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How “White Christianity” Beat Academic Freedom at Wheaton
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As a fellow—make that sister—tenured black woman, I feel a particular kinship with Dr. Larycia Hawkins.
When I read that a tenured professor was suspended for expressing a theological view some in her conservative evangelical college community found to be incompatible with their views, their covenant, I was deeply concerned for my sister scholar whom I’ve never met.
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The claim that Muslim immigration has 'doubled' since 9/11
“The reality is that under this president, since 9/11, this anti-Muslim United States of America has doubled the rate of Muslim immigration. Since 9/11.”.
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Muslims on Kenyan bus attacked by militants refuse to hand over Christian passengers
The gunmen began shouting demands at the passengers, ordering them to get off the bus and separate into groups — Muslims on one side, everyone ...
Muslim bus passengers save Christian 'brothers and sisters' during Al-Shabaab attack -Telegraph.co.uk
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Muslims in America: In their own words
Muslims in America are facing waves of anti-Islamic sentiment ranging from political rhetoric to sometimes verbal and physical violence. The Council ...
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African Catholics embrace Jubilee Year as time forMuslim understanding
Catholic faithful pray in front of a cross of Jesus Christ erected by a roadside in Kakoge, north of Uganda's capital Kampala, on October 18, 2015.
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Miss Puerto Rico Suspended Indefinitely From Miss America Organization After Anti-Muslim ...
"Muslims use our constitution to terrorize USA & plant gas stations," the San Juan native, 20, tweeted in posts screen-capped by CNN. "All what ...
Miss Puerto Rico Suspended From Miss America For Accusing Muslims Of 'Terrorizing' US -Hollywood Life
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Poll: Anti-Muslim Attitude Reduces in the UK After Paris Attacks
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Religious leaders are especially alarmed by anti-Muslimrhetoric
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's recent declaration that he would ban Muslims from entering the country served as a tipping point ...
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Muslim groups unite for voter drive, outreach to confront Islamophobia
An alliance of U.S. Muslim groups said Monday it is launching a national bus tour and voter registration drive to respond to what it calls an alarming ...
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Couple sets up 'Ask a Muslim' booth in Cambridge
Mona Haydar knew that when she set up two signs outside of a Cambridge library last week with the words “Ask a Muslim,” and “Talk to a Muslim,” she ...
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Religious Leaders Stand Up For Peace Amid Anti-Muslim Attacks
Amid a spike in anti-Muslim assaults, vandalism and death threats around the country since the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino and ...
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US Muslims Begin to Publicly Confront Questions onIslam and Violence
Mr. Issa, a real estate developer and the president of his local mosque, was struggling with how to attack the assumption that Islam gives rise to ...
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Can Obama Spur a Reform Within Islam?
The Islamic State, al Qaeda, and other Islamist terrorists operate in a much broader sea of intolerance that has spread to significant corners of the ...
Boxing icon accuses GOP presidential front-runner of not understandingIslam - Press Telegraph (blog)
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The United States and Islam: What Is Going On?
The irony is that no major power in recent history has gone out of its way as has the United States to help, respect, please and, yes, appease Islam.
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Rick Santorum calls radicalization a 'cancer' in Islam
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum took a veiled shot at GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, called radicalization a “cancer” withinIslam ...
Amid Terrorism Debate, Santorum Says Muslims Not Trying To Confront 'Cancer Within Islam' - International Business Times
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Trump is right about Islam, sort of -- but so are those who want him to go to heil
Donald Trump is no Adolf Hitler, but his shoot-from-the-lip approach to fighting the threat of radical Islamic terrorism -- and other problems -- poses ...
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France and radical Islam: overcoming failed containment
The constant repetition, over the past fifteen years, of the idea that Islam is the main destabilising factor of France's republic has encouraged the rise of ...
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Is Islam on the cusp of a reformation toward tolerance?
We enter the holiday season in a year remarkably short on peace on Earth and goodwill toward humans. The war in Syria pits the evil of Bashir ...
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ISIS is scared of a medieval strain of Islamic thought. One Muslim proposes exploiting that.
The Islamic State's "religious ideology needs to be taken seriously," says Mustafa Akyol at The New York Times. ISIS's thinking doesn't represent ...
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Anger over a school assignment on Islam
The furor in Augusta County, Va., over a classroom exercise intended to inform high school students about an Islamic symbol and manners of dress ...
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Looking for a better divorce settlement, Jordanian Christian men convert to Islam
Mary was surprised when at the same time, he announced his conversion to Islam. It was a calculated decision. According to Article 172 of Jordan's ...
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A brief history of Islam in America
In fact, Islam has a long history in America, going back to the earliest days of the country's founding. In the past two-plus centuries, Islam and Muslim ...
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Islam and the West: An Irreconcilable Conflict?
Republican Donald Trump addresses supporters at a campaign rally, Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio).
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Victorian woman charged over comments about Islamon Facebook
A 38-year-old Victorian woman has been charged with serious religious vilification over a Facebook post about Islam. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty ...
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US Muslims speaking out about Islam, violence
Issa, a real estate developer and the president of his local mosque, was struggling with how to attack the assumption that Islam gives rise to terrorism.
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How 'Submission' To Islam Could Save Europe
How 'Submission' To Islam Could Save Europe. A new novel hauntingly examines how submission to something higher that one's self meets the ...
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Islam Prof. Used Holocaust Symbol to Protest 'Islamophobia'
University of San Diego “Islamic faith” professor Bahar Davary used yellow badges like Jews were forced to wear during the Holocaust to protest ...
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Muslim Sheriff's Deputy Protest: Florida Anti-IslamActivists Demand Removal In Broward County
Protest Women are shown attending a "Freedom of Speech Rally Round II" across the street from the Islamic Community Center in Phoenix, Arizona, ...
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Taylor professor to teach class on Islam
More than describing the basics of what Muslims believe, Corduan will highlight the differences between Islam and Christianity as a way of responding ...
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Daesh not following teachings of Islam
The Center has chosen the hashtag #MercyToTheWorlds to convey a global message of Islam'smerciful and tolerant principles. It also seeks to clarify ...
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As Muslim women, we actually ask you not to wear the hijab in the name of interfaith solidarity
This modern-day movement spreads an ideology of political Islam, called “Islamism,” enlisting well-intentioned interfaith do-gooders and the media ...
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Muslims protect Christians from extremists in Kenya bus attack
But Muslims aboard the bus traveling through northeastern Kenya helped protect the Christian passengers, witnesses and officials told numerous ...
Kenya: Amid fear and flight, a Muslim minority embraces self-sufficiency - Christian Science Monitor
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US keeps British Muslim family headed to Disneyland out of the country
Ever since Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump suggested keeping Muslims from entering the United States in the wake of the San ...
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The Pain-Streaked Optimism of an American Muslim
My daughter is especially mortified for a Muslim friend, who was within earshot and who, unlike her, wears a headscarf. I assure her that it's O.K., that ...
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We Are All Muslim Indeed, Michael Moore
In response to Michael Moore's post about "We are All Muslim," I just wanted to say "Thank you." Funnily enough, my gratitude is not because of how ...
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Calls for David Cameron to step in after US bars BritishMuslim family from trip
Creasy said she is concerned that a growing number of British Muslimssay they have been barred from US without explanation. Photograph: Ben ...
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Formerly interned Japanese Americans stand up against Muslim hate
At the age of 93, Hiroshi Kashiwagi fears the country hasn't changed much since he was interned at Tule Lake during World War II, and he empathizes ...
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Lawmakers want Trump State Park renamed for soldier said to be Muslim
ALBANY, N.Y. — An undeveloped New York state park named after Donald Trump should be renamed, say two state legislators who suggest the park ...
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American Muslims Under Attack After San Bernardino and Paris Terror
2, reports of attacks and threats against Muslims in the United States have surged, researchers and civil rights groups say. According to a recent ...
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Poll: 60 percent of Trump supporters believe Obama isMuslim
Sixty percent of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's supporters believe President Barack Obama is Muslim and only 6 percent believe ...
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Its Time for a Muslim-Moderated Presidential Debate
Tuesday's GOP debates were all about Muslims. The word “Islam” or derivations of it like “Islamic” were mentioned 27 times in the primetime debate ...
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WEB
Malala calls out Donald Trump for his anti-Muslim ideology
Malala calls out Donald Trump for his anti-Muslim ideology. By Hans Glick on Dec. 21, 2015. Malala Yousafzai is never afraid to speak her mind.
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Miss Puerto Rico Winner Destiny Velez Suspended from Role After Anti-Muslim Comments
Destiny Velez has been suspended indefinitely from her role as Miss Puerto Rico 2015 due to comments she made slamming Muslims.
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Muslim Couple Speaks Out after Being Escorted from Fort Smith Mall
Fort Smith police were called to Central Mall by mall security to escort a couple from the premises on Saturday.
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US Muslim Leaders Announce Campaigns to Enhance National Security, Address Rising ...
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/21/15) -- The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), a coalition of leading national and local Muslim organizations, ...
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Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue
In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris introduces the audio edition of his book with Maajid Nawaz, Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A ...
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Islam and the West: An Irreconcilable Conflict?
Does the lengthening list of atrocities by terrorist cells of ISIS, Boko Haram, al-Qaida, al-Shabaab and the Nusra Front have nothing to do with Islam?
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Women in Islam and Muslim Realms
Welcome to your Cornell University Library research guide: Women in Islam! Here you will find general background and also in-depth information ...
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The Pope, atheists and Islam: The year in religion
The Pope, atheists and Islam: The year in religion. (CNN) – Amid all the uncertainty in the world today, there are those who cling to religious beliefs ...
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Former Jihadi Explains The Appeal Of Radical Islam And Why Our Leaders Won't Talk About It
As a young Muslim doctor in Egypt, Dr. Tawfik Hamid was one of thousands of young men and women who turned to radical Islam. After witnessing the ...
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Can Obama Spur a Reform Within Islam?
Telling the American people that our strategy to defeat the Islamic State is on track when fanatics inspired by the group have just committed mass ...
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FPRI on Islam, Islamism, and Beyond
Islam has become the subject of heated debate in America. FPRI's characteristic style is to stand back and scrutinize controversial subjects ...
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Q&A: Little Gods, Islam, and Ray Boltz
It seems that Christians are being shamed or silenced when they speak out about Islam; do you have any advice on how to speak reasonably about ...
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Ibrahim: Islamic Jihad - Symptom of a Western Cause
As someone specializing in Islamic jihadism, one would expect I'd have much to say immediately after jihadi attacks, of the sort that recently occurred ...
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Learning about Islam and Organizing to Combat Anti-Muslim Bigotry
Multigenerational workshops and religious education classes can use the book and discussion guide to explore the real Muhammad, discuss Islam ...
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ThinkContent Tour London: Shafqat Islam, NewsCred
#ThinkContent @NewsCred WELCOME TO THE NEWSCRED #THINKCONTENT TOUR #ThinkContent @NewsCred Shafqat Islam @shafqatislam ...
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Miss Puerto Rico 2015 blasts out anti-Muslim tweets
Miss Puerto Rico 2015 blasts out anti-Muslim tweets. Dec. 22, 2015 - 4:03 - Fox News Contributor Kat Timpf reacts on 'The Kelly File'. Fox Business ...
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UK Muslim family barred from Disneyland 2hr
The US authorities have refused to let a British Muslim family board a UK flight to Los Angeles, amid Washington's Islamophobic policies. The family of ...
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Man accused of shooting Muslim cab driver to stand trial
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh man must stand trial on charges he shot a Muslim cab driver in the back — but the victim said nothing about the ...
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Muslim Brotherhood's USCMO Launches 2016 Political Campaign
Key members of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood gathered on 21 December 2015 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. under the auspices of ...
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Slain Muslim students' families fight grief to honor legacy
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Shortly before they were gunned down, a young Muslim couple was eating out with relatives when the conversation turned to ...
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BLOGS
Will the Church Get Hit by the Backlash Against Islam?
In various and sundry ways the Catholic Church has let it be known that it's okay with Islam—not with terrorism, of course, but the terrorists, we are ...
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A Muslim mom posted that her daughter is scared of being deported. Army vets responded.
GOP front runner Donald Trump has been escalating his racism and anti-Muslim sentiment, and it's definitely not making America great again.
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British Muslim family denied boarding on Disneyland trip flight
A British Muslim family was denied boarding at Gatwick Airport after the US government informed the airline that they would not be admitted to the ...
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'Allahu Akbar'...
Eyewitness claims Las Vegas vehicle attack carried out by Muslim woman screaming 'Allahu Akbar'... media blackout... HOAX or ISIS?
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Video: Ex-Muslim compares “Islamophobia”
“Islam silences us in the East by threatening some of us, arresting some, persecuting others, and killing apostates, but in the West Islam is trying to ...
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Miss Puerto Rico suspended after anti-Muslim tweets
Miss Puerto Rico suspended after anti-Muslim tweets. Miss Puerto Rico, Destiny Velez, has been suspended indefinitely for pulling a Trump Jr. and ...
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