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Right Wing Hate Getting Out of Control

Mike Papantonio | Posted 07.31.2009 | Media

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About an hour's drive from where I live, a miserable 60-year old man by the name of Donnie Baker murdered two Chilean college students and wounded fiv...

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Stoning Soraya, Murdering Neda, and the Hope of Muslim Women

Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Politics, Religion, Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamic Law, Iran Election, The Stoning of Soraya M, Women and Politics, Religion and Politics, Muslim, Neda, Movies, New Movies, World News

No wonder, given stories like Soraya's and Neda's, that people worldwide assume Islam is oppressive of women.

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Swedish Sex Ed Angers Muslim Immigrants

GlobalPost | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Proper condom use, sex positions and same-sex relationships are all part of the curriculum for 14-year-old students in Swedish high schools....

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Lazarus and the Iranians

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

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A connection has been made. A connection clearly seen between a young generation here in the United States and a young generation of Iranians who have taken to the streets.

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Can Iran Be A Precursor To Major Changes in the Muslim Wordl?

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Ayatollah, Shariah, Iran Election, Quran, Iran, Democracy, Muslim, World News

Muslims are yearning for justice that they have been denied for so long, often due to outside interference but increasingly due to internal failures of Muslim majority states.

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What President Obama Should Say About Iran 's Election

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Cairo, Iran, Obama, Muslim, Cairo Speech, Iranian Election, Iran Protests, World News

President Obama may well find that no matter who is elected president of Iran, the chances of a negotiated rapprochement will be far greater than it has been in the past 30 years.

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Headscarves and Hymens

Mona Eltahawy | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Muslims, Obama Cairo, Headscarves, Cairo, Obama Muslim, Muslim, Barack Obama, World News

When President Barack Obama said he wanted to address women's rights during his speech to Muslims last week, I said a prayer to the God of the Torah, the Bible and the Quran: please don't let him fall into the trap of headscarves and hymens.

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Evil Among Us

Brittany Huckabee | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Fundamentalism, Islam, Church, Morgantown, Mosques, Christianity, Muslim, The-Mosque-in-Morgantown, Living News

Ultimately, I don't believe the sermons given at the mosque in Morgantown represent anything more or less dangerous than those I heard in my church. They reflect the universal fare of conservative religion.

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Fata Lemes, British Muslim Waitress, Wins Lawsuit Over Short Skirt

Islamophobia Watch | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

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A Muslim waitress has been awarded a £3,000 pay out for sexual harassment after being made to wear a revealing red dress for work....

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Post-Election Iran: What America Must Do Now

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 07.15.2009 | World

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The Iranian Republic requires American antagonism to uphold its regional influence and its stranglehold on the Iranian people - the United States should deprive it of this gift.

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What Is my Islam?

Taufiq Rahim | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Obama Muslim, Muslim, Barack Obama, Faith, World News

As Obama looks to foster a new dialogue with the Muslim world, I want to give voice to an Islam that is too often ignored in the media in both East and West. It is the Islam that I have grown up with.

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Obama's State of the Union With the Muslim World

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Middle East, Cairo, Obama, Muslim, Obama Cairo Speech, Muslim World, Al Qaeda, World News

For the first time in nearly two decades, the US has the upper hand in the Middle East.

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Taking Our Seat at the Table

Aram Khayatpour | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Speech, Muslim, Terror, Obama Speech, Foreign Policy, Cairo, Obama in Egypt, Obama Middle East Policy, Obama Mideast Trip, Obama Cairo Speech, Obama Muslim World, Politics News

After having to deal with the idiotic thugs of the last 8 years who wielded military might as if they were overcompensating for their own insecurities, we now have a president who seems to get it.

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Remembering America: Obama's D-Day Speech and Two Days in June

William Bradley | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

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On Thursday in Cairo, Obama gave his rhetorical best to reposition a mostly peaceful America in the future of the Muslim world. On Saturday in Normandy, he reminded of America's glittering past.

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My Pro-Israel Friends Need Pro-Zac

Larry Gellman | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

What was once a proud, smart, intelligent, nuanced, and diverse movement has devolved into a combination cult-booster club.

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Obama in Cairo: One View From Jerusalem

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 07.07.2009 | World

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An American friend emailed me to ask "What's Israel's/your take on Obama's remarks in Cairo?" I had to smile, because if there is one thing that has...

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Sexual Taboos In Muslim World Challenged In New Book, With Help From The Quran

nytimes.com | ROBERT F. WORTH | Posted 07.07.2009 | World

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WEDAD LOOTAH does not look like a sexual activist. A Muslim and a native Emirati, she wears a full-length black niqab -- with only her brown eyes show...

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Friday Talking Points [80] -- Parsing Obama's Cairo Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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This is an interesting and refreshing subtext in Obama's entire speech -- he says things are "facts" and not opinions. Considering the lunacy that passes for "political debate" on American television screens -- where there are always two points of view, and every "fact" is subject to spin from one side or another -- it is a breath of fresh air.

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Jack Shaheen: Obama Delivers a Message of Peace to the Muslim World

Christian Avard | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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Obama's Call to the Faithful

Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Obama Cairo, Muslim, Cairo University Speech, Barack Obama, Obama Mideast Trip, World News

As civilized as it was for Obama to extend a hand to the faithful, Muslims cannot have it both ways. They can't demand respect while using religion as a reactionary force.

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Obama's Challenge to the Muslim World

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Cairo, Islamic Radicalism, Religion and Politics, Quran, Obama Cairo, Islamic Extremists, Obama, Muslim, Obama Cairo Speech, World News

Muslims now have the leader of the most powerful nation on earth agreeing with them and seeking their help.

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President Obama's Speech: Classic Lesson in Counterinsurgency

Sean Gilfillan | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Speech, Military, Al Qaida, Egypt, Terrorism, President Obama, Muslim, Barack Obama, Counterinsurgency, Al Qaeda, World News

If you don't think that President Obama's speech today was a classic lesson in counterinsurgency, then you are not looking at the big picture.

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It's Up to You, Israel and Islam

Craig Crawford | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Islam, Muslim, Israel, Barack Obama, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Politics News

Ok, so Barack Obama threw down the gauntlet with an exceedingly blunt speech in Cairo that, while not a policy address in diplomatic terms, provided a...

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Winning The War On Terror

Russell Simmons | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Global Grind, Islamophobia, Muslim, Barack Obama, Russell Simmons, Obama Middle East, Obama Middle East Speech, Obama Mideast Trip, World News

I was brought to tears by the president's simple, but truthful approach to building a bridge with the Muslim world.

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Obama's Cairo Speech Is Nice, but Misses the Point

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Obama Cairo, Muslim, Afghanistan, Iraq, Cairo, Barack Obama, Obama Mideast Trip, World News

President Obama's speech in Cairo focused on the themes of brotherhood and bridging the divide between the west and Muslim world.

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