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Muslims turning to home schooling in increasing numbers
12:56 PM on 02/22/2010
From The Washington Post - Although three-quarters of the nation's estimated 2 million home-schoolers identify themselves as Christian, the number of Muslims is expanding "relatively quickly"...
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Colorado Africans forced out of Wal-Mart jobs, claim discrimination
9:51 AM on 02/09/2010
From The NY Times - "I don't like some of the faces I see here." African Muslim employees claim Wal-Mart managers forced them out of work illegally...
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Sen. Inhofe: "I believe in racial and ethnic profiling"
5:11 PM on 01/21/2010
Not many senators are willing to own up to this, but here's Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) in today's Fort Hood hearing in the Armed Services Committee...
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Billboard about Obama sparks outrage
1:03 PM on 11/23/2009
VIDEO - The owner of a Colorado auto dealership has gotten international attention after putting up a controversial billboard about President Barack Obama...
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Muslims should be more vocal in denouncing extremism
11:00 AM on 11/10/2009
OPINION - As a society, we are rapidly approaching a tipping point that will determine whether Muslims and non-Muslims can peacefully coexist.
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African-American Muslims battle both racial and religious bias
4:00 PM on 11/07/2009
OPINION - Muslims in the military will now have to deal with the spillover of the recent massacre and the perceptions that fellow soldiers will have of them.
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Troubling portrait emerges of Fort Hood suspect
8:29 AM on 11/06/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars...
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Beyonce delays Malaysia show amid Muslim criticism
10:30 AM on 10/19/2009
R&B star Beyonce Knowles has postponed a planned concert in Malaysia, the event's organizer said Monday, following accusations by Islamic conservatives that the show would be immoral...
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Muslim teen sues Abercrombie & Fitch
11:12 AM on 09/18/2009
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A Muslim teenager claims in a federal lawsuit that she was denied a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch clothing store at a Tulsa mall because she wore a head scarf...
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Christian convert runs away from Muslim father
2:00 PM on 08/11/2009
An Ohio teenager who ran away to Orlando, Florida in search of religious freedom said she could die if she is sent home.
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The 'Mikaeel' Jackson you didn't know?
7:02 AM on 06/27/2009
A music legend. An icon. A controversial figure. Media outlets around the world have widely reported on Jackson's travels in and out of countries, his suffering and recovering from various rumored illnesses, even informing the public about his visits to bookstores and antique shops. But there is one topic the mainstream...
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Black and Muslim in America (video)
7:12 AM on 06/13/2009
"Lazy" or "thugs" are just a few stereotypes that have haunted African Americans for generations. Now, being black and Muslim in America, has garnered negative national attention. In this theGrio exclusive, we sat down with two Black Muslims to explore how they cope with the negative press that they...
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Obama looks to shore up German relations and honor Holocaust victims
9:04 AM on 06/05/2009
President Obama is spending a busy day in Germany. After trying to shore up diplomatic relations, he's honoring holocaust victims and visiting the troops at a U.S. Army hospital. This comes after a stop in Cairo and a major speech to the Islamic world that's still generating reaction around the...
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Middle East reacts to Obama's "New Beginning" speech
9:28 AM on 06/04/2009
CAIRO - President Barack Obama delivered a major speech to the Muslim world today (Thursday) from Cairo, Egypt. The speech focused on several topics and in it the president called for a new beginning between the United States and Muslims. President Obama did not issue any new policies towards the...
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Obama speaks to the Muslim world, video and full transcript
9:17 AM on 06/04/2009
I've come here to Cairo to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world, one based on mutual interest and mutual respect, and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition...
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Middle East awaits President Obama's message to Muslim world (video)
5:38 PM on 06/03/2009
President Obama is in the Middle East, on a trip that he, and much of the Islamic world have raised to epic proportions. As the son of a Muslim, Barack Obama has made it his mission to try to fix the poisonous relationship between America and many followers of Islam....
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Thief begs for mercy in convenience store (video)
9:12 AM on 06/03/2009
Shirley, NY - Surveillance cameras captured a bat-wielding, masked man entering a convenience store in Shirley, New York, after midnight. But the store's owner Mohammed Sohail never surrendered his cash. Instead, he went behind the counter and grabbed his gun, reducing the robber to tears. "He started crying. He's a...
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Obama arrives in Saudi Arabia to begin outreach to Muslim world (video)
9:11 AM on 06/03/2009
Today President Obama arrived in Saudi Arabia on a trip that begins as a major outreach to the Muslim world. This is a four-day trip, and aides say the highlight comes Thursday in Cairo: President Obama will deliver a speech to the Islamic world from a major Muslim capital, something...
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Muslim convert pleads not guilty to murder of soldier
12:33 PM on 06/02/2009
NOAH TRISTER Associated Press Writer LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) -- A Muslim convert who already was under federal investigation pleaded not guilty Tuesday in what police called a likely "political and religious" attack that killed a young soldier at a military recruiting center. Abdulhakim Muhammad, 23, was charged in Monday's...
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