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AP Stylebook Revises Definition of 'Islamist'

Islamistby Jorge Rivas, Colorlines, 4/8/2013

Last week the Associated Press made national headlines when they announced they would no longer recommend journalists using their Stylebook to identify undocumented immigrants in the U.S. as "illegal immigrants." But there was another update to the Stylebook that advocates say will help present Muslims in the news in a more positive light.

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Punished for Refusing to Disrespect Jesus

FAU-logoA student at Florida Atlantic University was suspended from class this month for declining to write the name of Jesus on a piece of paper and step on it.

By Wayne Laugesen, National Catholic Register, 3/27/2013

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Ryan Rotella refused to step on Jesus.

The Florida Atlantic University junior's act of reverence resulted in suspension from his college class and a barrage of attention he neither sought nor anticipated.

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