The Associated Press
MI (AP) – The Muslim holiday of Ramadan falls during the long, hot days of August this year, and Muslim Americans are getting ready to accommodate the daylight fasts required during the month-long period with adjustments in their schedules and eating habits.
Continue reading ‘US Muslims prepare for summertime Ramadan fasting’
Published: July 29, 2011
South African fast bowler Wayne Parnell in a statement on Thursday announced his conversion to Islam from Christianity, Times of India reported on Friday.
He has also changed his named to Waleed after his conversion to Islam earlier in January this year.
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By Ibrahim Kalin
Friday, 29 July 2011
“I did it in order to save Europe from Islam.” This is how Anders Behrig Breivik, the 32-year-old Norwegian responsible for the Norwegian massacre, is reported to have defended himself in court.
Agencies
Posted: Jul 27, 2011
United Nations A top UN expert on religious freedom has blasted the media for linking the deadly attacks in Norway with Islamist terrorism.
The bombing and shooting rampage on Friday killed at least 76 people in Norway.
Continue reading ‘UN blasts media for linking Norway bloodbath with Islam’
Democracy Now! / By Amy Goodman and Glenn Greenwald
July 26, 2011
The response to the Norway attacks shows that the world “terrorism” has no meaning — aside from when it’s used to bash Muslims.
Continue reading ‘Glenn Greenwald: Why Do We Harass Muslims But Not White, Nordic Males?’
Anders Behring Breivik: A Christian Terrorist
By Jalal Abualrub, www.islamlife.com
July 26, 2011
Continue reading ‘Anders Behring Breivik: A Christian Terrorist’
By Chris Moody | The Ticket
Former West Palm Beach Mayor Lois Frankel, a Democratic challenger to Florida Republican Rep. Allen West, has found an explosive charge to fuel her campaign: her opponent is a “misogynist.”
Mon, 2011-07-25 12:30 PM
By: Mark Rockwell
A Transportation Security Officer was indicted for stealing items from passengers’ luggage at the Los Angeles International Airport, according to federal authorities.
On July 22, Paul Yashou, 38, of Torrance, CA, was indicted on two felony and three misdemeanor theft counts, said an FBI statement. Yashou is accused of stealing four watches and a pre-paid debit card from the luggage of airline passengers going through security screening in Terminal 1 at LAX.
Continue reading ‘TSA officer at LAX indicted for stealing from baggage’
Steven Erlanger and Scott Shane Oslo
July 25, 2011
By John Del Signore
News on July 22, 2011
There’s a holy war brewing between cab drivers and the owners of taxi medallions who lease the medallions to drivers. According to Taxi and Limousine Commission rules, whoever owns the costly medallion (they currently go for $600,000 and up!) gets to call the shots on the advertising that goes on the roof of the cab. But cabbies—especially the ones who own their vehicles but still lease their medallions—are calling on the TLC to give them veto power over ads with objectionable content, like ones for strip clubs.
Continue reading ‘Muslim Cabbies Demand Right To Veto Strip Club Ads’
By the CNN Wire Staff
July 23, 2011
(CNN) — As Norway struggles to come to terms with its greatest loss of life in decades, all eyes are on the man charged in the explosion in central Oslo and the deadly shooting rampage at a youth camp.
Continue reading ‘Who is the suspect in the Norway attacks?’
July 18, 2011
(CBS News) On Wednesday, Texas plans to execute Mark Stroman, who killed two people and wounded another, in a rage over the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
Continue reading ‘Victim pleads for Texas death row inmate’s life’
July 16, 2011
NEW YORK – A new physical and verbal attack targeting a Muslim veiled woman at Niagara Falls is sending shockwaves as an indication of a growing anti-Muslim sentiment across the United States, The Buffalo News website reported on Saturday, July 16.
Jul. 17, 2011
MURFEESBORO — Local Muslims, already having endured inflammatory accusations about them, say they are under attack again — this time from GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain.
Cain reignited controversy with the Muslim community in comments to reporters following a campaign appearance on Murfreesboro’s Public Square on Thursday.
Continue reading ‘Muslim community saddened by Cain’s remarks’
Danalynn Recer, an attorney for the Gulf Region Advocacy Center, speaks in front of the Heman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse on behalf of Rais Bhuiyan. Bhuiyan survived being shot in the face by a man seeking revenge for a relative’s death during the September 11 attacks, and hopes to stop the execution of the man who shot him, which is scheduled for July 20.
PHOTO CREDIT:Allen Otto | Daily Texan Staff
Continue reading ‘..Victim of 2001 attempted murder begs clemency for his shooter’
Wednesday, 13 July 2011 06:21 IPT News
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) spokesman demanded Friday that the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) either back up its claim that CAIR officials have repeatedly described the war on terrorism as a war on Islam or retract it.
Continue reading ‘CAIR Spokesman Turns Blind Eye to “War on Islam” Rhetoric .’
The Israeli government said it has given final approval to the construction of a museum over part of an ancient graveyard in Jerusalem. The project was delayed for years by objections from local Muslims.
Continue reading ‘Israel Approves Jerusalem Museum Project Despite Muslim Objections’
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Wednesday, 13 July 2011
CAIRO – A leading football star and a devout Muslim, Bachar Houli is becoming a role model for the Muslim community in Australia, The Herald Sun reported Wednesday, July 13.
July 12, 2011
By Ron Csillag – Religion News Service
TORONTO (RNS) A majority-Muslim public school in Toronto is defending its policy of allowing an imam to lead Friday prayers in the cafeteria, saying students who leave school for prayers at a mosque typically don’t return to school.
Continue reading ‘Toronto School Defends Muslim Prayers In Cafeteria’
