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Muslims stories: 55 news summaries

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 A Quarter of World Is Muslim 

Asia, not Middle East, is center of the world of Islam

Oct 8, 09 5:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A quarter of the world's population is Muslim, and nearly two-thirds of the religion's adherents live in Asia, according to an extensive new study mapping the world of Islam. Indonesia is the largest Muslim nation, and India, a majority-Hindu country, has the world's third-largest population of Muslims—more than twice... More »

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Islam • Middle East • Christianity • Muslims • religion • Southeast Asia

 Houses of Worship 
 Adapt to Swine Flu 

Synagogues, churches, mosques get ready for H1N1

Sep 20, 09 5:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Places of worship across the country are adjusting holy rituals to head off swine flu, CBS News reports. On the Jewish New Year, one Massachusetts synagogue is skipping handshakes and promoting the use of hand sanitizer—and, in a substantial break from tradition, allowing worshipers to not kiss the Torah.... More »

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Islam • Jews • Muslims • Judaism • Catholicism • mosque • synagogue • Catholics • swine flu • H1N1 virus

(Newser) - British pools are calling for top-to-toe "burkinis" for Muslim female swimmers, reports the Telegraph. The stance is in marked contrast to the policy at a pool in France, which last week banned the burkini, saying the garment was not "hygienic." A number of public pools in Britain... More »

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Muslims • burka • swimming pool

Sadat Daughter Fumes Over Hollywood Slight

I Love You, Man's canine namesake sparks legal complaint

Aug 8, 09 5:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - I Love You, Man's friendly title clearly wasn’t directed at former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat—whose namesake in the movie is a dog. Now the popular leader’s daughter is suing DreamWorks for the affront, the AP reports. “This has caused serious psychological and moral damages to the... More »

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Middle East • Hollywood • Muslims • Egypt • lawsuit • Paul Rudd

(Newser) - A former UN worker who faces possible lashing in Sudan for wearing pants blasted flogging as an "insult" to humans that has nothing to do with Islam and everything to do with "men mistreating women," she tells the Guardian. Lubna Ahmed Hussein and 12 other women were... More »

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Islam • crime • dress code • Sudan • Muslims • Islamic dress code • indecent exposure • court • Koran • flogging • Lubna Ahmed Hussein

Serb Cousins Convicted of Burning 132 People Alive

Torched houses after locking Muslims inside

Jul 21, 09 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two Serb cousins were convicted yesterday by the UN tribunal in the Hague of burning scores of Bosnian men, women, and children to death during the early 1990s. Milan Lukic was sentenced to life in prison for the deaths of "at least 132 Muslim people," whom he locked... More »

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Bosnia • Muslims • war crimes • The Hague • crimes against humanity • Balkans War • Serbs • war crimes tribunal • Bosnians

(Newser) - The Chinese Muslims freed from Guantanamo last week had never heard of al-Qaeda before arriving in Cuba, one of them tells the Royal Gazette of Bermuda. "From what we have heard about them, they are an extremely radical group, with totally different ideals from ours," said Salahidin Abdulahad,... More »

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China • Muslims • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Uighurs • Bermuda • Chinese Muslims • Abdulla Abdulqadir • Salahidin Abdulahad

OPINION

Obama the Messiah
Twists History

Hovering from on high, he finds fault with US: Krauthammer

Jun 12, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - "He's sort of God," a Newsweek writer said of Barack Obama on MSNBC recently, which for Charles Krauthammer is only a mild overstatement of how the president sees himself: "hovering above mere mortals, mere country, to gaze benignly upon the darkling plain beneath him." In his... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Muslims • women's rights • Cairo • Muslim women • President Obama

(Newser) - President Obama skillfully made the case for women's rights in the Muslim world during his Cairo speech today with the help of the hijab, or head scarf, writes Tracy Clark-Flory in Salon. "I reject the view of some in the West that a woman who chooses to cover her... More »

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Barack Obama • Middle East • Muslims • women's rights • Egypt • Cairo • speech • President Obama

Iran: Obama's 'Sweet' Words Won't Score With Muslims

Supreme leader slams US before Obama speech

Jun 4, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s speeches may be “beautiful,” but it’s not enough to win over the Muslim world, Iran’s supreme leader said in his own speech today, Reuters reports. “The nations of this part of the world...deeply hate America because during many years they have... More »

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Iran • Muslims • United States • Cairo • speech • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • President Obama

OPINION

 Obama Echoes Bush— 
 But Does It Better 

Why? 'He is decidedly not' his predecessor

Jun 4, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s speech in Cairo sounded a lot like President Bush’s 2006 speech to Muslims—yet Obama’s manages to carry far more weight, writes Michael Crowley in the New Republic. Both spoke of respect for “the history and traditions of the Muslim world”; both suggested governmental... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Middle East • Muslims • Cairo • speech • George W. Bush • President Obama

 Obama Seeks 
 'New Beginning' 
 for US, Muslims 

Calls for end to 'cycle of suspicion and discord'

Jun 4, 09 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Speaking in Cairo, President Obama called for a “new beginning” for the US and the Muslim world, the BBC reports. The “cycle of suspicion and discord must end,” he said at Cairo University, urging a “sustained effort...to respect one another and seek common ground.”... More »

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Islam • Middle East • Muslims • Cairo • speech • keynote speech • President Obama

Controversial Muhammad Cartoon Goes on Sale

Some copies are signed by artists in hiding

Apr 8, 09 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three years after political cartoons of the prophet Muhammad sparked violent riots in Muslim countries, the Denmark Free Press Society is selling prints of the controversial art. Some of the 1,000 copies, priced at $250 each, are signed by the artist, who remains in hiding due to death threats,... More »

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Islam • free speech • Muslims • censorship • religion • Denmark • riots • Danish Mohammed cartoons • Denmark Free Press Society

(Newser) - President Obama addressed the Turkish parliament today, and used the opportunity to extend an olive branch to the Muslim world, the New York Times reports. “The United States is not, and will never be, at war with Islam,” said Obama. “America’s relationship with the Muslim world... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Turkey • diplomacy • European Union • Muslims • foreign policy • Armenia • Armenian genocide • President Obama

 Americans Back Push for 
 Better Muslim Relations 

Want Better Relations With Muslims

Apr 6, 09 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most Americans are on board with President Obama’s plan to “seek a new way forward” with the Muslim world, with 81% saying the initiative to improve relations with Muslim nations is important. This in spite of the fact that 55% say they lack a basic understanding of Islam,... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Turkey • Muslims • religion • poll • Washington Post ABC poll

Turkey Opposes US Choice for NATO Chief

Mohammed cartoon row may lead them
to block Danish PM

Apr 3, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Among the tasks facing NATO leaders this weekend is the selection of a new secretary-general for the 28-member alliance. The leading candidate is Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Danish prime minister, who has the support of the US and other major powers. But today Turkey opposed his candidacy, the Telegraph reports,... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Turkey • NATO • Muslims • Anders Fogh Rasmussen • Danish Mohammed cartoons • NATO summit

analysis

 World Euphoric, 
 a Bit Worried 
 About Obama 

Positive outlook on US could heighten tension abroad

Feb 19, 09 1:24 PM CST
(Newser) - At recent international gatherings in Munich and Doha, world leaders were “mildly euphoric” about the Obama administration, writes Joe Klein in Time. Muslim leaders called for support for the new president, while Joe Biden’s promises to “listen” and “consult” left a “stunned silence.” But... More »

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NATO • Europe • Muslims • world • foreign policy • Obama administration • President Obama

 'We Are Not 
 Your Enemy,' 
 Prez Tells 
 Muslims 

President pledges on Arab TV to rebuild ties to Muslim world

Jan 27, 09 3:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama reassured the Muslim world that "Americans are not your enemy" in his first formal TV interview as president, presented on an English-language Arabic news channel. The president pledged that he would "get engaged right away" on Middle Eastern issues and repeated his campaign promise to travel... More »

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Barack Obama • Middle East • Muslims • al-Arabiya • interview • Obama administration • President Obama

Al-Qaeda Struggles to Rally Muslims Against Obama

Bush was much easier target for rallying support

Jan 25, 09 12:48 PM CST
(Newser) - In George W. Bush, al-Qaeda leaders had an easy figurehead to rally against. But championing the jihadist movement with Barack Obama in the White House is a different story, the Washington Post reports. Qaeda militants are firing insults at Obama, including “hypocrite," "house Negro,” and "... More »

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War on Terror • Muslims • al-Qaeda • George W. Bush • Ayman al-Zawahiri • President Obama

 Furor 
 Follows 
 Harry's 
 'Paki' Vid 

Prince's taped words 'not acceptable in a modern army': official

Jan 11, 09 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Britain's defense ministry has launched a formal inquiry following widespread outcry over a videotape showing Prince Harry calling a fellow military trainee “our little Paki friend” and another cadet “a raghead,” reports the Telegraph. “This sort of language is not acceptable in a modern army,”... More »

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investigation • Muslims • Prince Harry • video • British Army • Britain • British royals • racial slurs

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