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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
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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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Obama Sends Message to Israel That It's Not Business as Usual

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Egypt, Muslims, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, World News
Sabria Jawhar

Obama's speech offered something not witnessed in American foreign policy for more than a decade: balance.

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Obama's Muslim Engagement

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Islam, University of Cairo, African American President, Morocco, Barack Obama, President Barack Obama, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Palestine, Michael Fauntroy, Joe Biden, Palestinians, President Hosni Mubarak, Iran, Muslims, Middle East, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Hosni Mubarak, Obama Mideast Trip, Cairo Speech, World News
Michael Fauntroy

To be the first African-American president with a heritage that includes Islam gives him Obama legitimacy than any other president to make this speech.

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Obama Egypt Speech: HuffPost Bloggers Weigh In With Advice And Predictions (UPDATED)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Middle East, Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Palestine, Arab World, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Obama Muslim, Obama Cairo University, Afghanistan, Obama Middle East, George W. Bush, Obama Cairo, Iran, Obama Mideast Trip, World News, Muslim World, Obama Egypt Speech, Egypt, Obama Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Us Middle East Policy, Muslims, Obama Middle East Policy, Iraq, Israel, World News

Reviews and reactions around the world to President Obama's Cairo University speech vary from being laudatory to disappointed to downright caustic, de...

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In the Middle East, Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Faisal Ghori | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: Cairo-Egypt, Egypt, Middle East, Obama Cairo, Muslims, Brookings Institution, Barack Obama, Dubai, Obama Middle East Trip, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Faisal Ghori

No one in the Middle East, except for the government controlled media, is anticipating President Obama's speech in Cairo.

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Tuberculosis In Muslim World: A Chance For Cooperation

Huffington Post Contributor | Dr. Frederick Hartman | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Egypt Speech, Religion, Obama Egypt, Obama Middle East, Muslim World, Tuberculosis Muslim World, Foreign Affairs, Health, Middle East, Muslims, Tuberculosis, Obama Muslim World, Advocacy, World News

Hartman worked in Afghanistan from 1976 until the Soviet invasion in 1979; he returned in 2004, after the Taliban had been removed from power, and spe...

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Obama In Egypt: Needs Magic To Reach Uncohesive Muslims

Bloomberg | Daniel Williams and Edwin Chen | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

Read More: Obama-in-Egypt, Barack Obama Middle East, Egypt, Middle East, President Barack Obama, Obama Egypt, President Obama, Muslims, Egypt Muslims, Cairo, Cairo Egypt, Obama Mideast Trip, World News

President Barack Obama says he hopes his June 4 speech to the Muslim world will repair broken trust. He may find his audience disagrees on what needs ...

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How Obama Can Address the Middle East

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 07.01.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Muslim Community, Obama Middle East Trip, Obama Trip to Middle East, Israeli Palestinian Conflict Middle East, Obama Visit to Midle East, Saudi Arabia, Muslims, King Abdullah, How Obama Can Address the Middle East, Barack Obama, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Sabria Jawhar

President Obama's trip to Saudi Arabia this week to meet with King Abdullah has raised the expectations of Arabs so high that Obama might set himself up for failure.

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What Should Obama Tell the Muslim World?

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 06.30.2009 | World

Read More: Obama, Muslims, Arabs, Ismael Haniya, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Judeo-Christian, World News
Daoud Kuttab

Muslims and Arabs would like to hear a lot from President Obama, starting with Palestine, Iraq and the U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf. Whi...

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Indonesia: Muslim Facebook Rules Spur Media Storm

GlobalPost | Peter Gelling | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Indonesia Muslims, Indonesia Islam, Religion, Islam, Indonesia, Foreign Affairs, Muslims, Facebook Islam, Islam Facebook, Asia, Facebook, Advocacy, World News

The country briefly dizzied itself this past week after a group of Muslim clerics from the country's largest Islamic organization, the Nahdatul Ulama,...

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Muslims In Europe Face Substantial Discrimination, Especially At Work

AP | CIARAN GILES | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Europe Discrimination, Europe, Anti-Muslim, Muslims, European Muslims, Racism, Muslims Europe, World News

MADRID — Muslims still face substantial discrimination in Europe, especially at work, and many fail to report racist incidents because of a lack...

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Have You Ever Heard of the 'Muslim Effect'?

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: Shirin Ebadi, Islamophobia, Islam, Orhan Pamuk, Orhan-Pamuk, Moderates, Samuel-Huntington, Muslims, Muslim, Muhammad Yunus, Clash of Civilizations, Osama Bin Laden, Mohammed Yunus, Foreign Policy, Iran, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

An American list of the top 100 intellectuals was dominated by Muslims in the top 10; the only other American list dominated by Muslims is the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list.

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Obama to Muslims: Unclench Your Fist

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: Religion, Islam, Islamic Radicalism, Terrorism, Obama Inauguration, President Obama, Religion and Politics, Islamic Extremists, Obama Administration, Muslims, Obama, Muslim, Barack Obama, Muslim World, World News
Amitai Etzioni

Obama recognizes that although most Muslims reject violence, many Muslims do not favor our kind of political system or the full plethora of human rights as we list them.

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