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The Guardian (blog)

Muslima exhibition: interviews and art by Muslim women
The Guardian (blog)
"The only woman it seems permissible to judge and even ridicule today is the Muslim woman," says Samina Ali. "What other woman faces as much scrutiny or is the target of random violence from both her own community and others?" An Indian-born Muslim ...

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Muslima: Muslim Women's Art & Voices – in pictures
The Guardian
Muslima is an online exhibition that gives voice to the varied experiences of Muslin women across the globe. Hosted by the International Museum of Women, it features interviews with leading Muslims, showcases the work of renowned artists and documents ...



JURIST

As a Muslim, I struggle with the idea of homosexuality – but I oppose homophobia
New Statesman
And, in his 2011 book Reading the Quran, the British Muslim intellectual and writer Ziauddin Sardar argues that “there is absolutely no evidence that the Prophet punished anyone for homosexuality”. Sardar says “the demonisation of homosexuality in ...
The War on Terror and the Need for Muslim SupportJURIST
Muslim-West relations as crucial today as everMENAFN.COM
Elgin event asks: “Who Is My Muslim Neighbor?”Chicago Daily Herald
American Thinker (blog) -Virtue Online -Onislam.net
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Press TV

Myanmar must halt anti-Muslim violence: Obama
Press TV
The violence that originally targeted Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar is beginning to spread to other parts of the country, where Muslims who have been granted citizenship are now being attacked, according to the website burmamuslims.org. Related ...
Obama Hails Myanmar Leader but Warns against anti-Muslim ViolenceNaharnet
Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against MuslimsReuters India
Obama tells Myanmar leader violence against Muslims 'must stop'Geo News, Pakistan
Channel News Asia -The Guardian -Independent European Daily Express
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In Myanmar, a movement for Muslim and Buddhist tolerance
Yahoo! News
Days after communal violence rocked central Myanmar in late March, leaving more than 40 people dead and raising tensions in the mostly Buddhist country, a group of Muslims and a group of Buddhists decided enough was enough. Thet Swe Win, a ...



UK set to deport radical Muslim cleric to Jordan
Jerusalem Post
LONDON - Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada could be deported to Jordan to face trial on terrorism charges within weeks, a British court heard on Monday, and it ruled he should remain in jail in the meantime to prevent him from absconding. Abu Qatada's ...

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Arab News

US raps global rise in anti-Muslim sentiment
Arab News
The United States yesterday denounced a spike in anti-Islamic sentiment in Europe and Asia, pointing to restrictions and violence against Muslims. The State Department report, which covered 2012, said that “Anti-Muslim rhetoric and actions were clearly ...
US denounces 'rise' in anti-Muslim sentiment in Europe, AsiaAl-Arabiya
Global anti-Semitism report: Iran denied Holocaust againYnetnews
Bigotry against Jews and Muslims on the rise, says USBBC News

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Anti-Muslim bias in terror operations: Exposé
Hindustan Times
I was educated, and yet read the Quran, kept a beard…why couldn't I be a liberal?” Ahamed says his interrogators told him. Ahamed is among 13 individuals, all Muslims, being tried for their alleged involvement in several terror bombings between 2006 ...

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Huffington Post

Dhul-Qarnayn: An Ideal Muslim Leader
Huffington Post
The political turmoil engulfing many Muslim-majority countries has left many people wondering, what does the ideal Muslim leader look like? Tyrants like Saddam Hussein and Muammar al-Gadhafi have demonstrated the depths of human cruelty, while ...



News 12 Brooklyn

Text Messages From NYPD's Secret Muslim Spying Program Revealed
Gothamist
The AP has obtained text messages sent from a former NYPD informant who spied on Muslim communities across the city. Shamiur Rahman, who later expressed regret over his police cooperation, was paid $9,000 from January through September of 2012 to ...
NYPD messages to Muslim informant: 'Get pictures'Salon
NYPD messages to Muslim informant: 'Get pictures' - News 12 BrooklynNews 12 Brooklyn

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Daily Beast

Dispelling modern myths of Muslim anti-Semitism
+972 Magazine - Independent commentary from Israel and the Palestinian territories
An academic chapter about the history of Muslim relations with Jews provides a refreshing rejoinder to the tired assumption that Muslim society and culture are fundamentally anti-Semitic. In this post, I am hosting a short comment by the author ...
'Sisters' seek peace among Jews, MuslimsNew Jersey Jewish News

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AMERICAblog (blog)

VA GOP Lt. Gov. candidate: Obama's a Muslim, Dems worse than KKK; gays are ...
AMERICAblog (blog)
Oh adorable GOP. You just can't help yourself. It's bad enough that the Republican party is pushing Ken Cuccinelli for governor of Virginia, a man who wants to make oral sex illegal, for everybody (not just gays). But the guy they've paired Cuccinelli ...
Meet GOP's fringy new star, EW JacksonSalon

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Muslim conference convener booked
Times of India
AURANGABAD: Police on Monday booked Ajmal Khan, JanataDal (secular) leader and convener of Muslim Reservation Conference, for violating permission norms for holding a conference at the AamKhasmaidan that was also attended by Hyderabad MP ...



New Pew study finds rise in Muslim and Hindu immigrants to the US
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
The study finds that while Christians continue to make up a majority of legal immigrants to the U.S., the estimated share of new legal permanent residents who are Christian declined from 68% in 1992 to 61% in 2012. Over the same period, the estimated ...

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Bay Area has large Muslim population
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
The Bay Area boasts one of the highest concentrations of Muslims in any metropolitan area in the United States, with almost 250,000 making up 3.5 percent of the region's population, according to a study by the Santa Clara University Institute for ...



Muslim youth reject Lagos government's ban on Hijab
Premium Times
A Muslim youth group has condemned the recent ban on Hijabs in public schools in Lagos. The National Council of Muslim youth organisations, NACOMYO, Lagos State chapter has rejected the ban on the use of Hijab in the Lagos state public schools by the ...

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Adamawa - Muslim Council Wants Review of Curfew
AllAfrica.com
Yola — Adamawa State chapter of the Muslim Council has appealed to Army authorities to review the dusk to dawn curfew imposed in the state to enable Muslims attend mosques for congregational prayers. Military authorities on Thursday declared a dusk to ...



Hurriyet Daily News

Muslim clerics to visit Auschwitz
Ynetnews
Fourteen Muslim clerics from across the globe will visit the former Nazi Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland this week as part of a Holocaust awareness and anti-genocide program, organizers said Friday. "This is an opportunity for imams who are ...
Muslim religious leaders to visit AuschwitzHurriyet Daily News
Muslims Visit Holocaust Camp for AwarenessOnislam.net

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Gay Star News

A gay Muslim answers the imams trying to stop equal marriage
Gay Star News
In what British right-wing newspaper The Telegraph calls 'an unprecedented intervention from the British Muslim community,' over 500 imams have signed a letter to express 'serious misgivings' about Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron's gay ...

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ThinkProgress

Pam Gellar-Linked Group Puts Out New Anti-Muslim Ad In DC Metro
ThinkProgress
Yet another Islamophobic ad from a group linked to Pamela Geller has appeared in the Washington, DC Metrorail system, this one lamenting what it claims to be “apartheid” against non-Muslims and calling for the U.S. to cut off all funding to “Islamic ...
Muslim Countries Are The Most Racist in the World: SurveyAINA (press release)
Balkanisation project in the Middle EastGulf Daily News
Muslims, Democracy and LibertyHuffington Post
The Jewish Press (blog) -Washington Times
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Jewish Chronicle

Pulitzer play turns spotlight on relations with Muslims
Jewish Chronicle
T he latest play to win a Pulitzer Prize for drama will be remembered for a long time by those who see it at west London's Bush Theatre, where performances begin today. And Jewish or Muslim audience members are unlikely to forget it. Disgraced is ...

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Muslim leaders raise heat on SP govt
Indian Express
The ruling SP's plan to woo the Muslim community seems to have gone awry with the death of Khalid Mujahid, an accused in the 2007 serial blasts, on Saturday. Muslim clerics are now mounting pressure on Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to make the Nimesh ...

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Town Hall

Confessions of an ex-Muslim - New Statesman
New Statesman
Pepe, 39, is an ex-Muslim who was born in London but now lives in Canada with his Muslim wife and two children. He converted at 20, after discovering the religion through Sufism, the mystical dimension of Islam. He remained a fairly practising Muslim ...
A British strand of Islam is emerging as more people become convertsThe Economist
Muslim Women Converts Tell Of Hijab Dilemmas, Family Rows And Negative ...Huffington Post UK
Novi Police make religious accommodations for Muslim AmericansArab American News
Huffington Post -The Jewish Voice -Al-Arabiya
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Getting to know your Muslim neighbor
Elgin Courier News
ELGIN — The daughter of a German-ancestry mother and a Lebanese father, Mariam Fadel might not look like what many Americans assume a Muslim woman would. Fadel, a teacher at Elgin Academy, does not wear a head scarf. That is her choice, Fadel ...



Worthy News

Muslim Militants shoot Christian leader
Worthy News
Christians have been especially targeted by Boko Haram, which translates as "Western education is sacrilege". Hundreds of churches have been destroyed after Haram's Islamists launched an insurgency from the predominantly Muslim north of Nigeria in ...

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In Lalu's Muslim anxiety, Nitish holds the edge
Indian Express
This week, at his biggest show of strength since losing power in Bihar nearly eight years ago, Lalu Prasad exhorted Muslims never to allow "divisive forces" to come to power in Delhi, and derided Nitish Kumar as a "parrot of the BJP and the RSS".

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Globe and Mail

Heavy Tunisian security clash with hardline Muslim group in two cities
Globe and Mail
Security checkpoints were in place and patrols conducted throughout the central city of Kairouan after authorities declared the conference to be held there by the ultraconservative Muslim group Ansar al-Shariah a threat “to security and public order.” ...
Heavy Tunisian security crackdown blocks hardline Muslim rallyFox News
Tunisian feminist arrested in nude protestCourier Mail
Radical Islamist killed in Tunisia street protestsMuslimVillage.com
Voice of America
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Muslim Preacher Kills His 8-Year-Old Child Bride
Christian Post (blog)
According to war correspondent Mustafa Kazemi, an 8-year-old girl was recently murdered by her husband, a Muslim mullah, on the day of their wedding. Kazemi's source, a medical doctor, said there was nothing that could be done to save her life.



Muslim Brotherhood Thugs in Libya Attack Democracy Protesters
FrontPage Magazine
Print This Post. The Emir of Qatar, Master of Al Jazeera and Brotherhood backer is burned in effigy. The Muslim Brotherhood is predictable in the sense that a serial killer outside your house is predictable. You may not be able to predict how he will ...

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Egypt Muslim-Christian clashes leave 1 dead
Al-Arabiya
Officials say the clashes in the city's el-Dekheila suburb erupted when a Coptic man allegedly sexually harassed a Muslim woman. Residents of the area fired birdshot and threw Molotov cocktails at one another during the Friday night fighting. Police ...



Virginia GOP Lt. Gov. nominee: Obama has 'Muslim perspective'
The Hill (blog)
President Obama has “Muslim sensibilities” and uses a “Muslim perspective” to view the world, according to the Virginia Republican nominee for lieutenant governor E.W. Jackson. In a blog post from 2010, Jackson wrote that Obama has taken an anti ...

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Two Christian Churches in Egypt Attacked By Muslims This Week
AINA (press release)
(AINA) -- The escalation of Muslim attacks on Christian churches in Egypt continues unabated. This week two attacks were carried out, one in Alexandria and one in Menbal in Upper Egypt -- both allegedly prompted by harassment of Muslim women.

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Arab News

Leading Muslim architect tapped for metro project
Arab News
The ArRiyadh Development Authority has tapped the world's leading Muslim architect Zaha Hadid to design its metro station at the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh. Completion is expected in four years. The 20,434-square-meter metro station ...

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In a generation, everything has changed for British Muslim women
New Statesman
Since Islam regards marriage as a contractual relationship, a Muslim woman may also protect herself with the equivalent of a prenuptial agreement. She may seek a divorce if any of the agreed conditions are violated. In practice however, attaining such ...

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Court stand-off as magistrate berates then placates 'disrespectful' rioter ...
The Daily Telegraph
HE allegedly had no problem standing up to police during last year's Muslim riots - but Mohammed Issai Issaka just couldn't bring himself to stand and show respect to a Sydney magistrate yesterday. Appearing at the Downing Centre Local Court on charges ...
Australian Judge Berrates Muslim Man for Refusing to Stand Before HerAINA (press release)

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Press TV

Muslim unity threatens Arab monarchies
Press TV
"You've got the Wahhabi-led Saudi Arabia and Qatar in particular and other monarchies that don't seem to really want Muslim unity; they seem to want their small percentage to continue to have a disproportionate amount of money." Related Viewpoints: ...

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Phuket Gazette

Phuket Gazette World News: Obama calls for end to Myanmar Muslim violence ...
Phuket Gazette
However, ethnic or sectarian violence, particularly in the western state of Rakhine, has worsened since Washington started easing sanctions, and a Reuters special report published last week found apartheid-like policies segregating minority Muslims in ...

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Seminar on education of Muslim girls held at Imphal
TwoCircles.net
Imphal: All Manipur Muslim Girl Students' Union (AMMGSU) organized a one-day seminar cum interaction session on the theme “Education of Muslim Girls: Opportunities and Challenges” at Kuki Inn at Imphal on 18 May 2013. The seminar was attended by ...
Deliberation on education of Muslim girls heldE-Pao.net

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PRI's The World

Muslim Community in Britain Reacts to Child Sex Scandal
PRI's The World
Along with the police chief, members of Oxford's Muslim community are doing some some soul searching of their own wondering how the abusers were able to commit their crimes for so long. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Talat Ahmed, chair of the ...



Gay Star News

Gay marriage will 'rob' parents of their rights, say UK Muslim leaders
Gay Star News
Muslim leaders representing tens of thousands worshippers in the UK have banded together against gay marriage. In what British newspaper The Telegraph calls 'an unprecedented intervention from the British Muslim community,' over 500 imams have ...
Muslim leaders attack Gay Marriage billThe Way
UK imams and Muslim leaders speak out against Marriage (Same Sex Couples ...Virtue Online
UK Imams Rise Against Gay MarriageOnislam.net

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Bayern Munich build mosque for Muslims
MuslimVillage.com
Helping their players to fulfil their religious duties, German football giants Bayern Munich have decided to build a mosque to help Muslim footballers to perform their prayers. The German football club agreed to a request to build a mosque in the ...

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Last Link in Muslim Terrorist Murder of Jewish Student in '94 Arrested
FrontPage Magazine
Drive from Brooklyn to Manhattan and you're likely to pass under a green sign that reads, “Ari Halberstam Memorial Ramp” just as you get off the Brooklyn Bridge. That was where Rashid Baz opened fire on a van of Jewish students, killing 16-year-old Ari ...

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IBTimes.co.uk

Oxford Sex Grooming: A Muslim Problem or a White One?
IBTimes.co.uk
Now that yet another band of men have been found guilty of the most appalling sexual crimes against young girls we are already being treated to discussions as to whether there is a problem with certain parts of the Muslim community in this country.
The Oxford 'Asian grooming gang' were not in fact all Asian. But they were all ...Catholic Herald Online (blog)
The Oxford child sex abuse verdict highlights a cultural problem, but not a ...The Independent
Oxford gang rape: did people ignore this sort of scandal because racist Nick ...Telegraph.co.uk (blog)

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No Muslim Lyricists Worth Mentioning? - Milli Gazette
Milli Gazette
How can one be so biased and anti-Muslim? Even those who condemn Muslims will have to hail the contributions of Muslim lyricists. Agreed, Anand Bakhshi was a popular lyricist, but he was more of a pen-pusher. He knew Urdu, but barring a few gems like ...



Joel Osteen is a Muslim - Mathaba
Mathaba.Net
Yes, there is a community of Muslims who are aware of the Last Testament -- the Holy Qur'an -- and the teachings of Prophet Muhammad. This certainly hopes those among them who are committed to the pursuit of Truth in their quest, and more clearly maps ...



Thailand to host Muslim conference
The Nation
The first day will be allocated to the three pillars of the Asean community (security, socio-cultural integration and economic integration), while the second day will focus on research carried out by the Asean Muslim Research Organisation Network.



Haaretz

Egypt's opposition attacks Muslim Brotherhood-backed NGO draft law
Haaretz
Egypt's opposition attacks Muslim Brotherhood-backed NGO draft law. NSF, an alliance of liberal and leftist opposition parties, says the draft law submitted to the Shura Council, which for now has legislative powers, was more restrictive than laws ...
Muslim Brotherhood Delegation to Visit Media Institutions, Highlight Official ...ikhwanWeb.com
Salafists launch attack on Egypt's 'ruling' Muslim BrotherhoodAhram Online
Love it or leave it: new documentary sheds light on Egyptian Muslim BrotherhoodAl-Bawaba
Daily News Egypt -THISDAY Live
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Milli Gazette

Mulayam out to woo Muslim religious heads - Milli Gazette
Milli Gazette
Lucknow: As the Muslims await for the release of their innocent youths arrested on fake charges of terrorism and fulfillment of other promises made by the Samajwadi Party over a year back during UP assembly elections, the SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav ...



UK Imam Blasts Muslim Racism Behind Sex Abuse of British Girls
FrontPage Magazine
Yes Dr. Taj Hargey is technically a Muslim cleric. But he's a member of an actual tiny minority. That tiny minority of Muslims that actually want a liberal Islam. As a sample of how out of the Muslim mainstream he is, he advocates a Burka ban, mixed ...

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Times of India

SP Aatempts to stem erosion of Muslim votes
The New Indian Express
The SP top brass, especially its chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, has been feeling particularly concerned over the Muslim community's growing disaffection with the party, which was once seen as the minority community's conscience-keeper in UP. And the haste ...
Muslim bodies, civil rights groups condemn custodial murder of Khalid MujhaidTwoCircles.net
Clerics demand dismissal of state govtTimes of India
Mushawarat condemns the custodial murder of Khalid Mujahid - Milli GazetteMilli Gazette

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Muslim prayer centre should build bridges
shropshirestar.com (blog)
An application to turn a former register office building into a Muslim prayer centre has revealed an ugly underbelly to our picturesque little town. No sooner was the application revealed than a Facebook page was set up to object to it. The objections ...



The Hindu (blog)

Playing Muslim in Bhopal
The Hindu (blog)
In many cities in India it is hard to find a house if you are a Muslim. It is best not to get your hopes up of finding a house in most of the nicer looking neighbourhoods — with dependable water supply, motorable roads and regular garbage collection ...



Facebook user cautioned after offensive comments opposing plans for Muslim ...
The Independent
A man has been cautioned by police after racist and offensive comments opposing plans for a Muslim prayer centre were posted on a social media site. West Mercia Police said the Facebook user, aged in his 20s and from Shrewsbury, admitted using words ...

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IrishCentral

Irish footballer under investigation after pig's head is left in Muslim's ...
IrishCentral
Muslim striker Kenwyne Jones was said to have taken offence after the pig's head was left in his locker. Reports in the Irish Sun newspaper say Jones went on a 'rampage' after the end of season prank caused him hurt. The paper claims that Jones is ...
Pig Head Offends Irish League Muslim PlayerOnislam.net
Stoke City Player Puts Bloody Pig Head In Muslim Teammate's Locker ...SportsGrid

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Times of India

When you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims: Boston bombing suspect
Times of India
"When you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims," Tsarnaev also scribbled on the inside wall of the boat where he hid from police during a massive manhunt in the days after the April 15 blasts, according to CBS News. The twin explosions near the ...
'US wars on Muslim states fueled Boston attack'Jerusalem Post
'You attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims' - Dzhokar Tsarnaev leaves note ...IrishCentral
Tsarnaev: Bombings Retaliation for Muslim DeathsChristian Broadcasting Network
The Hollywood Gossip -InSerbia News -CBS News
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Telegraph.co.uk

Christianity declining 50pc faster than thought – as one in 10 under-25s is a ...
Telegraph.co.uk
While almost half of British Muslims are under the age of 25, almost a quarter of Christians are over 65. The average age of a British Muslim is just 25, not far off half that of a British Christian. Younger people also drove a shift away from religion ...
Census analysis shows Christianity in dramatic decline, and a youthful Muslim ...National Secular Society

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B.C.'s Ahmadiyya Muslim community finally has its own mosque
Vancouver Desi
The local and Canada-wide community raised $8 million for their new mosque on Delta's River Rd. and nearly 5,000 people — including Ahmadiyya Muslim leader from the U.K., Mirza Masroor Ahmed — came out Saturday for the grand opening of one of the ...



Harsh Sentence a Warning to Australia's Youthful Muslim Zealots
TIME
Known as the go-to lawyer for Muslims charged under Australia's controversial counterterrorism laws, including former Guantánamo Bay inmate turned serial litigator Mamdouh Habib, Houda visited Eid in detention this weekend to set in motion an appeal.

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Muslims and Congress - Milli Gazette
Milli Gazette
If the Congress continues its present policies and style of functioning, things will only get worse and no amount of fake Muslim agents and bearded intermediaries will secure the Muslim votes for the Congress.



Bloomberg's Cigarette Taxes Helping Fund Muslim Terror
FrontPage Magazine
New York has the highest cigarette tax rate of any state, and nearly two-thirds of the state's cigarette market is illegal. In New York City, it's not uncommon for smokers to pay $12 for a pack. As a result 60% of cigarettes sold in New York are smuggled.

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'Muslim' vs 'Islamic'
DAWN.com
WHEN writing about the history of Muslims or history of issues related to Muslim societies, there is nowadays a tendency to call this entire area of study 'Islamic' without much thought as to the use of this important epithet. For example, in modern ...



Press TV

Bahrain in breach of Muslim world's red lines: Iran diplomat
Press TV
The Iranian diplomat condemned the insulting act, noting that the issue is beyond Bahrain's internal affairs and concerns the entire Muslim world. Born in 1937, Sheikh Issa Qassem is often referred to as the spiritual leader of Bahrain's main ...

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Bayern Munich to build mosque for muslim players and fans
360Nobs.com
Following a request by star winger Franck Ribery, Bayern Munich FC have decided to build a mosque in the Allianz Arena for the Muslim players and fans. The German football club agreed to a request to build a mosque in the Allianz Arena stadium to serve ...



The Guardian

On the Muslim Question by Anne Norton – review
The Guardian
Anne Norton thinks that the "Muslim question" is, if anything, a question about non-Muslims. She is straightforward in denying the claim that Islam and the west are involved in a "clash of civilisations", castigating writers of various political ...
Do All Muslims Want to Kill Us? - Charisma NewsCharisma News
us muslim converts: we're not brainwashedRadiance Viewsweekly

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Khalifa of Islam inaugurates mosque in Vancouver, Canada
Examiner.com
Having completed a successful ten-day visit to Los Angeles, California, the spiritual leader and administrative head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, traveled to Vancouver, Canada to inaugurate a new mosque.

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Second man arrested over Muslim prayer centre Facebook comments
shropshirestar.com
Second man arrested over Muslim prayer centre Facebook comments. A second man has been arrested for alleged race hate comments made on the internet over the proposed Muslim prayer centre in Shrewsbury, it was revealed today. The former register ...

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ikhwanWeb.com

Muslim Brotherhood Denies Intervention or Mediation in Kidnapped Sinai ...
ikhwanWeb.com
Dr. Ahmed Aref, Muslim Brotherhood Media spokesman, denied news reports circulating in Egyptian media that claim Egyptian President Morsi asked some members of the Brotherhood to negotiate with the kidnappers of seven security operatives in Sinai, ...



ikhwanWeb.com

Poll Shows Muslim Brotherhood Maintaining Support Despite Egypt's Travails
ikhwanWeb.com
Two years after Egyptians banded together to overthrow former President Hosni Mubarak, the country's much-celebrated revolution isn't going well, according to Egyptians who responded to a Pew Research Center survey released today.
US adjusting to Egypt's Muslim brotherhoodMuslimVillage.com
Brotherhood's Bayoumi: Egypt 'Will Not Turn Its Back' on USAl-Monitor
Egypt security forces clash with Cairo protestersU-T San Diego
Yahoo! News
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Muslim organizations oppose timing of WB Panchayet elections due to clash ...
TwoCircles.net
Kolkata: Several Muslim organizations have opposed the timing of the Panchayet elections in West Bengal as it may fall in the holy month of Ramzan. The government has proposed the dates for the coming local bodies' election on July 2 and 6 and 10.



Belgian Anti-Semitism
Arutz Sheva
“There is a major difference in anti-Semitic attitudes between Muslim students and non-Muslim ones in Dutch-speaking secondary schools in Belgium. About 50% of the Muslim students express anti-Semitic attitudes, as opposed to 10% of the others.



The Guardian

Global Muslim report reveals opposition to suicide bombing in US
The Guardian
Muslims in the US are generally more opposed to suicide bombings than their co-religionists round the world, according to a new report by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life published Tuesday. The findings come in the wake of the Boston bombings ...
Muslim Leaders Need to Stand UpHuffington Post
Many in Muslim world want sharia as law of land: surveyYahoo! News
Most Muslims deplore violence. Most think homosexuality is wrong. They sound ...Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
Jakarta Post -National Review Online (blog) -Voice of America
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Fars News Agency

Islamic Jihad Urges Muslim Confrontation with Israeli Aggressions
Fars News Agency
"Arab and Islamic nations could counter this Zionist enemy through unity and solidarity and prevent it from repeating its aggressions against Muslim territories," the Palestinian figure stated. "It is the time for the Islamic Ummah (community) to ...



Daily Mail

Muslim footballer Franck Ribery apoplectic after Bayern Munich team-mate ...
Daily Mail
Bayern Munich players were understandably in party mood after their final home game of the season, but the reaction of winger Franck Ribery suggests some of his team-mates took it too far. Ribery, a Muslim, had told players to keep the alcohol away ...



The Daily Star

The Muslim Brotherhood Prepares for a Comeback in Syria
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Muslim Brotherhood is the most powerful group in Syria's exiled political opposition network. It is also emerging as a significant presence in rebel-held territory in northern Syria, where it is rebuilding its grassroots movement after thirty years ...
The Muslim Brotherhood and Saudi ArabiaAhram Online

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Arab News

IDB chief: Islamic banking not confined to Muslim communities
Arab News
"Islamic banking is a fast-growing global industry. This is due to the integration with the real activity," he said. "It is to be noted that Islamic banking is not confined to Muslim communities. Many social sectors participate in it," the president ...

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Christian, Muslim leaders have friendly disagreement - Reading Eagle
Reading Eagle
Representatives from Berks' Christian and Muslim communities squared off before about 150 people in a friendly debate on why each group believes theirs to be the true religion. "I'd like to call it more of a friendly discussion," Erich Scherfen, an ...



Bradford Telegraph and Argus

Bana Gora is new chief executive of Muslim Women's Council
Bradford Telegraph and Argus
A woman who has led a charity's ten-year commitment to improve lives in Bradford is to take up a new post as chief executive of the Muslim Women's Council. Bana Gora, who was programme manager for The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's work in the city, ...



IBTimes.co.uk

'A Gift for the EDL': Muslims React to 'Racist' St George's Flag Ban in Somerset
IBTimes.co.uk
She told a local council meeting: "My big problem is that it is offensive to some Muslims, but even more so that it has been hijacked by the far right." However a local Muslim group has said Jackson's claim has no basis in fact at all. The Bristol ...
Council vetoes flag of St George after concerns raised about links to CrusadesTelegraph.co.uk
British Village Bans St. George's Flag Fearing It Would Upset MuslimsInternational Business Times

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ikhwanWeb.com

Egypt Muslim Brotherhood: Iraq Bombings, Brutality and Criminality Must Stop
ikhwanWeb.com
The Muslim Brotherhood warned that no-one should underestimate the latest events, paid tribute to the families of the martyrs and to the free people of Iraq, and wished the injured a speedy recovery. tags: Muslim Brotherhood / Iraq / Egypt / Human ...



FRANCE 24

Israel police limit non-Muslim visits to Jerusalem mosque
FRANCE 24
Israeli riot police walk at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound during clashes with Palestinian demonstrators following Friday prayers on March 8, 2013. Jerusalem police closed the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound to non-Muslim visitors on Thursday ...
Zionist Entity Limits non-Muslim Visits to al-Aqsa MosqueAl-Manar TV
Abbas urges Muslims, Christians to visit PalestineMa'an News Agency
Amira Hass; a champion of justiceAmerican Muslim
ikhwanWeb.com
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Press TV

UK Muslim Peer Quits Labour Party
Press TV
Lord Ahmed started his political career as a local labour councilor in 1990 and later, under labour, he became one of only four muslim peers at the house of lords. But he was suspended from the labour party in March over the allegations. Lord Ahmed has ...



Religion & Politics

Welcome to Zaytuna, the Nation's First Muslim Liberal Arts College
Religion & Politics
On November 15, 2010, the morning I first visited Hamza Yusuf's theology class at Zaytuna College, the nation's first Muslim school of liberal arts, the room was overstuffed, even bursting, a fact made all the more obvious by some unseasonable fall ...



NEWS.com.au

Nigeria Orders Curfew in Extremist Neighborhoods
Christian Broadcasting Network
Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is sacrilege," in the Hausa language of Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north, has said it wants to establish an Islamic state in Nigeria and wants the government to release all of its imprisoned followers.
Nigera declares war on Islamist insurgentsUPI.com

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Calgary Herald

Ahmadiyya Muslim worldwide leader coming to Calgary - Calgary Herald
Calgary Herald
His Holiness, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, leader of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama community, has a number of activities planned including a Friday sermon at the Baitun Nur mosque and a meeting next Saturday with Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi.



Muslim Brotherhood hosts former Malaysian PM
Daily News Egypt
Deputy Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Khairat El-Shater and former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad held a press conference to compare the transition Malaysia saw under Mohamad's tenure to Egypt's current phase. (Photo By ...

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A dazzling documentary about pop music in China's Muslim-majority province
Washington Post (blog)
Life can get complicated in Xinjiang, the far-western Chinese province perhaps best known as the home of ethnic Uighurs, who are majority Muslim. As in neighboring Tibet, Beijing restricts traditional religious practice there and keeps the province ...



Daily Mail

WATCH: Muslim Franck Ribery won't talk to Jerome Boateng again after being ...
Express.co.uk
WATCH: Muslim Franck Ribery won't talk to Jerome Boateng again after being covered in beer. BAYERN MUNICH star Franck Ribery has claimed he will never speak to team-mate Jerome Boateng again after the former Manchester City defender drenched ...
Muslim footballer Franck Ribery gets a soaking from his Bayern Munich team ...Daily Mail
Bayern Munich teammates anger Muslim footballer Franck Ribery as they ...Daily News & Analysis
Franck Ribery, Muslim midfielder for Bayern Munich, furious after getting ...New York Daily News
The Inquisitr -SportsGrid
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Haaretz

Sydney's Muslim, Jewish communities to share burial space in local cemetery
Haaretz
Sydney's Muslim, Jewish communities to share burial space in local cemetery. New 3.3-hectare site will have enough burial space for both communities for the next decade or more. By Dan Goldberg | May.14, 2013 | 9:18 AM | 1 ...

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Muslim banking in Canada: A paradigm shift - Hamilton Spectator
Hamilton Spectator
Many emerging markets around the world with relatively large Muslim populations already have significant Islamic banking institutions. Needless to say, Islamic finance still remains a mystery to many in the Western world. One of the fundamental tenets ...



Khabar Southeast Asia

Malaysia Taps Into Muslim Tourism Market
Khabar Southeast Asia
Thoughtful touches like this have contributed to the success of the Visit Malaysia campaign by Malaysia Tourism, which started rolling out the welcome mat for this niche market as early as 2000. The Muslim tourism market was worth RM 390 billion ($129 ...

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Competition between Russian Muslim communities attracts extremists
Pravda
Special services tightly and rigidly control Muslim centers of Moscow and St. Petersburg, conducting raids to prevent religious extremism. However, the hidden struggle between various official Muslim organizations to increase their administrative and ...



Metro

Ukip councillor Eric Kitson quits after posting anti-Muslim jokes on Facebook
Metro
A Ukip councillor is quitting his seat just two weeks after the local elections, after admitting to sharing offensive material about Muslims on his Facebook page. Eric Kitson also faces being kicked out of his party following the incident. The 59-year ...
Ukip man faces axe for Muslim jokesExpress.co.uk
Ukip councillor Eric Kitson faces axe for offensive Muslim postings on ...The Independent
UKIP man Eric Kitson 'a bit of a fool really'BBC News
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Man held over "racist" comments on Muslim prayer centre
shropshirestar.com
Man held over "racist" comments on Muslim prayer centre. A man in his 20s has been arrested in connection with alleged racist comments made on the internet about the planned Muslim prayer centre in Shrewsbury, police revealed this afternoon. Tweet ...



Ahlul Bayt News Agency - abna.ir

Muslim Group Condemns Ban on Hijab in Lagos Schools
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - abna.ir
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - In a statement signed by its National President, Prof. Wahab Egbewole and Abdur-Rahman Balogun, National Public Relations officer, the group said such ban was a breach of the fundamental rights of the students to practice ...



Muslim representatives meet Mulayam, promise poll support - Zee News - India
Zee News
Muslim representatives meet Mulayam, promise poll support Lucknow: Representatives of the Muslim community on Friday met Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and assured support in the coming Lok Sabha elections in response to the steps ...



City's Muslim community to celebrate faith
Toowoomba Chronicle
SHARING FAITH: Professor Shahjahan Khan of USQ with fellow Muslim Syed Ghazaly leads a seminar about the annual ritual of Ramadan. Nev Madsen. AT THIS time of the year, the city's Muslims calm their minds and prepare for the fasting month of ...

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Washington Times

Muslim Brotherhood infiltrating US college campuses
Washington Times
CHARLOTTE, May 17, 2013 – The infiltration of Amerca by the Muslim Brotherhood goes to the very heart of what we are witnessing in the realm of global terrorism, even before 9/11/01. It has only been a few weeks since the media frenzy over the concept ...



Daily Mail

Welcome to the MILF army: The unfortunately named Muslim rebel group ...
Daily Mail
But this didn't stop members of the former Muslim rebel group from patrolling the jungles of the Philippines today ahead of the country's contentious general elections. MILF joins countless other organisations with unfortunate acronyms - such as BAAPS ...

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Daily Mail

'She'll love you to death' says birthday card based on headscarf-wearing ...
Daily Mail
A greeting card company hoping for a laugh used a doll meant for Muslim girls as the basis for a birthday card that depicts a headscarf-wearing little girl as a terrorist. In a pink hijab, or headscarf, and flowered dress, a doll is depicted on the ...
Chicago Muslim leader rips 'Blow Your Brains Out' dollChicago Sun-Times
Local Muslims Outraged By Card Depicting Muslim Girl Doll TerroristCBS2 Chicago
Muslim group urges supporters to call company behind 'terrorist girl' greeting ...Daily Caller
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Daily Caller

Homeland Security guidelines advise deference to pro-sharia Muslim ...
Daily Caller
The Department of Homeland Security, which under Secretary Janet Napolitano has shown a keen interest in monitoring and warning about outspoken conservatives, takes a very different approach in monitoring political Islamists, according to a 2011 memo ...

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Daily Caller

Homeland Security guidelines advise deference to pro-sharia Muslim ...
Daily Caller
The Department of Homeland Security, which under Secretary Janet Napolitano has shown a keen interest in monitoring and warning about outspoken conservatives, takes a very different approach in monitoring political Islamists, according to a 2011 memo ...

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