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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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OPINION

Only Pakistanis Can Stop
the Violence: Friedman

Friedman: Where is the outrage over Mumbai?

Dec 3, 08 7:59 AM CST
(Newser) - In 2006, thousands of Pakistanis took to the streets in weeks of protests against Danish cartoons that satirized the Prophet Muhammad. Yet after 173 people were shot dead in Mumbai, apparently by Pakistani killers, the response in the streets was silence. If Pakistan is to become a viable state, writes... More »

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Islam • terrorism • Pakistan • India • Mumbai • Danish Mohammed cartoons • terrorist attack • political protest

 Terrorists 
 Call for 
 YouTube 
 'Invasion' 

Jihadist site urges 'YouTube invasion'

Dec 3, 08 5:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Islamic extremists are being given training in how to use YouTube to spread anti-American propaganda, Reuters reports. A US-based terrorism monitoring organization discovered a posting on an extremist website that gives detailed instructions on best ways to use YouTube, and directions on finding software needed to utilize the site.... More »

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Islam • YouTube • propaganda • jihad • Islamic terrorism • Site Intelligence Group

Meet Mikaeel: Jacko Converts to Islam

British tabloid says King of Pop assumes new name in ceremony

Nov 21, 08 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Michael Jackson has followed the path of fellow entertainer Cat Stevens in converting to Islam, a source tells the British tabloid the Sun. Jackson—now called Mikaeel—recently went through a ceremony at a friend’s Hollywood Hills home, after being swayed by pals who said the faith had made... More »

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Islam • Michael Jackson • conversion • Muslim convert • Cat Stevens

Muhammad  Probably
Never Existed: Theologian

Islamic scholar's theory enrages Muslims

Nov 15, 08 8:45 AM CST
(Newser) - An Islamic professor's belief that Muhammad probably never existed has Muslim groups seething, the Wall Street Journal reports. The German convert to Islam says he cast a critical eye over historical records and found little to indicate the prophet was a real person. Muhammad’s name didn't appear on coins... More »

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Islam • Muslims • Muslim • Muhammad • Muslim convert • Prophet Muhammad • religious scholars

Catholics, Muslims Seek Common Ground at Vatican

Christian-Muslim talks emphasize common belief

Nov 4, 08 2:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Clerics of the world’s two largest faiths are meeting at the Vatican this week to improve relations between the long-divided communities. Muslim clerics invited Christians to dialogue after comments Pope Benedict made in 2006 that implied Islam was violent and irrational. The mostly male Vatican members and imams will... More »

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Islam • Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican • Catholicism • interfaith dialogue

OPINION

Obama, Not McCain, Would Be Third Bush Term

Dem doesn't offer much hope of change from current president

Nov 1, 08 6:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has freely used the Bush card, reminding voters that John McCain has agreed with the president 90% of the time—but “the irony here is that Obama actually has much more in common with Bush than McCain does,” Bill Siegel writes in the National Review. He... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Barack Obama • John McCain • Islam • Karl Rove • George HW Bush • foreign policy • David Axelrod • George W. Bush • Wall Street bailout

She Coos, Giggles, and Promotes Islam

Fuming parents say Mommy doll utters 'Islam is the light'

Oct 25, 08 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mattel’s Little Mommy Cuddle ‘n Coo doll comes complete with a rattle, pacifier, bottle, and Islamic propaganda—or so say some angry parents. Customers are barraging the toymaker with complaints that the doll says “Islam is the light," the Daily Telegraph reports. Noting “the... More »

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Islam • toys • Mattel • Fisher-Price

OPINION

Powell's Anti-Islamophobia Stance Tops Endorsement

Too many in both parties let stabs at Muslim faith go unparried

Oct 20, 08 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Colin Powell's Barack Obama endorsement wasn’t the only, or even most, notable aspect of his Meet the Press appearance: equally crucial was his rejection of Islamophobia, an issue too long skirted in this country, Abed Z. Bhuyan writes in the Washington Post/Newsweek Faithbook blog. In doing so, “Colin... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • religion • tolerance • Colin Powell • endorsement • Meet the Press • Election 2008 • Islamophobia

 Sony Recalls Video 
 Game for 'Islam Insult' 

Koran quotes discovered in music track

Oct 20, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sony has held up distribution of a top video game after the discovery that it contains quotations from the Koran in a background music track, reports the BBC. Copies of Playstation 3 game LittleBigPlanet have been recalled and Sony has apologized. A modified version will be released next month. The... More »

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Islam • religion • Sony • Playstation 3 • Muslim • Koran • video games

Episcopal Priest Faces Ban for Practicing Islam

Seattle cleric considers faiths compatible

Oct 10, 08 5:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Episcopal priest who also practices Islam will likely be defrocked, the Seattle Times reports. "I'm still following Jesus in being a Muslim," said Ann Holmes Redding, who has been a priest for almost 25 years. "I have not abandoned that." But the local... More »

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Islam • Christianity • Episcopal Church • faith • Seattle • Ann Holmes Redding • defrock

Mohammad Child Bride Book Hits US Early

Publisher moves up release date after London firebombing

Oct 7, 08 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A controversial novel tracing the life of the Prophet Mohammed's child bride has been rushed out early by its US publisher, Reuters reports. The Jewel of Medina's British release was suspended after its London publisher's headquarters was firebombed. Beaufort Books—which took the project after Random House dropped it amid... More »

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Islam • extremists • Mohammed • author • Beaufort Books • Prophet Mohammed

French Muslims Find Freedom in Catholic Schools

Students get better education, and allowed to wear headscarf

Sep 30, 08 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - France has Western Europe's largest Muslim population, but its strict separation of church and state means that Muslim girls are forbidden from wearing the headscarves in public schools. In response, many Muslims have turned to an unlikely solution: the nation's large network of Catholic schools. "There is respect for... More »

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Islam • Catholic Church • France • religion • Islamic veil • secularism • Catholicism • Muslim women • Marseille

Holy Season for Two Faiths Intersects in Jerusalem

Jewish new year coincides with Muslim month of Ramadan in city special to both

Sep 29, 08 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - This year’s intersection of Jewish new-year holidays and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan—a rarity due to Islam’s changing calendar—is felt particularly keenly in Jerusalem, a sacred city for both religions, Ethan Bronner notes in the New York Times. Night has become “a kind of... More »

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Israel • Islam • Jews • Muslims • Jerusalem • Judaism • Islamic Sharia law • holiday • Ramadan • Dome of the Rock • lunar new year • Western Wall • Rosh Hashanah

 Should This Game Be Banned? 

Web-based game, where aim is to 'wipe out the Muslim race,' hard to regulate

Sep 11, 08 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Muslim Massacre, a Web-based game where players aim to “wipe out the Muslim race,” has earned widespread condemnation from Islamic groups, the Guardian reports. In the game, the US has declared war on Islam and the unnamed “American hero” slaughters terrorists and civilians alike to face Osama... More »

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Islam • Internet • terrorism • censorship • Muslim • racism • Internet censorship

OPINION

'My Muslim Faith' Quote Not
a Slip, Just Misinterpreted

What some conservatives call tacit admission was subtle allusion

Sep 8, 08 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Reports that Barack Obama mistakenly revealed his “Muslim faith” in a television interview are ridiculous, Frank James writes in the Chicago Tribune. Talking with George Stephanopoulos about suggestions he is a Muslim, Obama agreed “that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith.” Stephanopoulos corrected him,... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Islam • Muslim • George Stephanopoulos • Election 2008 • ABC News

Koran More Feminist Than Bible: Scholar

Muslim text 'more modern' than Christian regarding women

Sep 2, 08 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Certain passages in the Koran give women more freedoms than the Bible, a Dutch philosopher tells Radio Free Netherlands. On the site bibleandkoran.net, Marlies ter Borg compares texts on economic independence, marriage, and divorce from both books to dispel what she calls misconceptions about the Islamic faith. "In... More »

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Islam • women's rights • religion • Netherlands • debate • Koran • Bible • Muslim women

Ancient Ritual Blends Faith, Technology

Muslim holy month starts on sighting of crescent moon

Aug 31, 08 6:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Telescopes are tilted skyward throughout the Muslim world tonight, hunting for the first glimpse of a crescent moon that signals the start of Ramadan. In an age-old mix of science and religion, astronomers and clerics gather each year to monitor the moon and announce the beginning of Islam’s holiest... More »

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Islam • astronomy • Muslims • moon • Ramadan • Prophet Muhammed • religious rites

Opinion

 Hey Saudis, Let the Women Play!

Time for the IOC to enforce it's no discrimination rule

Aug 14, 08 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The most beautiful sight in the Olympics' opening ceremony came when Egypt’s 26 female competitors strode into the stadium, writes Mona Eltahawy, an Egyptian Muslim, in the Washington Post. Women also carried flags for Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, filling Eltahawy with pride. And then came Saudi... More »

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Islam • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • women • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Muslim women

US Publisher Yanks Novel
on Mohammed

Random House feared violence over work on prophet's child bride

Aug 8, 08 3:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Random House has pulled a book about the life of Mohammed due to be published this week, Reuters reports. The company feared that The Jewel of  Medina, a historical novel and love story about Mohammed and Aisha—a child bride who was engaged to the prophet when she was... More »

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Islam • Islamic extremists • Mohammed • author • novel • Random House

 Turkey Dodges Political Crisis 

Top court votes not to disband Islamic ruling party
 

Jul 31, 08 3:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - A major constitutional showdown in Turkey was narrowly averted yesterday when the nation's top court voted not to ban the ruling Islamic AKP party, which attorneys had argued is illegally attempting to dismantle Turkey's secular democracy. A judge described the razor-thin 6-5 vote as "a serious warning" to the... More »

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Islam • Turkey • terrorism • bombing • secularism • AKP • Justice and Development Party • Sahin Alpay

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