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Senator Balks at Imam-Led Prayer

April 13, 2007

Author: JOHN MORITZ

Source: Star-Telegram

http://www.star-telegram.com/226/story/58691.html

AUSTIN -- When the leader of the Islamic Association of North Texas stepped into the well of the Texas Senate to deliver the morning invocation Wednesday, Sen. Dan Patrick of Houston left his place on the chamber floor because he did not want it to appear that he endorsed the Dallas-area imam's message.

"It's important that we are tolerant as a people...

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Islamic Center Set Afire

April 13, 2007

Author: KEITH MORELLI

Source: The Tampa Tribune

http://www.tbo.com/news/metro/MGB2T611G0F.html

TOWN - 'N COUNTRY - Local, state and federal investigators sifted through the ashes of a deliberately set fire at the Islamic Education Center of Florida on Thursday morning and tried to allay fears the arson was a crime of hate. They couldn't say for sure, however.

Initial reports said there was an explosion, but responding firefighters said were...

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New Umbrella Organization to Represent Muslims in Germany

April 11, 2007

Source: The Muslim News

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=12584

Islamic associations in Germany have announced they have founded an umbrella organization. It is intended to represent the interests of all Muslims throughout Germany and be a contact point for politicians.

Rafet Öztürk of the Cologne-based Turkish-Islamic Union of the Institute for Religion (DiTiB) said four different Muslim associations had established the umbrella...

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"For Obama, A Little Religion Might Be A Little Too Much," a Commentary by Hazem Ibrahim Kira

April 11, 2007

Author: Hazem Ibrahim Kira

Source: AltMuslim

http://www.altmuslim.com/perm.php?id=1899_0_25_0_M

In a 1937 Gallup poll, 47 percent of Americans said they would not support a Jewish candidate for President, regardless of a candidate's qualifications. During the past 70 years that number has dropped to a low of 15 percent, even prompting a Vice-Presidential hopeful in 2000 (Joe Lieberman).

The zenith of that anti-Semitic era was the "Red Scare...

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Divisive Scholar Draws Parallels Between Islam and Democracy

April 11, 2007

Author: Pamela Constable

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/10/AR2007041001509.html

Tariq Ramadan has a huge following in Europe but a controversial profile in the United States. The Islamic scholar has been barred from entering the country since 2004, when he was denied a visa he needed to accept a professorship at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
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Muslim Leaders Sign "Code of Honor" to Promote Intrafaith Harmony

April 11, 2007

Source: Islam Online Network

http://www.islamonline.com/cgi-bin/news_service/world_full_story.asp?service_id=2919

Before an audience of more than 700 people, Muslim American scholars signed onto an “Intra-Faith Code of Honor” at the Muslim Unity Celebration of Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) birthday hosted by Islamic Educational Center of Orange County (CA).

The Code of Honor was drafted by Muslim American leaders who...

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Clerics' Airline Suit Brings Backlash

April 10, 2007

Author: Oren Dorel

Source: USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20070410/a_clerics10.art.htm

When six Muslim clerics filed a lawsuit against US Airways claiming the airline infringed on their freedom to worship last fall, Rep. Pete King of New York and others saw something different — an attempt to intimidate airline passengers from reporting suspicious activity.

That's because the lawsuit named as...

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