailynews.com | By Celeste Katz and Adam Lisberg | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Siraj Wahhaj, Imam, World Trade Center, Mayor Bloomberg, 1993 WTC, Michael Bloomberg, Siraj Wahhaj Imam, New York News

The mayor's office admits it goofed when it invited a Brooklyn imam linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing to City Hall for a Muslim community ...

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Ahmad Wais Afzali, Imam, Pleads Not Guilty To NYC Terror Charges

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 11.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Imam, Najibullah Zazi, NYC Terror Probe, Ahmad Wais Afzali, Terrorism, New York News

NEW YORK — An imam accused of lying to FBI agents investigating an alleged bomb plot against New York City by a suspected al-Qaida associate ple...

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Foad Farahi: Miami Imam Faces Deportation To Iran

Miami Herald | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Foad Farahi Deportation, Imam, Religion, Imam Foad Farahi, Foreign Affairs, Rep. Kendrick Meek, Foad Farahi, Miami, Deportation, Advocacy, Iran, World News

As the political crisis in Iran turns toward a slow boil, a North Miami Beach imam is closely watching events unfold there. U.S. authorities could dep...

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Penitents Compete: Turkish Game Show's Religious Contestants Compete To Convert Atheists

Huffington Post | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Game Shows, Islam, Turkey, Judaism, Greek Orthodoxy, Foreign Affairs, Imam, Priest, Penitents Compete, Religion, Greek Orthodox Church, Buddhism, Buddhist Monks, Advocacy, Rabbi, World News

In the tradition of a cliche genre of jokes, the forthcoming Turkish game show, Penitents Compete, will pit a Greek Orthodox priest, an imam, a rabbi ...

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Khamenei's Obsession with the Mahdi

Melody Moezzi | Posted 07.21.2009 | World

Read More: Shirin Ebadi, Obama Iran, Imam, Khamenei, Shiraz, Obama Iran Policy, Khomeini, Iranian Election, Mahdi, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Protests, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian Election 2009, Tehran, Obama Iran Engagement, Ayatullah, Twelver, Shi’A, Shi’ite, World News
Melody Moezzi

As an Iranian Twelver, I have no doubt that if the Mahdi is among us, he would agree that the so-called Islamic republic has indeed constituted a great disservice to Islam.

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From a West Bank Jail to the Governor's Mansion: How One Judge Weighed a Popular Imam's Suspicious Past

Elizabeth Dwoskin | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Muslim-Americans, Mohammad Qatanani, Homeland Security, Terrorism, Imam, Hamas, Israel, Torture, Politics News
Elizabeth Dwoskin

For months, Muslims across the tri-state area waged a campaign to support their beloved imam. Many had never been politically active, until he was threatened with deportation.

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