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Cyclists And Faith Find A Common Cadence

Win Bassett | Posted 03.21.2013 | Religion

Read More: Sports, Religion, Bikes, Bicycles, Judaism, Christianity, Bicycling, Cycling, Monk, Shabbat, Imam, Good Samaritan Hospital, Priest, Rabbi, Religion and Sports, Religion News

Regardless of creed, crank, and even creatine in some cases, it's not uncommon to find people mixing religion and riding and subsequently discovering a unique spiritual and physical reciprocity.

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Getting Iran's Nuclear Program Wrong, Very Wrong

Ziya Meral | Posted 07.10.2012 | World

Read More: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, George Bush Iraq, Imam, World News

What seems to matter to Iran's rulers most is not the end goal of weapons, but the very process of tension with the outside of world. If we simply focus on stopping Iran from having nuclear weapons, the regime might in fact stand to gain more in the end.

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The Bin Laden Dialogue: An Imam, Rabbi And Minister Struggle Over What To Preach This Weekend

Rabbi Justus N. Baird | Posted 07.05.2011 | Religion

Read More: Minister, Burial, Imam, Interfaith, Multifaith, Bin Laden, Sermon, Religious, Rabbi, Osama Bin Laden, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Religion News

Two days after the news of Bin Laden's demise, an Imam, Rabbi and Minister reflect on what it means for people of faith: the 'celebrations,' the burial, and what to preach about this weekend.

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Pamela Geller's Anti-Islam Organization Labelled A 'Hate Group'

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: Walmart, Ground Zero Mosque, Pamela Geller, park51, Ny News, Imam, Tolerance, Prejudice, Muslim, Ground Zero, New York News

Manhattan blogger Pamela Geller, the fiery and offensive Atlas Shrugs blogger who organizes vehemently anti-Islamic protests, is not just a far right-...

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Walking on a Dream -- Alone Across Iran, Part 2

Mark Kalch | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Imam, Adventure, Natanz, Islamic Republic of Iran, Middle East, Expedition, Tehran, Nuclear Facility, Solo, Travel News

10 kilometers outside of Tehran city limits, the landscape changes abruptly from mountains to low rolling hills. I climbed the red dirt slopes, sinking at times up to my knees in the soft, powdery sand.

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Saudi Prince Backs Moving Planned NYC Mosque

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: September 11, Ground Zero Mosque, park51, Ground Zero Islamic Center, Mosque, September 11th Attacks, Ground Zero, Ny News, Imam, New York News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Saudi prince who has aided the imam spearheading a proposed Islamic center near New York's ground zero is appeal...

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Imam Behind NYC Mosque: 'I Want You To Love Me'

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: Islam, Ground Zero Mosque, Nyc Mosque, Ny News, Imam, Islamic Community, Mosque, Muslim, Religious Tolerance, Ground Zero, New York News

NEW YORK — Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf saw his plans for an Islamic center near ground zero derided as a victory mosque for terrorists, exploited as ...

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Why Help Build a Mosque I Have Core Differences With?

Rev. Chuck Freeman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Unitarian Universalist Church, Prophet Mohammed, Jesus, Imam, Religious Freedom, Muslims, Theocracy, Thomas Jefferson, Mosque, 1st Amendment, Sermon on the Mount, Religion News

Normally I wouldn't be in favor of helping another religious group build a house of worship, especially one that I have such core differences with. But the Muslim religion is under siege in America.

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Terror Plot Imam's Last Words: 'God Bless America'

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: Ahmad Afzali Terror Probe, Ahmad Wais Afzali, Terrorism, Imam, Najibullah Zazi, Imam Expelled, Subway Suicide, New York Terror Plot, New York News

NEW YORK — The imam entangled in the investigation into a suicide bomb plot against New York City subway stations left the U.S. Monday on court ...

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Sam Stein On Ground Zero Mosque Imam: A Voice "We Should Be Elevating, Not Downplaying" (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Sam Stein, Ground Zero Mosque, Joe Scarborough, Morning Joe, Newt Gingrich, Ground Zero Islamic Center, Mosque, Video, Feisal Abdul Rauf, Imam, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Ground Zero Mosque Imam, Politics News

Huffington Post political reporter Sam Stein went on Morning Joe this morning to discuss the details of the proposed Islamic cultural center two block...

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Obama Reframes Mosque Debate

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Obama showed that the "Ground Zero mosque" argument is not a simple one, and in fact has two major segments. The first is whether or not the mosque "should be allowed" to be built. The second is whether it "should" be built.

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Who Wins When the U.S. Restricts Religious Freedom?

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

If terrorists are able to not only attack us physically but get us to judge our neighbors by labels rather than the content of their character, turn our back on the Constitution and then restrict the religious freedom of other Americans, we all lose.

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Assassination of US Muslim Cleric Illegal Immoral and Unwise

Bill Quigley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Murder, Yemen, Human Rights, Cia, Imam, George W. Bush, Assassination, Fbi, Obama Administration, Muslim, Politics News

Assassinating Awlaki in the US would be murder, a capital crime, punishable by life in prison or even the death penalty. If it is illegal and immoral to kill a Muslim cleric in the US why would it be legal, moral or wise to do so in Yemen?

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Iran's Impending Avalanche

Melody Moezzi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Islam, Iran Opposition, Iran Election, Imam, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, World News, Shiites, Politics, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Revolution Day, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran Protests, Martyr, Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, Home News

In addition to denoting this month in the Persian calendar, the word bahman also means avalanche. And this Bahman could set off the avalanche ultimately topples the Islamic Republic.

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

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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Imam Al Awlaki Says He Did Not Pressure Accused Fort Hood Gunman Nidal Hasan

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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 05.25.2011 | 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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Foad Farahi: Miami Imam Faces Deportation To Iran

Miami Herald | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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 05.25.2011 | 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 05.25.2011 | World

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 05.25.2011 | Politics

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

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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