NEWS: “Right-Wing Activist Says CIA Director Nominee John Brennan is a Secret Muslim”
Tweet From Salon.com by Jillian Rayfield A former FBI agent and current anti-Islam activist believes that John Brennan, President Obama’s pick to head the CIA, is secretly a Muslim and therefore “unfit for duty” in the government. On Friday, John Guandolo, the vice president of the Virginia-based Strategic Engagement Group (SEG), appeared on the Boca...
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE: “Chicago is Ground Zero in U.S. Muslim Renaissance”
Tweet From Religion News Service by Monique Parsons CHICAGO (RNS) Religious affiliation may be on the wane in America, a recent Pew study asserts, but you wouldn’t know it walking into the storefront near the corner of West 63rd Street and South Fairfield Avenue. Inside a former bank in a neighborhood afflicted with gang violence,...
NEWS: “FBI Says Anti-Muslim Hate Crime Numbers Still Up”
Tweet From Salon.com Statistics released today suggest that the numbers haven’t dipped since an unprecedented 50 percent spike in 2010 BY MARK POTOK, SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER This article was originally published by The Southern Poverty Law Center. Hate crimes against perceived Muslims, which jumped up 50% in 2010 largely as a result of anti-Muslim propagandizing, remained at...
MAGAZINE: “American Media Helped Anti-Muslim Bodies Gain Influence & Distort Islam”
Tweet From Wired UK By Liat Clark | November 30 2012 A study published by a sociologist has revealed that fear-mongering non-governmental anti-Muslim organisations have been heavily influencing US media since 9/11, their messages seeping into news articles and television reporting and drawing their ethos from the fringes, straight into the mainstream. What’s perhaps most troubling about the...
REUTERS: “The Mystical Cave Called ‘Hira’ in Mecca: One of Islam’s Rarest Relics”
Tweet From Reuters Millions of Muslim pilgrims congregate in Mecca for the haj every year. The come from all corners of the globe, carrying with them their own versions and interpretations of Islam, but some things unite them: their simple white robes and rituals such as circling the Kaaba, a cube-shaped structure that Muslims believe...
REUTERS: “Muslim States Won’t Seek Worldwide Blasphemy Ban Despite Insults to Islam”
Tweet From Reuters Western opposition has made it impossible for Muslim states to obtain a ban on blasphemy, including anti-Islamic videos and cartoons that have touched off deadly riots, the Islamic world’s top diplomat said. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), said his 57-nation body would not try again for...
SALON.COM: “Opinion Poll Shows That Republicans Really Dislike Muslims”
Tweet From Salon.com A new survey shows just how uncomfortable the GOP base is with Muslim and Arab people BY ALEX SEITZ-WALD The site of a proposed mosque sits closed as a police officer stands guard in New York, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/David Goldman) (Credit: David Goldman) Anyone wondering why Rep. Michele Bachmann would launch...
HUFFINGTON POST: “The Future of Religious Minorities in the Muslim World”
Tweet From Huffington Post by Imam Mohamed Magid President, Islamic Society of North America As an imam and as the president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), I know all too well the many challenges that American Muslims experience on a daily basis. We struggle for inclusion, for acceptance, and many times, just to...
HUFFINGTON POST: “I’m Not Muslim…But Ramadan Changed My Life”
Tweet From Huffington Post by Charlotte Dando My apartment is located in between three of the area’s most frequented bars. At 3 a.m. on a Sunday, I can hear the remainder of Saturday night’s revelers as they pass my window; singing, chatting and shouting under the street lights. I’ve never been much of a party girl,...
NBC NEWS: “Recent Attacks on U.S. Mosques Spark Security Concerns for American Muslims”
Tweet From NBC News By Kari Huus, NBC News On Sunday and Monday, when Muslims will celebrate the end of Ramadan, even many who are less observant the rest of the year will be at mosques to pray. Worshippers will celebrate, but many will do so amid heightened security after a recent spike in attacks on mosques and...
