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Al Qaeda, Obama and Pakistan

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Egypt, Islam, The Middle East, Al Qaeda, Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, Israel, Obama, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Afghanistan, Presidential Transition, Center for American Progress, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Ayman al Zawahiri's unwelcomed reemergence from his cave today is a sad reminder how much the Bush Administration's failures are being dumped into Obama's lap.

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Al Zawahiri: Much Ado About Nothing

Jamal Dajani | Posted 11.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Malcom X, Islam, Osama Bin Laden, Cnn, Terrorism, Fox News, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda Obama, 'Slave' in Arabic, Negro, 'Negro' in Arabic, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Media News
Jamal Dajani

It still amazes me how after seven years, the U.S. media is still suckered by what al-Qaeda leaders have to say or preach. Hardly anyone in the Middle East these days pays close attention to their speeches.

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This Bad Era Will Soon Be Over

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Islam, John McCain, Middle East, Rashid Khalidi, Israel, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Daoud Kuttab

Not that professor Rashid Khalidi of Columbia University needs my help, but I couldn't help staying quiet as the Republican smear machine picked on this... American of Palestinian origin.

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OTB Writers Respond to Anti-Muslim, Anti-Arab Slurs

Off The Bus | Posted 10.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Islam, Race Politics, Obama Muslim, African American, Barack Obama, Muslim Obama, Arabs, Racism, Black, Obama Muslim Smear, Election 2008, Muslim, Campaign 2008, Arab Mccain, John McCain, Anti-Arab Election Slurs Youtube, Ohio Christians Muslim, American Anti Muslim, Palin and Anti Arab, Our Anti-Muslim Election, That's So Slurs, Muslim Arab, American Anti Muslims, Home News
Off The Bus

From smear email campaigns and hectoring rally audiences to hateful YouTubes and candidate equivocations, slurs against Muslims and Arabs have become ...

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Dare We Stand Up for Muslim Women?

Johann Hari | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Islam, Islamic Radicalism, Saudi Arabia, Oil, Taliban, Iraq, Feminism, Politics News
Johann Hari

Shahnaz's husband and his brothers carefully gathered up battery acid, pinned her down, and hurled it into her face. Her crime was to be a Muslim woman who wanted to be treated as equal to a man.

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"Joe The Plumber" Meets His Match: Kareem The Soldier

McClatchy | Nancy A. Youssef | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Islam, Barack Obama, Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, Colin Powell, Colin Powell Obama, Joe the Plumber, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, September 11th, Kareem the Soldier, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- "Joe the Plumber" was only one of two Americans injected into the presidential election this past week. The other was Kareem Rashad Sul...

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Hundreds of Somali Muslims Fired for Praying

Frankie Martin | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Islam, Latinos, Grand Island, Latin America, Nebraska, Politics, Somalia, United States, Meatpacking, Somali Workers, Consitutional Right Religion, Barack Obama, Freedom of Religion, JBS Swift Meat Co., Obsession Movie, Greeley Colorado, Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West, Jbs, Politics News
Frankie Martin

Some Somali workers requested a bathroom break and would secretly pray during the time allotted. The management suspected that they went not to the bathroom but to pray and were fired.

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Muslim McCain Fans Confront Intolerance At Rally (VIDEO)

ANP | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Islam, Obama Muslim Smear, John McCain, Obama Muslim, Muslim Mccain, Mccain Rally Woodbridge Virginia Muslim, Muslim Mccain Supporters, Muslim Mccain Fans Confront Intolerance at Rally, Muslim Mccain Fans, Muslim, Muslims for Mccain Video, Muslims at Mccain Rally, McCain Supporters, Video, Politics News

At a John McCain rally in Woodbridge, Virginia, three people handed out "Obama for Change" bumper stickers with the Communist sickle and hammer and t...

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Ultraconservative Islam Gaining In Influence, Numbers In Mideast

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 10.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Islam, Ultraconservative Islam, Mideast, Salafism, Conservative Islam, Home News

CAIRO, Egypt — The Muslim call to prayer fills the halls of a Cairo computer shopping center, followed immediately by the click of locking doors...

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Next President Must Show Support For Muslim Americans

Paula Mays | Posted 10.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Islam, Christians Mccain, Obama McCain, Obama Racism, Obama Muslim, Politics Religion, Barack Obama, Mccain Racism, McCain Obama, McCain Christians, Politics Race, Muslim Americans, American Muslims, Muslims, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, John McCain, Home News
Paula Mays

A show called Little Mosque on the Prairie will soon appear on television in America. The show hopefully educates the public that to be Arab or Muslim does not equal being a terrorist, or being primitive or subversive. The recent events of the campaign reveal that we need such a series.

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Hey John McCain -- Is Your Daughter "Decent" Too?

Marissa Moss | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racism, Islam, John McCain, Bridget McCain, Race, Barack Obama Muslim Smear, Bangladesh, Barack Obama, Politics News
Marissa Moss

Whether it's from McCain's lips or his scary campaign mouthpieces, it doesn't matter much: he's simply not doing enough to stop these lies.

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Is Muslim The New Queer?

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 10.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Islam, John McCain, Holocaust, Barack Obama, Danish King, Muslim, Gender Politics, Arab, Nazis, Politics Race, Sarah Palin, Germans, Racism, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Home News
Hanna Ingber Win

When Obama gets called Muslim, there are many Americans who are quick to correct the facts and make sure the public knows Obama isn't Muslim. But where are the people speaking up and saying that Muslims are not bad people? How come almost nobody is saying it's not OK to hate?

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The White House's Final Folly

Eric Margolis | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: India, White House, Islam, Latin America, Australia, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, Washington DC, Pakistan Democracy, Afghanistan War, Wall Street, Us, Muslim, Iraq, Israel, Europe, China, International, Politics News
Eric Margolis

In its final days in office, the White House has engineered an historic nuclear deal with India that Congress, unaware of the import, approved last week.

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My Response to the Dayton Daily News

Chris Rodda | Posted 10.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Religion, Islam, Hate Crimes, Obsession the Movie, Dayton Daily News, Media News
Chris Rodda

An October 3 article from the Dayton Daily News continues the paper's attempts to minimize the attack that occurred on September 26 at the Islamic Center of Greater Dayton.

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Guantanamo Chinese Muslims Must Be Released Into US, Judge Says

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: China, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Detainees, Chinese Muslims, Uighurs, Terrorism, Islam, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered the Bush administration Tuesday to immediately free 17 Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay into the United ...

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A Typical Pakistani Eid

Jeanette Khan | Posted 10.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Muslims, Pakistan, Muslim Tradition, Islam, Eid Ul-Fitr, Sainwian, Religious Fasting, Muslim Holiday, Lunar Calander, Chand Raat, Gregorian, Eidi, Eid, Sehri, Ramadan, Home News
Jeanette Khan

Eid ul-Fitr is much like the Christian holiday of Christmas; it's a time for families to stop the rat race and come together to celebrate a religious holiday.

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It's Our Choice: Standing up to Extremisms of All Shades

Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Islam, Election, Prejudice, Civil Rights, Extremism, Newspapers Obsession Dvd, Hate Speech, 2008 Election, Politics News
Sumbul Ali-Karamali

Would we distribute a KKK dvd on racist philosophy? No, because it would be tantamount to hate speech. Distributing the Obsession DVD is the same thing; it's distributing hate speech.

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Chicago "Hope Not Hate" Leadership Retreats -- Saturday, October 4, 2008

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 10.01.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Islam, Religion, Religious Pluralism, Religious Tolerance, Religious Acceptance, Chicago News
Naazish YarKhan

This fall, join AID's internationally known "Hope Not Hate" Initiative, which seeks to build more collaborative US-Muslim relations. Fostering better ...

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Ramadan Reveals Importance of Community Versus Individual

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 09.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Islam, Saudi Arabian Supreme Judiciary Council, Jordan, Five Pillars of Islam, Radio Al Balad, Individual Values, Sheikh Salih a-Lahidan, Noor, Cultural Values, Ramadan, Family Values, Gatif, Shara'a Simsim, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Collective Values, Amman Jordan, Living News
Daoud Kuttab

Since our family returned from the US, I have been repeatedly asked to compare life in America to life in the Middle East.

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Muslim Children Gassed at Dayton Mosque After Obsession DVD Hits Ohio

Chris Rodda | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Islam, John McCain, Clarion Fund, Obsession the Movie, 2008 Election, Ohio, Muslim, Politics News
Chris Rodda

She tells me she is afraid, and will never return to the mosque, and I wonder what kind of country is this where people have to fear attending their place of worship?

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Obsession "Stars" Have Lectured at U.S. Military Colleges; U.S. Navy Uses Film

Chris Rodda | Posted 09.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Religion and the Military, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Islamophobia, Joint Forces Staff College, Walid Shoebat, Religion and Politics, Obsession the Movie, Brigitte Gabriel, Air Force Academy, Islam, Islamic Radicalism, Propoganda, Muslim, Media News
Chris Rodda

Two of the Islamophobic fear mongers featured in Obsession have been invited to speak at U.S. Military Colleges.

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Islamabad Bombing Shakes Pakistan

Eric Margolis | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, General Pervez Musharraf, Islamabad, Islam, John McCain, John McCain 2008, U.S. Troops and Iraq and Home, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Pervez Musharraf, Islamabad Marriott, General Asif Nawaz, Pashtun, Pakistan Suicide Bombing, Politics News
Eric Margolis

The Marriot attack is further proof that Pakistan is edging ever deeper into outright civil conflict at a time when the stalemated war in Afghanistan is steadily seeping into Pakistan.

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Religion, Greed & Wall Street

Steven Waldman | Posted 09.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Greed, Islam, Religion, Wall Street, Sex, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Financial Crisis, Spirituality, Living News
Steven Waldman

The one thing everyone from Jim Wallis to John McCain seem to agree on is that rampant greed is a main cause of the financial collapse. I don't buy i...

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Bill Maher Video Replaces Top Iraqi Ayatollah's Website In Hacking Stunt (VIDEO)

Crooks And Liars | Posted 09.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Islam, Bill Maher, Ayatollah, Islamic Radicalism, Iraq, Shiites, Entertainment News

Crooks and Liars reports: Can you say "fatwa?" The Grand Ayatollah of Iraqi Shiites, Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, has had his website hacked by sys...

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Finally: One Brave Newspaper Refuses to Distribute 'Islam Terror' DVD

Greg Mitchell | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Islam, Obsession, Islam Dvd, Fear Watch 2008, Obsession Suppplement, Radical Islam, Media News
Greg Mitchell

The Greensboro News & Record in North Carolina's longtime editor, John Robinson, explained his reasoning in a column yesterday.

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