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...
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...
REUTERS: “Dutch Burqa Ban May Be Gone With End of Center-Right Government”
Tweet From Reuters By Reuters Staff | APRIL 26, 2012 Geert Wilders of the Freedom Party walks away after a debate about the government’s resignation caused by a crisis over budget cuts in The Hague April 24, 2012. REUTERS/Paul Vreeker) With the collapse of the Dutch centre-right government, the Netherlands may now drop some of its...
MSNBC: “Philly Muslims Offer $20,000 Reward for Capture of Bank Robbers Wearing Burqa’s”
Tweet From MSNBC By Jim Gold Philadelphia-area Muslims are offering a $20,000 reward to find criminals cloaking their identities beneath Islamic women’s clothing, saying the crooks are feeding mistrust of their faith. Members of Majlis Ash Shura, a group representing 71 mosques and congregations in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley, and Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams...
NPR: “French Muslims Ease Cultural Tensions With Tasty Halal Food”
Tweet From National Public Radio by ELEANOR BEARDSLEY A butcher shop in Paris, which prominently advertises that it sells halal meat. On a recent evening, Les Enfants Terribles, a Paris restaurant that serves French cuisine cooked with halal meat, was brimming with customers. Like many French Muslims, Kamil Saidi, who owns the restaurant, says he was disgusted...
MSNBC: “Belgium Right-Wing Political Ad Taps Into Anti-Muslim Fear & Sex Appeal”
Tweet From MSNBC An ad for the “Women against Islamization” campaign in Belgium orchestrated by Flemish nationalist politician Filip Dewinter. The ad features Dewinter’s 19-year-old daughter wearing an Islamic burqa thrown back to reveal her bikini clad body. The messages read: “Islam or freedom?” and “You choose.” By Kari Huus, msnbc.com A Flemish nationalist politician...
SPORTS: “Black Muslim Woman is Changing the Face of Fencing”
Tweet From TheGrio.com By Todd Johnson 4:30 PM on 11/22/2011 Ibtihaj Muhammad (Philip James Photography) Maplewood, New Jersey - With each burst of energy, Ibtihaj Muhammad usually shreds her opponents with relative ease. “A lot of people say that fencing is the physical chess,” Muhammad told theGrio’s Todd Johnson. “That’s what I love about it…the strategy that’s involved so many...
WIRED.COM: “FBI Crime Maps Now ‘Pinpoint’ Average Muslims”
Tweet From Wired.com By Spencer Ackerman October 24, 2011 It started out as a crimefighting tool. But over the years, an FBI effort known as “geo-mapping” evolved into something more expansive — a method to track Muslim communities, without any suspicion of a crime being committed. Last month, Danger Room revealed that the FBI was training...
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: “Moderate Muslims? They Are Right Here”
Tweet From Chicago Tribune Arsalan Arsalan Iftikhar has been condemning Sept. 11 since that very morning. In the last decade, he has become a voice for millions of American Muslims. (HANDOUT / September 12, 2011) by Clarence Page September 12, 2011 If there are “moderate” Muslims, I still hear critics ask, why don’t they condemn Islamic terrorism? In fact,...
