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Federal Judge Keeps Sharia Law Restriction Out Of Oklahoma Constitution

November 30, 2010

Author: Nolan Clay and Carla Hinton

Source: The Oklahoman

http://newsok.com/article/3519080

An Oklahoma City federal judge Monday ruled against a voter-approved restriction on Islamic law.

 

In a 15-page order, U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange continued to keep the restriction out of the Oklahoma Constitution. Her ruling was a victory for an Oklahoma City Muslim leader who had complained his constitutional religious rights were in jeopardy...

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Bay Area Civil Rights Report Highlights Local Sikh Issues

November 30, 2010

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Sikh Coalition

http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/1607/t/0/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=88685

"As a mother, I will repent for the rest of my life that I cannot bring back my son's childhood..." These are the words of a Bay-Area mother who recalls the incidents of violence, vandalism and fear her family endured. The worst part is the incidents occurred just because they are Sikh....

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Non-Religious Group Offers Alternative

November 30, 2010

Author: Karissa Bursch

Source: The Crimson White

http://www.cw.ua.edu/2010/11/30/non-religious-group-offers-alternative/

There are many religious organizations on campus that cover a wide spectrum of faiths, sects and beliefs. However, where do students go who consider themselves non-religious?

 

The University’s student-led atheist and agnostic organization, Alabama Atheists and Agnostics, or AAA, is a...

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Rock Meant to Destroy Becomes Chabad Menorah’s Base

November 30, 2010

Author: Malina Saval

Source: Chabad Jewish News

http://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/1370413/jewish/Vandals-Rock-to-Support-Menorah.htm

In the redemptive spirit of Chanukah, the eight-day Festival of Light that begins Wednesday night, members of the Chabad House Jewish Student Center at Indiana University Bloomington are responding to a recent act of vandalism with a collective message of freedom,...

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Dances of Joy, Words of Love At Rumi Festival

November 30, 2010

Author: Vern Barnet

Source: The Kansas City Star

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/11/30/2482724/dances-of-joy-words-of-love-at.html

Every December, Kansas City Sufis celebrate the 13th-century mystic who is among the best-selling poets in America today.

 

Jelaluddin Rumi was a highly respected scholar in Konya in modern Turkey when he met Shams of Tabriz. Their scandalously intense friendship ended four...

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