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Indian Muslims won't allow Mumbai attackers' burial in Islamic cemeteries
The Indian Muslim Council's spokesman has said that Muslims in India will "take to the streets in protest" if the Mumbai terrorists are buried in an Islamic graveyard, since they have "de...
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7758651.stm
YouTube - What Every American Needs To Know About Jihad
Is Islamic jihad just a harmless form of spiritual struggle — as is often argued by Western apologists for radical Islam? Is Jihadi violence simply a twisted...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eYA9NpmMJM
Heavy Metal Islam, a new book by Mark LeVine
A collection of profiles of Middle Eastern musicians -- metal, punk, reggae and hip-hop. Looks to be worth checking out.
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http://heavymetalislam.net
Sabrina Tavernise, "Youthful voice stirs challenge to secular Turks" (profile of Hawa Yilmaz), International Herald Tribune (Oct. 14, 2008)
A profile of Hawa Yilmaz, a young Turkish woman who decided as a teenager to begin wearing the hijab, against the wishes of her family and to the disapproval of her friends. She has now b...
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/europe/14turkey.php?page=1
Anna Blackshaw, "My Enemy, My Brother (interview with David Gorssman on the conflict betwen Israel and Palestine)," The Sun Magazine (October 2008)
This is only an excerpt from the full interview. Even the excerpt is worth a read though. Grossman is an Israeli writer who manages to combine a powerful and ongoing activism for peace an...
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http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/394/my_enemy_my_brother?utm_medium=email
Anna Blackshaw, "My Enemy, My Brother (interview with David Grossman on the conflict betwen Israel and Palestine)," The Sun Magazine (October 2008)
This is only an excerpt from the full interview. Even the excerpt is worth a read though. Grossman is an Israeli writer who manages to combine a powerful and ongoing activism for peace an...
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http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/394/my_enemy_my_brother
THE JERUSALEM DECLARATION ON CHRISTIAN ZIONISM
The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem along with other local Christian leaders expresses its opposition to the mostly-American phenomenon of Christian Zionism.
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http://www.hcef.org/index.cfm/mod/news/id/16/subMod/NewsView/NewsID/1595.cfm
Police: No evidence of hate crime at local mosque
A ten-year-old girl who was standing insode a basement community room at a Dayton mosque was sprayed wtih an aerosol by two men standing outside an open window. Police say there is no evi...
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http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/09/27/ddn092608evacweb.html
Surveying the Arab World for Ramadan's Best and Worst
A Dubai marketing firm has surveyed Muslim attitudes and practices regarding Ramadan, with some interesting results -- though I'm skeptical about some of the numbers.
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http://middleeast.about.com/b/2008/09/16/surveying-the-arab-world-for-ramadans-best-and-wors...
Pew Global Attitudes Project: Overview: Unfavorable Views of Jews and Muslims on the Increase in Europe
Bad news on the prejudice front from Europe. Across the continent, unfavorable perceptions of Jews are increasing; attitudes towards Muslims are worsening as well, although not as consist...
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http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=262
Ainslee Embree, "How religion gets mixed with violence," The Immanent Frame (Dec. 30, 2007) (on Benazir Bhutto's assassination)
Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ssrc.org%2Fblogs%2Fimmanent_frame%2F2007%2F12%2F30%2Fhow-religion-gets-mixed-with-violence
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http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/immanent_frame/2007/12/30/how-religion-gets-mixed-with-violence
In Hunt for Bin Laden, a New Approach - washingtonpost.com
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/09/AR2008090903404.html?g=1
MuslimMatters.org - powered by FeedBurner
RSS feed for MuslimMatters.org.
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/MuslimMatters
"Muslim Day at Six Flags"
A slightly puffy human-interest story on a recurring event at various Six Flags locations around the country, in which an amphitheater is used as a masjid and halal caterers are brought in.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/religion/chi-six-flags-muslims-25-jul25,0,2161842.story
Pew Forum interview on religion in the military
A short interview with Robert Tuttle of Georgetown; focuses primarily (but not exclusively) on the legal issues associated with the chaplaincy
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http://pewresearch.org/pubs/890/religion-in-the-military
A skeptic's view on the Gülen conference in London - Turkish Daily News Oct 31, 2007
[His followers] live in a world they have built for themselves. Within their perception of the world, they try to show how excellent and how useful they are. It is as if they are saying t...
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http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=87287
Gulen Inspires Muslims Worldwide - Forbes.com
[The Gulen movement] is a unique and highly successful manifestation of flexible, modern Islam in a globalized setting, and it is likely to have a lasting impact on the modernization of I...
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http://www.forbes.com/2008/01/18/turkey-islam-gulen-cx_0121oxford.html
When God and the Law Don't Square
A PRETTY good way to generate an outcry, as the archbishop of Canterbury learned in Britain recently, is to say that a Western legal system should make room for Shariah, or Islamic law.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/weekinreview/17liptak.html?ex=1360990800&en=e345738bb94eb2...
BBC NEWS | Europe | Turkey in radical revision of Islamic texts
Turkey is preparing to publish a document that represents a revolutionary reinterpretation of Islam - and a controversial and radical modernisation of the religion.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7264903.stm
"Where Boys Grow Up to Be Jihadis," by Andrea Elliott - New York Times, 11/25/2007
Important piece of journalism about a Moroccan town which has seen a number of young men vanish into the world of jihad.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/magazine/25tetouan-t.html?_r=1&ei=5088&en=b90d4fd66c48a0e1...
TheReligionofPeace.com - Islam: Making a True Difference in the World
News about "The Religion of Peace"
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http://www.thereligionofpeace.com
Daniel Lazare reviews two new books on religious toleration
I basically am clipping this because I read it and want to remember it, but I think Lazare gets it completely wrong. Not only is his attitude towards religion in general misguided, he doe...
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http://www.alternet.org/stories/78299
What Every American Needs to Know About the Qur’an (with Bill Federer)
Gary DeMar talks about the religion of Islam
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http://www.americanvision.org/radio/TGDS/03Mar2007.mp3
Islamoyankee debates Nazir Khaja at "Faith in Public Life"
Islamoyankee (of Islamicate, a blog I like) and Nazir Khaja of the Islamic Information Service hold a written exchange on the challenges facing contemporary Muslims. I haven't had a chanc...
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http://blog.faithinpubliclife.org/2007/03/faith_in_public_live_dr_nazir.html
Teacher Workshops (PACIE on Islam)
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http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/edu/teachers/teachers_workshops.shtml
U.S.News Store: Special Issues: Secrets of Islam
Referenced disparagingly by Revealer, Sept. 23, 2005. Consider buying.
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http://www.usnews.com/usnews/store/products/prod_islam.htm
Bestseller in Mideast: Barbie With a Prayer Mat - New York Times
A Barbie-like doll with "Muslim values," i.e. accoutrements like headscarf and prayer mat.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/22/international/middleeast/22doll.html?ex=1285041600&en=72bb...
Salon.com | The undersecretary's dangerous trip
Blumenthal on Karen Hughes's recent trip to the Middle East and how destructive it was for genuine diplomatic efforts
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http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/09/29/hughes_diplomacy
Article or Op-Ed
Argues against putting too much faith in poll-based evidence for overwhelming, rabid anti-Americanism in the Arab and Muslim world.
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http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=873
Saudi Women Have Message for U.S. Envoy - New York Times
Karen Hughes is an idiot.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/28/international/middleeast/28hughes.html?ex=1285560000&en=ab...
Speaking of Faith® from American Public Media | Progressive Islam in America
Features comments from a number of notable American Muslims.
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http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/progressiveislam
An American in chains - Sunday Times - Times Online
An excerpt from the forthcoming book, For God and Country, by James Yee, the Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo who was arrested, charged with spying, and then exonerated. It's quite a disturb...
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-1817081_1,00.html
The Register-Herald--Spurlock’s FX series ‘30 Days’ honored by Muslim group
Morgan Spurlock's FX series, "30 Days," seen as conveying positive, tolerant message about Islam in America; Spurlock honored by Muslim group.
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http://www.register-herald.com/cnhi/registerherald/features/local_story_263230045.html
IranDokht - Personal Style
Contains a great set of mostly candid shots of women wearing a wide variety of hijab styles. All taken in Iran, where hijab is compulsory.
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http://www.irandokht.com/editorial/index4.php?area=per§ionID=3&editorialID=963
CAIR Philly: Back by Popular Demand: "Islam and the Theology of Power"
Contact the principals.
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http://www.cairphilly.org/content/2005/10/back-by-popular-demand-islam-and.php
'An Islamist threat like the Nazis' - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper
A Christian declares holy war on Islam.
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050912-122024-9420r.htm
Chicago Tribune | Could Muslim-led rioting happen in the U.S.?
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0511110350nov11,0,4269964.story?coll=chi-news...
HUMAN EVENTS ONLINE :: French Riots Could Be European Turning Point by Daniel Pipes
Daniel Pipes really is crazy. Pay particular attention to this paragraph: These issues [i.e., presumably, those that have contributed to the current weak response to the riots] include a ...
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http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=10132
ABC News: Police Find Bomb-Making Factory in Paris
The "bomb factory" seems like a bit of an exaggeration, but the article does give a hint of how bad the situation really is.
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http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1285855
TIME Europe Magazine: How Much More French Can I Be? -- Nov. 14, 2005
A French Muslim, a second-generation immigrant, reflects on the complexity of his identity.
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http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901051114-1126691,00.html
Weblog: French Schools Ban Islamic Headscarves; U.S. Schools Practice Islam - Christianity Today Magazine
The smart Christianity Today weblog (from Dec. 2003) on the SoCal "indoctrination to Islam" case.
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/150/41.0.html
Islam Online- News Section
More on the case of the Southern California seventh-graders "indoctrinated" via a three-week role-playing exercise in Islam in their world history class. No date, but I think this is pro...
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http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2002-01/18/article25.shtml