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Pakistan Christian Attacks Planned In Advance: Rights Group

AP | ASIF SHAHZAD | Posted 09.03.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Pakistan Christians, Pakistan Christians Schools, Al Qaeda, Al-Qaeda, Al Qaida, Gojra, Muslim, Muslims, Quran, Religion, Koran, World News

ISLAMABAD — An independent Pakistani human rights commission said Tuesday that rioting that killed eight Christians last week was not spontaneou...

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Biden "Jesus Christ" Called "Hate Speech" By Conservative

The Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Islam, Southern Baptist Convention, Joe Biden, Iran, United Methodist Church, Mark Tapscott, Presbyterian Church, Religion, Nuclear Weapons, Conservatives, Jesus Christ, Christianity, Vladimir Putin, Muslims, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Political Correctness, Vice President Joe Biden, Politics News

Mark Tapscott, the editorial page editor of the conservative Washington Examiner, has nothing but fire and brimstone for Joe Biden. In an op-ed last ...

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Rana Husseini: Jordanian Journalist Who Exposed 'Honor Killings' Tells Story In New Book

WideAngle | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Jordan, Kurds, Afghanistan, Books, Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, Honor Killings, Murder in the Name of Honour, Jordan Honor Killings, Arabs, Egypt, Jordan Honor Killing, Muslims, Rana Husseini, Book, Jordan Honor Killing Laws, Muslim, Honor Killing, Syria, Druze, Advocacy, World News

"Jordan Farmer Kills Sister Over Alleged Affair," read a recent headline from the Agence France-Presse. The 24-year-old man stabbed his sister afte...

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Fighting the Good Fight of Faith

Russell Simmons | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Jews, Muslims, Russell Simmons, Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, Rabbi-Marc-Schneier, Interreligious, Living News
Russell Simmons

I believe that when leading men of faith get in a room to discuss tolerance and respect, it's easy to make great progress. The hard part is getting them in the room.

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Sarkozy Hiding Behind the Burqa

Jamal Dajani | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

Read More: France, Burqa, Islam, Muslims, Sarkozy, Paris-France, Niqab, LaïCité, Sarkozy Burqa, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News
Jamal Dajani

"What does Sarkozy think? Outlawing burqas is going to make these women walk outside in a sundress?" asked one social worker. "They just won't leave home as often. He is sentencing them to prison!"

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French Lawmaker: Burqa Ban Can Be Gradual

AP | Posted 08.08.2009 | World

Read More: France, France Muslims, France Burqa, France Burqas, Jean-Francois Cope, Jean-Francois Cope Burqa, Muslims, Sarkozy Burqas, World News

PARIS — French legislators took up the touchy subject of face-covering, body-length Muslim veils such as the burqa Wednesday, as a leading lawma...

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Georgia State University Stands Behind a Professor Who Discriminated Against An Arab and Muslim Woman

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Institution of Higher Learning, News, Mary Stuckey, Big News, Workplace Discrimination, Terrorist, Higher Education, Georgia State University, Slma Shelbayah, Middle East Institute of Georgia State University, Arabs, Anti-Arab, Dr. Mary Stuckey, College, Discrimination, Bomb in Hijab, President Mark P. Becker and Slma Shelbayah, Bomb, Islam, Anti Muslim, Hijab, Holy Quaran, Politics, Dr. Mary Stuckey Racist Remarks, President Mark P. Becker, Dona Stewart, Rhetoric of Hatred, Racism, Dr. Mary Stuckey Anti Arab Remarks, Muslims, Arab, Racial Profiling, Mary E. Stuckey, Tenured Professors, Terrorism, Gsu, Quaran, Shelbayah, Politics News
Yvonne R. Davis

It seemed okay in 2008 for a University Professor to harass a Muslim student and get away with it.

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Ex-AP Hostage Terry Anderson Back in Beirut to Teach U.S. J-Students How to Report Accurately on Middle East

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 08.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Hostages, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Shiite, Beirut, Ohio University, Issam Fares, Northern Ireland, Rev. Ian Paisley, Islamic Jihad, Arabs, U.S. Media, The Associated Press, Committee to Protect Journalists, Lebanese, Islam, Presbyterians, Press Freedom, Imad Mughnieh, Time Magazine, Terrorism, President Barack Obama, Twitter, United States, Terry Anderson, Den of Lions, Hamra District, Facebook, New York, Palestinians, Muslims, University of Kentucky, Afghanistan, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Hassan Nasrallah, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Iowa State University, Beirut-Lebanon, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

"Unfortunately, I wasn't scared enough, and I wasn't cautious," Anderson admitted. "I got caught because I refused to take the precautions that I probably should have."

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Obama Announces Special Envoy To Muslim World

CNN | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: State Department Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Islam, State Department, President Barack Obama, Muslim World, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Muslims, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Farah Pandith, Politics News

The Obama administration continued its outreach to the Muslim world Wednesday, introducing a new special envoy for Islamic relations tasked with impro...

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Swedish Sex Ed Angers Muslim Immigrants

GlobalPost | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Condom, Sweden, Sex Ed, Foreign Affairs, Sex, Muslim Immigrants, Muslims, Swedish Sex Ed, Muslim, Condoms, Sex Education, Advocacy, Muslim Sex, Swedish Sex, Sex Sweden, Sweden Sex, Swedish Sex Ed Angers Muslim Immigrants, Muslima Sweden, Sex Angers, World News

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

Read More: Global, Wealthy, President Obama, Lazarus and the Rich Man, Jesus, Grassroots, Justice of God, Poor, Injustice, Luke, Government, Streets, Image of God, Iran, Muslim, Wealth, Muslim World, Protest, Muslims, Story of Lazarus, Justice, Poverty, Iranians, Lazarus, Politics News
Jim Wallis

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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Muslim Chic

Gioia Diliberto | Posted 07.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Burqa, Religion, Chadors, Style, Hijab, Muslims, Sarkozy Burqa, Women in Burkas, Fashion, Burka, Nicolas Sarkozy, Style News
Gioia Diliberto

Westerners often assume that Muslim women would get rid of their head scarves if given a chance. It must be a husband or father who forces them to cover up. That's a serious misconception.

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Where Burqas Meet Strippers

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Burqa, Islam, Hijab, France, Head Scarf, Oppression, Exotic Dancers, Muslims, Objectification of Women, Strippers, Obama Cairo Speech, Feminism, Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

Could the traditional burqa-clad woman and the modern Western exotic dancer be two sides of the same coin?

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Sarkozy's Rejection of the Burqa Will Only Further Marginalize Muslims

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Burqa, Women's Rights, Islam, France, Saudi Arabia, Muslims, Discrimination, Abaya, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News
Sabria Jawhar

Muslim women locked in a tyrannical chokehold by Muslim men can rest easy. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is ready to rescue us.

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Sarkozy is Not Welcome in a Burka

Ahmed Rehab | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Burqa, Islam, France, France Burqas, Muslims, Niqab, Taliban, Burka, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News
Ahmed Rehab

Is there a real difference between France or Turkey forcing women to remove their veils, and Saudi Arabia or Iran forcing them to keep them on?

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Discovering America

Frankie Martin | Posted 07.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Religion, Islam, American University, July 4th, Politics, Media, Keith Ellison, Isna, Thomas Jefferson, Journey Into America, America, Muslims, Entertainment, Independence Day, Akbar Ahmed, Benjamin Franklin, Entertainment News
Frankie Martin

In every country that we visited, the idea that Americans harbored negative opinions of Muslims was named as the "number one threat to the Muslim world" in surveys we distributed.

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What Comes Next After Sin?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Sin, Iran, Women, Islam, Muslims, Women in Islam, Living News
Deepak Chopra

Improvement is a simple, natural impulse -- everyone wants to see a better life for his family and society. But is it an improvement to deny women education and health care?

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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
Mona Eltahawy

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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One of Islam's Greatest Threats is Dick Cheney and Those Who Bow to Him

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Muslims, Michael Savage, Islam, Hijab, Ann Coulter, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Sabria Jawhar

The well-spoken and forthright Dick Cheney has been making the talk show and lecture circuit rounds sounding the alarm that Obama is making the Western world less safe from terrorists.

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Lebanon's Election is Obama's First Post-Muslim/Arab World Speech Victory

Ray Hanania | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Christians, Islam, Terrorism, President Barack Obama, Michel Aoun, Shi'ite, Iraq, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Rafiq Hariri, Saad Hariri, Muslims, Middle East, Lebanese Elections, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Speech to Muslim World, Sunni, Maronites, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Ray Hanania

Obama's speech to the Arab and Muslim World is creating a new context in which the people of the Middle East can more clearly see justice without the need for more violence.

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Obama and the "God Gap"

Jim Lichtman | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Jews, Christians, Leadership, President Obama, Honesty, George W. Bush, Gallup Poll, Walter H. Capps Center, Hindus, Democrats, Integrity, Zogby International, God Gap, Muslims, Embryonic Stem-Cell Research, Republicans, Faith, Fairness, Catholic, Protestant, Politics News
Jim Lichtman

Is Obama's openly engaging, pragmatic style working to close the "God gap" in American politics?

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One Unrepentant Zionist and the Two State Solution

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jews, West Bank, Gaza, France, Hezbollah, Spain, Obama, Hamas, Zionism, England, Germany, Zionist, Israel, Christianity, Muslims, Two-State Solution, Obama Cairo Speech, Rwanda, Sudan, Cambodia, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

That one Zionist would be me, but I know that I'm not alone. Take President Obama: he sounded like another unrepentant Zionist in Cairo this week. Z...

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How to Green Your Spiritual Life

Avital Binshtock | Posted 07.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Scripture, Holidays, Islam, Jews, Easter, Church, Atheism, Bible, Green, Temple, Lent, Green Living, Congregation, Hinduism, Religion, Hannukah, Christmas, Muslims, Quran, Christianity, Environmental Evangelist, Prayer, Wicca, Buddhism, Old Testament, Spirituality, Environment, Green News
Avital Binshtock

Most people who consider themselves at least somewhat spiritual, regardless of their religion or set of beliefs, have realized that caring for the earth is imperative to their spirituality.

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

Christian Avard | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Muslim, Barack Obama, Arab World, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Obama Muslims, Middle East Politics, Obama Middle East, Palestinians, Obama Arabs, Middle East Peace, Muslim World, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Arabs, Mideast Peace Process, Middle East, Arab, American Muslims, Palestinian, Israel, Muslims, Obama Middle East Policy, Obama Muslim Smear, Obama Mideast Speech, Muslim, Israel Gaza, Anti-Muslim Bias, Obama Israel, Israeli Arabs, China, Gaza, Berlin, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Christian Avard

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Obama's Speech: Warm but Honest

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian-Israeli, Muslims, Arabs, Cairo, Palestinian Refugees, Israel, Obama, Coptic, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Daoud Kuttab

The president spoke to Arabs and Muslims from his own experiences and from his heart. Without conceding much and while being honest with his audience, he clearly won over the hearts and minds of many people that have so far rejected America.

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