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  • August 2008

    • Muslim Charities Seek US Seal of Approval

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 13, 08 5:01 PM CDT

      Muslim Charities Seek US Seal of Approval

      (Newser) - Muslim charities will voluntarily open up their books to the Better Business Bureau in the hopes of gettiing donors to reach for their wallets again, the Wall Street Journal reports. A coalition of groups requested the BBB's seal of approval to counter the stigma felt since the Sept. 11 attacks. Donations to Muslim charities in the US have withered since the Treasury Department alleged in 2001 that some were funding terrorism. More »

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      terrorism  • charity  • philanthropy  • 9/11 attacks  • American Muslims  • Better Business Bureau

  • June 2008

    • Muslims Disappointed as Obama Keeps Distance

      New York Times  |  Jun 24, 08 8:06 AM CDT

      Muslims Disappointed as Obama Keeps Distance

      (Newser) - Barack Obama’s campaign, welcomed by Muslim Americans as a harbinger of religious tolerance and a more diplomatic foreign policy, has been reluctant to return their enthusiasm, the New York Times reports, leaving some leaders disappointed and angry. The candidate has appeared at churches and synagogues, but no mosques; aides asked the country's first Muslim congressman not to campaign for him; and campaign volunteers barred Muslim women wearing headscarves from standing behind Obama at a rally. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • election 2008  • American Muslims

    • Workers Bar Muslim Women From Obama Backdrop

      Politico  |  Jun 18, 08 2:53 PM CDT

      Workers Bar Muslim Women From Obama Backdrop

      (Newser) - Two Muslim women were barred from sitting behind Barack Obama during a rally Monday, with campaign volunteers concerned about headscarves appearing on TV and in pictures, Politico reports. One woman was told the "political climate" made her presence problematic; another was told headwear of any kind was off-limits in the assiduously assembled backdrop. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Obama 2008  • Muslim women  • American Muslims  • headscarves  • campaign rally  • hijabs

  • December 2007

    • Muslims See Hypocrisy on Hate Speech

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Dec 4, 07 6:20 PM CST

      Muslims See Hypocrisy on Hate Speech

      (Newser) - After radio host Michael Savage took potshots at Islam, the relatively muted response has left Muslim Americans with a question: Where's the outrage? A handful of advertisers have pulled out, but the reaction is nowhere near as strong as it was, say, when Don Imus made an anti-black slur, the Christian Science Monitor notes. Savage is not alone voicing anti-Muslim sentiments, and many see a double standard at play. More »

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      Don Imus  • James Watson  • American Muslims  • Muslim Americans  • Isaiah Washington  • Michael Savage  • hate speech

  • November 2007

    • No Muslims in My Cabinet, Mitt Says

      Politico  |  Nov 27, 07 7:11 PM CST

      No Muslims in My Cabinet, Mitt Says

      (Newser) - Mitt Romney says he won't put a Muslim in his cabinet if he wins in 2008, because US demographics just don't justify it. "But of course, I would imagine that Muslims could serve at lower levels of my administration," he added, according to an op-ed piece by a Pakistani-American businessman who says he put the question to Mitt at a fundraiser a couple of weeks ago. More »

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      Mitt Romney  • Cabinet  • American Muslims  • Muslim Americans

    • LAPD Plan to Map Muslims Raises Furor

      Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 10, 07 12:55 PM CST

      LAPD Plan to Map Muslims Raises Furor

      (Newser) - A plan by the LAPD to map Muslim communities in the city is drawing flak from civil libertarians and others who say it smacks of religious profiling, the LA Times reports. Police officials, though, defend the plan as a way to help them reach out to Muslims through social services. Beyond the civil rights objections, critics say the logistics of such an effort are too daunting to pay off. More »

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      Los Angeles  • Muslims  • LAPD  • police department  • American Muslims  • racial profiling

  • September 2007

    • Ad Hoc Security Doesn't Cut it at Home

      Slate  |  Sep 12, 07 7:16 PM CDT

      Ad Hoc Security Doesn't Cut it at Home

      (Newser) - America’s ad hoc security is still off the mark, says Slate’s Daniel Byman: It fosters fears, ignores US Muslims and never plans from a terrorist’s point of view. “The very concept of homeland security is new for Americans,” Byman writes, “and the department was thrown together quickly and involved many already-dysfunctional bureaucracies. ” More »

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      terrorism  • terrorist  • homeland security  • security  • jihad  • threats  • American Muslims

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