| | Michael Savage Among 16 Banned from Britain | The list of the 16 'least wanted' includes radio talk show host Michael Savage, real name Michael Weiner. 'This is someone who has fallen into the category of fomenting hatred, of such extreme views and expressing them in such a way that it is actually likely to cause inter-community tension or even violence if that person were allowed into the country,' Ms Smith told BBC Breakfast. |
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| | TX: Muslim Elected to Richardson City Council | | Much about Amir Omar, one of Richardson's newest City Council members, is a contradiction... And his role as politician, a trailblazer believed to be the first Muslim elected to office in North Texas, with a message focused on conservative fiscal policy and attracting young professionals to town. |
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| | HI: Islam Day Draws Heat for Isles | | Hawaii already designates April 8 as Buddha Day and March 21 as Baha'i New Year's Day. Good Friday is even enshrined as an official state holiday, with public offices closed. So state Rep. Lyla Berg thought that marking Sept. 24 as Islam Day would not be out of line in Hawaii, with its multicultural fabric. But her seemingly innocuous resolution has attracted worldwide attention -- and a flurry of phone calls and e-mails, including threats to boycott Hawaii. |
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| | Video: Texas Fusion Center's Spending, Operations Questioned | The North Central Texas Fusion Center may be gathering more criticism than acclaim as questions mount about how the million dollars to fund it are being spent. Fusion centers began springing up after 9/11. Last February, Johnson warned of...a growing Muslim influence in America, including "airport footbaths," "public school prayer breaks to accommodate Muslim students" and "hip hop fashion boutiques" where terrorists go to recruit. |
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 | | TX: Christian Student Wears Hijab for a Year | | Spencer Wall, fourth-year English and sociology major, talks about her experience wearing a hijab on Wednesday night at Kerbey Lane Cafe. Wall, a Christian from West Texas, embarked on a personal experience in which she dressed as a Muslim woman for a year, starting in April. |
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| | MI: Muslim Doctors Open Free Clinic for the Uninsured | | A group of Flint-area physicians will band together to open the Muslim Outreach Free Clinic later this month, offering a half-day of free health care services each week to lower income people without health insurance. |
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| | Gasoline Found at Texas Mosque Site Spurs Fears | Muslims in Arlington were already on edge because of a recent posting to a newspaper blog about the threat of radical Islam and sleeper cells in America. The writer mentioned revenge and Friday prayers. "It's going to get bloody this time around Islamo-folks," the post read. |
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| | Islam Teaches Us to Live Within Our Means (Seattle Times) | | Money comes without instructions, so prioritizing our spending is worth some daily reflection. In the current recession, living within our means has become more important than ever. But it doesn't have to mean giving up things that make life pleasant and fulfilling. |
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| | Was NY Bomb Plot Planned by Agent Provocateur? (Haaretz) | | Salahuddin Muhammad, the imam of the local mosque, was not surprised. "We thought he was an informer," he told both journalists and the children who study in the mosque. The children saw all the media buzz and were disturbed that the name of their mosque had come up in connection with the plot. "We wondered what to do," the imam explained to the youngsters. "How should we tell the authorities that we suspected him? But it was the authorities who had sent him." |
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| | Minn. Mosque Fills Gap for Muslim Community (Star Trib) | | "We tell all people that it is their place as it is ours," said Amin Kader, one of the founders of the mosque. "When you say this is a mosque, you are saying this is the place of God. God's place is open to all of his children." |
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| | NY Harley Dealer Changes Sign Slamming Obama | | The Iron Block Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealership removed a controversial scrolling message from its digital sign Thursday at the insistence of the Harley-Davidson Motor Co., based in Milwaukee. |
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| | NY: Muslim Americans Committed to Service | | I first want to commend the Watertown Daily Times for their balanced coverage of the recent sign controversy. Whatever view you take on the issue, one thing is certain: Muslim Americans are now a part of the public conversation. |
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