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WALL STREET JOURNAL: “Why Hummus is Conquering America”
From Wall Street Journal Tobacco Farmers Open Fields to Chickpeas; A Bumper Crop By David Kesmodel | The Wall Street Journal CLOVER, Va.—Prodded by the largest U.S. hummus maker, farmers in the heart of tobacco country are trying to grow chickpeas, an improbable … Continue reading
NEWS: “Tennessee Lawmaker Under Fire for Anti-Muslim Facebook Post”
From The Tennessean The Coffee County commissioner who posted an anti-Muslim meme on his Facebook page said he doesn’t understand why he’s being “singled out” for doing that. A number of local and national Islamic advocacy groups are calling for … Continue reading
VIDEO: “Muslim Bagel Store Owner Donates 100% Of Profits To Boston Marathon Victims Fund”
From CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) – Businesses large and small have reacted to the Boston Marathon bombings, but for the owner of Bagel Land in Winchester, this is personal, very personal. Ehab Sadeek is an Egyptian Muslim who calls the marathon … Continue reading
REUTERS: “Tokyo Governor Apologizes for Anti-Muslim Remarks During Bid for Olympics”
From Reuters April 30, 2013 Tokyo’s outspoken governor, Naoki Inose, who heads the city’s bid for the 2020 Olympics, apologized on Tuesday for “inappropriate” comments he made about rival candidate Istanbul and Islamic countries. The remarks, made in a recent New … Continue reading
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE: “Female Converts to Islam Facing Growing Scrutiny”
From Religion News Service by Omar Sacirbey BOSTON (RNS) When Karen Hunt Ahmed and her Muslim husband divorced four years ago, many friends asked her, “Now you can stop this Islam stuff, right?” Some friends, she thought. “Like it was … Continue reading
CNN VIDEO: “Can Europe Teach America Something About Engaging Islam?”
NEWS: “Oklahoma City Mosque Vandalized With Hate Graffiti”
From KOCO-TV (Oklahoma) OKLAHOMA CITY —The American Muslim Association building was vandalized early Saturday, Oklahoma City police say. The Muslim Association directors said someone spray-painted curse words on two sides of the building near N.W. 50th Street and May Avenue about 5 a.m. Saturday. … Continue reading
VIDEO: “Republican Congressman Says Islam ‘Motivates People To Murder Children’”
From ThinkProgress At one point, the California Republican sought to clarify that he wasn’t opposed to any religious group gaining power within a region — only Islam. “What we need to worry about is if it happens to be a religion that … Continue reading
AL-JAZEERA ENGLISH: “Deadly Bomb Blast at Karachi Election Office Kills 10 People in Pakistan”
From Al-Jazeera English A car bomb has exploded outside a secular party’s election office in Pakistan’s commercial hub of Karachi killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens, officials have said. The bomb went off on Friday close to the … Continue reading
NEWS: “If You Want To Stop Islamic Terrorism, Muslims Are Your Best Friends”
From Slate Magazine by William Saletan A few days ago, Canadian police arrested two Muslim men for plotting an attack on a passenger train. The crucial player in the story was an imam in Toronto. The imam wasn’t a conspirator. He … Continue reading
