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Sri Lanka Police Wrongly ID American Muslim Activist Over Attacks
Sri Lankan police have been left red-faced after wrongly identifying a female American Muslim activist as a suspect in the deadly Easter bombings.
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'Fear, Concern': American Muslims React To Donald Trump Win
At a Starbucks cafe in Dearborn, Michigan, 25-year-old Mona Musid was glued to her laptop, watching a YouTube video of President-elect Donald Trump's victory speech.
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Obama Slams Trump's 'Loose Talk And Sloppiness' Over Muslims
President Barack Obama has charged that "loose talk" about Muslims by presidential hopeful Donald Trump and other Republicans was betraying American values and harming the fight against extremism.
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American Muslims Remember Muhammad Ali As Hero For Their Faith
The death of boxing great Muhammad Ali cost American Muslims perhaps their greatest hero, a goodwill ambassador for Islam in a country where their minority faith is widely misunderstand and mistrusted.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan Brings American Muslims Home To New Mosque
Beneath a majestic Ottoman dome, waving Turkish flags outside their brand new mosque, a group of US Muslims -- the faithful and the curious -- jostled Saturday to welcome a president.
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Muslim Woman Says Trump Backers Are Supporting 'Hateful Rhetoric'
A US Muslim woman who was ejected from a Donald Trump rally in South Carolina while engaging in a silent protest said on Saturday she wanted to make the Republican presidential candidate's backers recognize they are supporting "hateful rhetoric."
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Indian-American Muslim Group Express Support to Journalist VP Rajeena
An Indian-American Muslim group has called for an internal but independent and transparent assessment by community leaders in India into claims by woman journalist VP Rajeena who recently described instances of alleged sexual abuse of children in a Madrasa.
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Indian-American Muslim Council Condemns Dadri Mob Killing
The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) has condemned the lynching of a Muslim man following rumours that he ate beef in Uttar Pradesh.
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American Muslims Fear a New Wave of Islamophobia
Muslim Americans responded with a mix of frustration, exasperation and anger to what many see as a growing wave of Islamophobia fueled by two of the Republican Party's most popular presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Ben Carson.
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Carson Says a Muslim Shouldn't be President and Many Americans Agree
GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson says in an interview that aired Sunday that he doesn't believe the United States should have a Muslim president because Islam is inconsistent with the Constitution.
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White House works to allay Muslims' fears on terror hearings
As a Republican congressman prepares to open hearings on the threat of home-grown Islamic terrorism, President Obama's deputy national security adviser visited a mosque here on Sunday to reassure Muslims that "we will not stigmatize or demonize entire communities because of the actions of a few."The White House billed the speech by the adviser, Den...
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For Muslims, day of celebration amid controversy
The scene seemed surreal, yet oddly poignant: at a silent, deserted intersection in the center of Midtown Manhattan, beneath bland corporate logos and brick office buildings, hundreds of Muslims knelt on a sprawling tarpaulin, faced due east and commenced the midday call to prayer.The ceremony, held along a blocked-off portion of Madison Avenue, ma...
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US celebrates Eid under the shadow of 9/11
Nine years ago a deadly act of terrorism, brought the world's most powerful country to its knees. In the weeks and months that followed, many Muslim Americans found themselves on the defensive-having to prove to their non-Muslim neighbours and friends, that Islam was a peaceful religion and that they did not subscribe, at any level, to the ideology...
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For US Muslims, a 9/11 anniversary like no other
American Muslims are boosting security at mosques, seeking help from leaders of other faiths and airing ads underscoring their loyalty to the United States -- all ahead of a 9/11 anniversary they fear could bring more trouble for their communities.Their goal is not only to protect Muslims, but also to prevent them from retaliating if provoked. On...
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5 Americans arrested for terror ask for special trial
A Pakistani court on Wednesday directed police to produce the confessional statements of five American Muslims arrested for alleged terror links and accepted a request from the accused to hold their trial within a jail due to security reasons.
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Sri Lanka Police Wrongly ID American Muslim Activist Over Attacks
Sri Lankan police have been left red-faced after wrongly identifying a female American Muslim activist as a suspect in the deadly Easter bombings.
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'Fear, Concern': American Muslims React To Donald Trump Win
At a Starbucks cafe in Dearborn, Michigan, 25-year-old Mona Musid was glued to her laptop, watching a YouTube video of President-elect Donald Trump's victory speech.
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Obama Slams Trump's 'Loose Talk And Sloppiness' Over Muslims
President Barack Obama has charged that "loose talk" about Muslims by presidential hopeful Donald Trump and other Republicans was betraying American values and harming the fight against extremism.
-
American Muslims Remember Muhammad Ali As Hero For Their Faith
The death of boxing great Muhammad Ali cost American Muslims perhaps their greatest hero, a goodwill ambassador for Islam in a country where their minority faith is widely misunderstand and mistrusted.
-
Recep Tayyip Erdogan Brings American Muslims Home To New Mosque
Beneath a majestic Ottoman dome, waving Turkish flags outside their brand new mosque, a group of US Muslims -- the faithful and the curious -- jostled Saturday to welcome a president.
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Muslim Woman Says Trump Backers Are Supporting 'Hateful Rhetoric'
A US Muslim woman who was ejected from a Donald Trump rally in South Carolina while engaging in a silent protest said on Saturday she wanted to make the Republican presidential candidate's backers recognize they are supporting "hateful rhetoric."
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Indian-American Muslim Group Express Support to Journalist VP Rajeena
An Indian-American Muslim group has called for an internal but independent and transparent assessment by community leaders in India into claims by woman journalist VP Rajeena who recently described instances of alleged sexual abuse of children in a Madrasa.
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Indian-American Muslim Council Condemns Dadri Mob Killing
The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) has condemned the lynching of a Muslim man following rumours that he ate beef in Uttar Pradesh.
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American Muslims Fear a New Wave of Islamophobia
Muslim Americans responded with a mix of frustration, exasperation and anger to what many see as a growing wave of Islamophobia fueled by two of the Republican Party's most popular presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Ben Carson.
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Carson Says a Muslim Shouldn't be President and Many Americans Agree
GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson says in an interview that aired Sunday that he doesn't believe the United States should have a Muslim president because Islam is inconsistent with the Constitution.
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White House works to allay Muslims' fears on terror hearings
As a Republican congressman prepares to open hearings on the threat of home-grown Islamic terrorism, President Obama's deputy national security adviser visited a mosque here on Sunday to reassure Muslims that "we will not stigmatize or demonize entire communities because of the actions of a few."The White House billed the speech by the adviser, Den...
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For Muslims, day of celebration amid controversy
The scene seemed surreal, yet oddly poignant: at a silent, deserted intersection in the center of Midtown Manhattan, beneath bland corporate logos and brick office buildings, hundreds of Muslims knelt on a sprawling tarpaulin, faced due east and commenced the midday call to prayer.The ceremony, held along a blocked-off portion of Madison Avenue, ma...
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US celebrates Eid under the shadow of 9/11
Nine years ago a deadly act of terrorism, brought the world's most powerful country to its knees. In the weeks and months that followed, many Muslim Americans found themselves on the defensive-having to prove to their non-Muslim neighbours and friends, that Islam was a peaceful religion and that they did not subscribe, at any level, to the ideology...
-
For US Muslims, a 9/11 anniversary like no other
American Muslims are boosting security at mosques, seeking help from leaders of other faiths and airing ads underscoring their loyalty to the United States -- all ahead of a 9/11 anniversary they fear could bring more trouble for their communities.Their goal is not only to protect Muslims, but also to prevent them from retaliating if provoked. On...
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5 Americans arrested for terror ask for special trial
A Pakistani court on Wednesday directed police to produce the confessional statements of five American Muslims arrested for alleged terror links and accepted a request from the accused to hold their trial within a jail due to security reasons.
