May 23, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Shaima Alawadi

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Woman Allegedly Killed By Husband Wanted Divorce, Family Friend Says

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 11.14.2012 | Crime

EL CAJON, Calif. -- There were signs that her traditional Muslim family may have been struggling in the U.S. even before Shaima Alawadi was murdered: ...

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Man Accused Of Murdering Wife And Making It Look Like Hate Crime Pleads Not Guilty

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 01.13.2013 | Crime

EL CAJON, Calif. — There were signs that her traditional Muslim family may have been struggling in the U.S. even before Shaima Alawadi was murde...

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Husband May Have Framed Wife's Murder As Hate Crime: Cops

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 11.10.2012 | Crime

EL CAJON, Calif. -- Eight months after the beating death of an Iraqi-American woman that drew international attention because it appeared to be a hate...

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Is It Safe For A Muslim Woman To Wear The Hijab In America?

Jacques Berlinerblau | Posted 06.26.2012 | Religion

Read More: Burqa, American Islamophobia, Islamophobia, Hate Crimes, Hijab, Shaima Alawadi, Trayvon Martin, Niqab, Honor Killing, Islam, Video, Religion News

What is it like for a Muslim-American woman to wear a hijab in public? Does this particular religious attire render its wearers vulnerable to verbal and physical violence?

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Student's Eyewitness Account Of Car Sex May Shed Light On Shaima Alawadi Murder

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 04.20.2012 | Crime

When college student Enrique Cervantes wrote an essay about seeing two people having sex in a car in front of his house, he never expected that it mig...

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Trayvon And Shaima At Easter Season: A Sermon

Greg Carey | Posted 06.17.2012 | Religion

Read More: Easter, Sermon, Shaima Alawadi, Trayvon Martin, Religion News

It is still news that the risen Jesus dwells with Trayvon, that he roams around Afghanistan, and that he resides in solidarity with Shaima. That's news, it's scary news.

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Hate Crime Allegations Start To Unravel In Beating Death Of Iraqi-American Mom

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 06.05.2012 | Crime

EL CAJON, Calif. — Police investigating the beating death of an Iraqi-American mother of five sought clues at the troubled family's home to try ...

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Women Wear Hijabs In Support Of Slain Iraqi Woman

Posted 04.03.2012 | Religion

By Omar Sacirbey Religion News Service (RNS) Jean Younis won’t be wearing an Easter bonnet at church this Sunday. Instead, the office manager at...

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The Fierce Urgency of Now : Why We, Too, Are Shaima Alwadi

Pamay Bassey | Posted 06.01.2012 | Black Voices

Read More: Muslims, Hate Crimes, Religious Intolerance, Bv-Sunday, Shaima Alawadi, Black Voices News

I believe that there is a fiercely urgent need for us to take the time to learn about people who look differently than we do, live differently than we might, worship differently than what is familiar to us. Because violence is often rooted in ignorance and fear.

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Go Back to My Country?

Melody Moezzi | Posted 05.29.2012 | Home

Read More: Islam, Muslim, Islamophobia, Shaima Alawadi, Shaima Alawadi Death, Iraq, United States, My Story, U.S., Home News

You never forget the first time you're told to "go back to your country." It's like being punched in the heart and stomach simultaneously.

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Finding the Wisdom We Need to Survive

Robert Koehler | Posted 05.29.2012 | Politics

I'm far more interested in forgiveness than justice. I say this just to calm myself down after a morning of media overkill, so to speak. There are s...

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Three Killings: California, Florida, France

John Feffer | Posted 05.27.2012 | World

Read More: Islamophobia, Economic Justice, Mohamed Merah, Shaima Alawadi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Trayvon Martin, Xenophobia, Tribalism, Utopia, World News

When our notion of the common good, of commonwealth, begins to disintegrate, all that is left are tribes defending their turf, standing their ground, enclosing their land.

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