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Guests of God: 2.5 Million Muslims Worship in Makkah, Saudi Arabia in This Year's Hajj

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Qanta-Ahmed, Islam, Mecca, Olympics, Swine Flu Pandemic, Jeddah-Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah, Robert Bianchi, Riz Khan, Satan, Aljazeera English, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Hajj, Quran, Muslims, Koran, Manhattan, Ka'ba, Saudi King Abdullah, Hajj Pilgrimage, H1N1 Influenza, Pandemic, Malaysia, Zakat, Cnn, Prophet Mohammed, U2, Muslim, Wolf Blitzer, Makkah, Majma, World News

Never has there been a more important time for Muslims to engage in greater introspection, self-evaluation. We face a Muslim world rife with conflicts, sectarian hatred, misogyny and injustice.

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Muslim Revolution: Christopher Caldwell On Colbert With New Book (VIDEO)

Posted 11.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Muslims in Europe, Stephen Colbert, Authors, Islam, Books, Author Interview, Muslims, New Books, Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Europe, Christopher Caldwell, Colbert, Books News

Christopher Caldwell spoke to Stephen Colbert last night about his new book, "Reflections on the Revolution in Europe." Muslims make up a major part o...

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Illinois GOP Orchestrates Smear Campagin Against Muslim Civic Organization CAIR

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Fort Hood, Illinois Republicans, Muslims, Nidal Malik Hasan, Illinois Politics, Fort Hood Shootings, Republicans, Chicago News

I am shocked, but should I really be? Yesterday the Illinois GOP issued a press release baselessly accusing a respected Islamic civil rights organization of being anti-Semitic.

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The Real Red Flag Raised By Fort Hood

David A. Love | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: US Military, Persian Gulf, War on Terror, Trauma, War in Afghanistan, Timothy McVeigh, Muslim Americans, Afghan War, Violence, Psychology, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Gun Violence, Politics News, Politics, Iraq PTSD, Iraq Veterans, Military, Vietnam War, Nidal Malik Hasan, Muslims, Ptsd, Us Troops Afghanistan, National Institutes of Health, Psychiatry, Depression, Fort Hood, Mental Health, Crime, Terrorism, War, Suicide, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, War in Iraq, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Texas, Army, Anti-Muslim Bias, Muslim, Oklahoma City Bombing, Fort Hood Shootings, Living News

As a repository for violence, the military is not dealing with untreated mental illness among its ranks. The fact that Hasan was a mental health professional underscores the problem.

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Saudis Try to Put an End to Crazy Fatwas

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Fatwas, Islam, Qur'An, Imams, Saudi Arabia, Mickey Mouse, Minni Mouse, Muslims, Prophet Muhammad, World News

Nearly a year after Saudi King Abdullah warned religious scholars that issuing careless fatwas gives extremists credibility, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs has finally said enough is enough.

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Bill O'Reilly: 'We Can't Kill All The Muslims... So We Wanna Win As Many Hearts And Minds As We Can'

Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Islam, Video, Oreilly, Terrorism, Bill Oreilly, Fort Hood Shooting, Fort Hood, Hearts and Minds, Muslims, Nidal Hasan, Bill O'Reilly, Muslim, Media News

Bill O'Reilly believes that the US effort to win the popular support of Muslims around the world is based on the notion that the US cannot kill every ...

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Nidal Hasan Warned Army During 2007 Walter Reed Speech, Urged Release Of Muslims From US Military

Washington Post | Dana Priest | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home

The Army psychiatrist believed to have killed 13 people at Fort Hood warned a roomful of senior Army physicians a year and a half ago that to avoid "a...

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The Fort Hood Shooting and the White Privilege of Disassociation

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Von Brunn, Muslims, South Asia, Fort Hood, Timothy McVeigh, Bernie Madoff, White Privilege, Politics News

The Fort Hood shootings no more reflect on the whole of Islam or South Asians than Timothy McVeigh or James Von Brunn reflect on white, Christian males.

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Conservative Group: Time To Purge Muslims From Military (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bryan Fischer, Fort Hood Shooting, Muslisms Military, American Family Association, Muslims Military, Afa Bryan Fischer, Muslims, Politics News

A chief spokesman for the pro-life, far-right organization, American Family Association, has called for the purging of Muslim soldiers from military r...

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Making Sense of the Senseless

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Shootings, Islam, Fort Hood, American Muslims, Muslims, Killings, Terrorism, Major Nidal Hasan, Politics News

Why was Hasan not booted out of the service he so ungratefully and desperately wanted to leave? In the absence of concrete answers, the media is left to speculate.

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The Ft. Hood Massacre: A Lone-Wolf Jihad of One?

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mental Illness, Lone Wolf Terrorists, Muslims, Nidal Malik Hasan, Ft Hood Shooting, Army, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Politics News

The horrific shooting at Fort Hood, allegedly by Nidal Malik Hasan, a disgruntled yet devout Army psychiatrist, puts the spotlight back on the lone-wolf offender who sits at the crossroads of crime, terrorism and mental distress.

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Good Reason for Muslims to Fear Ft. Hood Backlash

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military, Nidal Malik Hasan Fort Hood, Conservatives, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, President Obama, Muslims, Nidal Malik Hasan, Anti-Muslim Bias, Oklahoma City Bombing, September 11th, Nidal Malik Hasan Shooting, Politics News

The pack of shrill rightist bloggers and talk radio chatterers jumped all over the shooting and gleefully fanned anti-Muslim passions. It didn't take much to get the anti-Muslim hate juices flowing.

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An Opportunity for Muslims to Show Some CAIR for Victims of Violence

Rob Asghar | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Muslims, Ft Hood Shooting, War on Terror, Terrorism, American Muslims, World News

It could take years to unpack the dynamics behind Ft. Hood. But I have a suggestion for the Muslim-American community: go beyond the routine condemnations. Deeds, not words.

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Many Issues With Tragedy at Ft. Hood -- A "Muslim Problem" not One of Them, FOX News

Jon Soltz | Posted 11.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Islam, Ft Hood Shooting, Army, Gretchen Carlson, Muslims, Nidal Malik Hasan, Fox News, Fox and Friends, US Army, Ft Hood Rampage, Ft Hood Shootings, Ft Hood, Brian Kilmeade, Media News

FOX and Friends hosts twice implied on their show that this is some kind of Muslim problem. There are thousands of American Muslims serving in the military right now, and many have given their lives.

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Death of a Detroit Imam Leaves Many Questions Unanswered

Hamdan Azhar | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Inner City, Luqman Ameen Abdullah, Islamaphobia, Poverty, Fbi, Muslims, Muslim, Politics News

The recent and unfortunate death of Imam Luqman Abdullah at the hands of FBI agents reveals much about the greater issues of race, religion, poverty, authority and justice in our society.

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India's Invisible Minority

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

Read More: Sachar Commission, Hindu, Islam, India, Eid Ul-Fitr, Pakistan, Secular, Violence, Muslims, Durga-Festival, Partition of India, Democracy, Discrimination, Hinduvta, World News

Muslims who make up over twenty percent of the population in Kolkata have become its invisible minority, increasingly squeezed out of the public square in Kolkata and beyond.

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Israeli Police Raid Temple Mount

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Jews, Dome of the Rock, Al Aqsa, Jerusalem, Israeli Police, Muslims, Palestinians, Israel, Temple Mount, World News

JERUSALEM — Israeli police firing stun grenades faced off Sunday against masked Palestinian protesters hurling stones and plastic chairs outside...

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Turkey: Rising Islamist Movements Challenge Secularism (VIDEO)

World Focus | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

Read More: Gizem Yarbil, Turkey Islamist, Turkey Religion, Religion, Islam, Turkey, Muslim, Muslims, Bryan Myers, Secularism, Gulen Movement, World News

Almost all of 77 million people in Turkey are Muslim, but signs of Islamic faith are noticeably divorced from everyday life. But a growing number of...

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Life in Aceh, Indonesia

Antony Loewenstein | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Natural Disasters, Indonesia, Aceh, Foreign Affairs, Muslims, Muslim, World News

Acehnese identity is intimately related to Indonesia's wish for integration into the world and historical desires for independence. Many there crave true freedom, but know it's long off.

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Dear Capitol Hill: We Confess, Muslims Want to Serve America

Salam Al Marayati | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Conservatives, Cair, American Muslims, Neoconservatives, Muslims, Gop, Mccarthyism, Right Wing, Political Satire, Loretta Sanchez, Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus, Interns, Politics News

What's next? Muslims trying to infiltrate the Congress by scheduling lobby days, or by simply meeting with their members of Congress?

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The Muslims Are Coming!

Dean Obeidallah | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: Muslims, Muslim Brotherhood, Anti-Muslim Bias, American Muslims, Islam in America, The Muslims Are Coming, Muslims Are Coming, World News

Republican lawmakers are alarmed because they found Muslims trying to lobby Congress. Can you believe that? Muslims-Americans actually want to have input into the American political system!

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A Discussion with a Nobel Laureate: Shirin Ebadi and the Struggle for Democracy in Iran, Part I

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Ebadi told me that part of her job is to help women interpret Islam "correctly" in order to assert their claim to equal rights. If she is any indication, the Iranian Women's Movement is in extremely capable hands.

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A Fast For Human Rights In Gaza

David A. Love | Posted 10.07.2009 | Impact

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Gaza Humanitarian Crisis, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Blockade, West Bank, World, Richard Goldstone, United Nations, Palestinians, Civilian Casualties, Hamas, Israel Blockade, Civil Rights, Humanitarian Aid, World News, Palestinian Authority, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Fasting, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel, Israel Gaza Operation, Jewish, Muslims, Muslim, Impact News

There are many opinions on the Mideast conflict, but one thing is certain: the situation in Gaza is a humanitarian and human rights disaster, and it cannot continue.

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Muslim Soccer Team Snubs French Gays

AP | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Muslim Soccer Team, Muslims, Gay Rights, Gay Soccer, Gays, Sports, Paris Foot Gay, Creteil Bebel, World News

PARIS — A French gay soccer team says its members were victims of homophobia when a team of Muslim players refused to play a match against them....

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What Do Muslim Women Want?

Naomi Wolf | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Religion, Women, Queen Rania, Muslim Women, Women's Issues, Women and Politics, Muslims, Naomi Wolf, Muslim Womens Rights, Muslim, World News

The Muslim women leaders I've spoken to do not say, "Please tell the West to save us." They are too busy making egalitarian, modernist new worlds of their own, with an Arab, and often Islamic, imprimatur.

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