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Dallas area newspaper Star Telegram printed an Islamophobic opinion-piece by Cal Thomas, accusing all Muslims of being a “fifth column”. Thomas basically blames the trial result on the ineptness of the jury or the prosecutors. He goes to mention ICNA and ISNA as part of the radical Islamic front. It ... Read More »

*See this entry on Firedoglake blog. Cross-posted on Dailykos & Streetprophets See this great video on Dallas Morning News with one of the jurors* Seems like awesome news māshā'Allāh. Alḥamdulillāh, alhamdulilah, alhamdulilah! The title is the headline from about an hour ago in Dallas Morning News. If everyone can help ... Read More »

This article in the latest issue of Maclean's magazine highlights the alarmingly growing trend of racism, bigotry, and prejudice in Canada… or, if you're to look at it differently, simply more public airing of these feelings. Concentrating mainly on Quebec, the author brings up recent examples of blatant discrimination against ... Read More »

Nothing really earth-shattering here. Bush's regime has been always one that wanted to expand executive powers, while compromising the basic tenets of the Constitution of the United States. George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley told Keith Olbermann on Countdown Monday night (hat-tip the Raw Story): “This administration was seeking ... Read More »

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Cross-posted (slightly modified version) on Dailykos.com and Streetprophets.com When I first heard of Mukasey's name being waved around for attorney general, I did the obvious: I googled him… and lo and behold, came across his op-ed piece in the WS Journal, which I found quite disconcerting, wherein he states: Instead, ... Read More »

Apparently, the TSA believes that the hijab or the turban is a great place to hide dangerous objects. Why these two pieces of cloth are different from our pants or shirts is a mystery to me. On a related tangent, is it me or does it seem that the “War ... Read More »

Update: Please check this new article in the NYT defending Sr. Debbie and spread the word on your blogs (hat tip to br. Tariq and muslimmetthod). Sign up to support CAIR and other organizations here. DIGG the story here [link fixed]… DIGG is a very EFFECTIVE marketing tool to get ... Read More »

For easier reading, the analysis will be split betwen three posts. Please read background and first 2 parts in order to better digest the information in this post: Previous: Muslim Americans- Pew Survey & the Media Twist (Background, Update #1 and #2) Next: Analysis of Muslim Population in America- Methodology, ... Read More »

Zbigniew Brzezinski takes on this really meaningless mantra in The Washington Post: The “war on terror” has created a culture of fear in America. The Bush administration's elevation of these three words into a national mantra since the horrific events of 9/11 has had a pernicious impact on American democracy, ... Read More »