Tuesday, 3 November 2015

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Religion Is Not to Blame


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If I got a penny for every time I was told that religion is the cause of all trouble, I'd be a rich woman by now. If only we had John Lennon's religionless world, there would be no war, or conflict and everyone would love their neighbor. If only the theologians, clergymen, mullahs and priests could get on, the world's problems would be resolved at a stroke.
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The Nation
Anti-Muslim tension simmers ahead of Myanmar election
Meiktila, Myanmar (CNN) It has been more than been two years since this town in Myanmar burned with the fires of deadly violence. Look closely, and ...
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CNN International
Anti-Muslim tension simmers ahead of Myanmar election
Local authorities have boarded up other mosques that weren't seriously damaged in mob violence by Meiktila's Buddhist majority against theMuslim ...
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Aljazeera.com
UK: Bake-offs, hijabs, and attacks against Muslim women
Idrissi said she has received both positive and negative reactions from both Muslims and non-Muslims - but regardless, she is determined to continue ...
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Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Putin's Muslim Nightmare
President Vladimir Putin, Russia's most notorious gambler, has rolled the dice in Syria's civil war. At first glance, he seems to have come up with a ...
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Daily Beast
Germany's Far Right Wants Muslim Concentration Camps
About two weeks ago in Dresden, a speaker at a rally for the new far right movement PEGIDA lamented, with regard to Germany's growingMuslim ...
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ThinkProgress
A new wave of start-ups offers Muslim-friendly food, fashion and books for all
“When I looked at what was available to Muslim women, especially the younger generation in terms of modest fashion, I felt there was a void,” explains ...
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Rick Kupchella's BringMeTheNews
Muslim civil rights group sues MN town that rejected Islamic cemetery
The Minnesota chapter of a national Muslim advocacy group believes a small Minnesota town may have been discriminating when it denied a ...
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CBC.ca
2 Muslim inmates file rights complaints against Alberta prison
Two Muslim inmates have filed complaints with the Canadian Human Rights Commission over their treatment at Grande Cache Institution, a federal ...
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Daily News Egypt
Egypt court orders retrial for 77Muslim Brotherhood supporters
[JURIST] An Alexandria court of appeals on Monday ordered a retrial for 77 MuslimBrotherhood supporters. The defendants were charged [Ahram ...

New York Times
'Islam and the Future of Tolerance' and 'Not in God's Name'
“Islam and the Future of Tolerance” begins on an impolitic note. Harris tells Nawaz that to reformIslamic practices one must “pretend” that “jihad is just ...
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Stars and Stripes
Kerry urges Tajikistan not go to overboard in its crackdown on Islam
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Tuesday urged the president of Tajikistan not to go overboard in its crackdown on ...
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Class controversy: Parents worried course on Islam teaches religion
A social studies class in the small town of Steelville is teaching a section on Islam and at least one parent thinks the subject matter goes too far.
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Charisma News
Spiritual Suicide: When European Churches Sell Their Souls to Islam
Yet this blasphemous position paper, entitled "Pilgrim Fellowship and Witness in Dialogue with Muslims," argues that, "A strategic mission toIslam or ...
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Breitbart News
Death Threats: Islam Is No Laughing Matter For Critics Of Citizen Khan
There are no laughs in Islam. That is one less lesson the creator of BBC sitcom Citizen Khan has learned from some angry viewers, revealing in an ...
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Breitbart News
How Academic Standards PromotingIslam Have Invaded America's Classrooms
Eruptions have occurred in more states recently over the promotion of Islam – and the downplaying of America's Judeo-Christian foundation – in ...
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Islam in British Prisons
Recent media reports of government investigations indicate that throughout the United Kingdom's category A prisons -- those holding the most serious ...
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Islam like Nazis is a no-no, but conservatives likened to ISIS OK
“They suspended Kurt Schilling from ESPN for making what was a 100-percent accurate comparison of radical Islam to Nazis. And according to the ...
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Washington Post
Kerry urges Tajikistan not go to overboard in crackdown on Islam
He comes at a time when increased activity byIslamic militants along Tajikistan's long border with Afghanistan has raised concerns of a domino effect, ...
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Islam: Is there a need for reformation?
In light of all the strife and tragedy that has emerged from the Middle East, many people look to Islam as the foremost cause of all this. Comedian and ...

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How Academic Standards Promoting Islam Have Invaded America's Classrooms
Eruptions have occurred in more states recently over the promotion ofIslam – and the downplaying of America's Judeo-Christian foundation – in ...

CAIR-CA Report: More than Half of California MuslimStudents Targeted by Faith-Based Bullying
Civil rights group's survey of 600+ Muslim students shows bullying at rate twice as high as the national average. (SANTA CLARA, CA, 10/30/15) – The ...