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NYTimes: Man Is Held in Anti-Muslim Stabbing of Cabdriver

MM’s Coverage of Park51 (Mislabeled ”Ground Zero Mosque”) A cabdriver was attacked Tuesday by a knife-wielding passenger who made anti-Muslim remarks, the police said. The passenger, Michael Enright, 21, of Brewster, N.Y., hailed the cab at Second Avenue and East 24th Street around 6 p.m. Tuesday, the police said. Twenty blocks north, they said, he slashed [...]

CNN: Islam-inspired comic superheroes fight for peace

(CNN) — Fifteen years ago I walked out of a mosque in silent protest of the imam’s sermon. Outside, the heat of the desert sun could hardly match the fire of the rhetoric being spewed forth inside. The imam was railing against the foreign enemies of Islam and the sinners within. With every genocidal rant [...]

Guardian UK: Barack Obama, ‘Muslim’ president

One wonders why only 20% of Americans believe President Barack Obama is a Muslim, considering the overwhelming evidence conclusively proving his slavish allegiance to Islam and utter disregard for Christianity. After Obama’s wishy-washy defence of Muslim Americans’ freedom to build a community centre, which includes a mosque, two blocks away from Ground Zero, a poll [...]

CNN: Muslims oppose Israeli construction at Islamic cemetery

Just before midnight on August 9, the bulldozers moved in and destruction of Jerusalem’s best-known Islamic cemetery was once again under way. The controversy surrounding the project – new construction on an area overlapping the cemetery of Ma’man Allah (God’s Sanctuary) or Mamilla, as it is known in West Jerusalem – had simmered for years. That [...]

Cordoba House “Ground Zero Mosque”: PR & Path Forward Part-1: Public Relations Analysis

A rudimentary lesson in any PR crisis management campaign is to monitor the news about you and address the concerns, esp. in this day and age of lightening fast social media. But CI seems much more interested in flaunting the support that comes their way rather than scrubbing the media to find concerns that need responding to, an imbalance that must be corrected.

Shaykh Yasir Qadhi – A Vision for the Muslim Community

This lecture is from the United Against Malaria event organized by United For Change.

Arab News: Mike Tyson to perform Umrah

While in Madinah, Tyson met Dr. Muhammad Al-Oqala, president of the Islamic University, who briefed the world heavyweight champion on the services being rendered by the university to students from across the world.

CBS: Predominantly Jewish N.J. Town Elects Muslim Mayor

Democrat Mohammed Hameeduddin Is First For Bergen County; Residents Mostly Agree: ‘He’s American, Right?’ TEANECK, NJ (CBS) – Voters in Teaneck have chosen the first Muslim mayor in Bergen County. And while he said his religion wasn’t a factor, it’s still a major mark of tolerance for a place with a huge Jewish population. Teaneck [...]

After the Takbir: Advice to a Muslim Convert

Life after conversion is filled with a mix of new emotions and experiences. Often the new Muslim, filled with that new convert zeal and emanrush, is ready to accept almost anything while trying to integrate into his or her newly acquired faith and community. Some tips to help the new Muslim convert navigate this journey of submission.