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American Muslims Ask, Will We Ever Belong?
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN / NY Times
This year, Sept. 11 coincides with the celebration of Eid, the finale to Ramadan, which usually lasts three days. But Muslim leaders, in this climate, said they wanted to avoid appearing to be celebrating on the anniversary of 9/11.
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American Muslims 9/11 Eid al-Fitr Islamophobia
Added: September 06, 2010
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Why 'Islamophobia' is less thinly veiled in Europe
By Robert Marquand / The Christian Science Monitor
How anti-Muslim sentiment is different in European countries than inAmeric? The new obsession here with Islam is very strange, because our world doesn't lack problems. We've got global warming, poverty, famine, dictatorships ... we don't have small issues. But we are focused on Islam.
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Islamophobia Europe Muslims in the West Islam The US
Added: September 06, 2010
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A Mosque Invisible to Many Is a Target
By SHARON OTTERMAN / NY Times
For the mosque's members, who are largely American-born professionals, some of whom converted from Judaism and Christianity, the harassment has been a painful invasion of their faith
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American Muslims Mosque Terrorism Islamophobia Ramadan
Added: September 04, 2010
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When will those brave critics of Islam decry this mob hate?
By Pankaj Mishra / The Gaurdian
As anti-Muslim hysteria in the US reaches a peak, its intellectual accomplices should start to reconsider their actions
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Books European Muslims Islamophobia Propaganda Anti-Muslim
Added: September 02, 2010
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We’ve Seen This Movie Before
By STANLEY FISH / NY Times
The New York Post declares, the stabbing is "the act of a disturbed individual who is now in custody," and across the fold of the page
columnist Jonah Goldberg says that "one assault doesn't a national trend make" and insists that "we shouldn't let anyone suggest that this criminal reflects anybody but himself."
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Double Standards Discrimination Islamophobia Media Bias American Muslims
Added: September 01, 2010
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Yale University's Pro-Israeli, Anti-Islamic Conference
By Stephen Lendman /Countercurrents.org
On August 25, Yale University ended a three day global anti-Semitism "crisis" conference promoting the notion that Israeli criticism is "anti-Semitic," no matter how justified. Boola boola, for shame, mighty Yale displaying the same type anti-Islamic hatred virulent throughout America, raging daily in headlines over the proposed New York City Islamic cultural center, falsely called a mosque, but does it matter?
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Anti-Semitism Conference Islamophobia Hate Mongering Anti-Islam
Added: August 30, 2010
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Islamophobia Is On The Rise In The USA
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui /Countercurrents.org
As noted by many experts, Islamophobia has become this century's anti-Semitism, and must be stopped by every means available. By refusing to elect the messengers and promoters of hatred and religious intolerance, American voters can start the very process of nailing a deathblow to this mortal enemy of mankind.
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Islamophobia The US Europe Religious Bigotry American Muslims
Added: August 24, 2010
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When Is a Muslim Not a Muslim?
By TOBIN HARSHAW / NY Times
If thinking badly of the President makes someone more likely to think he's a Muslim, then the next logical conclusion is that people think there's something bad about being a Muslim. Unfortunately, as another poll out today seems to indicate, that seems to be exactly what some Americans think....
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Barack Obama Islam Islamophobia Politics Polls
Added: August 21, 2010
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Islam in Two Americas
By ROSS DOUTHAT / NT Times
Two Americas, one based on religious liberty and the other on cultural assimilation, are in tension again in the debate over a mosque near ground zero
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American Muslims Double Standards Immigrants Islamophobia Assimilation
Added: August 16, 2010
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Opponents fight new mosques in U.S. heartland
By AP / USA TODAY
Muslims trying to build houses of worship in the nation's heartland, far from the heated fight in New York over plans for a mosque near the World Trade Center site, are running into opponents even more hostile and aggressive.
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American Muslims Mosque Islamophobia Religious Bigotry Protests
Added: August 10, 2010
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