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added 2008 Mon Apr 21 7:00:00 by unknown user
There's a widespread belief that the penalty for leaving Islam is death - hence, perhaps, the killing of a British teacher last week. But Shiraz Maher believes attitudes may be softening. Saved By: Haris_ | View Details | Give Thanks
added 2007 Tue Jun 5 7:00:00 by unknown user
No faction has been able to secure absolute power, and that has only sharpened the hunger for it. ?In the history of Iraq, more than 7,000 years, there have always been strong leaders,? he said. ?We need strong rulers or dictators like Franco, Hitler, even Mubarak. We need a strong dictator, and a fair one at the same time, to kill all extremists, Sunni and Shiite.?
added 2007 Sun Jun 3 7:00:00 by unknown user
No faction has been able to secure absolute power, and that has only sharpened the hunger for it. ?In the history of Iraq, more than 7,000 years, there have always been strong leaders,? he said. ?We need strong rulers or dictators like Franco, Hitler, even Mubarak. We need a strong dictator, and a fair one at the same time, to kill all extremists, Sunni and Shiite.?
added 2007 Fri May 25 21:55:26 by SusanParrish
This article leaves one wondering. The only reference to the Quran is a single passage which states "Allah does not forbid kindness".
added 2007 Fri May 25 18:22:02 by SusanParrish
"We feel that it would be a better learning environment for the children if they didn't have to worry about the judgments of others from a different religion," said Sharon Arroz. "We don't want any less of a school for the children of our Catholic brothers and sisters, but we think it would be better to separate the two groups."
added 2007 Thu May 24 17:27:00 by ebrage
We expect more from moderate Muslims than we expect from ourselves.
added 2007 Wed May 9 10:56:55 by Mark Stevens
Since the Fort Dix incident, being politically correct may not be playing it safe. A Muslim cleric on national Middle Eastern radio stated, "Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims.
added 2007 Wed Mar 21 18:03:56 by jovial
To most Western minds, madrasahs are breeding grounds for terrorists. But that's only one side of the coin. The syllabus at many Koran schools is far removed from Islamist extremism. For millions of Muslims, these schools are the only hope of an education.
added 2007 Sun Mar 18 7:32:08 by TechnologyExpert
Three Muslim schoolchildren were killed and seven injured in an attack by suspected insurgents at an Islamic school in restive southern Thailand, police said Sunday. The attack occurred late Saturday evening at the Bamrungsart Pohnor school, a Muslim boarding school in Songkhla province, said police Col. Thammasak Wasaksiri.

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added 2007 Thu Mar 8 16:19:24 by SusanParrish
Go to Lakewood Park on a summer day, and you'll find picnic tables filled with women in burqas. Go to Caribou on a warm afternoon, and you'll find the patio tables occupied by Albanian men gathered for conversation and a smoke. There's an Arabic hairdresser on Madison, an Arabic Baptist Church on Detroit.
added 2007 Sat Mar 3 13:57:07 by pagey
Radical Muslims are being accused of blackmailing young Hindu and Sikh women into changing religion in "groomed conversions" on campuses.
added 2007 Sun Feb 4 10:05:10 by STONERS
Members of Birmingham's Muslim community on Saturday criticized the intense media speculation surrounding the arrest of nine local men over an alleged terrorist plot to kidnap and kill a British soldier.
added 2006 Wed Aug 23 22:37:35 by JimEspo
Some Muslims are reaching toward the Bible for comfort amid the latest round of devastation. And for those displaced to the outskirts of Beirut, many have encountered Christians ready to love them, demonstrating that God can break down longstanding social barriers even in the midst of conflict.
added 2006 Wed Aug 16 16:40:05 by MCaldecutt
The United States is a country of immigrants. Even so, the debate over immigration has never been so intense. In-depth coverage from the University of Southern California looks at how both people and policy have been impacted.
added 2006 Wed Aug 16 4:09:56 by dirtyfratboy
"Most Americans want prejudice. Let’s be prejudiced against those who want to slaughter innocent American men, women and children. It’s time we start exercising some prejudice and stop these bloody terrorists," Gallagher said, this time drawing more robust applause.
added 2006 Tue Aug 15 4:27:00 by JimEspo
Five years after 9/11, Muslims continue to find themselves in a defensive position, with violence by and against Muslims continuing to escalate around the world.
added 2006 Sun Aug 13 1:47:00 by dallen
Almost four in ten, 39%, advocate that Muslims here should carry special I.D. That same number admit that they do hold some “prejudice” against Muslims. Forty-four percent say their religious views are too “extreme.”
added 2006 Wed Aug 9 16:31:09 by JimEspo
As the latest round of violence in the Middle East continues to flare between Israel and Hezbollah, two disparate religious groups - Mormons and Muslims - have pooled their resources to aid the casualties of the conflict.
added 2006 Wed Aug 9 5:47:30 by corey.spring
A small but increasingly deadly cadre of young and often educated Indian Muslims are being drawn directly into terrorist operations.
added 2006 Thu Aug 3 22:30:10 by Ousama
This fascinating essay, written by King Hussein’s grandfather King Abdullah, appeared in the United States six months before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. In the article, King Abdullah disputes the mistaken view that Arab opposition to Zionism (and later the state of Israel) is because of longstanding religious or ethnic hatred.