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NEWS: “Texas Mosque Targeted In Paintball Attack”
From CBS-11 (Texas) MCKINNEY (CBSDFW.COM) – A McKinney mosque was hit by paintballs early Sunday morning, leading a Muslim advocacy group to call for a state and federal investigation for a possible hate crime. The McKinney Police Department has not commented … Continue reading
NEWS: “Texas Man Pleads Guilty in Bomb Threat Against Tennessee Mosque”
From The Daily News Journal NASHVILLE — A Texas man pleaded guilty today in federal court to making a bomb threat against the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro in September 2011. Judge Aleta Trauger sentenced 25-year-old Javier Alan Correa to five … Continue reading
NEWS: “Missouri Governor Vetoes Anti-Sharia Bill Saying it Endangers Foreign Adoptions”
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS • Gov. Jay Nixon today vetoed an anti-“Sharia Law” bill, saying that in its zeal to address an imaginary problem, the legislation creates a real one for parents seeking foreign adoptions. The bill, SB267, would … Continue reading
VIDEO: “Tea Party Speaker in Texas Says Grover Norquist is a Secret Muslim”
From The Raw Story A speaker at a tea party event in Texas recently suggested that that anti-tax lobbyist Grover Norquist was a secret Muslim because “he has a beard.” In a video posted by the Far North Dallas Tea Party on … Continue reading
CNN AUDIO: “Actor Russell Brand Says Don’t Blame Muslims for London Attack”
From CNN (CNN) — This week on The Big Three we say bye bye to Michele Bachmann; comedian Russell Brand joins us (naked, apparently) to talk about his column condemning group-blame in the wake of the brutal beheading of a British soldier; and … Continue reading
HUFFINGTON POST: “Imams, Rabbis & Priests Say No to Domestic Violence in Jerusalem”
From Huffington Post On May 28 in Jerusalem, clergy of all major faith communities in Israel — Jews, Druze, Christians and Muslims — came together, gathering for a groundbreaking conference called “Leading Toward Safe Families: Religious Leaders Deal with Domestic … Continue reading
NY TIMES EDITORIAL: “Attacks on Burma’s Muslims in Myanmar Must Stop”
From The New York Times By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Published: May 30, 2013 Terrifying anti-Muslim violence surged this week in Myanmar, exposing deep ethnic and religious tensions that are undermining efforts to stabilize the country and move forward with political and … Continue reading
NEWSPAPER: “Michigan Judge Compares Muslim Profiling with NYC’s Stop-and-Frisk Program”
From Detroit Free Press A federal judge in Detroit compared the alleged profiling of Muslim Americans at border crossings to claims that the New York City Police Department is targeting African Americans with its controversial stop-and-frisk program. U.S. District Court … Continue reading
NEWSPAPER: “First Pakistani Woman Scales Mount Everest Successfully”
From DAWN Newspaper (Pakistan) ISLAMABAD, May 19: The news about the first Pakistani woman summiting Mount Everest on Sunday morning spread like a wildfire. Text messages congratulating every Pakistani started doing the rounds only half an hour after Samina Baig … Continue reading
CRAZY ALERT: “Saudi Arabian Writer Says Working Women Should Be Molested”
From Gulf News By Abeer Allam and Michael Peel, Financial Times Published: 12:22 May 29, 2013 A Saudi writer has urged his Twitter followers to sexually molest women hired to work as cashiers in big grocery stores, the latest backlash … Continue reading
