on Tuesday 10 March 15

Virginia statute (1682) "negroes, moores, molatoes, and others, born of and in heathenish, idolatrous, pagan, and Mahometan parentage and country . . .  may be . . .  obtained, as slaves."

What happened to america's first muslims? 

                    Source : Huffington Post

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It is my thesis that most of the problems of the Muslim world boil down to lack of criticism, self-criticism, which also means lack of imagination and creativity.

Belief and dogma

Source : The News on Sunday
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NEWS

	The Guardian Radicalisation in Australia: Muslimleaders work to dissipate 'fixation' with Isis among youths The Guardian Sheikh Wesam Charkawi: '[These youngsters] feel Muslims have been abandoned and believe it is their sense of duty to help.' Photograph: Julian ...
	CNN Murder of Iraqi migrant in Dallas has Muslims on edge BBC News The murder of an Iraqi migrant has Muslims in Texas looking for answers just weeks after three Muslim students were killed in North Carolina. Killing of Iraqi refugee has Texas Muslims on edge - Washington Post Texas Muslims fear for safety after Iraqi man shot dead in Dallas attack- The Guardian Full Coverage
	MetroNews Canada Marjory LeBreton In Hot Seat Over How Tories Depict Muslim Canadians Huffington Post Canada Many Muslims have the sense they don't belong, patent agent Sheema Khan told LeBreton during a luncheon in Ottawa celebrating the political ...
	TODAYonline China Says Muslim Uighurs Have Joined Islamic State Group ABC News Chinese officials said Tuesday that members of the country's Muslim Uighur ethnic minority have gone overseas to fight with the Islamic State group, ... China says Muslim Uighurs have joined Islamic State group - TWC Central Full Coverage
	TODAYonline Philippine military says 73 Muslim rebels dead in offensive Stars and Stripes MANILA, Philippines — Philippine forces have killed 73 hard-line Muslim rebels and a suspected foreign militant in a three-week offensive in the ...
	Professor blogs NYPD's watch over Muslim-American youth RU Daily Targum According to the Muslim Advocates website, American Muslims were targeted throughout the northeast, including New York City and New Jersey.
	Mondoweiss The US sells out a brave, democratic Muslim leader — again Mondoweiss But the Obama administration said little, even though Mohamed Nasheed is exactly the sort of popular, nonviolent, principled Muslim leader that ...
	Newsweek Charlie Hebdo Given Islamophobia 'Award' by Muslim Group Newsweek A boy looks on as a supporter of a religious group holds a sign during a protest against against satirical French weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, ... Insult To Injury: Muslim Group Gives Offensive Award To Charlie Hebdo Staff - Western Journalism Full Coverage
	WOODTV.com Judge tosses Dave Agema's suit after self-professed ex-Muslimterrorist's speech shut down MLive.com ALLEGAN, MI - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Allegan Public Schools after police shut down a self-professed ex-Muslim terrorist's ...
	Toronto Sun Muslim ad campaign targets radicals Toronto Sun An outspoken voice in Toronto's Muslim community has launched an anti-terrorism ad campaign, vowing to protect Canadians and “do whatever it ... Canadian Muslims launch ad campaign against radicalism - Jerusalem Post Israel News Full Coverage

	The National For Arab liberals like Nawal El Saadawi, political Islam has shifted the terms of the debate The National At the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in Dubai last week, the author Nawal El Saadawi spoke twice to packed halls, once in Arabic, once in ...
	Countering Islamic Extremism Practical Ethics (blog) Riham Osman, speaking on behalf of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, which participated in the summit, said that using terms like “radical Islam” ... Countering Islamic extremism - Journal of Turkish Weekly Full Coverage
	euronews Egyptian Pres. el-Sisi: Egyptians Tried Political Islam, Now Fear It Newsmax The Egyptian people have given political Islam a chance and now see it as something to fear, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi told Fox News in ...
	Austria: 8 Charged With Neo-Nazi Crimes at Anti-Islam Demo ABC News Austrian police have charged eight participants in the country's first protest against perceived "Islamization" with yelling "Heil Hitler!" and other actions ...
	Women in Islam - Debunking the Myths The Star A prevailing narrative perpetrated mainly by the media portrays the Islamic faith as among the ideologies which oppress women, curtail their freedom ...
	ABC News Nemtsov Unlikely Killed by Islamic Extremists, Friends Say ABC News Nemtsov criticized the Charlie Hebdo attackers in an online post, saying that Islam was a "young religion that is current in its Middle Ages, and there is ... Russian Commentators Dismiss Islamic Link to Nemtsov Murder -Newsweek Full Coverage
	New Statesman HaLOL: can the UK have a laugh about Islam? New Statesman The Comedy Store in London held a rare showcase of Muslim comedians this week, who gave sharp insights into navigating Islam in the UK.
	Sydney Morning Herald Western media and propaganda to blame for westerners fighting for Islamic State, says Muslim ... Sydney Morning Herald Abu Zaid of the Hume Islamic Youth Centre said the imams there were "all qualified, all graduated from Islamic university; we don't allow just anyone ...

WEB

In Muslim Men's Protests, Support for Women's Choice About Veiling Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars ... was stabbed to death. Such bold gestures by Muslim men in support of women struggling against patriarchal tradition are almost unprecedented.