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NEWS ABOUT: Muslim Americans

Muslim Americans stories: 10 news summaries

 Muslims in US Military Suffer 
 Conflicts, Criticism 

Face distrust from military, flak from mosques

Nov 9, 09 7:18 AM CST
(Newser) - As the American Muslim community takes pains to distance itself from Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Fort Hood shootings add misery to the already complicated lives of Muslims serving in the armed forces. Drawn to the military by patriotism, Muslim soldiers arrive in Afghanistan or Iraq to find themselves confronting... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Muslim Americans • US military • 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

Runaway
Muslim Girl Sparks Furor

Girl converted to Christianity, sought protection from parents

Oct 15, 09 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Ohio teen has found herself straddling the fault line between the world's two biggest religions after converting to Christianity and running away from her Muslim parents. A judge in Florida, where 17-year-old Rifqa Bary was being sheltered by pastors she met on a Facebook group, has ruled that she... More »

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Muslim Americans • religion • Muslim • Christians • convert • honor killings • custody battle • Rifqa Bary

Airline Apologizes to Muslims Kicked Off Flight

Family blame racial profiling; Muslim group plans to file complaint

Jan 3, 09 6:55 AM CST
(Newser) - A Muslim American family booted from a New Year's Day flight for allegedly making suspicious remarks has received an apology from AirTran, the Washington Post reports. The family was removed and interrogated after a pair of teenage girls heard two of them discussing which seats on an aircraft were safest... More »

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flight • Muslim Americans • Muslim • airport security • AirTran • racial profiling

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

Harvard Begins Women-Only Gym Hours

Controversial move to make Muslim females more comfortable

Mar 5, 08 10:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Harvard is trying out women-only gym hours at one of its facilities to make exercising easier for Muslim women. Six of the 70 hours a week that the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center is open will be barred to men so that Muslim women feel free to dress appropriately for working... More »

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Islam • Muslim Americans • sexism • athlete • Muslim • exercise • Harvard • Muslim women • gym

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 Scraps Muslim Mapping Program

Mayor rips 'counterproductive' police plan

Nov 15, 07 6:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Following a frenzy of controversy, the Los Angeles police department is scrapping its much-criticized plan to "map" Muslim communities. The department had hoped to pinpoint isolated Muslim communities in an attempt to identify problem hot spots. Critics said the plan was a form of religious profiling, and that it... More »

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Islam • Europe • Muslims • Muslim Americans • religion • Los Angeles • LAPD • police department

Some Young American Muslims Take Extreme View

Overall picture looks good, survey reveals

May 23, 07 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Young American Muslims are more religious and more willing to defend Islamic extremists than are their elders, a new study concludes. One in four US Muslims under 30 say they believe that suicide attacks may be justified, compared to just 6% of those over 30. Overall, American Muslims are more... More »

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Muslims • extremists • Muslim Americans • discrimination • Islamic extremists • surveillance • Pew Research Center

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