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Joe the Plumber is Queer

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Long Beach, Krxa, Charles Karel Bouley, Billboard, Karl Rove, Joe the Plumber, Entertainment, Kfi, Karel, Kgo, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Radicals, Catholic, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Dick Cheney, Politics, Religion, Radio, Kngy, Alberto Gonzales, Muslim, Knx, Christian, Condaleeza Rice, Politics News

Time to evolve past Joe the Plumber, past Rush Limbaugh, past the politics and ideology that verge on those that launched the Spanish Inquisition.

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Why Deepak Chopra Is Wrong

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Pakistan, Deepak Chopra, Jihadism, Muslim, Extremism, The Dilemma of the Good Muslim, World News

Deepak Chopra ignores the complexities of history and blithely proclaims that Muslims should take responsibility for a whole host of enemies: oligarchs, military regimes, anti-Semites, jihadis.

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The Majority of Muslims Who Attend Mosque Weekly Feel Torturing For Their Cause Is Just**

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Long Beach, Krxa, Charles Karel Bouley, Billboard, Entertainment, Kfi, Karel, Kgo, Radicals, Catholic, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Politics, Religion, Radio, Kngy, Muslim, Knx, Christian, Torture, Politics News

It's time America wake up to the fact that Christians in this country have become just as radicalized (albeit in other ways) as those who pervert Islam (or insert religion here) elsewhere.

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What Shariah Law Is All About

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Muslim, Sharia Law, Cordoba Initiative, Islam, Burka, Islamic Radicalism, Sharia, World News

Rather than fear Shariah law, we should understand what it actually is. Then we can encourage Muslim countries to make the changes that achieve the essence of fairness and justice at the root of Islam.

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In Search of a Model Muslim State

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 05.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Democracy, Turkey, Uae, Dubai, Justice, President Obama, Saudi Arabia, Labor, Muslim State, President Bush, Muslim World, Muslim, United Arab Emirates, Dubai-United Arab Emirates, Home News

A "model Muslim state" at the bare minimum must embody Islam's normative ethics.

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So What If Obama Bowed? HALAS!

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.13.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Saudi King Abduallah, President Obama, Obama Bow, President Barack Obama, King Abdullah, Obama Adullah, Obama, World, Jewish, Barack Obama, Seder, Muslim, G-20 Summit, Arab, Saudi Arabia, President Bush, Nato Summit, President George W. Bush, Patrick J. Buchanan, World News, Nato, Passover Seder, Passover, Islam, Pat Buchanan, Ozzy Osbourne, Muslim World, Christianity, Glenn Beck, Judaism, World News

The President is speaking a language of acceptance and outreach to the Muslim world that is quite sincere.

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Passover Tells a Story Familiar to Both Muslims and Jews

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Islam, Seder, Muslim, Judaism, Passover, World News

Beneath the headlines that scream conflict are Jewish, Muslim and Christian hearts yearning to build a more hopeful future based on mutual understanding.

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Obama Shows the World's Muslims a New American Face

Rob Asghar | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Conservatives, Terrorism, War, Robert Spencer, Obama, Muslim, Peace, War on Terror, Mark Steyn, Obama Transition, World News

Obama's ability to identify ethnically and emotionally with the Islamic world, along with his ability to articulate American tolerance that goes back to the founding fathers, means that we're on our way.

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Obama Declares Himself President-For-Life (No Fooling!)

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Market, Populism, President Obama, Economy, Jindal, Poll, Obama, Media, Agenda, America, Blagojevich, Hat. Aretha Franklin, Pelosi, Muslim, Populist, Bonus, Socialist, Tax Cut, Auto Workers, Over-Exposed, Stimulus Package, Limbaugh, Reid, Teleprompter, Rush Limbaugh, Budget, Socialism, Do Too Much, Conservative, Congress, Right Wing, Sixty-Percent, Capitalism, Bipartisan, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Mainstream Media, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Palin, Hypocrisy, Political Capital, Msm, Two-Thirds, Bipartisanship, Pundit, Class Warfare, Partisan, Leona Helmsley, President-for-Life, Helmsley, Politics News

"I am ashamed at getting my stimulus bill passed so quickly. Republicans, those masters of bipartisanship, offered their sincere efforts to delay this bill for months and, I admit, I ignored them."

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Eric Holder Must End FBI's Abuses Against American Muslims

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mosque Spy, Cair, Mosques, American Muslims, Fbi, Muslim, FBI Surveillance, Politics News

The planting of spies in mosques is just the latest in the FBI's long list of actions that have angered both civil libertarians and members of the American Muslim community.

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Muna Abu Sulayman: Saudi Arabia's 'Oprah'

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

Read More: Saudi Women, Oprah Winfrey, American University of Beirut, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Georgetown University, Muna Abu Sulayman; Al Waleed Bin Talal, Edinburgh, Harvard, Anti-Muslim Bias, Muslim, Cambridge, American-University-in-Cairo, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News

She has been called the Saudi Arabian version of 'Oprah', though the TV program she co-hosts, an all-women talk show called 'Kalam Nawa'im' on pan-Arab channel MBC, much more resembles ABC's The View.

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Quick, What's The Most Diverse Religious Group in America?

John Ridley | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Islam, Muslim, Muslim Americans, Diversity, Politics News

If you said Muslim, you've probably read the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies recent study that says in addition to being diverse, Muslims also tend to be younger, and enjoy a higher employment rate than the general population.

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Bangladeshi Journalist, Champion of Free Speech in the Muslim World, Attacked

Heather Robinson | Posted 03.30.2009 | Home

Read More: Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, Freedom of the Press, Journalist, Muslim, Bangladesh, Human Rights, Home News

On Monday, a gang of thugs attacked Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, the editor of The Weekly Blitz and who advocates normalized relations between Bangladesh and Israel.

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Will Afghanistan Become President Obama's War?

Eric Margolis | Posted 03.28.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Gaza, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mullah Omar, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, 9/11, Obama, Taliban, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Mujahideen, Al Qaeda, Foreign Policy, Afghanistan War, Communism, Bagram, Al Qaida, Pervez Musharraf, Israel, Muslim, Iraq, Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Union, World News

In a stunning historic irony, while U.S. troops and CIA teams were turning over ever rock in Afghanistan looking for Osama bin Laden, the gravest national security threat was on Wall Street.

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Southern California Muslims Battle Islamophobia in a Post 9/11 World

Brooke-Sidney Gavins | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate Crimes, Terrorists, Terrorism, California, Islamophobia, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Anti-Muslim, Cair, Islamic Radicalism, Smearcasting, Muslims, Islamic, Anti-Muslim Bias, Muslim, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Council for American and Islamic Relations, Religious Fanaticism, Politics News

Terrorism. Terrorists. Since the planes flew into the World Trade towers on September 11, 2001, these words have become almost synonymous with Islam and being a Muslim.

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Muslim-American Novelist Examines Social Rift in the Aftermath of 9/11

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 03.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Authors, Islam, South Asian, War on Terror, 9/11, Terrorist, Award-Winning, Muslim, Pakistani, Books, Reading, New York City, Entertainment News

Pakistani-American author, Shaila Abdullah's writing focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of Pakistani women and their often unconventional choices in life.

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The Letter to Iran

The Real News | Posted 03.04.2009 | World

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Dennis Ross, Pepe Escobar, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Arabs, John Mearsheimer, Mike Mullen, Iran, Israel, Muslim, Democrats, Jerusalem Post, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Republicans, World, Video, World News

How long will Obama's self-declared mutual understanding between the U.S. and the Muslim world last? Political commentator Pepe Escobar discusses the possibilities.

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Obama Greatly Changes the Litmus Test

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 03.02.2009 | World

Read More: Islamic Extremists, Islam, Obama Administration, Muslim, Terrorism, Barack Obama, Muslim World, World News

Obama, in his very first days in office, has embraced this distinction between moderate and violent Muslims, which is very compatible with the thesis the US and its allies should focus on.

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People of the Book are one Another's Trusted Friends

Harun Yahya | Posted 02.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Koran, Jews, Islam, Bible, Catholicism, Judaism, Understanding, Catholic, Tolerance, Religious Tolerance, Friendship, Islamophobia, Catholic Church, Catholics, Torah, Quran, Christians, Good Deeds, Muslim, Living News

Islam is the religion of peace, love and tolerance. However, nowadays certain circles are trying to give Islamic morality the wrong image. The religio...

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Who Says no Bias? American Theaters Block Arab American Film

Ray Hanania | Posted 02.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hollywood Films, American East, Muslims, Arabs, Sept. 11, Dvd, Arab World, Muslim Americans, Arab, Muslim, Film, Movies, Muslim World, Arab Americans, Entertainment News

Two great Hollywood actors, Hesham Issawi and Sayed Badreya decided to make a Hollywood movie that told a part of the Arab American and Muslim Arab story in a real way.

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Crying Wolf at the Inauguration

Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Islam, Muslim, Obama Inaugural Address, Cnn, Terrorism, Inauguration, Obama, Fair, Inaugural, Obama's Inauguration, Wolf Blitzer, Politics News

Obama never said America's enemies were "the Muslim world." His two statements were separate. The first addressed our enemies. The second, much later, addressed "the Muslim world."

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Changing the Image of Religion: The New Faith Coalition

Jim Wallis | Posted 02.19.2009 | Living

Read More: President, New Evangelical, Leadership, Media, Campaign, Christian Community, Black, Poor, Pastors, Prayer, Consistent Ethic of Life, America, Human Trafficking, African-American, Conservative, Muslim, Abortion, Common Good, Values, Climate Change, Religious Right, Pro-Life, Hispanic, Catholic, Religion, Human Rights, Abortion Reduction, Church, Common Ground, Election, Evangelical, Religious Leaders, Jewish, Vote, White, Gay Marriage, Liberal, Poverty, Emerging, Living News

The day after the inauguration, I will be joining religious leaders at the National Prayer Service for our new president. I will pray that this new era can change the image of religion in our country.

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Obama and the Perils of Gaza

Sandy Tolan | Posted 02.16.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, Missiles, Gaza, Bush, Hope, Arafat, United Nations, Obama, Hamas, Paris, War Crimes, Civilians, Human Rights, Excessive, Sydney, Athens, Arab, Force, Palestinian, Baghdad, Israel, Muslim, Kassam, Qassam, Sandy Tolan, World News

Obama promised in his too-brief comments on Gaza that "after January 20th, I'll have plenty to say." Here's hoping he does, and that by the time he opens his mouth, it won't be too late.

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When Religion and Exercise Collide

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 02.14.2009 | Style

Read More: Dancing, Jim Carrey, Swimming, Islam, Hip Hop, Exercise, Cardio, Fitness, Muslim, Working Out, Health, Physical Exercise, Religion, Style News

Our Y, similar to many other fitness establishments across the country with high Muslim populations has adapted to religious restrictions by instituting a "women's only" cardio class.

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It's Time for a Sustained Focus on a Lasting Middle East Peace

Jim Wallis | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

What we continue to lack is the kind of real political solution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict that could finally make a "ceasefire" endure.

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