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NEWS ABOUT: American Muslims

American Muslims stories: 20 news summaries
OPINION

Don't Let This Army Captain Wear a Beard

Uniform, appearance exceptions a slippery slope to ruin

Nov 12, 09 12:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Following the Fort Hood shootings, top Army brass have worried about a “backlash” against Muslim soldiers. Funny, then, that the Army itself is creating the climate for backlash by eroding the uniform code with concessions to religious custom, writes Elaine Donnelly . Capt. Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, a Sikh, was granted... More »

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uniforms • US military • US Army • American Muslims • Sikh • facial hair • religious attire • code

OPINION

 Home-Grown Islamic 
 Terrorism No Threat 

US Muslims well-integrated, 'devout capitalists'

Nov 12, 09 8:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Whatever place religious extremism occupied in the troubled mind of Nidal Hasan, the United States—unlike Europe—has no reason to fear terrorism from its own Muslim population, says Max Fisher . American Muslims are far less vulnerable to al-Qaeda recruitment than their brethren across the pond, Fisher writes in the... More »

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immigration • Islam • Europe • American Muslims • Islamic terrorism • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Hasan

 Feds Eye 
 Hasan Link 
 to 9/11 Imam 

'Spiritual' adviser is 'radicalizer of first order,' says official

Nov 9, 09 7:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Federal investigators are probing a connection between Fort Hood rampage suspect Nidal Malik Hasan and the Muslim imam who was spiritual adviser to two 9/11 terrorists. Hasan attended the Dar al-Hijrah mosque in northern Virginia in 2001 when it was led by Anwar al-Aulaqi. The US-born imam, who now lives... More »

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Muslim • mosque • American Muslims • 9/11 attacks • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan • Anwar al-Aulaqi

Military Needs Muslims
—and Worries About Them

Fort Hood shooter reflects conflicted loyalties, pressures 

Nov 7, 09 9:41 AM CST
(Newser) - It's a double-bind for the US military: They desperately need more Muslims in the armed services, both for their language skills and their cultural expertise, but they worry that some soldiers might be vulnerable to co-option by insurgents or extremists. Since the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, Muslims have been... More »

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US military • American Muslims • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan

fort hood shooting

Hasan Felt Discriminated Against, Wanted Out of Army

Suspect moved to
San Antonio hospital

Nov 6, 09 5:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Nidal Malik Hasan considered himself a victim of anti-Muslim bias and had been trying for 6 months to quit the Army, his cousin says. "I think because he’s a Muslim he didn’t want to go to Afghanistan or Iraq, and he didn’t want to expose himself... More »

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Islam • Muslim Americans • Muslim • San Antonio • massacre • US Army • American Muslims • mass shootings • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan • Brooke Army Medical Center

fort hood shooting

Muslim Groups Condemn Hasan, Rush to Judgment

Groups preach tolerance as hate mail pours in

Nov 6, 09 12:28 PM CST
(Newser) - With hate mail already pouring in, Muslim American groups rushed to condemn the Fort Hood shooter today as a criminal who doesn’t represent Islam. “You wouldn't take a Christian or a Jewish soldier who did something like this and look at other Christians and Jews and say, 'Can... More »

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Islam • American Muslims • hate mail • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan • Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Council • American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

FORT HOOD SHOOTING

Gunman Hasan a Lifelong Muslim, Devout Soldier

He counseled returning soldiers with PTSD

Nov 5, 09 11:20 PM CST
(Newser) - The details emerging about Nidal Hasan, who authorities say is responsible for the worst mass killing on a US Army base, paint a picture of a man torn by contradictory loyalties. Hasan was a lifelong Muslim, an imam at his mosque said, but not an extremist. He had served 8... More »

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US Army • American Muslims • shooting rampage • psychiatrist • shooting • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • post-traumatic stress disorder • American soldiers • Fort Hood • Nidal Malik Hasan

Glenn Greenwald

GOPers Run 
'Witch Hunt' for Muslim Spies

Advocacy group tries to place Muslim interns in Congress. So?

Oct 16, 09 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four House Republicans are using a document reprinted in a fringe book on a supposed conspiracy to “Islamize America” to call for an investigation into Muslim “spies” in Congress—spies in the form of interns in congressional offices, that is. How “repugnant” and crazy, writes Glenn Greenwald... More »

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Congress • Islam • House of Representatives • spy • American Muslims • spies • Paul Broun • intern • John Shadegg • Sue Myrick • Council on American-Islamic Relations • David Gaubatz • Trent Franks

ANALYSIS

Lawyer With Alleged al- Qaeda Clients Behind Capitol Islam Event

Friday 'not a protest'

Sep 21, 09 8:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of the men leading an effort to bring some 50,000 Muslims to Capitol Hill on Friday for a “day of Islamic unity” is a lawyer who’s defended a number of men charged with al-Qaeda-related offenses, including one suspect in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Front ... More »

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World Trade Center • Capitol Hill • American Muslims • al-Qaeda • Hassen Abdellah

(AP) - President Barack Obama praised the contributions of American Muslims tonight at a White House dinner to celebrate the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Muslim community leaders, Cabinet secretaries, ambassadors and members of Congress were on hand as Obama paid tribute to "a great religion and its commitment to justice... More »

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Islam • White House • Ramadan • American Muslims • President Obama • dinner

 Converts Plan 
 Islamic College in Berkeley 

Renown converts lead effort to reinterpret Islam

Jun 3, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two superstars of American Islam are at the helm of what they hope will be the nation’s first accredited Islamic college, tasked with creating scholars who can usher a religious renewal. Hamza Yusuf and Zaid Shakir, both converts, aim to admit Zaytuna College’s first class next year in... More »

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Islam • American Muslims • Berkeley • religious school • Zaytuna College • Hamza Yusuf • Zaid Shakir

Muslims Booted From Flight for 'Suspicious' Comments

Discussion over safest place to sit gets family chucked off AirTran jet

Jan 2, 09 6:20 AM CST
(Newser) - An American Muslim family was booted off an Orlando-bound flight at Reagan National Airport after two of them were overheard discussing the safest place to sit on a plane, the Washington Post reports. Suspicious passengers reported the family, dressed in traditional Muslim garb, to the flight crew. FBI agents were... More »

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flight • Muslim Americans • Muslim • airport security • AirTran • American Muslims

US Judge Busts Muslim Woman for Wearing Hijab

She's held in contempt for refusing to remove head covering

Dec 17, 08 3:07 AM CST
(Newser) - A Muslim woman was briefly jailed by a Georgia judge for refusing to take off her head-covering hijab in court, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The woman was arrested for contempt, and ordered held for 10 days—but was released after several hours. She had been in court with her nephew,... More »

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contempt of court • civil liberties • American Muslims • hijabs • Lisa Valentine • Sabreen Abdul Rahman • Douglasville, Georgia • Council on American-Islamic Relations • religious attire

Muslim Charities Seek US Seal
of Approval

Better Business Bureau will vet groups to encourage donors

Aug 13, 08 5:01 PM CDT
(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.... More »

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

 Muslims
 Disappointed
 as Obama
 Keeps Distance 

Staffers say campaign embraces 'all religions'

Jun 24, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • American Muslims • Election 2008

Workers Bar Muslim Women From Obama Backdrop

Pair not allowed to sit behind candidate over headscarves; campaign apologizes

Jun 18, 08 2:53 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Muslims See Hypocrisy on Hate Speech

Radio host's slur
seen as evidence of
US double standard

Dec 4, 07 6:20 PM CST
(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... More »

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

No Muslims
in My Cabinet,
Mitt Says

But they 'could serve
at lower levels,' GOP hopeful adds

Nov 27, 07 7:11 PM CST
(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... More »

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Mitt Romney • Cabinet • Muslim Americans • American Muslims • Mansoor Ijaz

LAPD Plan
to Map Muslims Raises Furor

Police say they need data to reach out; critics call it religious profiling

Nov 10, 07 12:55 PM CST
(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.... More »

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

Ad Hoc Security Doesn't Cut it
at Home

6 years later, US safeguards still off the mark, Slate argues

Sep 12, 07 7:16 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

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