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Archive for September, 2010
SYDNEY (28th September 2010)
The first Muslim elected to Australia’s parliament was sworn in on Tuesday with his hand on his parents’ Quran.
Ed Husic, whose mother and father are Bosnian migrants, said it was an enormous privilege to serve in Canberra as he conceded that his unique place in Australian political history was something of a milestone.
Speaking before a rally of 37 people held on 09/11/10 Joe Kaufman Chairman Americans Against Hate voices his oposition to the building of a Mosque in Pompano Beach Florida holding Israeli Flags.
September 26, 2010
The world’s most influential Sunni Muslim institution, Al Azhar, has denounced comments by a Coptic bishop in which he suggested that some verses of the Koran inferring that Christians were infidels were added after the death of the Prophet Muhammad.
Continue reading ‘EGYPT: Al Azhar repudiates Coptic bishop’s comments on the Koran’
The following article exposes how right-wing Zionists promote anti-Islamic racism in the Jewish community in order to further their bankrupt political agenda. In South Florida we have our own Joe Kaufman who is constantly attempting to fan the flames of Islamaphobia through slandering Muslim community leaders and institutions.
Continue reading ‘Jewish extremist slandering Muslim community leaders’
By: Megan Gibson
Deeming that history texts with a “pro-Islam/anti-Christian bias” should not be tolerated in Texas’ schools, the Texas Board of Education passed a resolution yesterday that requires publishers to follow their guidelines. (via AOL News)
Continue reading ‘Texas Doesn’t Want ‘Pro-Islam Bias’ in Their History’
By Jim Wallis
Sunday, September 19, 2010
It is easy to believe that hostility toward Muslims is on the rise in America. Media coverage of the battle over the proposed Islamic community center in New York, together with the hateful rants of Florida pastor Terry Jones, who threatened to burn Korans on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, paints a picture of tension between faiths.
Continue reading ‘Jim Wallis on the story behind Pastor Terry Jones’s change of heart’
GRAPHIC September 24, 2010
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This map shows the locations of 35 proposed mosques and Islamic centers that have encountered community resistance in the last two years. Click on a location for a brief overview of the project based on news reports. In many cases, the opposition has centered on neighbors’ concerns about traffic, noise, parking and property values – the same objections that often greet churches and other houses of worship as well as commercial construction projects. In some communities, however, opponents of mosques also have cited fears about Islam, sharia law and terrorism.
Continue reading ‘Controversies Over Mosques and Islamic Centers’
Posted on 23 September 2010 by Garibaldi
http://www.loonwatch.com/2010/09/daniel-pipes-accuses-obama-of-enforcing-sharia-law/
Daniel Pipes accuses Obama of enforcing Sharia law
Over at the Washington Times Daniel Pipes opines that he found Pastor Terry Jones’ plan to ban the Qur’an “distasteful”. But actual the object of his attack is the Obama administration, who Pipes claims capitulated to the threat of “Muslim violence” when they persuaded Jones to call off his book-burning stunt. Pipes explains: “That violence stems from Islamic law, Shariah, which insists that Islam, and the Koran in particular, enjoy a privileged status. Islam ferociously punishes anyone, Muslim or non-Muslim, who trespasses against Islam’s sanctity.?”
Continue reading ‘Daniel Pipes Accuses Obama of Enforcing Sharia Law’
By APRIL CASTRO, Associated Press Writer April Castro, Associated Press Writer – Fri Sep 24, 9:19 am ET
AUSTIN, Texas – Social conservatives are seeking to curtail references to Islam in Texas textbooks, warning of what they describe as a creeping Middle Eastern influence in the nation’s publishing industry.
Continue reading ‘Texas ed board considers resolution limiting Islam’
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Published: September 23, 2010
At a time of growing tensions involving Muslims in the United States, a record number of Muslim workers are complaining of employment discrimination, from co-workers calling them “terrorist” or “Osama” to employers barring them from wearing head scarves or taking prayer breaks.
Continue reading ‘Muslims Report Rising Discrimination at Work’
By ROBERT EVANS | REUTERS
Published: Sep 22, 2010 23:00 Updated: Sep 22, 2010 23:00
GENEVA: Islamic states sought on Wednesday to have the United Nations human rights council condemn a US pastor’s suspended plan to burn Qur’ans, saying it was part of a pattern of global anti-Muslim violence.
Continue reading ‘Islamic states push UN to condemn Qur’an burning plan’
Panel says the Israeli military response to flotilla was ‘disproportionate’
September 22, 2010
Continue reading ‘U.N. experts: Israel flotilla raid broke int’l law’
Kol Nidre Sermon 5771
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2010
http://www.rabbiyoung.blogspot.com
Reacting to Islamophobia in America:
An Open Letter to Imam Sofian Abdelaziz Zakkout
By MICHAEL TARM
Associated Press Writer
CHICAGO — As prosecutors take up the challenge of trying to convict a man arrested in an alleged bomb plot in Chicago, they may have to show the suspect wasn’t egged on by an informant or undercover FBI agents into a crime he didn’t initially intend to commit.
Continue reading ‘FBI says it supplied fake bomb in Chicago plot’
With the wave of anti-Muslim vitriol currently permeating the airwaves and Internet, it is imperative that people of conscience take a stand. As people of faith, we reject this hate. Please join us in showing solidarity with our Muslim sisters and brothers.
You can do so by downloading this sign and spreading the word!
Continue reading ‘Join us in standing up against anti-Muslim vitriol’
Written by LISA BOLIVER
September 10, 2010
As New York City and the rest of the country agonize over plans to build a major Islamic center, including a mosque, two blocks from the site of the World Trade Center, Florida is also plunging directly into the controversy of Islam and the anniversary of the terrorist attack.
Continue reading ‘Muslims brace for 9/11 outrage, find friends among Jews’
Officials of the Islamic Leadership Council of Metropolitan New York during a press conference outside the site of the planned Islamic cultural center and mosque near ground zero.
Continue reading ‘Muslim Leaders Stand by Islamic Center Near Ground Zero’
By:
Rev. Deborah C. Lindsay
Minister of Spiritual Care
First Community Church
614-488-0681 Ext. 222
deborahclindsay@sbcglobal.net
Continue reading ‘Pecking Order – Dealing with Islamophobia’
