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Muslim stories: 72 news summaries

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Mosque Leader: 'There's Something Wrong With You'

Hasan struggled with how to counsel soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan

Nov 7, 09 3:16 PM CST
(AP) - The Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood shooting spree was so conflicted over what to tell fellow soldiers about fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan that a local Islamic leader was deeply troubled by it. The co-founder of the Islamic Community of Greater Killeen said Major Nidal Malik Hasan's persistent... More »

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Muslim • mass shootings • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan

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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

Somali Women Whipped
for Wearing Bras

Underwear 'fraudulently advertises assets' to suitors

Oct 28, 09 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Muslim Shabaab religious enforcers in battered Somalia are finding time to whip Muslim women for wearing bras. They're being punished because the underwear accentuates breasts and in some cases gives a "fraudulent" impression to possible suitors, reports the Independent . "Al Shabaab now orders us to shake our breasts,... More »

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Somalia • Sudan • women • Muslim • Muslim women • lashing • religious police • conservative Islam • whips • bra

Muslims, Gays Clash Over French Soccer Match

Muslim team banned after refusing to play Paris Foot Gay

Oct 21, 09 5:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - An amateur soccer game sparked an ugly culture clash in France after a Muslim team refused to play a rival that welcomes openly gay players. On the eve of the match between Creteil Bebel and Paris Foot Gay, the Bebel president sent an email declining the match: "In light... More »

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homophobia • France • soccer • Muslim • homosexuality • gay

Veiled Women Nabbed in $12.5M Jakarta Drug Bust

Iranians arrested in record airport drug haul

Oct 21, 09 3:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eight veiled women were among a group of 10 Iranians arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling at Indonesia's main airport today. The $12.5 million haul of methamphetamines found in their hand baggage is the biggest drug bust in the airport's history, authorities say. Indonesian authorities have never seen veiled... More »

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Indonesia • Islamic veil • Muslim • methamphetamine • Jakarta • drug smuggling

 Beyoncé Scraps Malaysia Show 

Singer postpones date after criticism by conservative Muslim group

Oct 19, 09 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - After controversy over her racy outfits and dance routines, Beyoncé won’t perform in Kuala Lumpur this weekend. The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, a hardline Muslim group, had protested the Oct. 25 date on her “I Am” tour, but promoters deny the postponement had anything to do with those objections.... More »

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music • Muslim • Malaysia • concert • Beyonce • conservative Islam • Kuala Lumpur

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

OPINION

 Columbus 
 the Crusader's 
 Legacy Endures 

Americans forget religious fervor drove the 1492 expedition

Oct 12, 09 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - This Columbus Day, James Carroll invites us to reconsider the man and his motivations. Pop culture has secularized Columbus, concentrating on his mission in search of gold, spices, and trade routes. That ignores his central motivation: expanding the dominion of Christianity. An “old Crusader” ambition motivated Columbus, Carroll writes... More »

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Spain • India • America • Muslim • racism • Columbus Day • Christopher Columbus

Mohammed Now London's Most Popular Boys Name 

Prophet's name knocks Daniel into second place in British capital

Sep 16, 09 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mohammed has beaten out old favorites like Jack and Oliver to become the most popular name for baby boys in London, the Telegraph reports. British government figures show that the name—when variant spellings like "Muhammed" are included—is more than twice as popular in the British capital as... More »

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London • Muslim • Mohammed • Britain • baby name • babies

Mali's President Bails
on Women's Rights Law

Protests force him to send it back for review

Aug 27, 09 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mali's president says he won't sign a controversial new law that gives more rights to women, the BBC reports. President Amadou Toumani Toure says he supports the so-called family law, which Muslim leaders have denounced as the devil's work, but is sending it back to parliament for review. "I... More »

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Africa • women's rights • marriage • protests • Muslim • parliament • Mali • Amadou Toumani Toure

(Newser) - A debate on freedom of religion featuring ultra-nationalist zealots is playing out in the most unlikely of places: a sleepy hamlet in Switzerland. A group is trying to block the construction of a 30-foot tall minaret on a mosque in Langenthal (pop. 14,000) because it's a symbol of Islam's... More »

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Islam • religion • Switzerland • minarets • Muslim • mosque • referendum

French Pool Boots Woman
in 'Burkini'

Officials say head-to-toe swimwear violates hygiene rules

Aug 13, 09 2:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Muslim woman has been banned from a French public pool for wearing a head-to-toe "burkini" swimsuit, the BBC reports. The woman, who had purchased the suit in Dubai, called the ruling "segregation." Officials cited hygiene rules that prevent swimming clothed, and said it was not because... More »

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France • Islamic dress code • Muslim • Muslim women • swimming pool • swimsuit

 Pakistan Muslims 
 Torch Christian 
 Houses; 6 Dead 

Crowd avenges alleged Koran desecration

Aug 2, 09 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six people are dead after Muslim protesters torched houses in a Christian neighborhood of Pakistan’s Gojra City yesterday, CNN reports. The demonstrators, who were protesting an alleged desecration of the Koran at a Christian wedding last weekend, set fire to between 40 and 50 houses. A crowd burned 15... More »

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Islam • Pakistan • sectarian violence • Muslim • Koran • Christians

(Newser) - A London man was beaten, stabbed, and forced to drink acid in what police believe was an "honor attack," the Daily Mail reports. The victim lost his tongue in the attack and remains in critical condition. Police believe the man, who was originally Danish, was attacked because he... More »

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London • Muslim • affair • Britain • honor killings • acid • attempted murder

(Newser) - A criminal court in the Maldives has ruled that 150 women will be flogged for having affairs in the Muslim country, reports the Independent. Some 50 men face the same punishment. Earlier this month an 18-year-old woman fainted after being flogged 100 times for having sex with two men, who... More »

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Islam • crime • courts • Muslim • Maldives • female sexuality • flogging • caning

(Newser) - A Malaysian woman will be flogged for drinking a beer in a nightclub, reports the AP. A judge ordered the part-time model, 32, to be struck six times with a rattan cane and fined $1,400. She pleaded guilty in a religious court to consuming alcohol, but now plans to... More »

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prison • religion • beer • Muslim • Malaysia • Muslim women • Shariah • flogging

(Newser) - One of Pakistan’s most prominent anti-Taliban clerics was killed today in a suicide bomb attack, the Times of London reports. Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi, who supported the Pakistan army’s campaign in the Swat Valley, died on the way to the hospital after an explosion at his Islamic college in... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • suicide bombing • Muslim • mosque • cleric • Lahore • Pakistan army • Swat Valley • madrasa • Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s trip to the Middle East has established even higher standards for his presidency, Politico reports. Obama is using his global celebrity to restart Israel-Palestine talks and improve relations between the West and the Muslim world, proving he’s “not a president who has ever shied away... More »

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Barack Obama • Middle East • West • Europe • Muslim • Cairo • Arab Israeli conflict • Arab

OPINION Roundup

 Obama 'Shrewd' 
 in Cairo Speech 


Jun 4, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most of America wasn’t even awake when it happened, but Barack Obama’s Cairo speech got people talking anyway, the Washington Post reports. The New York Times says Obama delivered a "sweeping and forceful—at times scolding and combative" message, which included what the Wall ... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Middle East • Egypt • Muslim • Cairo • speech • opinion

OPINION

 Obama Should Thank Muslims 


Jun 3, 09 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama doesn’t need to talk policy or drop his middle name to win over the world’s Muslims in his speech tomorrow. He just needs to say “thank you,” writes the Christian Science Monitor's editorial board. He should heap thanks on all the Muslims... More »

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Barack Obama • Pakistan • Egypt • Muslim

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