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Islam stories: 178 news summaries

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'Radical' Muslim Woman Can't be French Citizen

Officials say religion doesn't jell with French values like sex equality

Jul 12, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - France has rejected a Muslim woman’s application for citizenship because her “radical practice of her religion” doesn’t fit French values, especially in terms of gender equality, the Guardian reports. Faiza M., who wears a burqa, speaks French and lives in Paris with a French national husband and... More »

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Islam • France • gender roles • Muslim women • burka

The (Middle) Name Is Hussein

More Obama fans adopt his name, angry that foes use it as a 'cuss word'

Jun 29, 08 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - A growing group of Barack Obama fans are adopting his middle name, even as conservative pundits use it to label him a Muslim or terrorist, the New York Times reports. The trend of using "Hussein" has picked up speed since February and exists mostly online, in blogs and on... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Facebook • Barack Obama supporters • Hussein

Religious Tensions Follow India Bombings

Sufis feel threatened by rising rival factions

Jun 28, 08 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - A sign on a mosque door in India warns outsiders—that is, members of conservative Muslim sects—to keep out. “These are dangerous times,” one mosque member told the Washington Post. “We cannot trust anybody.” Such is the climate in India, where moderate Muslims feel besieged... More »

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Islam • India • Islamic extremists • Wahhabism • conservative Islam • Sufism • Barelvi Sunnis • Indian Muslims

OPINION

 Candidates Exploit
 Muslim-Jewish Divide 

McCain and Obama insulting Muslims to gain favor with Jewish voters

Jun 26, 08 6:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The presidential candidates are ignoring—even insulting—American Muslims in the hope of grabbing the Jewish vote, write Salam Al-Marayati and Steven B. Jacobs in the Los Angles Times. McCain and Obama have on several occasions snubbed Muslims, who seem to be the victims of modern McCarthyism—just substitute... More »

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Islam • United States • Judaism • America • Muslim • Jewish • Election 2008

ANALYSIS

Turkey's PM Could Fall Over Headscarves

Attack by 'extreme' secular judges will hopefully fall short

Jun 20, 08 7:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Turkey's secular judges want to oust the ruling party for its moderate, and popular, stance on religion freedoms, Mustafa Akyol writes in the American. On paper, the judiciary seeks to punish the incumbent AKP party for crimes such as nepotism and corruption. In reality, Akyol writes, the AKP's support for... More »

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Islam • Turkey • constitutional amendment • democracy • Muslim • secularism • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Justice and Development Party

 Bush Apologizes
 for Koran Target Practice 

But Iraq is calling for a trial for shoot-'em-up soldier

May 21, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush yesterday called Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki to personally apologize for the use of a Koran in target practice by a US military sniper. Maliki told Bush the incident was humiliating for Muslims and indicated the apology may not be enough, Reuters reports. The soldier who shot up... More »

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Islam • Nouri al-Maliki • Koran • Dana Perino • George W. Bush • target practice

 Apology for Shooting Koran 
 Doesn't Close Case 


 

Used Muslim Holy text for target practice

May 19, 08 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US military's swift disciplining of an Army sniper who used a Koran for target practice reflects growing awareness of the need to forge bonds with the Sunni Arabs, whose cooperation is crucial to peace in Iraq, the LA Times reports. But apologies and discipline aren't enough for an influential... More »

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Iraq • Islam • Baghdad • Koran • al-Qaeda in Iraq • Radwaniya • Ayad Jabouri • Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond • Col. Ted Martin • Haidar Fakhrildeen

 Gallup Asks
 What Muslims
 Really Think 

Most admire the West for technology and human rights

May 17, 08 7:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - What do the world’s Muslims really think? In an astonishing 6-year study, Gallup interviewed 1 billion of them to find out. The vast majority support democracy, political freedoms, and women’s rights, the Christian Science Monitor reports:
  • Most said they admire the West for its technology, hard
... More »

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Islam • September 11 • Muslim • Islamic extremism • interfaith dialogue

OPINION

 Time to Grill McCain! 
  A 10-Point Plan 

Where the Republican is most vulnerable

May 15, 08 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s heading for general election time, and Adam Reilly of the Boston Phoenix wants the press to wake up and start laying in to McCain. Here’s how:
  • The economy. McCain reportedly said he “doesn’t really understand economics” in January. Has he boned up since then?
... More »

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Iran • John McCain • Islam • global warming • Chelsea Clinton • Janet Reno • Election 2008

 McCain May Pray 
 For Pastors to Zip It 

Hagee not talking, but another high-profile preacher may be in news soon

May 8, 08 9:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain may be heading for his own preacher problems, but at least one of his problematic pastors is clamming up for now, Newsweek reports. John Hagee, who called Hurricane Katrina “the judgment of God,” and Catholicism a “false cult system,” recently answered a request... More »

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John McCain • Islam • Christianity • John Hagee • Election 2008 • Rod Parsley • pastor • pastor controversy • inflammatory remarks

Turkey Rounds Up Experts to Revise Islam

Reformers hope work will wrench religion from extremists

Apr 27, 08 3:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ankara has gathered a team of experts to parse through Muhammad's words and deeds and decode them for modern-day Muslims, McClatchy Newspapers reports. Their planned 5-volume set will point out anachronisms—no, Muslims need not brush their teeth with a twig—and will likely remove lines about women being bad... More »

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Islam • Turkey • religion • reform • Muhammad • religious scholars

 Mecca Time Plugged 
 for World Standard 

Muslim scholars say British-imposed GMT due for a change

Apr 21, 08 4:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - A group of Muslim scholars wants Mecca time to replace Greenwich Mean Time as the world's default setting, the BBC reports. As Islam’s holiest city lies in perfect longitudinal alignment to magnetic north, scientists told a Qatar conference that Mecca was the “true” center of the earth. GMT,... More »

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Islam • Saudi Arabia • England • Qatar • Mecca • scientists • Greenwich Mean Time • time

Guardian System Has Saudi Women 'Perpetual Minors'

Doing almost anything requires male consent in kingdom, report finds

Apr 21, 08 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Women in Saudi Arabia need to gain a male guardian’s consent to do almost anything, living as “perpetual minors,” the Telegraph reports. Research by Human Rights Watch found that male permission is needed to go to a doctor, travel, and even get dressed. In addition, strict segregation... More »

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Islam • Saudi Arabia • women • women's rights • sexism • Islamic Sharia law • Human Rights Watch • gender discrimination • repression

 Bardot On Trial,
 Once Again,
 Over Racism 

'60s sex kitten, oft-convicted, says rant was in defense of animals, not anti-Islam

Apr 16, 08 2:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Brigitte Bardot is on trial for racism—again. The 1960s French sex symbol, now 73, is a stridently anti-immigrant and seemingly anti-Muslim politician, Time reports. Bardot is on trial for “inciting racial hatred,” a charge she’s been convicted of four times. The current case involves a letter... More »

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immigration • Islam • France • racism • French politics • Brigitte Bardot

Saudi Trashes Bible in Reply to Dutch Pol's Film

'Schism' echoes premise of Wilders' anti-Islam 'Fitna'

Apr 10, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Saudi Arabian blogger has released his response to the anti-Islamic film Fitna, attacking the Bible in Schism much as the Dutch effort savaged the Koran, Der Spiegel reports. “Schism” places images of war alongside the Bible. “It is easy to take parts of any Holy (sic) book... More »

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Islam • YouTube • Netherlands • Koran • Bible • Geert Wilders • Fitna • Raed Al-Saeed • Schism

 Muslims Outnumber
 Catholics: Vatican 

Islam is world's biggest religion with 1.3B members

Mar 30, 08 4:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Islam has topped Roman Catholicism as the world's biggest religion for the first time, the Vatican said today. About 1.1 billion people are still Catholic, but Muslims have pulled ahead with 1.3 billion members. “For the first time in history we are no longer at the top:... More »

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Islam • Muslims • religion • Vatican • population • Catholicism • Catholics

 Naughty Playboy Goes Nice 

No full frontal nudity in Philippines' ‘dad mag’ edition

Mar 28, 08 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Philippines edition of dependably naughty Playboy magazine launches Thursday, but fans looking for flesh can forget it, Reuters reports. Instead of aiming at lads, the mag targets mature dads, and religious considerations mean full-frontal nudity is a no-no. It’ll burst instead with well-written articles on “everything under... More »

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Islam • religion • Philippines • Playboy • men's magazines • adult magazines


 Dutch Pol Posts
Anti-Islam Film Online 

Controversial movie slams Koran
as 'fascist text'

Mar 28, 08 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A controversial anti-Islamic movie interweaving graphic images of 9/11, a beheading and protests by extremists has been posted on a maverick internet site by the leader of a far-right Dutch political party. Dutch television refused to broadcast the 17-minute movie, Fitna, which has been slammed as anti-Muslim propaganda. It ends... More »

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Islam • Madrid bombings • Netherlands • September 11 • stoning • Amsterdam • beheading • Koran • London bombings • Geert Wilders • Freedom Party • LiveLeak • Fitna • Theo van Gogh

Host Blocks Anti-Koran Film's Website

US provider says flick may violate policy; filmmaker unfazed

Mar 24, 08 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amid public outrage, a right-wing Dutch lawmaker has run into a new problem in his relentless quest to market his anti-Koran film: His US-based network provider has suspended service, AP reports. Network Solutions pulled the plug on Geert Wilders, who insists his 15-minute film will expose Islam's holy book as... More »

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Islam • Muslims • Muslim • Koran • Islamist • Geert Wilders • Danish Mohammed cartoons • Network Solutions • Prophet Muhammad • network provider

 Prominent Italian Muslim Baptized by Pope

Convert Takes Big Step at Vatican During Easter Vigil

Mar 23, 08 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italy's best-known commentator on Islam converted to Catholicism yesterday at the Vatican, during Easter vigil, and was baptized by the Pope himself, the AP reports. Though Magdi Allam was born a Muslim, he said he "never" practiced his native religion, and made his name criticizing Islamic fanaticism, receiving death... More »

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Islam • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Hamas • Italy • Vatican • Egypt • Easter • Catholicism • Magdi Allam • baptism

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