Islam

First Muslim Congressman has Right to Take Oath on Quran

December 5, 2006

Author: Dean Koldenhoven

Source: Daily Southtown

http://www.dailysouthtown.com/news/opinion/guests/159871,051guc1.article

The news that Minnesota congressman-elect Keith Ellison says he does not want to put his hand on the Bible while taking the oath of office really is a nonissue.

Unless the formality of the swearing-in changes, the official swearing-in for the House of Representatives is done in the House chambers by...

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Lawsuit Says NYPD Anti-Terror Cyber Unit Filled with Muslim Hate

December 5, 2006

Author: Larry Neumeister

Source: Newsday

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-bc-ny--terror-biassuit1205dec05,0,1286841.story

NEW YORK -- A celebrated police anti-terrorism cyber unit became a beehive of anti-Muslim rhetoric after a city consultant unleashed hundreds of hateful e-mails saying Muslims and Arabs were all potential terrorists, a unit member said in a lawsuit Tuesday.

The...

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Ellison Won't Be First Politician to Forgo Bible in Taking Oath of Office

December 5, 2006

Author: Omar Sacirbey

Source: Pew Forum

Wire Service: RNS

http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=12096

When Keith Ellison, the Minnesota Democrat who last month was elected the first Muslim in Congress, announced he would take his oath of office on Islam's holy book, the Quran, he provoked sharp criticism from conservatives and some heated discussion on the blogosphere.

The ensuing discussion has revived...

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US Holocaust Museum Urged to Drop Islam-Basher

December 4, 2006

Source: CAIR Press Release

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=12099

WASHINGTON, D.C., CAIR: A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called for the removal of a presidential appointee to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council because of his intolerant views toward Islam in American society.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) urged that talk show host and columnist Dennis Prager be removed from the...

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Islamic Group Awards Rabbi for Bridging Faiths

December 4, 2006

Author: Jennifer Barrios

Source: Newsday

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-limusl045002044dec04,0,7252702.story

A Long Island Islamic group gave its community-service award to a Great Neck rabbi who was vocal this election season against a congressman who denounced the group as "radical Islam."

Rabbi Jerome Davidson of Temple Beth El received the third annual award from the Islamic Center of...

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Finding My Religion: A Silicon Valley Imam is on His Way to the Hajj, the Annual Pilgrimage to Mecca

December 4, 2006

Author: David Ian Miller

Source: San Francisco Gate

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/a/2006/12/04/findrelig.DTL

Imagine standing in a crowd of 2 million people whose most cherished dream has just come true. For many Muslims, participating in the hajj -- the annual journey to the physical and spiritual heart of Islam -- is the most central spiritual experience of their lives.

All Muslims are expected to make...

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With no Mosque in Salem, Muslims Find a Place to Pray

December 4, 2006

Author: Ruth Liao

Source: Statesman Journal

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061204/NEWS/612040324/1001

Marwan Albustami of Salem unrolled a child-sized prayer mat fringed in red and blue and explained how he teaches his children how to pray.

Young children learn the importance of prayer after witnessing the devotion of their parents' prayers five times per day, he said.
...

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Behavior, not religion, led to Imams’ removal

December 2, 2006

Author: Don Mallicoat

Source: Citizen-Times

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200661201036

The AC-T editorial page of Nov. 26 quoted Omar Shahin, one of six Muslim Imams recently removed from a U.S. Air-ways flight in Minnesota: “In American we have no freedom to practice our faith, to do our faith.”

As I understand the news reports, these six men observed their daily prayers in the boarding...

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Lawmaker to take Oath on Koran, Faces Flak

December 1, 2006

Author: Eric Pfeiffer

Source: The Washington Times

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20061130-105645-4387r.htm

Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, will take his oath of office on the Koran, not the Bible.

Although some have criticized the Minnesota Democrat's decision, his campaign manager cites historical precedent in describing it as a nonissue.

"Well, he will be the first to do...

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Hindu Temple Razed in Malaysia

December 1, 2006

Source: Hinduism Today/Times of India

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2006/12/1.shtml#2

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1, 2006: A 100-year-old Hindu temple in Southern Malaysia, the Sri Muthu Mariamman temple at Skudia in Johor, has been demolished following a court order. The deities will move to a new site provided by the authorities. The temple was situated at the Uniroyal Linden Estate, a rubber plantation that was home to around 1,000 families. UTM, a public university with its main...

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Vandals Paint Crosses at Vienna's Muslim Cemetery

December 1, 2006

Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

Wire Service: Reuters

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20061201-0714-austria-muslims-vandalism.html

VIENNA – Vandals painted 23 large black crosses on a wall inside Vienna's first Muslim cemetery, officials said on Friday.

The desecration was discovered by a state television crew filming construction work at the cemetery, due to be opened in mid-2007...

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Dutch Muslims Convicted of Planning Terror Attacks

December 1, 2006

Source: Beliefnet

Wire Service: AP

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/205/story_20548_1.html

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Dec. 1 - Four Dutch Muslims were convicted and sentenced Friday of plotting terrorist attacks - a victory for prosecutors who had failed several times in the past to convict would-be attackers before they act.

The heaviest sentence - eight years - was reserved for Samir Azzouz, 20, who judges said played a "central role"...

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