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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Muslims

Muslims stories: 56 news summaries

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 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

 Just in Time for Xmas: 
 Lego Terrorists, Nazis 

Company customizes brick figures—without permission

Dec 4, 08 12:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Ripping off a toy classic and tossing in al-Qaeda and Nazi themes just in time for Christmas might not seem like the best marketing strategy, reports the Sun, and sure enough, Jews and Muslims alike aren't happy. BrickArms has outfitted Lego figurines as al-Qaeda terrorists and Nazi soldiers, brandishing... More »

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terrorism • Jews • Muslims • children • toys • Lego • al-Qaeda • Nazis

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

 Judge Orders 17
 Gitmo Inmates Freed

Major blow to White House as judge refers to nation's 'founding principle'

Oct 8, 08 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a huge blow to the Bush administration a federal judge has ordered the immediate release of 17 Chinese Muslims who have been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for seven years, reports the Washington Post. He said the men must be released to volunteer Uighur families by Friday for possible resettlement... More »

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Pentagon • Department of Justice • Muslims • Guantanamo Bay • Department of Homeland Security • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • Uighurs • Chinese Muslims

Doctors Fight to Beat
Cultural Cancer Taboos

Stigma surrounding cancer suspected of causing higher mortality rates

Oct 4, 08 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The fight against cancer is being hindered by the stigma the illness carries in many cultures, the Wall Street Journal reports. Chinese, Russians, Muslims, and many other groups may shun treatment and try to keep their condition secret. Experts believe the taboo plays a big role in the higher cancer... More »

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cancer • Jews • Muslims • cancer treatment • Russians • Chinese • taboo • cancer prevention • doctors

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

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

 8 Killed in
 China Bombings

New violence from Muslim separatists rocks Xinjiang province

Aug 10, 08 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eight people were killed today in a dozen suicide bomb attacks on government buildings by Muslim separatists in China's restive western Xinjiang province, Reuters reports. The homemade grenade attacks and police shootout rocked the small village of Kuga, some 2,000 miles from Beijing, at dawn. Almost all of the... More »

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China • Muslims • bomb • terrorist • terrorist attack

China Orders Muslims to Stay Home for Torch Relay

Beijing blames community for independence attacks

Jun 16, 08 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese officials have told China's Muslim Uighur to stay in their homes and watch the Olympic torch on TV when it winds its way through the troubled western region of Xinjiang, Reuters reports. Beijing blames the Uighur for a series of attacks that are part of a push for an... More »

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China • Muslims • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Muslim • Olympic torch • torch relay • Xinjiang

Al-Qaeda Is Losing Allies Over Muslim Bloodshed

Backlash building against bin Laden

Apr 24, 08 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Muslim world is getting fed up with al-Qaeda, the Los Angeles Times reports, questioning its bloody tactics and ideology. Even former allies are criticizing the group for killing fellow Muslims, relying on suicide bombings, and its occasional hostility toward Palestinian groups. Second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri was concerned enough to attempt... More »

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terrorism • jihad • Muslims • Palestinian civil war • Ayman al Zawahiri • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • Sunni Awakening

 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

OPINION

Bravo to Harvard for Women-Only Gym Hours

Islam-friendly policy fits 'regime of reasonable accommodation'

Mar 26, 08 7:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Harvard was right to close a gym to men for six hours each week so Muslim women can exercise in comfort, Ruth Marcus writes in the Washington Post. Bloggers might be charging “Sharia at Harvard” and some students might be exercised about another decision to broadcast calls to prayer... More »

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Muslims • Islamic Sharia law • Harvard • gyms • hijabs

McCain: US Must Be Tough But Listen to Allies

He says America must do a better job with world diplomacy

Mar 26, 08 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain insisted today in a foreign policy address that the US can't abandon its "moral responsibility in Iraq” but that it must do a better job of working with its allies on the world's trouble spots. He distanced himself at times from Bush, rejecting not only brash unilateralism... More »

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Iraq • China • Russia • John McCain • Muslims • Guantanamo Bay • unilateralism

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

Pope to Cut Luther a Break

Vatican changing view after 500 years

Mar 6, 08 5:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Five centuries after he ignited the Reformation by challenging papal authority, Martin Luther is expected to get a break from—of all people—Pope Benedict XVI. The pope is German and ostensibly that's the only thing he has in common with Luther. Nevertheless, the pope plans a warmer and fuzzier... More »

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Islam • Pope Benedict XVI • Christianity • Muslims • Vatican • heresy • Martin Luther • Lutheran Church • Protestantism • Council for Promoting Christian Unity • 95 Theses • ecumenism • Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue

Righty Host Furious After McCain Apology

Talking head vows
to join Ann Coulter in supporting Clinton

Feb 27, 08 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Bill Cunningham has “had it up to here with John McCain,” the conservative talk-show host tells CNN of the likely GOP presidential nominee. By apologizing for Cunningham’s remarks at a McCain rally yesterday—in which Cunningham called Barack Obama a “hack” and repeatedly used his middle... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Ann Coulter • Muslims • conservative • negative campaigning • Bill Cunningham • talk-show host

Dutch Brace
for Terror
Before Koran Shredding

Right-wing pol vows to air anti-Muslim film

Jan 21, 08 5:02 AM CST
(Newser) - The Dutch government expects violent protests in response to an anti-Muslim film—said to include images of the Koran being shredded—that a right-wing lawmaker has vowed to make public this month. Geert Wilders, one of nine members of an extremist party in the Dutch lower house, aims to expose... More »

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Islam • terrorism • Muslims • Netherlands • freedom of expression • Oliver Stone • Josh Brolin • Sundance Film Festival • Geert Wilders • Dutch government • 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired' • George W. Bush

Bin Laden Son Plans 'Race for Peace' Event

Give peace
a chance,
says Omar

Jan 18, 08 4:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden’s 26-year-old son says he wants to be an “ambassador for peace” between Muslims and the West and is planning a cross-continental horse race to raise money for child war victims, AP reports. Omar Osama bin Laden, one of the al-Qaeda leader’s 19 children, is... More »

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Muslims • Osama bin Laden • activist • peace • Omar bin Laden • al-Qaeda

Benedict Plans to Meet With Muslim Leaders

'Historic' spring summit seeks to mend rift after 2006 controversy

Jan 2, 08 11:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Catholic and Muslim leaders plan a "historic" meeting at the Vatican this spring, reports the AP, a year and a half after Pope Benedict's controversial comments about the Prophet Muhammad. Benedict proposed the meeting in response to an open letter from 138 Muslim scholars that urged interfaith dialogue based... More »

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Islam • Pope Benedict XVI • Muslims • God • Vatican • Catholicism • Prophet Muhammed • pontiff • interfaith dialogue

Face of Jihad Ever More Youthful

Teens as young as 15 turn to web to connect with extremists

Dec 28, 07 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - They’re young, impressionable, disillusioned, and they’re seeking out al-Qaeda: Muslims as young as 15 are connecting with Islamic extremists over the web and becoming radicalized through jihadist videos and literature, the Christian Science Monitor reports. In Morocco and elsewhere, teenagers reinforce an increasingly decentralized al-Qaeda. They have “... More »

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terrorism • Morocco • jihad • Muslims • Islamic extremists • North Africa • terrorist • Casablanca • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda

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