Islam

Militant Muslims Ban Return of Kashmiri Hindus

July 23, 2005

Source: Arab News

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=67372&d=23&m=7&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World%22

On July 23, 2005 Arab News reported, "Four separatist groups said yesterday they would not allow minority Hindu Pandits who had left the region some 16 years ago to return to Kashmir. Kashmir’s moderate separatist leaders and officials said this month they were making plans to help thousands...

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Muslim Mothers Against Violence Group Grows in Greater Cincinnati

July 23, 2005

Source: The Enquirer

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050723/NEWS01/507230391/1056/NEWS01

On July 23, 2005 The Enquirer reported, "They're mothers; they're Muslim. Now, after the terrorist attacks in London, they've joined to take a stand against violence, abroad and at home... As a mother of three and a member of the Greater Cincinnati Islamic community for 30 years, Ahmad of Mason decided to tackle that sense...

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Irving Mosque Increases Civic Engagement, Outreach

July 23, 2005

Source: The Dallas Morning News

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/stories/072405dnmetirvislam.26ec18f.html

On July 23, 2005 The Dallas Morning News reported, "Muslims have been too introverted for too long, says Imam Zia Sheikh, the prayer leader at the Islamic Center of Irving. He believes it's time to get out of the mosque and into the community... Concerned about how Muslims are perceived,...

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CAIR Public Service Announcement Condemns Violence in the Name of Islam

July 21, 2005

Source: The Tampa Tribune

http://www.tampatrib.com/News/MGBQL33AEBE.html

On July 21, 2005 The Tampa Tribune reported, "American Muslims have produced a powerful 30-second video that plainly condemns terrorist attacks. In some parts of the country, it is being run as a public service announcement on TV. The message, which confirms Islam's intolerance for violence, will be especially useful if it reaches the defiant young radicals who think a suicide attack would make them...

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Imams Issue Fatwa Condemning Terrorism

July 21, 2005

Source: The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050721.MUSLIM21_COPY/BNStory

On July 21, 2005 The Globe and Mail reported, "In an unprecedented move, 120 Canadian imams and other Islamic religious leaders from across the country will release a statement today denouncing terrorism and vowing to confront religious extremism.

The declaration, co-ordinated by the Canadian Council on American-Islamic...

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Islamic Center of Boston Condemns London Attacks

July 21, 2005

Source: Tewksbury Advocate

http://www2.townonline.com/tewksbury/opinion/view.bg?articleid=290122

On July 21, 2005 the Tewksbury Advocate ran a letter to the editor from Dr. Malik M. A. Khan, president of the Islamic Center of Boston, condemning the 7/7 London bombings. Khan writes, "The members of the Islamic Center of Boston join their fellow Americans and all people of conscience every where in the world in unequivocally condemning the senseless acts...

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Judges Examine Use of Sacred Texts Other than Bible for Court Oath

July 20, 2005

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0720/p02s02-usju.html

On July 20, 2005 The Christian Science Monitor reported, "The recent refusal by a Guilford County, N.C. judge to allow a Muslim woman to swear upon Islam's holy text before testifying is, in part, a new First Amendment challenge. And here in the Tar Heel state, the idea of swearing on books other than the Bible has reinvigorated a debate on the relationship between faith and truth...

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Young Muslim Woman: "American Muslims Ache, Too" After Terror Attacks

July 20, 2005

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

http://www.jsonline.com/news/editorials/jul05/342111.asp

On July 20, 2005 the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ran an opinion piece by Farha Tahir, a 2005 graduate of Divine Savior Holy Angels High School in Milwaukee who will be attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the fall. Tahir writes, "...[W]e are the Muslims no one ever hears about. The Muslims who contribute positively to our societies every day but whose efforts are...

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Thai Rebel Tactic: Divide the Faiths

July 20, 2005

Author: Simon Montlake

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0720/p06s03-woap.html

Somjit Sangsanan remembers when a good night out in her village meant piling into a friend's pickup truck and going to town for a movie or a concert.

Not any more. Now everyone in her rural community of Buddhist farmers and government workers turns in by 8 p.m. and nobody ventures out at night, especially not alone.

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