Category: Islam

Muslims among us

Five myths about Muslims in America By Feisal Abdul Rauf, Friday, April 1, 3:28 PM … I founded the multi-faith Cordoba Initiative to fight the misunderstandings that broaden the divide between Islam and the West — each perceived as harmful by the other. Millions of American Muslims, who see no contradiction between being American and being Muslim, …

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Criminal irresponsibility?

Note:  I usually reserve this image for all things Glenn Beck, but the not-so-good reverend’s antics are so outrageous that they deserve this rare exception.  Terry Jones is an embarassment to all who call themselves Americans and Christians. – Monsieur d’Nalgar Pastor Who Burned Koran Demands Retribution By Lizette Alvarez and Don Van Natta Jr., April …

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Fordson High School

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TY6Y_I_2iU[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TY6Y_I_2iU “Fordson” is a feature length documentary film that follows four talented high school football players from Dearborn Michigan as they gear up for their big senior year rivalry game during the last ten days of Ramadan, a month when Muslims traditionally fast every day from sunrise to sundown. The story is set against …

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Ignorance is fundamental

Florida pastor burns Koran in ‘execution’ By Guy Adams in Los Angeles, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 … A fundamentalist pastor who drew international attention to his tiny Florida church by threatening to mark the anniversary of 9/11 by burning copies of the Koran has finally followed through on his promise, several months late and with …

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Morocco to Mesopotamia

Right across the Arab world, freedom is now a prospect By Robert Fisk, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 … In the dying days of the Ottoman empire, American diplomats – US consuls in Beirut, Jerusalem, Cairo and other cities – NGOs across the region and thousands of American missionaries, pleaded with the State Department and with …

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Bats in a box

First it was Saddam. Then Gaddafi. Now there’s a vacancy for the West’s favourite crackpot tyrant By Robert Fisk, Saturday, 19 March 2011 … So we are going to take “all necessary measures” to protect the civilians of Libya, are we? Pity we didn’t think of that 42 years ago. Or 41 years ago. Or… …

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Understand the evildoer

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUEGHdQO7WA[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUEGHdQO7WA TEDxPSU – A Radical Experiment in Empathy By Sam Edwards, October 10, 2010 Sam Richards is a sociologist and award-winning teacher who has been inspiring undergraduate students at Penn State since 1990. Every semester, 725 students register for his Race and Ethnic Relations course, one of the most popular classes at Penn State …

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