MUSIC NEWS: “Iranian Rapper Faces Death Threats Over ‘Blasphemous’ Rap Song’
From The Guardian Newspaper (UK) by Saeed Kamali Dehghan guardian.co.uk, Monday 14 May 2012 13.43 EDT Iranian rapper Shahin Najafi. A death sentence was issued against the rap artist after he released a controversial song called Naqi Photograph: Ay Collection/Sipa/Rex Features An Iranian rapper has become “the Salman Rushdie of music” after clerics in the Islamic republic...
NEWSPAPER: “2 Women Sentenced in Hate Crime Against Pakistani Muslim Woman”
From Buffalo News Updated: May 12, 2012, 6:49 AM LOCKPORT — Two women from Niagara Falls were sentenced to weekend jail terms Friday for their hate crime assault on a Pakistani woman last summer. Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas ordered Sheree A. Sabater, 39, to four months of weekends in the County Jail and three...
REUTERS: “Kansas Lawmakers Pass Effective Ban on Islamic Law”
From Reuters by Kevin MurphyMay 12, 2012 KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) – Kansas lawmakers have passed legislation intended to prevent the state courts or agencies from using Islamic or other non-U.S. laws in making decisions, a measure critics have blasted as an embarrassment to the state. The legislation, which passed 33-3 in the state Senate...
NEWSPAPER: “Texas Imam in Strip Mall Mosque Stresses Social Services”
From Houston Chronicle Standing behind the pulpit, addressing his modest 25-member congregation, Imam Khalis Rashaad preaches about time management, nutrition and economic empowerment at his new mosque in Houston’s Third Ward – a largely uncharted territory for Islamic centers. The rhetoric there is different from the more abstract spiritual sermons of its counterparts – the dozens of long-established...
POLL: “Almost 20% of Americans Still Believe That Obama is Muslim”
From Religion News Service 1 in 6 Americans Believe Obama Is A Muslim, Lest that 1 in 4 Can Identify Him As Protestant WASHINGTON (RNS) After nearly four years in the Oval Office, President Obama is incorrectly thought to be Muslim by one in six American voters, and only one quarter of voters can correctly...
NEWS: “18-Month-Old Baby Girl on Terrorist No-Fly List Removed From Plane”
From Bay Area 9 News FORT LAUDERDALE – Toddlers may be jokingly called terrors when they hit the “terrible twos,” but one little girl’s parents said their daughter was accused of being an actual terrorist. The family said the Transportation Security Administration and JetBlue have some explaining to do after ordering their 18-month-old daughter off a...
CBS VIDEO: “Woman in Black Burka Removed from Obama Rally in Virginia”
From CBS (credit: VCU journalism instructor Vivian Medina-Messner) RICHMOND, Va. (CBSDC/AP) — A woman dressed in a black burka was removed during President Obama’s inaugural re-election campaign stop at Virginia Commonwealth University Saturday. According to a White House pool report, photographers observed the woman being escorted out of the gym by Richmond police and othersecurity officials. The...
