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TUSCALOOSA | A copy of the Qurʾān dating from 1853, its spine missing, its pages browning and its front cover almost detached, sits today in a library at the University of Alabama. While Islam's holy book now appears safe from a Florida pastor's plan for a bonfire, the Qurʾān at ... Read More »
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MTV: Islam Is Not The Enemy
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Muslims and Islam Were Part of Twin Towers’ Life
Opponents of the Park51 project say the presence of a Muslim center dishonors the victims of the Islamic extremists who flew two jets into the towers. Yet not only were Muslims peacefully worshiping in the twin towers long before the attacks, but even after the 1993 bombing of one tower by a Muslim radical, Ramzi Yousef, their religious observance generated no opposition. Read More »
Muslim 9/11 Widow: Visiting Ground Zero, Asking Allah for Comfort
Mrs. Traoré is the widow of one of roughly 60 Muslim victims — cooks, businessmen, emergency responders and airline passengers — believed to have died on 9/11. It is a group that has been little examined, and no precisely reliable count of their ranks exists. But their stories, when told, have frequently been offered as counterweights in the latest public argument over terrorism and Islam. Read More »
USA Today: For families of Muslim 9/11 victims, a new pain
By Rick Hampson, USA TODAY NEW YORK — After that cruel day nine Septembers ago, Talat Hamdani felt twice victimized: first by fellow Muslims who killed her son, then by fellow Americans who doubted that a Muslim like her Salman died a hero at the World Trade Center. Now, Hamdani ... Read More »
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AlterNet: How to Kill Goyim and Influence People: Israeli Rabbis Defend Book’s Shocking Religious Defense of Killing Non-Jews
A rabbinical guidebook for killing non-Jews has sparked an uproar in Israel and exposed the power a bunch of genocidal theocrats wield over the government. When I went into the Jewish religious book emporium, Pomeranz, in central Jerusalem to inquire about the availability of a book calledTorat Ha'Melech, or the ... Read More »
Dr. Sherman Jackson: Sharî’ah: Between Two Popes
While it started out as a minor footnote, opposition to sharî'ah has now morphed into the mantra by which many justify their opposition to the so-called “Ground Zero mosque.” If we allow this mosque to go forth, so the logic goes, the next thing you know, all the bars in the ... Read More »
CNN: Ramadan road trip: Moving melting pot finds peace, love and animosity
(CNN) — As the blue Chevy Cobalt crept toward the edge of the property in Chula, Georgia, a palpable nervousness wafted through the cramped car. Three men, straight out of central casting from “Deliverance,” craned their necks toward our vehicle. A 30-by-50-foot Confederate flag waved 120 feet in the air. ... Read More »
Washington Post: Five myths about mosques in America
1. Mosques are new to this country. Mosques have been here since the colonial era. A mosque, or masjid, is literally any place where Muslims make ṣalāh, the prayer performed in the direction of Mecca; it needn't be a building. One of the first mosques in North American history was ... Read More »