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AL JAZEERA: “The Rise and Rise of Islamic Music Industry Around the World”
From Al-Jazeera By Omar Shahid Ten years ago, a young and unassuming British-Azerbaijani, who’d recently had a spiritual awakening, released an album that catapulted him to stardom. Sami Yusuf, now 33, is known throughout the Muslim world for his spiritual songs … Continue reading
CRAZY ALERT: “FOX News Says Swim Class for Somali Girls in Minnesota Proves Sharia Law Takeover”
From Media Matters for America Fox News incited Islamophobic fears in its reporting on a weekly swim class at a YMCA facility that ensures the privacy of Muslim girls learning to swim, framing it as evidence that “Sharia law is … Continue reading
VIDEO: “Somewhere in America: Young American Muslim Women Show Their Diversity”
Created by Abbas Rattani and Habib Yazdi Watch Video Below: Somewhere In America from Habib Yazdi on Vimeo.
NEWS VIDEO: “White Extremists Train Young Kids at Camp in South Africa”
From Channel4.com Thousands of young Afrikaners have undergone training here over the last two years. The camp is run by Colonel Franz Jooste, a veteran of South Africa’s army during the Apartheid era. The aim of his camp – to … Continue reading
CNN VIDEO: “29-Year-Old American Man Jailed in Dubai Over Comedy Parody Video”
From CNN (CNN) — It was intended as a piece of comedy, but it’s turned into a drama. A young American living in the United Arab Emirates has been imprisoned since April, his family says, for posting what was intended to … Continue reading
NEWSPAPER: “Minnesota College Helps Bring Catholics & Muslims Together”
From Minneapolis Star-Tribune Dark-haired young men started arriving about 12:30 p.m., piling their backpacks and coats in the narrow hallway. One by one, they slipped off their shoes and darted into an “ablution station” for ritual washing. Then they filed … Continue reading
WALL STREET JOURNAL VIDEO: “Are Bosses Using Social Media to Discriminate Against Muslim Job Seekers?”
From Wall Street Journal Many companies regularly look up job applicants online as part of the hiring process. A new study suggests they may also use what they find to discriminate. The study, a Carnegie Mellon University experiment involving dummy … Continue reading
NEWS: “Florida County Names Its First Black Female Muslim Mayor”
From Broward Palm Beach New Times (Florida) Barbara Muhammad Sharief has become Broward County’s first black female mayor. Commissioners selected Sharief, 42, to be county mayor on Tuesday evening. Sharief, who was raised in the Muslim faith, will be serving for … Continue reading
WORLD NEWS: “Paris Grand Mosque Targeted in Wave of Anti-Muslim Vandalism in France”
From UPI PARIS, Nov. 19 (UPI) — “Islamophobic” vandalism was on the rise in France this week, where the Grand Mosque of Paris was tagged with racist graffiti in the latest incident. Grand Mosque President Dalil Boubakeur said the wall and … Continue reading
VIDEO: “FOX News Guest Asks If Obama Would Omit ‘Under Allah’ From Gettysburg Address”
From Media Matters for America Chris Plante, who hosts a morning radio show on Washington, D.C.-based WMAL, actually acknowledged at one point during his November 19 broadcast that an early version of the Gettysburg Address did not contain that phrase. … Continue reading
