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NEWSPAPER: “Missouri Lawmakers Debate Over Islamic Sharia Law Bill”
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY • In what has become a regular ritual here, a state Senate committee heard testimony Tuesday on a bill that would prevent Sharia Law from taking over Missouri. The Senate General Laws committee also discussed … Continue reading
NY TIMES: “The Forgotten Girls with Malala Yousafzai”
From The New York Times By SEEMA JILANI It was one of the most ruthless attacks of our time: three Pakistani schoolgirls were on their way home when the Taliban shot them. Their crime? Pursuit of an education. Malala Yousafzai was shot in … Continue reading
DAILY BEAST: “Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Displaced Palestinian Muslim Worshipers”
From The Daily Beast by Anna Lekas Miller March 12, 2013 6:30 PM EDT Last night, a march of extremist Israeli settlers took over the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, filling the streets with Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers … Continue reading
REUTERS: “Pakistani Soldier Stoned to Death for Love Affair”
From Reuters By Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan | Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:57am EDT (Reuters) – A Pakistani soldier was publicly stoned to death on the order of a tribal court in the country’s northwestern Kurram region for having an affair … Continue reading
CARTOON: “Not All Muslims Are Hateful…Not All Christians Are Hateful”
VIDEO: “Muslim Professor Speaks About Human Rights in Islamic Sharia Law”
Watch Professor Abdullahi An-Na’im of Emory University School of Law speak about “Human Rights and Sharia” Below:
NEWSPAPER: “Anti-Islam Advertisements Return to More Buses in San Francisco”
From San Francisco Chronicle They say history repeats itself – and sometimes it doesn’t wait very long. Case in point: the brouhaha over inflammatory anti-Islamic advertisements posted Monday on the outside of 10 Muni buses. The ads, paid for by the controversial … Continue reading
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE: “What Do Muslims Want in a New Catholic Pope?”
From Religion News Service By Omar Sacirbey| Religion News Service, Updated: Monday, March 11, 3:51 PM Together, Islam and Catholicism represent about 40 percent of the world’s population, so the estimated 1.6 billion Muslims in the world have more than a passing interest in the … Continue reading
ROLLING STONE: “Police Spying on American Muslims Is a Pointless National Shame”
From Rolling Stone Magazine By John Knefel March 11, 2013 12:00 PM ET Civil liberties groups led by the Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition released a new report today detailing the detrimental effects of the NYPD’s spying on Muslim communities in … Continue reading
NEWS: “London Seeks To Become Leading Center for Islamic Sharia Banking”
From The Telegraph (UK) By Denise Roland 2:37PM GMT 11 March 2013 The government has announced plans to boost Britain’s profile as a hub for Islamic banking, in the hope of benefiting from the rapidly growing market for Sharia-compliant financial products. … Continue reading
