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Why Malala Yousafzai is taking on Donald Trump (+video)

Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai listens to a speech
at a Poppies for Peace in Peshawar event, in Birmingham
Britain, December 15.

Malala Yousafzai knows a thing or two about overcoming extremism and hate. The Pakistani Nobel Prize winner and education advocate was shot by a member of the Taliban in 2012 when she was just 16, but survived. Ever since, she's campaigned for girls' education and against hate-driven ideologies.






says The British Government.















NEWS
Raw Story
Anti-Islam group and Tea Partiers harass Florida sheriff for hiring Muslim deputy
“I hate Islam. Islam is evil,” local anti-Islamic activist David Rosenthal explained. “Ideally, I would ban Islam in the United States. I am against ...
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MLive.com
Dave Agema says Donald Trump right about immigration, Islam
"For several years I have pushed to stop illegal immigration and have warned about radical Islam to no avail," Agema said via text. "Presently, however ...
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BBC News
Is Saudi Arabia to blame for Islamic State?
"He saw that Muslims had deviated from the 'true' message of Islam; not praying properly or at all, or engaging in practices that he felt were violations ...
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Sojourners
BBC News
Is Indonesia winning its fight against Islamic extremism?
Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation, but are its localIslamic traditions in danger of being overtaken by fundamentalism? As I thread ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
We need to talk about Islam, says former radical
During the ensuing five years behind bars he became convinced that Islamism was a totalitarian movement at odds with the tenets of the Islamic faith.
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SaharaReporters.com
Islam And The Doctrine Of Peace By Hannatu Musawa
The violence unleashed by terrorists, whom justify it as a doctrine of Islam, is out of control. The castigation of Islam as the catalyst for the atmosphere ...
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Reuters
Pakistan Taliban reject Islamic State leader's claim to be 'caliph'
“Baghdadi is not Khalifa (caliph) because in Islam, Khalifa means that he has ... The entry of Islamic State, while its numbers remain small, will also ...
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Security Debrief
Don't Know Much About Islam…And That's a Problem
With the 24/7 cable news coverage of ISIS and terrorism, there has been a lot of loose talk about what Islam does and does not teach. However, much ...
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Christian News Network
Pastor Appears in Court Over 'Hate Crime' of Calling Islam 'Satanic,' 'Heathen' During Sermon
James McConnell BELFAST, Northern Ireland — A pastor in Northern Ireland who was prosecuted with a hate crime for denouncing theIslamic ...


NPR
After A Church Visit, One Muslim Seeks A New Kind Of Attention To His Faith
During a sensitive time of global scrutiny surrounding Islam and Muslims, one unexpected image relating to the religion drew a more positive light.
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NBC Bay Area
Bay Area's American Muslim Voice Foundation Challenges Negative Perceptions Through ...
In an effort to foster a better understanding of the Muslim faith, members of the American Muslim Voice Foundation joined with community members in ...

Al-Arabiya
Detroit Free Press
Muslims rally in Dearborn against hate, terrorism
A crowd of about 150 Muslims and supporters withstood the cold in Dearborn on Saturday to celebrate their religion and their American citizenship ...
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Breitbart News
Hillary: We Need to Work with Muslim-Americans, 'Not Demonize Them' Like Republicans
“We must work more closely with Muslim-American communities. Just like Martin [O'Malley], I met with a group of Muslim-Americans this past week to ...
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NBC 6 South Florida
'We Cannot Let Fear Drive Us': South Florida MuslimCommunity Amid Attacks
In the past few weeks, there's been a rise in attacks or harassment of Muslims, like recent vandalism outside a mosque in South Florida. One mosque ...

Express.co.uk

The Guardian
How anti-Muslim sentiment plays out in classrooms across the US
“When they said Muslim terrorists did it, everyone's heads turned and all eyes in the room were on me,” says 12-year-old Farah, one of only three ...
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MSNBC
Democratic candidates blast Trump's Muslim ban at debate
Clinton picked up on the theme of anti-Muslim discrimination, stating that “we must work more closely with Muslim-American communities.” The former ...
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Washington Post
As Muslim women, we actually ask you not to wear the 'hijab' in the name of interfaith solidarity
Last week, three female religious leaders – a Jewish rabbi, an Episcopal vicar and a Unitarian reverend – and a male imam, or Muslim prayer leader, ...
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RT
Newsweek
The Salem News
US Muslim Leaders Organize in Response to Bias, Harassment
American Muslim leaders are planning voter registration drives and open-house days at mosques to fight a rise in anti-Muslim harassment.
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Christian Science Monitor
Chron.com
Blood drive aims to erase stigma of Muslim community
Every time Ejaz Hossain hears of a terrorist-related attack, he prays those involved are not Muslim. Over the past few months, Hossain has grown ...
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Eurasia Review
McConnell: Senate Would Not Act on Trump's Muslim Ban
said he would not act on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States. McConnell said ...

The Federalist
The Challenge For Moderate Islam
Moderate Muslims must explain the substantive difference between Islam and Islamism. If they don't, the rest of us will worry substantive differences ...
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The Diplomat
Political Islam in Asia: Rhetoric, Reality and the US Presidential Race
This conversation with Dr. Emile Nakhleh – retired Senior Intelligence Service Officer and former director of the Political Islam Strategic Analysis ...
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Breitbart News
Santorum: Most Muslims Not 'Trying to Confront the Cancer' Within Islam
“There are Muslims in this country who are actually going out and trying to establish a reform Islam, trying to deal with the problem, the cancer within ...
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ChristianToday
The true nature of Islam: It's like a deadly virus that threatens the whole world, says Muslim expert
A Muslim human rights advocate has shed light on the true nature of Islam while warning the world of the rising threat posed by radical Islamists.
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Daily Mail
Detroit Free Press

CIproud.com
Learning about Islam
Members of one church in Peoria, are trying to make a better name forIslam. Sunday morning, they held a discussion at First United Methodist Church.
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The National Interest Online
'Moderate Islam' Isn't Working
Over the past decade, the prevailing thinking has been that radical Islam is most effectively countered by moderate Islam. The goal was to find ...
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The Australian
ASIO boss Lewis shouldn't set limits to talk of Islam's crisis
The hostilities consuming the Islamic world have a momentum of their own. It is a fanciful to imagine that the conflict was provoked by the West, fuelled ...


WEB

The Fear of Islam in Tennessee Public Schools
Parents and school-board members have voiced worries about alleged Islamic indoctrination in the public schools. In seventh grade, kids study world ...
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The Cure for Ignorance About Islam: Facing the Ugly Truth About All Beliefs
The Cure for Ignorance About Islam: Facing the Ugly Truth About All Beliefs. Islam Jewish. “You don't know everything, Howard. You think you know a ...
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Schools shut down over lesson on Islam
A school district shut down in Virginia after backlash erupted over a standard homework assignment on Islam. CNN's Erin Burnett reports.

FBI: Farook introduced friend to Islam in 2010
According to investigators, San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook radicalized friend Enrique Marquez. CNN's Kyung Lah has the details.
Sanders calls on Muslim nations to take lead against IS group
Bernie Sanders says Muslim-majority nations should take the lead in fighting the Islamic State group.


WATCH: Teen Explains to Classmates What It's Like to Be a MuslimAfter 7-Year-Old Sister Is ...
By giving into hatred against Muslims, people are doing exactly what ISIS wants them to do.
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California state employee on leave after anti-Muslim slurs
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A woman charged with a hate crime after being recorded making anti-Islamic slurs and throwing coffee at a Muslim man has ...
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Muslim-Americans fear US government more than ISIS
Muslim-Americans opened up about fear, faith and politics in a focus group hosted by Republican strategist Frank Luntz. CBSN's Elaine Quijano and ...
US Muslim leaders organize in response to bias, harassment
WASHINGTON (AP) — American Muslim leaders are planning voter registration drives and open-house days at mosques to fight a rise in anti-Muslim ...
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Questions & answers amid an anti-Muslim backlash
Terrorist attacks in Paris and California have ratcheted suspicion and resentment againstMuslims to levels not seen since 9/11. In case you were ...
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American Muslim: Rise of Trump Will Cause Terrorism to 'Skyrocket'
That is how some are taking the words of one Muslim-American who appeared on CBS' Face the Nation during a focus group conducted by Frank ...
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Miss Puerto Rico 2015 Destiny Velez Suspended for Anti-MuslimStatements
Miss Puerto Rico Destiny Velez went on a Twitter tirade about Muslims and her offensive comments landed her in hot water with the Miss America ...
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After attacks, headscarves mark Muslim women as targets
Al-Nahi is a senior at the University of Texas at Austin and a devout Muslim who — like her friend — wears a headscarf. She hadn't expected to be ...


BLOGS

Does Ancient Muslim Wisdom Have Answers To Modern Western Problems?
Western civilization was not the only producer of wisdom. I stumbled upon some useful Islamic quotes, many of which are from Ali ibn Abi Talib, the ...
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Why isn't it 'terrorism' when the perpetrators aren't Muslim?
“In the last 13 years, there's been five times as many right-wing attacks in this country as Muslim attacks. Not a single question about it,” host Cenk ...
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